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Offline Antivyrus

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Star Fighter
« on: January 07, 2008, 01:24:20 am »
Concept posted by Atolm shown below and my rendition below that
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Offline Red_Sharif

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Re: Star Fighter
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2008, 01:38:55 am »
Nice work, AV. My only suggestion is that you might consider making the sensor dish parallel to the horizontal, rather than having the slight downward angle it has now.
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Offline Don Karnage

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Re: Star Fighter
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2008, 09:52:10 pm »
the warp engine should be smaller because it look like a V2 rocket and it also remind me of that image :)
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Offline Antivyrus

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Re: Star Fighter
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2008, 11:56:22 pm »
Actually the model very closely matches Atolm's sketches, however I did cheat a bit on the nacelle. I use the one from the asymmetric ship design of his I'm doing resized and rescaled.

As for the fighter itself, I rather prefer it without the nacelle all together. It seems it would make a good pre-TOS planetary launched craft use atmospheric and non-atmospheric engagements.
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Re: Star Fighter
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2008, 02:26:53 am »
Quote from: DonKarnage on January 07, 2008, 09:52:10 pm
the warp engine should be smaller because it look like a V2 rocket and it also remind me of that image :)

I agree it does look more like a WW II German plane then it does a star fighter.
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Re: Star Fighter
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2008, 08:47:35 am »
AV - I like it -- A LOT! I do have one suggestions though (actually two...)

First - I know you are trying to stay true to Atolm's design, and I really admire that, however, could you do a version with a smaller nacelle - and mount it on top vs. the bottom. I'm a pilot in real life and I think landing this thing on any planetary surface might be problematic with the nacelle on the bottom. If the landing gear (or anti-grav pads) malfunctioned she'd be hell to land even on a prepared surface. Something would break unless she had tractor beam support from a mothership or ground station -- which could be an issue in combat. If you want I can help with that version. My bashing is getting better.

Second - Asymmetric Atolm mesh in the works? Ya' gotta show us! I think I know the sketch you're talking about but I'm dying to know! With these little babies on board she'd be formidable. Maybe she'd a good entry for the Darker Projects 1701F design contest - retro yet modern and can't beat Atolm's originality.  Especially when combined with good modelling and meshing skills like yours.
http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/topic,163378818.0.html

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Nice work and thanks for sharing.
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Offline Star Dragon

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Re: Star Fighter
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2008, 12:25:01 pm »
I always felt that TOS era fighters or smaller craft would be more akin to LATE WWII to present day airframes since they would be endo/exo craft anyway.

Looks interesting...
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