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Well, we can see without question that the pylons come from the seondary hull at an angle of about 50 degrees from horizontal.

The second picture isn't the Excelsior in the first, it's the new Enterprise.

This is true, but I fail to see the relevance...

Oh, I get you. Maybe 50 degrees was overstating it. 40 -45 degrees, perhaps.

Take a look at the connection point to the nacelle, it curves it doesn't go straight in. I think the angle is a lot lower than you're thinking it is.

Hmmm, perhaps. I'll grant that. The fact remains, though, that salient to my point, it is patently clear that the nacelle does not come out horizontally and then turn perpendicularly 90 degrees to vertical.

True, but it may not be that drastic, only 15 or 20 degrees from horizontal. It's not a perfect copy of the Excelsior but it'd be in the same vein.

Mikey wrote:Hmmm, perhaps. I'll grant that. The fact remains, though, that salient to my point, it is patently clear that the nacelle does not come out horizontally and then turn perpendicularly 90 degrees to vertical.

From this angle they look like they do extend horizontally - they simply have a very slight upward curve instead of the 70 - 80 bend of the original. The result is that the nacelles are probably below the the primary hull instead of level with it.

Ok, to help the discussion here is a top-shoot. Didn't like it as much, though.

Yuck. Are you sure that's the same ship? That one looks like it's got an E-B-esque flange around the engineering hull, and the nacelle pylons look a lot different.

I dunno. I do like the upward seep of the pylons but on an Excelsior? Ehhh... Still like the ship but the pylons are not lighting my world on fire in this application.

The nacelle pylons themselves are well styled. They just really don't represent an Excelsior class.

Reliant121 wrote:The nacelle pylons themselves are well styled. They just really don't represent an Excelsior class.

That was my point. And the paint scheme looks like something off of some 17-year-old wannabe's 1997 Honda Prelude.

Maybe its just the angle, but I loved the below/side view, while I'm not fond of the top... and the glare doesn't help.

Too bad its so small.


Pretty but small.

Had it as my wallpaper for a spell.