Get Academy's Claw in 3D (February 27, 2015)

[KrisV]

The Academy animated series features a familiar but distinct design for the Bengal strike carrier that's always been one of my favorites. Community member unfortunatecrow kept staring at freeze frames of the Tiger's Claw until he could piece together a 3D representation. The resulting model is some 5.8 centimeters or 2.3 inches long, and it's now available through 3D printing service Shapeways. If you missed our previous coverage, there is even more cool stuff on Shapeways to check out: the Dream Foundry, the Terran Fleet Supply and Chronocidal's Excalibur kit!

This is my rendition of the TCS Tiger's Claw from the Wing Commander Academy cartoon series. Due to a lack of good images, I had to improvise and take liberties with the design of the ship; particularly with the hangar bay and underside of the ship in general. For the hangar bay, I used a design that fits thematically with other Confed carriers in the lore.

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Original update published on February 27, 2015

 

[NinjaLA]

that's pretty snazzy! this is a design that doesn't get enough love as it is!