US aircraft carriers are too small to be important

[Biggles]

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!

[SUBMAN1]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Skybird

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]

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 (or a small moon )

[Boris]

Originally Posted by Biggles

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

nope, definitely not a small moon, but a space station, Ben said so

Theres one kick butt ship they forgot - The Serenity ,Firefly class for the win :p

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]

Yeah, but you know, size really matters!:p

[Steel_Tomb]

Originally Posted by darius359au

Theres one kick butt ship they forgot - The Serenity ,Firefly class for the win :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]

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]

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

[Steel_Tomb]

Originally Posted by fatty

Yep! And don't forget the tiny spacecraft that killed the Death Stars

You would be refering to the X-wings

(My avatar - WTF?! lol)

[mapuc]

Hey all you modelbuilders

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

Markus

[fatty]

Originally Posted by Steel_Tomb

You would be refering to the X-wings

(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