Ent Era Klingon ships

[D-WHALE]

Originally Posted by Millenniumfalsehood

Very, very cool! How are you hinging the wings? Are you using a similar setup to the acrylic wing hinge kit from DLM for the 23rd century Bird of Prey?

cant find the post and the link, but i guess i know what you mean! the cooler rips of the Ent-BoP are a bit different to the TNG-BoP! the rips have only one turning point! the 23rd BoP had a turning point and a slider hole!
at the Ent-BoP is the space between the rips so tight, that you need no stopper or holder, because at 1/1700 is the weight very low! On the picture you can see the the parts which i built before the disk damaged!

[mchale]

So that means you don't have the files for This model any more since your disk got damaged

[Millenniumfalsehood]

Interesting solution! Being the over-thinking mechanical nut that I am, I would have attempted to replicate this setup in miniature:

Bird of Prey Hinge

It doesn't hurt that he posted the complete templates at lo-res; at this scale the low resolution doesn't really matter.

Originally Posted by spaceagent-9

a bent piece of cardboard would do it with a swivel pin to lock in place.

Not really, because in the front view there is no hinge, or connections of any kind, from the wings to the hull other than the baffle plates themselves. In the original Kirk-era BoP there was a set of hinges that the wings moved on, with the baffles merely riding on top. If you didn't care about accuracy though, your idea would work fine, especially with the high level of friction those baffle plates create. I've got a set of acrylic plates for my AMT Bird of Prey and despite the smooth plastic surface there is a LOT of friction between them.

[D-WHALE]

Originally Posted by mchale

So that means you don't have the files for This model any more since your disk got damaged

yes and no! a friend has a pre-file, but no texture and not all details! i think it´s good enough to make a final model with it!

@MFH
that was the site! Thanks for sharing!

unbelievable that this model is ca. 10 times bigger than my BoP!

[spaceagent-9]

any body know why the wings change position in the first place?

[Neptune]

Originally Posted by spaceagent-9

any body know why the wings change position in the first place?

It's essentially a reflection of two different things. Nimoy wanted the BOP to look like a strongman flexing his muscles and it kind of hearkens back to the F-14's ability to chang it's wing profile when going supersonic.

[spaceagent-9]

i meant technically in the trek universe.
i have heard the 'foootball player' reason many times, and the ships do reflect that kind of attractiveness?
the 1701 is loaded with sexuality.
so is the klingon d-7 tos.
so,
wings up-reactor feeds warp engine, cloaking device and disruptors.
wings down, full power to weapons, including warp plasma torpedo.