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From: lm03_cif (Larry Moss)
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1992 16:24:50 -0500
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To: balloon@gawain.cif.rochester.edu
Subject: enterprise and tricerotops
Status: O

Actually, I'm only going to give a description of making the starship
enterprise.  Tricerotops(sp?) is in the subject because I need to come up
with a way of making one.  A friend of mine keeps asking everytime I see
her if I've done it yet.  I've played around a bit but I haven't produced
anything that comes particularly close, so if anyone has any ideas please
let me know.

Now, something to give to all those trekkies out there - the NCC-1701-D.
Get the D right or there's bound to be trouble.  The enterprise D is the
one used in "The Next Generation" and the balloon figure I made looks
most like that one.  (I'm not a trekkie myself, but I live with a couple
of 'em.)

Fill a balloon, leaving about a 4 inch nipple.  I like doing this with a
280, but a 260 will do.  Make a large bubble that's at least 6".  If you
do it with a 280 you can make it larger.  Bring the nozzle back around to
where you twisted off the bubble and tie it off.  This forms the large
disk on the front of the ship.
                             ______ wrap nozzle around twist.
                            |
                            v
         __________________  ___
       -(__________________)(__ \
                           | \_| |
                            \___/


make a 2" bubble, followed by a 1" bubble.  the 1" bubble will be ear
twisted.  It serves no real purpose other than to form a joint in the
balloon so that there will be an angle formed between the two connected
parts.

                         / /
                ______  / /
                ______)( )  <---- ear twist joint

Now, make bubbles that are roughly 3" (long skinny body of ship), 2", 1",
3" (these last three form the engine and the arm that connects it - the
1" bubble is another ear twist joint).  Now make the three bubbles needed
for a pop twist (three 1" bubbles should be good).  Now make the other
engine and connect back to the body of the ship.  When you connect back
leave as small a bubble as possible (that will still hold everything
together) as a tail.

side view showing 1 engine (the other engine is hiddne from view):

                    v---- engine
                  ____
     joint ->  ()(____)()  <--- ear twist remaining from pop twist
               | |_______
     tail  -> ()\-(_______  <-- body


Let me know if that doesn't make sense.

Larry