Skypray Blastboat

[mateus]

Hey, is there a model of this one out there?<BR>Is someone working in it or is it reserved?

[Tony Knightcrawler]

<A HREF="http://www.xwaupgrade.com/progress/gfp.shtml" TARGET=_blank>http://www.xwaupgrade.com/progress/gfp.shtml</A> <P>Dunno how recent that is or how much progress he made or if he's working on it now.

[Major Wes Janson]

I vaguely recall seeing a model of one a long time ago, but I think that was more than a year ago.

[Marco Antonio]

I always have the wish to make this ship...

[moot]

Actually, I'd love to see the Blastboat modelled...

[Tony Knightcrawler]

Hehe I'd like to see it too, but not just modeled. Textured and OPTed for my tasty delight, too!

[BattleDog]

Yeah. I think we're past the time here where we can put projects on hold because someone has dropped off the radar. Ultimately though its up to the team.

[Major Wes Janson]

I'm sort of tempted to try to play with this once I get home. I have plenty of references, though I am limited to modelling

[Marco Antonio]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Marco Antonio:<BR><STRONG>I always have the wish to make this ship... </STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I start working in a model of the Skipray.

[Tony Knightcrawler]

Awesome! The Antonio-man!

[Baron Wolfsburg]

Excellent news!

[Rookie_One1]

look like our superhero is there, lets cheer!!<P>YAY!!!

[Major Wes Janson]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Tony Knightcrawler:<BR><STRONG>Awesome! The Antonio-man!</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Who can make the OPTs come? <BR>The Antinio can!<P>

[Marco Antonio]

sneak peak:<P>

[Tony Knightcrawler]

*Drools*

[ANDREW L]

beautiful

[Oldcode]

Oh yes! Very nice!

[Baron Wolfsburg]

Excellent...

[Texturion]

In love already!

[Axingus]

Thats FANTASTIC!!<BR> I love the detail, it looks like you pulled from several different sources and merged them together. The only criticism I have is the version of foreward fin you went with. I personally prefer the smaller squared off version. But thats me and its your work.<P>-Ax

[Will T]

Looks very good, though I would tend to agree with Axingus about the winglets at the front, don't forget (I'm sure you haven't) that there's a pair of cannons on those wings as well. Other than that its great, can't wait to see it textured!

[Rookie_One1]

only one thing to say, its beautiful

[Marco Antonio]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by The 95 Headhunter:<BR><STRONG>Looks very good, though I would tend to agree with Axingus about the winglets at the front, don't forget (I'm sure you haven't) that there's a pair of cannons on those wings as well.</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I used as primary references the two only schematics of the ship I find. The one in the Essential guide of vehicles (I have the book) and another found in the <A HREF="http://www.starwarsgalaxies.ru." TARGET=_blank>www.starwarsgalaxies.ru.</A> Unfortunately, right now, the two images are of line:<P> <BR> <BR>In the two, the front winglets are this shape. And I think these are the best references to folow.<P>I do not forguet the "cannons" in these wings. These pic are of a uncomplet model.<BR>But despite the game put two ion cannos in these structures, the references put the ion cannos in the much larger structures the tip of the rotating wings. And one of them call these tubes in the winglets as "sensor pylons".<P>The ship apears in the wookpedia<BR> <A HREF="http://starwars.wikicities.com/wiki/Skipray_Blastboat" TARGET=_blank>http://starwars.wikicities.com/wiki/Ski ... astboat</A> <P>And the text confirm that:<P>"The most popular variant, the GAT-12h, had a standard crew consisting of a pilot, copilot/sensor operator, and two gunnery officers; however, the ship could be piloted by just one person. It was standard equipped with a Class Two hyperdrive and a limited nav computer capable of storing four jump coordinates, and was stocked with sufficient consumables for a month of independent operation. <B>On short wings on the side of the cockpit it housed two Siep-Irol "Omni-Vu" sensor pylons.<P>Two forward-swept stabilizer fins branched out from a rotating assembly at the aft of the ship and housed two of the Mendarn Arms Dar-2 ion cannons.</B> The stabilizers were kept vertically in flight, with the ion cannons deployed above and below the rest of the ship; the fins rotated horizontally for landing, putting them on either side of the ship in a more traditional winged configuration. A third Dar-2 ion cannon was housed in the nose of the ship, with a concussion missile launcher and proton torpedo tube flanking it starboard and port, respectively. On the dorsal fuselage, a fire-linked pair of Senko Systems 5000x2 "Tru-Lok" laser cannons were mounted in a turret. "<P>The box I mounted to use as reference to model it:<P> <p>[ 26 March 2006: Message edited by: Marco Antonio ]

[Marco Antonio]

duplicated post...<p>[ 26 March 2006: Message edited by: Marco Antonio ]

[Major Wes Janson]

The EGVV picture does seem to fit the one from the Thrawn Trilogy Sourcebook.<P>I wonder what those little intake grilles are for on the front of the canards...