1 TRILLION TO BUILD A REAL LIFE ENTERPRISE

a scientist after doing research has said it will cost us 1 trillion to build a real life enterprise over a 20 year period. he has a website call build the enterprise. at www.buildtheenterprise.org that is the link. he has the specs on gen 1 enterprise which each spec of the gen 1 enterprise is explain in conceptual desgin. he has done an excellant job.

how big would the real life enteprise would be. here is the answer.

real life enterprise                       960 meters
j.j. abrams new enterprise          786 meters
tos enterprise                             286 meters

what would be a crew of the real life enterprise? i would think it would be several thousand. the real life enterprise can be built with the tech we have according to the web site, and it sounds pretty good. real life enterprise would have artifical gravity and that is explain on the web site. what do you think. i do think he is right, that we have been at a stand still on the manned exploration and that it is time for nasa to think out of the box, i say if we can build it, lets do it.  the real life enterprise would be able to get to mars in 90 days.
here is some pics.

real life enterprise with sheilds

he also says real life enterprise can act as a spaceport

gen 1 real life enterprise specs

size comparison

gen 1 enterprise build shedule

nasa xx-33 spacecraft, it is built and in storage, he says it can be used basicaly as a shuttle for enterprise

nasa skylor spacecraft, the skylor passed a major test in november 2012

BABYLON 5 LOT FROM EBAY.

before i ordered some skybots from astro miniatures. a seller on ebay put up a lot of babylon 5 ships at buy it now. he said he did not know much about the game or the ships and listed the lot at 100 dollars free shipping. he told me he just listed the lot a few miniutes earlier, when i bought click buy it now. they finaly arrived today. what is in the lot is
1 explorer mini
3 chronos frigate
4 badger fighters
9 omega shadows

all ships are in full scale and i look forward to put them on the gaming table. this now gives me 12 full scale omega shadows. i plan on running a game with a friend of mine later this summer, when i go to vist him. we will be playing the battle of sector 300 10 shadow omegas vs 20 whitestars. will post the report and pics.

here is a pic of the explorer, i now have 2.

here is a pic of 4 badgers, i know have 12

here is a pic of 3 chronos frigates, i now have 4

here is a pic of 9 shadow omegas, i now have 12.

they will go to my work bench for assembly and painting.

MINIATURE OF THE WEEK 12 SHAPEWAYS BABYLON 5 miniatures

the miniature of the week is shapeways babylon 5 ships omega class destroyer and warlock advance destroyer. these are awsome miniatures. i normaly don't buy from shapeways, but i will in this case. total minis i have bought from shapeways since they have been around is 9. these miniature have impressive details. these miniatures can be found on shapeways store ssbl. the verse also have full scale babylon 5 ships.
there are two diffrent size full scale omega destroyers at ssbl and three diffrent size of full scale warlock advance destoryers at the ssbl. most b5 minis averge 20 dollars and some are leess and more. it depends on what material you get it in. here is some pics.

 this is omega class destroyer one of two diffrent size.this mini is only in frosted detail and goes for $20.79
the length is in inches 1.295w x 3.687d x 0.699h this is at ssbl

this a pic of under neath the mini.

this is the second diffrent size at ssbl. it is second of second omega at his store on shapeways.
here is the length in inches 1.606w x 4.572d x 0.867h it is only in white strong and flexible

is is the sharlin warcruiser on store ssbl on shapeways. the length is 1.194w x 2.93d x 4.441h
it is only in white strong and flexible. it goes for $25.99.

this is nova dreadnought on shapeway store ssbl. it is only in white strong and flexible. it only goes for
$12.34. the length is 0.519w x 3.232d x 0.699h. the second diffrent size nova  is 100mm

this is on shapeway store ssbl. it is one of three diffrent size warlock advance destroyer. it is in 2 diffrent material. white strong and flexible for $19.38 and frosted detail for $33.20. it is in inches 1.384w x 4.78d x 0.928h

this is second of three diffrent size warlock advance destroyer. it is on shapeway store ssbl. it is in two materials. white strong and flexible for $11.62 and frosted detail for 19.38. the length is 1.025w x 3.541d x 0.688.

this is expensive, it is on shaprway store ssbl. it is three of three diffrent size warlock advance destroyer. it is in two materials. white strong and flexible for $33.20 and frosted detail for $54.48.

this is on star corp shipyard. it is the babylon 5 jumpgate called warpgate at his store on shapeway. it is in many diffrent material, the cheapest is sandstone for $7.14, other prices is in 8 bucks and more depends on what material you get. the length is 1.88w x 1.964d x 1.845h.

this is on shapeway store star corp shipyard. there are three diffrent size, this one is called larger spidership.
it is in several material, the one in pic is in black strong and flexible which is for $11.81. this is an awsome mini i will admite for shapeways. i will buy several for my shadow fleet and use them as battleships. the length is 4.183w x 2.174d x 0.891h

this is on shapeway store the verse. it is babylon 5 psi-corp bulk freighter. it is in many materials, but since psi-corp colors are black for their clothes, ships and fighters. it is in black strong and flexible for $17.78
the length is 1.703w x 3.296d x 0.618h.


these minis are great and has impresive details, i will definately buy some. there are other full scale b5 ships on shapeway store the verse and ssbl, star corp has b5 ships most in fleet scale. at these store is full scale g'quan, primus. the verse has b5 assault shuttles for gropos. here is one more pic of that.

this is on the store the verse. it is babylon 5 earth transport pack. it contains earth marine transports, shuttles, 2 scoutships and 1 deep range scoutship. it is in three materials ranging from 19 to 44 dollars depending on what material you get it in. they are also aviliable in single minis as well. th cheapest is white strong and flexible for $19.34. the length is 2.657w x 3.442d x 0.542h

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BABYLON 5 ACTA TRADE WITH BASAINT FROM MONGOOSE FORUM

i did a babylon 5 acta trade with fellow b5 gamer basaint from the mongoose forum. we did a ship for ship trade. i gave him two darkh ships and i got one psi-corp mothership and one shadow omega. it was a great trade and i have traded with him several times b5 ships. here is pics, they will go to my work bench.

here is the psi-corp mothership. it is a 20 piece casting with moderate details.

here is the shadow omega. it is almost 20 piece casting with pretty good details.

this was a great trade as with the previous several b5 trades and i look forward to another trade.

HANGAR 18 FASA IS CLOSING IT'S DOORS.

hangar18fasa is closing it's doors at the end of the year. you have until then to put in your orders. they make a wide range of miniatures, battlestar galactica both the orginal series and the new series, flash gordon, star trek, and sky king. if you want some of his minis,put them in before he close his doors. the flowing pics are from his line of minis he does. i have alwaays had great service and fast delivery.

retro rocket

hawk men city

classic bsg tiger battle destroyer

borg cube

nazi flying saucer

space marines

blimp docking base

valiant class heavy cruiser

olypmus battlecruiser

scimitar bs

kytrus frigate

yamato fighter/bomber refuler

fuel refinery


these and others he does makes some good table top war gaming, some of his flash gordon kingdom sets can be used as other things, there is one flash gordon kingdom set i plan on using as a dominion base making the drug that the jem hadar uses.

MONGOOSE B5 G'VRAN FAST CRUISER AND NEW TROLIGAN CRUISER

i did a trade with kodiak888 he is on bartertown and scn forum. i gave him a few b5 minis i got from bartertown in the previous trade. i got in return two rarer b5 ships g'vran fast cruiser and new troligan cruiser. there pretty cool and i really like the new troligan cruiser, i would not mind getting another one. the new troligan has pretty good detail, the gvran has moderate detail. there both awesome minis. here is some pics.

here is a pic of the new troligan cruiser. it is a two piece casting.

here is another pic of the troligan put togther.

my painting goal for my troligan is to try to paint it similar to this pic.

here is the backround on the new troligan cruiser.

extremely rare and possessing a relatively week armament for a minbari frontline warship, the troligan can nevertheless with stand a huge amount of punishment. in theory the cruiser was designed  for to close range with an enemy fleet and, supported war cruisers and fighters, wreak havoc and throw opponents into confusion as other minbari ships break them apart. with limited stealth capabilities, troligan captains often have to rely more on their thick armor, something that goea against a lot of minbari philosophy expect in certain circles of the warrior cast.

this is a pic of the gvran fast cruiser. it is a three piece casting.

this is a pic of the bottom of the mini, the only diffrence between the top and the bottom is the hole for the stand. it has the same details on the top and bottom.

this is a pic of a gvran painted up, my gvran will be painted similar.




i am thilled to get these minis and i look forward to try and get more, one is not enough, i would like to have 2 or 3.

here is the backround on the gvran fast cruiser.


     though this ship was orginaly desgin more than 30 years before it was launched, by the legendary narn ship designer it was named after, the regime's technology at the time could simply not support the radical new ideas that combined speed and thick armourwith a large hull and advance weaponary. with the influx of  technology from the isa, these ideas became possible.

PICK UP RARE BABYLON 5 SHIPS FROM BARTERTOWN

while i was in the hospital, my shipment of 14 rare babylon 5 ships came in from bartertown. i have been trying to get some of these ships for close 2 years. they are awsome ships and i am glad the guy before me back out of buying them, when he did that, the seller contacted me and i bought them. here is a few pics. all ships are full scale, and all ships are canon.

in this pic is 2 shadow hunters, it is a 2 piece casting and the second one i need to strip the paint and repaint it.

here is another pic of the 2 shadow hunter, the painted one is not glued, i need to strip the paint.

here is 2 mongoose apollo bombardment cruisers, one has a broken base.

here is another pic of the mongoose apollo bombardment cruiser. in a future post i will compare the mongoose apollo to b-3 fleet scale apollo.

here is a pic of 3 psi-corp shadowcloaks, 2 has broken base.

here is a pic of the shadow hunter.

here is the pic of the nemsis advance destroyer, i need to strip the paint and repaint it.

here is a pic of my 2nd nemsis advance destroyer. it is a 14 piece casting.

here is a pic of  4 psi-corp carriers, 2 has broken base.

here is the box they came in.



after i got these ships i trade a few for even 2 rarer babylon 5 ships nanr g'vran fast cruiser and a mongoose new troligan cruiser sculpt. which i will post pics of those in a couple of days. i am glad to get these ships.