Master Replicas Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Studio Scale Model

[Proper]

No one with an extra dish? .....

 

[MustangGTR1]

I still have yet to find the dish, I know it is here, but still looking

 

[Darth Stone]

I guess that I got lucky, dish is fine. But the idea of an alloy version that may take a bump without snapping off is very interesting. :love

 

[Proper]

Does anyone else have a drooping nacelle issue? The nacelles on my E are less than level. They're only off by about 1º to 1.5º, but I think that's considerable; my eye picks up on it, and it drives me nuts! :eek

 

[Darth Stone]

Does anyone else have a drooping nacelle issue? The nacelles on my E are less than level. They're only off by about 1º to 1.5º, but I think that's considerable; my eye picks up on it, and it drives me nuts! :eek

I used to think that mine did the same thing. But for me it was just the rounded shape of the bridge area that was fooling my eyes.

 

[Proper]

I used to think that mine did the same thing. But for me it was just the rounded shape of the bridge area that was fooling my eyes.

How did you confirm that they were not sagging on yours? Mine is not an illusion. Note the difference between the droopy nacelles in the left pic and the Photoshop-hitched-up ones on the right. Toggle back and forth to see the difference.

 

[Darth Stone]

Whoa, :eek

Yours are fine also. Just take any strait edge along the bottom of the saucer section and line it up on the bottom edge of the nacelles. There will be a slight gap, but they appear to be parallel with the saucer. What you may also be seeing is the taper of the nacelles going smaller as they end in the back.

 

[Proper]

Whoa, :eek

Yours are fine also. Just take any strait edge along the bottom of the saucer section and line it up on the bottom edge of the nacelles. There will be a slight gap, but they appear to be parallel with the saucer. What you may also be seeing is the taper of the nacelles going smaller as they end in the back.

Yes, the nacelles do taper but the nacelles do not have--or should not have--a level edge; the top edge tapers downward from the dome and the lower edge tapers upward, so it's the horizontal centerline/axis of the nacelle that has to be level, not the bottom edge (see schematic below). If the bottom nacelle edge is level/parallel with the saucer, then the nacelle is sagging. It sounds nit-picky but it makes a big difference visually.

 

[Proper]

Yes, the nacelles do taper but the nacelles do not have--or should not have--a level edge; the top edge tapers downward from the dome and the lower edge tapers upward, so it's the horizontal centerline/axis of the nacelle that has to be level, not the bottom edge (see schematic, above post). If the bottom nacelle edge is level/parallel with the saucer, then the nacelle is sagging. It sounds nit-picky but it makes a big difference visually.

Does anyone else have droopy nacelles? :confused