MASAO! StarFleet Museum question

Hey, Modelnut! They're older ships, so I thought I'd mess with their proportions and configuratons. (Actually, I like to think that the bridge on the D7 is backward!)

By the way, I got a bit lazy with the impulse "back packs" and made they just like those of the D7. I meant to change them a bit but never got around to it. So, feel free to back date them.

The only cut away of the D-7 I've ever seen(and it was a beauty) put the bridge in the the "silo". They showed a sensor array at the top with the silo with the bridge below that, slightly higher than the domed area you are calling the bridge. If you believe that arrangement then the position of the bridge/silo means very little. By the way the D-2 thru D-6 are really starting to grow on me. Do I smell my next Starfleet Museum project?

Masao, What would be the Avenger's chief Klingon rival?

Avenger and Predator were designed to counter the D6.

(The voice in your head says "Build them, build them, build them....")

Good idea Woody, an adversary build! Let's start thinking about now, to follow this one.
We need more alien ships.

Thanks Masao!

I thought it might be something like that.
And I can buy that with the engines and armament. But Federation bridge housing design has been pretty consistant throughout all incarnations of Star Trek. I don't see why other races wouldn't get into similar habits.

I have the blueprints from Star Trek: The Motion Picture - somewhere around here...
And I distinctly remember that the silo and (?) the "frog-faced" pillbox are integral parts of the Klingon bridge. The aft bridge officers are on a raised deck with windows looking out of the silo. The captain's throne and other stations are in the pillbox.

HEY! How about bulking-up the Klingon bridge with ablative armor?
Or their eqivalent of Zimmeritt? It is something to think about...

Anyway, I am tinkering around with building one of these ships.
If I can make some progress this week, I will ask Woody to put me in the Museum Group Build.
It all depends on what I can adapt into a good looking synthesis between your designs and my materials.

The tough part will be super-detailing bilaterally!
I know I can make one fancy doodad. The real trick will be making two!
I have nothing with which to crank out molds or molded copies.
It will all be elbow-grease, my friends. Pure 200-proof.

Let you know something by Wednesday at the soonest.

-Leelan

QUOTE: Originally posted by modelnut I have the blueprints from Star Trek: The Motion Picture - somewhere around here... And I distinctly remember that the silo and (?) the "frog-faced" pillbox are integral parts of the Klingon bridge. The aft bridge officers are on a raised deck with windows looking out of the silo. The captain's throne and other stations are in the pillbox.

I found that bridge configuration online. It looks good too.

QUOTE: Originally posted by modelnut If I can make some progress this week, I will ask Woody to put me in the Museum Group Build. It all depends on what I can adapt into a good looking synthesis between your designs and my materials.

That would be great.

QUOTE: Originally posted by modelnut The tough part will be super-detailing bilaterally! I know I can make one fancy doodad. The real trick will be making two! I have nothing with which to crank out molds or molded copies. It will all be elbow-grease, my friends. Pure 200-proof.

Have you ever pressed a piece into modeling clay and then put a few drops of CA glue followed by a drop of accelerator. Repeat until the cavity is filled. I use that quick and dirty trick from time to time. Baking soda or styrene dust can be used to help fill the clay mold up quickly. A light spritz of cooking oil will insure that the original piece doesn't stick to the clay.

Thanks, Woody!

That would be just the thing for tee-tiny parts! I might just give that a try!

-Leelan