Couple questions on EA shipbuilding

[l33tpenguin]

Assembling first. You can see some of them if you go to the gallary thread and look at my post. No paint yet, just assembled. I might rip the less spinnable ones apart and re do them, though

 

[Lord David the Denied]

Forigve the thread necromancy, but I could use some help building the new-look, small Olympus Corvettes I got in my fleet box. Anyone know how the job is done?

 

[nekomata fuyu]

As well as the main hull you should get two sprues per Olympus, each with two engines and one probe. The probes go on the lower front corners of the Olympus, with the slightly flattened edge facing out. The engines go on the rear corners, with the afterburner fins facing out.
The only problem I'm having with them is the amount of junk metal on the main hull, but I'm hoping that some Dremel work will fix that...

 

[Lord David the Denied]

Right. I'll have a go at that later. Seems weird that these little bits aren't molded on as one piece... :?

 

[l33tpenguin]

Here is a good sized picture of one of mine if you want a reference. Click to get a bigger version

 

[Lord David the Denied]

Looks like you put the engine nozzles on with the wide end against the hull? Surely they need to be the other way around? :?

 

[l33tpenguin]

nope, as you can see in this pic:

http://api.photoshop.com/home_e626a...be-px-assets/4ac7b6fd154b412e81824f5cd00ec832

The wide end does go against the hull. Like the starfuries (because, really, they are just big starfury engines) the nozzels taper toward the outlet, with the fins extending backwards

 

[Lord David the Denied]

Fair play then, my friend. That will be easier to build, anyway...

Thanks for your help old son.

 

[David Anla Shok']

Here is a good sized picture of one of mine if you want a reference. Click to get a bigger version

The piece that transsects the ship always looked goofy to me. I cut them off when I built the "el grande" version of the model and used the ships for my Raider fleet.

 

[l33tpenguin]

The piece that transsects the ship always looked goofy to me. I cut them off when I built the "el grande" version of the model and used the ships for my Raider fleet.

I assume, from a design standpoint, that the fat side is the bridge, for some reason Earth ships like having distinguishable bridge or observation sections, which are wonderfully good targets. If that is so, the stick out the other side is most likely a counter balance. It would make sense, because if the ships center of gravity was off, it would make maneuvering awkward.

 

[David Anla Shok']

The piece that transsects the ship always looked goofy to me. I cut them off when I built the "el grande" version of the model and used the ships for my Raider fleet.

I assume, from a design standpoint, that the fat side is the bridge, for some reason Earth ships like having distinguishable bridge or observation sections, which are wonderfully good targets. If that is so, the stick out the other side is most likely a counter balance. It would make sense, because if the ships center of gravity was off, it would make maneuvering awkward.

It ruins the sense of symmetry. It is, unlovely.

 

[l33tpenguin]

The piece that transsects the ship always looked goofy to me. I cut them off when I built the "el grande" version of the model and used the ships for my Raider fleet.

I assume, from a design standpoint, that the fat side is the bridge, for some reason Earth ships like having distinguishable bridge or observation sections, which are wonderfully good targets. If that is so, the stick out the other side is most likely a counter balance. It would make sense, because if the ships center of gravity was off, it would make maneuvering awkward.

It ruins the sense of symmetry. It is, unlovely.

That almost sounds like you are quoting a vorlon.

 

[David Anla Shok']

I assume, from a design standpoint, that the fat side is the bridge, for some reason Earth ships like having distinguishable bridge or observation sections, which are wonderfully good targets. If that is so, the stick out the other side is most likely a counter balance. It would make sense, because if the ships center of gravity was off, it would make maneuvering awkward.

It ruins the sense of symmetry. It is, unlovely.

That almost sounds like you are quoting a vorlon.

Perhaps it came from the Vorlon inside of me? ;>

Beauty is a three edged gem....

 

[l33tpenguin]

It ruins the sense of symmetry. It is, unlovely.

That almost sounds like you are quoting a vorlon.

Perhaps it came from the Vorlon inside of me? ;>

Beauty is a three edged gem....

How about 'The perfectly cut gem has no edges'

 

[Narchy]

Never liked the saucer thing that comes with the standard Hyperion, makes it look a bit weird. Also - easily broken off!

So I have stopped trying.

 

[David Anla Shok']

That almost sounds like you are quoting a vorlon.

Perhaps it came from the Vorlon inside of me? ;>

Beauty is a three edged gem....

How about 'The perfectly cut gem has no edges'

You must drink until you reach the horizon, then move beyond it into your perfect realization.....

 

[l33tpenguin]

If you look beyond the stars your eyes will see only darkness

 

[David Anla Shok']

If you look beyond the stars your eyes will see only darkness

Yessss.....

 

[Lord David the Denied]

Jeeze, you guys spam like it's going out of fashion... :shock:

 

[Ripple]

NO, like it is coming INTO fashion... the rest are just bandwagon jumpers...

Ripple