TOS Windows

[ghoyle1]

I've always assumed that the rectangular windows on board the TOS Connies are about 1 meter by .5, and the round portholes are 1 meter in diameter. However, looking at other artists' models and pictures, I'm not sure those dimensions are accurate. Does anybody have an opinion or reference about this?

TIA,

Guy Hoyle

[mcmiller]

It's hard to tell. The scale on my old Franz Joseph blueprints show that they may be anywhere from a hair bigger than that... to as much as 50% bigger. But I wouldn't call that definitive by any stretch. Many of the blueprints' windows are drawn in with orthographic shape distortion and the scale legend is not fine enough to make a very accurate measurement.

[evil_genius_180]

Yeah, it's really not that clear. I usually just wind up scaling mine based on what blueprints I'm using for the Constitution-class and then use the same base window on models that follow. I do know one thing, the round windows are the same diameter as the smaller dimension on the rectangular ones, except the 3 bigger windows in the saucer front.