My Enterprise bridge models

Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

My Enterprise bridge models

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:29 PM

Hi all, I'm new here and have never posted pics anywhere before, so hopefully I'm doing this right. Tongue [:P]

This is a scratchbuilt TNG bridge I made a while back, in the same scale as the old TOS bridge kit. I don't know why, but I love building these things, maybe because not many other people do. I've also done a TOS bridge and a Cage bridge, and plan to do the TWOK bridge sometime soon.

One other note: the carpet color is supposed to be the burgundy/blue combo from the last season, but for some reason my camera keeps changing the colors on me. It's not nearly as bright as it looks here.

I also originally wanted to add the giant viewscreen, but in the end liked the idea of looking in to the bridge at "eye level." (Plus I didn't feel like building it). Wink [;)]

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Lufbery

Member since
December 2002
From: Harrisburg, PA

Posted by Lufbery on Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:17 PM

That's pretty awesome! Thanks for sharing the photos.

Regards,

-Drew

Build what you like; like what you build.

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maxx1969

Member since
May 2004
From: Oregon

Posted by maxx1969 on Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:39 PM

All I can say is WOW! Shock [:O]

~Matt T Meyer

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 4:46 PM

That is truly an amazing piece of work. How many hours went into that? Any other bridges in the works? Thanks for posting those photos.

Lauren Oliver

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philp

Member since
December 2002
From: USA

Posted by philp on Thursday, May 26, 2005 4:53 PM

Looks very nice. Now you just need a crew to populate it.

Phil Peterson IPMS #8739 Join the Map http://www.frappr.com/finescalemodeler

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 4:58 PM

Thanks for the compliments! Here's my bridge from The Cage:

I couldn't resist putting in a printout at Spock's computer.

And a black and white pic for the black and white version of the pilot Wink [;)]

This one was a lot of fun to make. The little oval viewers were made from the tips of the chairs after they were cut off, and the screens around the top were done on a basic paintbrush program (it's the only thing I have).

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:03 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by ProfKSergeev

That is truly an amazing piece of work. How many hours went into that? Any other bridges in the works? Thanks for posting those photos.

Lauren Oliver

I didn't really keep track of how long it took. Certainly no more than a few months. So far there's just a CAGE, TOS, and TNG bridge. After I finish my BTTF3 delorean I plan to do the TWOK bridge. I'd love to do Ops from DS9 too, but it's probably waaaay too intricate and complex.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:54 PM

Wow. Although I have never seen a episode of Star Trek in my life, that is some skillful scratchbuilding.
Well done.

Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 7:39 PM

What the hell, I'll just put all the bridges in the same thread. Here's the TOS one. This was probably harder than the TNG, considering all the modifications that had to be done to the existing kit and all the detail I had to add.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 8:11 PM

Outstanding work!! Nice to see something a little different than the usual starship. Thanks for posting the pics.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 27, 2005 3:27 AM

Fantastic job!! How big is the bild up?

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Chris_in_Japan

Member since
November 2004
From: Fukuoka Japan / Brisbane AUS.

Posted by Chris_in_Japan on Friday, May 27, 2005 7:29 AM

They are just sweet!..

Chris in Japan

On the bench:

1/48 RAAF 3 Sqn F/A-18B

1/150 /1/160 N Scale Japanese Rail diorama.

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Aurora-7

Member since
December 2002
From: Connecticut, USA

Posted by Aurora-7 on Friday, May 27, 2005 8:02 AM

Beautifull work, Dave!

I hope you don't mind but I posted the links to these images over at a Star Trek forum at www.starshipmodeler.com (ever been there?)

They'll be greatly appreciated over there as well.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 27, 2005 10:29 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Aurora-7

Beautifull work, Dave!

I hope you don't mind but I posted the links to these images over at a Star Trek forum at www.starshipmodeler.com (ever been there?)

They'll be greatly appreciated over there as well.

No problem. I visit that site all the time too. But since they seem to be primarily about starship models, I figured I should post these to a general scifi site.

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Woody

Member since
December 2002
From: Third rock from the sun.

Posted by Woody on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 2:01 PM

Those are simply awesome! I can't wait to see your next project.

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones

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albert_sy2

Member since
May 2004
From: Singapore

Posted by albert_sy2 on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 9:27 AM

Beautiful! You said there's a kit for that?

Groovy baby

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 10:19 AM

I wish. It would have saved me a lot of trouble! Wink [;)]

No, it was just a scratchbuilt model. I've had a few requests for turning it INTO a kit, but I don't know the first thing about making molds and it would probably take up too much time anyway. Maybe sometime down the road....

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 12:44 PM

Someone requested a few different angles, so here they are:

And now I'll split before everyone gets sick of me... Shy [8)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 1:35 PM

This is really impressive.

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FireFox31

Member since
August 2004
From: Omaha Nebraska

Posted by FireFox31 on Thursday, June 2, 2005 8:39 AM

all i can say is, that's really really awesome work especially for a scratchbuild. lots and lots of detail. definetly two thumbs up in my book, have you tried doing a klingon bridge yet?

"Simple" "Budget Builder From Hell" Mike

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 2, 2005 12:00 PM

Nope, just the three so far. I've only started diagramming my TWOK bridge. And I've always been more of a Romulan guy than a Klingon guy anyway. Wink [;)]

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, June 2, 2005 12:56 PM

Wow, those are indeed excellent!
Thanks for sharing your very interesting work with us!

~Brian

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Thursday, June 2, 2005 2:05 PM

Amazing. That is some very unique, and very well done work. I have to say, it's the first time I've seen anything like it. Absolutely fantastic! Big Smile [:D]

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