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Ptrope β Surplus n' Shirttails
Published: 2013-09-24 14:56:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 2408; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 90
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Even in the 23rd century, there are going to be hot rods. They may look a little different, but the idea will be the same - and just like now, some of those rods are going to be surplus hardware repurposed for fun and self-expression. A Starfleet officer may leave the service, but he remembers the fun he had flying one of these 2-man Darts; when he gets a chance to buy one that's been decommissioned, he's already got a plan for fixing it up as his special ride.And chicks dig the car in any century ...
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ptropeAerospace DART w/ warp pack and CalStar Speed Shop freebies. Background is Technopolis Tower and multiple Dystopia blocks. Aiko's outfit by BATLabs.
EDIT: Re-rendered the image larger and with a bit of DOF added. Oh, and a little something else, too ...
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Beautiful render, Ptrope. It (and the photos of the hot rod you posted further down the page) remind me of some of the cars we get in town during Hot August Nights (our classic car show the first week in August every year. Google 'Hot August Nights Reno NV', and you'll see what I mean. LOL)
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Thanks!
Lots of nice stuff there! (too bad the official gallery has watermarks all over the pix - really makes them hard to appreciate 
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I know what you mean, Ptrope. I had forgotten that they stamp everything there with watermarks. It does make it difficult to see and appreciate all of the pics.
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Nice work.
I'd be more the type to get a decommissioned runabout (or your bus) or such, in the line of the custom vans.Β
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Not that red and white are "rare" colors for use upon aircraft, but the paint scheme reminds me of my late uncle's private Navion. Alas his health declined in the latter 70s so he sold it. The new owner managed to wreck it not 10 minutes after the final papers were signed! The idiot started to taxi the plane from the hangar and did not check that the landing wheels were properly locked into position. The nose gear retracted from the forward motion, smashing the prop and shaft into the ground and the tail upward and into the frame of the hangar door! No one was hurt, but the plane was ruined! At least the money cleared the bank so my uncle did not suffer a financial loss. But witnessing that stupidity broke his heart and I don't think he ever quite recovered.
Sincerely,
Bill
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Sorry to hear about the plane, and your late uncle. I can understand how that must've felt.
The paint scheme of the Cal-Star is, of course, a future version of the classic So-Cal Speed Shop rods - I've always liked the graphic elements of these cars:
To go along with the hot rod theme, I even made new custom 'hood scoops' for the superchargers on the nacelles
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Oh, my uncle passed away a long time ago. In fact, he was buried (with military honors) on the same fateful day as the infamous Oklahoma City bombing, nearly a decade now. His health issues were in the late 70s and he realized he'd never be able to fly again, so why maintain a "money pit" (maintenance upon something he couldn't use)?
BTW, that's a sweet ride! The real-life one, I mean.
Sincerely,
Bill
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Is this pod racing?
There was that episode of Voyager...
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Oooh, don't remind me (and also, don't remind me of the same mistake they made with an episode of Stargate SG-1 
Nah, this is just a hot rod that can go into warp
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Son you're gonna drive me to drinkin if you don't stop drivin that hot...rod...Lincoln.
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That half dome building in the background looks like it's from Appleseed?
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That's a massive solar powerplant - that dome is a big mirror aimed at the collector tower. A lot of the "Dystopia" city blocks would probably fit into Appleseed pretty easily
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here, this big buildingΒ youtu.be/IlhV8Catmbs?t=22m13s
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