"knock it off!"
Ra did nothing and has contributed more to HLP than I could ever hope to (plus he's famous - wheel of fortune)...
Although this thread probably has lived as long as it was needed, still to be closed from a new person's attitude is not cool.
Anyway, if you go to the thread called "We're off to outer space" HERE:
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,27330.0.html , you will find a link to DL a HIGH poly version of the Yamato (unfortunately it's not ready for game as this was a SFC model Atra-Hasis gave me permission to convert but I need a modler's help).
You can't play with it yet, but at least you can have it to look at. I recently met someone who used to model FS1 stuff and quit. after showing him Trek pics I got him excited again and I talked him into messing around with Yamato to learn TS 3.2
If that model ever gets properly converted I can release it right away...
l8tr!