03-13-2010, 06:52 AM
For the screengrabs I'm low-tech. I just watch the DVD on the computer in full screen mode then pause and "print screen". Then paste into paint or photoshop and save. Tedious but the image quality is decent.
Ok for the shuttle scale. I did some calcs when I was discussing the new shuttle design with Charles Adams. The front windows of the set piece are 4 feet wide. Scaling this off of the model puts it at 110 feet long from nose to the end of the body (not the end of the engines) and on the model this is 19.5 inches long so the scale would be just under 1:68.
This is my interpretation.
Charles said he believed that the size of the shuttle [as originally designed] is much smaller and using the interior set which was designed later and too big for the model inflates the size. I didn't get any hard numbers from Charles on what he thought it was but he said the various theories put it anywhere between 65 to 110 feet. I can definitely see how a disconnect between the studio model builders and the set designers working somewhat independantly could occur. There's no size cues on the shuttle that set the scale. If you're going to build the set interior into the cockpit I'd go with the 110 as that would make it "fit".
Ok for the shuttle scale. I did some calcs when I was discussing the new shuttle design with Charles Adams. The front windows of the set piece are 4 feet wide. Scaling this off of the model puts it at 110 feet long from nose to the end of the body (not the end of the engines) and on the model this is 19.5 inches long so the scale would be just under 1:68.
This is my interpretation.
Charles said he believed that the size of the shuttle [as originally designed] is much smaller and using the interior set which was designed later and too big for the model inflates the size. I didn't get any hard numbers from Charles on what he thought it was but he said the various theories put it anywhere between 65 to 110 feet. I can definitely see how a disconnect between the studio model builders and the set designers working somewhat independantly could occur. There's no size cues on the shuttle that set the scale. If you're going to build the set interior into the cockpit I'd go with the 110 as that would make it "fit".
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Sometimes I build and think and sometimes I just build.
Sometimes I build and think and sometimes I just build.