TMP Shuttle Progress

Some further work on the Surak (or the T'Mas as I'll most likely name it). Shuttle is done (I may go back and redo some of the underside before texturing) so I'm now finishing the sled itself. All textures are temporary.

Finding a Needle in a Haystack Would Be Child's Play

Gadzooks! I just found out that the shuttlecraft Galileo is at CAK (Canton / Akron airport) being restored (again)! The poor girl has had a rough life.

- The shuttle was purchased for $3,000 by a Lynne Miller and she had a special trailer built to haul it. It was brought to the Akron airdock at first and later housed in a hangar in the Akron Canton airport.

- Extensive work needed to be done on the shuttecraft, it is not clear if it was ever finished. It was expensive and time consuming. Time was spent fundraising and restoring.

- The current owner of the Galileo has asked to remain private for the time being.

- As of December 2005, Galileo is 'docked' in Ohio, in safe hands, and almost fully restored.

3D Thursday

More work on the Surak. On the one hand, I'm getting pretty good at this, on the other hand, this post-1975 stuff (I suppose I should dial back to 2001 and Silent Running - HEY! This is all Douglas Trumbull's fault!) is kind of a pain. Those guys could just run to the hobby shop and glue a bunch of tank and battleship parts to their model. Of course, if they made a mistake they couldn't just go back to a saved file. All balances out I suppose.

Vulcan Shuttle

Sorry about the lack of updates. Blah blah blah Star Trek. Blah blah blah funny little videos. Blah blah blah Bill Clinton is the greatest show on Earth.

But I did start a new ship. From Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the long range shuttle Surak. My first post-TOS Trek ship. I tell you, once they started doing more than sticking a saucer on a stick these things get complicated.