Hmmm you got the saucer section of the Constitution class too thin.

No, that looks about right for a Connie...

Perhaps... although different models used in the show seemed each a little different. And different again from the more detailed models in the movies. The "Discovery" from 2001 is no stickler for accuracy either -- finding a still shot of the ship from the side, like this, was literally impossible in 1972. There were no VHS or DVD copies of the movie to freeze-frame, only film. Nor any internet to search for production drawings. Hell, there weren't even any books on the film with stills, except one paperback. You had to look at crappy little b/w photos and do what you could to envision it from a different angle and eliminate perspective. And you were worried about the saucer section of the "Enterprise" being a little thin ...

Dear lord you sound like a jackass! Whats the bloody point of pretending you know the exact width of the saucher of a starship? You'll come across as a nitpicker at best and an insufferable nerd at worst. Espescially since it's well within the margin of error, accounting for differences in design or artstyle. Also, its been already said, but did it escape your notice when this thing was drawn?

Whew. For a moment there, I thought I was the one you were calling a jackass. But the context seems to suggest you had some other jackass in mind...

But Apollo and the X-1 are Science Facts.

The best fiction is built on fact!

Never let consistency determine what to draw...

...and that is what makes them awesome!

You made that sign? I vaguely remember it!

Indeed I dood it.

I have to ask, out of curiosity, is that a Syreen Penetrator on the left? And if not, what's it from?

I have no idea what a Syreen Penetrator is. I take it you mean the slender job with the three fins. Actually,its a model I scratch built out of parts. The rocket body is the nose of a Boeing SST (which was never built), and the fins are cut from sheet plastic. I painted it white overall and detailed the body with a set of very fine tipped brush-pens (in different colours). Later I added a large bell-shaped rocket nozzle. In essense it's a Chesley Bonestell type space ship.

http://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/Penetrator That's a Syreen Penetrator! :) It's from Star Control and Star Control 2, the latter being one of my favorite games when I was growing up.

That "penetrator" thingie looks an awful lot like a dildo, and the name strongly suggests a not very subtle in-joke.

Yes, I was going to say it looks more like the ship from Destination Moon, but then, that was Chesley Bonestell as the technical adviser to the art department for that movie. Made in 1950, it still plays well today.

Along those lines, uh-huhn.

As long as there's still planets out there to explore that inexplicably looks like a quarry, sci fi lives on.

An abandoned gravel quarry... or the back lot at Paramont.