My ship came in.

[hm_murdock]

That's right.

I ordered the Art Asylum Enterprise-A toy from amazon. It's really nice, well detailed... only thing is it's got some fit issues. one of the engine wings is a little crooked, so one warp pod sits higher than the other... and the plate that the wings are on doesn't fit quite as tight as I'd like

but otherwise, it's great. I've got their NX-01 Enterprise, too and it's damn good, even though the damn portside warp thruster won't stay on. I even tried whittling down the plastic blocks designed to hold it on (they were molded too big) and tried to glue it on... but no dice
I don't know what to do, it doesn't fit at all now. I'm thinking it's gonna need putty.

sad that I have to use model-building techniques to make a damn toy fit together.

[SheedRicolan]

Sweet. I have a British Airways B707 that I've been working on forever but I'm too lazy to finish.    landing gear.

[hm_murdock]

airplanes... I always preferred to build them gear-up. that way I could hang them or build a nice stand for them so it looks like they're flying.

planes look cooler when airborne

[Paladin9]

After watching WAY to much star trek, I quickly noticed that Jimmy is using the wrong term for the 2 warp things that stick off of the ships.  They are called warp nacelles.

[hm_murdock]

I get sick of that word.

a nacelle is any streamlined, pod-like structure that contains cargo, crew, or an engine on an aircraft.

too many trek nerds think that what word you use for bullshit matters.

Warp engine
FTL Drive
Hyperspeed
Light speed
Thruster

they all mean the same thing

"device that makes you go"

[ July 13, 2004: Message edited by: JimmyJames: GenSTEP Founder ]

[Paladin9]

I did not know the word "nacelle" was used for anything else.

[hm_murdock]

yeah. it was a pre-existing word. check it out at dictionary.com...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nacelle

[Paladin9]

quote:Originally posted by JimmyJames: GenSTEP Founder:
yeah. it was a pre-existing word. check it out at dictionary.com...

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nacelle

well, I think it is kind of a cool word (not to sound like a trekkie or whatever)

[Refalm]

I'm still wondering though... is it possible to go to warp when the impulse engine is down?
Some episodes say yes, others seem to say no... very confusing.

[Paladin9]

quote:Originally posted by Refalm:
I'm still wondering though... is it possible to go to warp when the impulse engine is down?
Some episodes say yes, others seem to say no... very confusing.

Considering that there is about 600 or so episodes of star trek, it is no suprise that there are many inconsistancies.  I would think that they do need impule to go to warp, unless they have more ways of propultion

[Orethrius]

quote:Originally posted by Refalm:
I'm still wondering though... is it possible to go to warp when the impulse engine is down?
Some episodes say yes, others seem to say no... very confusing.

I could always check my ST:TNG Tech Manual.  God, I'm such a Trekkie.  Got the Tech Manual, Encyclopedia, PLUS the limited-run blueprints for the now-deceased NCC-1701-D.  Let's build a starship, guys!  

[Refalm]

I know for sure that you don't need warp to go to impulse. I can remeber a few episodes of DS9 and Voyager in which the impulse engine was broken, and they could go to warp still.

[pofnlice]

I'm still working on an M2 Bradley. Ran out of one of the air brush paints and been too lazy to get it. It's incredibly detailed and I have been taking my time with it to get it right.

[hm_murdock]

Impulse = fusion drive. There is a fusion reactor, and they blow charged particles out the back. It's a fancy rocket.

Warp = Antimatter or fusion powered FTL drive that utilizes subspace fields to manipulate gravity to "pull" the ship along using a constantly moving gravity well.

[Refalm]

So basically, the impulse drive and the warp drive are two very different things?