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Biggles 06-17-07 11:33 AM
hoho...imagine if a german sub would encounter the Executor lovely name btw).

-Bernard, any targets in sight?
-Uhh....you'd better check for yourself captain....
-Aha! Executor class spotted load tube 1 and 2!
-Eh, captain, the Executor class is about 17484 meters long and has more firepower than the entire U.S fleet....
-You're right....load 3 and 4 while you're at it!:arrgh!:

SUBMAN1 06-17-07 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Godalmighty83
sci-fi has always suffered from scaling issues. usually windows.

[showing geek]

the big starwars ships are shown in movies with windows with people behind; for the sizes given to fit the average storm trooper must be about 50 foot tall.

the same issue pops up with enterprise, we often see the captain staring out of his little window while the camera zooms away, following scale his cabin takes up about a 5th of the ship. which probably only has room for about 12 people on board.
Yeah, they used to do this when they only had to work with models. Expect real scale people from now on due to CGI taking over the role of the models. CGI will scale everything appropriately.

-S

SUBMAN1 06-17-07 11:52 AM
Where is the ultimate spaceship? I do not see the Death Star on this page! It would probably take up the whole page and then some though.

-S

Boris 06-17-07 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Skybird
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Originally Posted by Steel_Tomb
They didn't include Galactica!!!?? I'm disapointed :nope:, even a Cylon base star would've been cool.
its there.
Yeah, but only the old 70s version.

Theres no Roger Young either... or the gould ships from Stargate

What about the independence day saucers? and that vacuum cleaner ship from Spaceballs...

Biggles 06-17-07 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
Where is the ultimate spaceship? I do not see the Death Star on this page! It would probably take up the whole page and then some though.

-S

The Death Star is a Space station:roll: (or a small moon:lol: )

Boris 06-17-07 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Biggles
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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
Where is the ultimate spaceship? I do not see the Death Star on this page! It would probably take up the whole page and then some though.

-S
The Death Star is a Space station:roll: (or a small moon:lol: )
nope, definitely not a small moon, but a space station, Ben said so :yep:

darius359au 06-17-07 06:08 PM
Theres one kick butt ship they forgot - The Serenity ,Firefly class for the win :up::up::p

Rilder 06-17-07 08:47 PM
If you look at the star trek ships they seem a bit more realistic compared to the US Aircraft carriers then say those star wars/babylon 5 ships... :p

Biggles 06-18-07 04:41 AM
Yeah, but you know, size really matters!:p

Steel_Tomb 06-18-07 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by darius359au
Theres one kick butt ship they forgot - The Serenity ,Firefly class for the win :up::up::p
Damn right, I found the BSG ships, thought they were bigger than that lol. Shame they didn't include the ships from firefly, see how an alliance cruiser would shape up to galactica :p

Oberon 06-18-07 09:53 AM
Size doesn't matter ;)

Take the size of that Executor...then compare it to the Krenim Imperium Temporal Incursion ship (hint, it's to the left of the Borg Cubes).

1550 meters vs 17484 meters....hardly a match, you'd think.


But...when that same tiny Krenim ship goes back in time and wipes out the founding planet of the Galactic Empire before they'd even reached space flight....then you realise just how much size matters ;)

fatty 06-18-07 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Oberon
Size doesn't matter ;)

Take the size of that Executor...then compare it to the Krenim Imperium Temporal Incursion ship (hint, it's to the left of the Borg Cubes).

1550 meters vs 17484 meters....hardly a match, you'd think.


But...when that same tiny Krenim ship goes back in time and wipes out the founding planet of the Galactic Empire before they'd even reached space flight....then you realise just how much size matters ;)
Yep! And don't forget the tiny spacecraft that killed the Death Stars :D

Steel_Tomb 06-18-07 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by fatty
Quote:
Originally Posted by Oberon
Size doesn't matter ;)

Take the size of that Executor...then compare it to the Krenim Imperium Temporal Incursion ship (hint, it's to the left of the Borg Cubes).

1550 meters vs 17484 meters....hardly a match, you'd think.


But...when that same tiny Krenim ship goes back in time and wipes out the founding planet of the Galactic Empire before they'd even reached space flight....then you realise just how much size matters ;)
Yep! And don't forget the tiny spacecraft that killed the Death Stars :D
You would be refering to the X-wings :up:

(My avatar - WTF?! lol)

mapuc 06-18-07 12:14 PM
Hey all you modelbuilders

what would you say if you could get the "Galactic Empire Executor Class" in scale 1:32 ??

Markus

fatty 06-18-07 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Steel_Tomb
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Originally Posted by fatty
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Originally Posted by Oberon
Size doesn't matter ;)

Take the size of that Executor...then compare it to the Krenim Imperium Temporal Incursion ship (hint, it's to the left of the Borg Cubes).

1550 meters vs 17484 meters....hardly a match, you'd think.


But...when that same tiny Krenim ship goes back in time and wipes out the founding planet of the Galactic Empire before they'd even reached space flight....then you realise just how much size matters ;)
Yep! And don't forget the tiny spacecraft that killed the Death Stars :D
You would be refering to the X-wings :up:

(My avatar - WTF?! lol)
X-Wings, the Millenium Falcon, and the A-Wing that smashed into Executor's bridge and sent it spiraling into the Death Star II :rock:


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