Then there’s the ill-fated stage 9 project, the progress of which I was watching like a hawk. I’d dare suggest that played some part in taking the wind out of my sails because the work presented by that team was so amazing.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom however, a few months after the termination of that project by a bunch of miseries at CBS, I found that my belly started rumbling for this old old old project of mine.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom – so I picked it up again!

I left this project having completed the three shuttlebay models so it was onto prepping them for installing into pro9’s enterprise-D, which wasn’t as straightforward as one might expect.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom my initial challenge was one of fixing the proportions of everything. The sternbach blueprints do a fair job of telling me what the floorspace looks like but as for the height of everything (including walls) in that main shuttlebay, it was all guesswork, with the relationships between length-width-height having been informed by my model of shuttlebay 2, which was itself informed by a low quality scan I have of the plans for that set. - and that guesswork was of course quite quite wrong.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom

Second big challenge was the contour of that ceiling to the main shuttlebay which rolls off on a slope from bridge module to shuttlebay door.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom the control booths located at the extreme aft of the bay punched through the hull so I had to fidgit those around to a location in the bay that was more appropriate and filling the gap they left with a balcony for an upper-level that could afford to have its height chopped by about a third.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom

Third big challenge was that damned shuttlebay door: trying to find a combination of making the design work logically (eg. When the door's open, it has to disappear into the ceiling somewhere) balanced against not butchering my model too much, against trying not to butcher pro9's model at all, against trying to not make whatever direction I was heading in look crap! - yeah, that was time consuming.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom and when you go through this exercise you learn that this door would never actually work in reality.

Another chapter complete. I'm back playing with the decks in the saucer again at this point, splitting up the sections I've made so far into smaller rooms.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom going forward I have to decide what I want to do about the living quarters; I'm sure as hell not going to model some behind every window but I have reasonable references to the living quarters for picard, riker and troi; so maybe I'll commit to three hero sets at least.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom I also want to stick some basic furniture behind several of the large windows at the rim of the saucer.

SG_Stargazers - cheers! So little had been presented of the main shuttlebay, both in the show and by any of the art generated by the fan community; I'm almost certain that I was the first to take a crack at it (and present it).Cognitive learning theory in the classroom obviously I run at a snails pace so in the time it's taken me to complete my interpretation of what the main shuttlebay would look like, I've seen two or three completed versions listed on google images!Cognitive learning theory in the classroom

Those doors would definitely need to be assisted by some kind of force field manipulation or as you say, be made of a material that possesses a property that allows the door to adjust its form on the fly so it can A) stay within its runners for its full travel and B) doesn't rip through the sides of the bay as the wider part of the door is dragged into the ceiling.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom

Or... The door could be a holographic recreation so the ship's computer could manipulate its dimensions on the fly! Or maybe the transporter could be used to dematerialise the door, place it in transporter suspension for the duration of the docking procedure and then beam the door back when required! - ah, now I'm in a 24th century frame of mind!Cognitive learning theory in the classroom

It was about the mid-naughties that I first saw the most practiced of the 3D modelling community expanding the detail of a ship model far beyond what you see on the skin of its hull; I always found that fascinating.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom it's a bit more common place now of course but no less fascinating to me. - it adds another layer of reality to all this illusion.

It's backstory fires the imagination also.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom I always liked that the ship was conceived out of an extended period of unprecedented peace for the federation. The federation called upon their best to design the biggest, most powerful, most capable, most advanced exploration vessel of all time.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom A ship that could carry 5000 officers and crew (including families), operate independently of support for extended periods and was expected to be in service for around 100 years with major upgrades and system swapouts every 20 years.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom

...And I was sooo disappointed when CBS shut down the stage 9 project. What that team had achieved with the latest release was phenomenal; faithful, respectful and very clever.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom what they presented prior to the release that was abruptly aborted was another level of refinement; it looked amazing. And their plans for expanding the project in the future, what was on the cards and what had already been drafted blew my freakin' mind. - nothing short of glorious!Cognitive learning theory in the classroom

I wouldn't dispute that CBS acted well within their rights, but I would suggest that they didn't handle the situation very well. CBS hold all the cards; the project was clearly the result of the collective affection of the dedicated, the committed and the talented.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom pretty sure CBS could have worked something out with that team, discuss, meet in the middle, set conditions... But instead they chose to strong-arm them into shutting down, absent any conditions.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom

It's backstory fires the imagination also. I always liked that the ship was conceived out of an extended period of unprecedented peace for the federation.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom the federation called upon their best to design the biggest, most powerful, most capable, most advanced exploration vessel of all time. A ship that could carry 5000 officers and crew (including families), operate independently of support for extended periods and was expected to be in service for around 100 years with major upgrades and system swapouts every 20 years.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom

...And I was sooo disappointed when CBS shut down the stage 9 project. What that team had achieved with the latest release was phenomenal; faithful, respectful and very clever.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom what they presented prior to the release that was abruptly aborted was another level of refinement; it looked amazing. And their plans for expanding the project in the future, what was on the cards and what had already been drafted blew my freakin' mind. - nothing short of glorious!Cognitive learning theory in the classroom

I wouldn't dispute that CBS acted well within their rights, but I would suggest that they didn't handle the situation very well. CBS hold all the cards; the project was clearly the result of the collective affection of the dedicated, the committed and the talented.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom pretty sure CBS could have worked something out with that team, discuss, meet in the middle, set conditions... But instead they chose to strong-arm them into shutting down, absent any conditions.Cognitive learning theory in the classroom