Before The Trouble With Tribbles Started!

Petseal

Well-Known Member
Hello all,
I tried to start a file over at the YourProp.com but I made a mistake and these do not qualify so I thought I would put them here instead! Hopefully I have them in the correct place now!

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What you see above is the U.S.S. Copernicus, NCC-3815 Ptolemy Class Tug with her escort the U.S.S. Hannibal NCC-512, Saladin Class Destroyer!
They are on there way to the Space Station K-7, near the Klingon Neutral Zone, a short distance from "Sherman's Planet" which is in dispute by the Klingon Empire and the United Federation of Planets.
There cargo, tucked inside that innocent looking container, is the hearty and robust grain called "Quadrotriticale". (Note: after almost 40 years I STILL can not say this word!)

This is my interpretation of events leading up to "The Trouble With Tribbles".
The kit was put together with two Polar Lights 1/1000 scale U.S.S. Enterprise models and decals with container instructions by J.T. Graphics!
The ships are mounted using brass rod onto a wooden board which was edged and had a real space scene printed out on my HP PCS 1610 A-I-O printer! I like the idea of floating space ships over real space scenes!
The only thing I changed was the designation on the side of the cargo container! According to the Franz Joseph book "Star Trek Technical Manual" NCC-1000 stands for liquid and NCC-2000 stand for dry bulk! Well I wanted mine to read NCC-1958, yes I'm 49! So if anyone asks the grain needs to be submerged in water to survive the trip through the vacuum of space! That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Hope you enjoy and comments, only good ones, are always welcome!

Now that I understand better about how YourProp.com works I will try to post some of my scratch built props up soon!
Later all, Petseal
 
Wheat? Wheat? Your ship is full of storage compartments of WHEAT? :confused

THIS is my chicken sandwich and coffee. :sleep

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- k
 
Wheat? Wheat? Your ship is full of storage compartments of WHEAT? :confused

THIS is my chicken sandwich and coffee. :sleep

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- k

All I can say Phase Pistol is I'm glad your not loaded...he isn't loaded...right?

Anyway I decided to take a shot with the ships off the base to show off the underside, and to scratch their bellies! They like that once in awhile!

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I decided to go with the 12 doors each side and of course being not right in the head I decided to scratch each door in then apply the decal! What a pain and for nothing! Anyway I figured a dry bulk transport would be like a modern big rig and it fit in with Franz Josephs drawings! Then it hit me transporters! Who needs doors??? Anyway it gave the rather stark surface some detail so I was happy for that!
Hope you enjoy!
Later, Marty
 
Hey Marty I love your two ships!
Any chance of a few larger pictures

Well sir I would love to but the other uploading service saved my last picture but will not tell me where! It actually is a different subject!
The third I am unsure as to want it is but I am sure it not for uploading pics and as I stated earlier I already made the mistake of loading it onto YourProp.com and they deleted it! I guess I'm not their sort of trash...but I swear I will prove them wrong!!!
So I will play with it some more and see what I can do with it and if it comes to it I will just take more pics with less in them!
It's the size limit that seems to be getting me! I see other members putting clear GIANT pics up and I'm straining with the thumbnails!
Well I guess it's all part of the learning process!
Till next time, Petseal
 
Well fellow members I finally got around to posting some more shots of my little Tribute The Trouble With Tribbles! Hope you like them...

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Any questions, comments, remarks please feel free to share them with us!
Thanks all, Petseal
 
Did you say that JT includes instructions for building the cargo pods??

Looks like I'm going to have to get in on that :)

Dave
 
Did you say that JT includes instructions for building the cargo pods??

Looks like I'm going to have to get in on that :)

Dave

Hello Dave,
Ya, it came with instructions on how to modify the ship, what size pipe to buy for the cargo container and the part numbers for the two end caps! Plus if I remember three ship names and numbers! Don't remember what I paid but I thought it was a great deal! But I always think that when I deal with him! Give him a shout I'm sure he could help you out!
Later, Petseal
 
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