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Very good, you're right. The outer Docking ring is level with the other rings in this rendition.It's supposed to be below the the habitat ring's elevation. Considerably lower. That of course means that the pylons attaching the rings together slant down to the Docking Ring.
I got the DS9 Technical manual this morning and I can now see exactly what you mean by this. There is a big side view/partial cutaway at the back of the book where you can see the difference in the placement of the habitat ring and the docking ring. The slope between the 2 rings is clearly visible in the image as well.If you go to this page http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/scans/cardassians1.htm and scroll down to the DS9 schematics there is a decent side view one which shows this as well.As far as I can tell now that is the only main difference between the show model and your mesh Baz. The newly revised docking ring looks great.
Wow i did not know that!
We need a "Sweet Jesus!" emote.