The Starfleet Museum group build

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Modelnut: Go for it. I'm sure that many ships are modified in the field, either to upgrade the equipment or to decorate them in some way.

Looking at the head again, I remember that I also tried to make the brim of the hat sort of spiky, again, like a a dinosaur. Some field commanders might attach extra decorations to increase the resemblance.

Great! Nice to have some recognition in our little corner.

Cool! Our GB made the emailed FSM newsletter.

OK.

Now that I have stared at Masao's blueprints (enlarged to scale, of course) for hours and slept on the idea a few days,
the backwards bridge is growing on me.

As one of the most forward parts of the ship, it is very arrogant and in-your-face!
Very Klingon. "nuqneH? tlhIngan maH!"

How much can I tinker with the design before it isn't Starfleet Museum material?
I mean, there is quite a bit of difference between the blueprints and some of the CG renderings aalready.

How about if I made the bridge even more like the crest of an oviraptor?
Sort of a fat blade/teardrop shape that tapers as it goes aft?
Not as fat as the command bulge of the 1701. More blade-like than that.
I would definitely leave it wide enough for a Klingon bridge and its armor.
In fact, the profile would stay much the same as in Masao's blueprints.

One Klingonism that I have added already is to move the warp nacelles inboard until they are covered by the ship's wings.
Like Lou Ferrigno curling his arms in that great Hulk pose. The engines are more protected.
And there is still that menacing shape...

-Leelan

Yeah, the D-6 is a very interesting ship. I'm glad we have a couple Klingon projects going.

Hey welcome to the build Leelan and nice pick for your project. I'll be looking forward to seeing this

Matt

I like them turned around like that but I've always been a little backwards.

One reason I flipped the bridge around was to make the head look like that of an Oviraptor, a weird-looking dinosaur with a large crest on its head. For this reason I put the highest element toward the front.

OK. Put me in, Coach! - er, I mean Woody.

I think I could actually build a Klingon D6: http://www.starfleet-museum.org/d6.htm

I am kitbashing a Polar Lights D7 as the basis for the model.
So far I have the engines beefed up and lengthened. Took the kit engines and glued them to quarter-inch plywood. Then I sheathed the wood in sheet plastic. Still a ways to go on them though. Gotta change the angle of attachement to the main body...

My first attempt at the main hull failed. Let's call it a near miss.
I will apply what I learned to my second go.

Masao. I might turn your bridge assembly the right way round by the time I am done. Or I might not.
Don't know yet. The Polar Lights bridge peices are sitting right here. They are tempting me...

I hope the model will end up looking something like this:



I will put Masoa's blueprints and all of the pictures from that first page in a blender and pray for a miracle
- in 1000th scale, of course!

I will keep you posted. Might take pictures. If it doesn't slow the build...
I am slow enough already.

Any advice would be helpful!
-Leelan

QUOTE: Originally posted by StevenQ The Woody Goop is working great. You should market the stuff. I just applied another coat to both sides yesterday. I may apply a rib of epoxy putty to the edge instead so I can shape it easier. I'll check into the F-15 and bomb shapes. I need to dig out my old aircraft book for the profiles. Thanks.

Glad to hear it is working for you. I've used small diameter styrene rod stock to define an edge I'm puttying up to.

Thanks Mark, and just let me know if you want to get together and brainstorm.

The Woody Goop is working great. You should market the stuff. I just applied another coat to both sides yesterday. I may apply a rib of epoxy putty to the edge instead so I can shape it easier. I'll check into the F-15 and bomb shapes. I need to dig out my old aircraft book for the profiles. Thanks.

QUOTE: Originally posted by StevenQ Hey Mark, you can always come here and pull up a patch of kitchen table. My wife doesn't mind. I'm still gooping the Kestrel main hull. I need to find some warp engines. The shape almost looks like the nacelles from the TOS Rommie BOP. I thought of using an aircraft fusalage for the tail section, just need to find something that matches. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

How's my sprue goo working for you? As far as a donor for the tail...hmmm. How about an F-15 nose section? You could glue the two halves together and then remove a strip of plastic lengthwise to get the oval cross section. The front of a 500lb WWII bomb might yield the protrusion on the very tip of the tail.

Thanks StevenQ! I just may take you up on that one of these days. Can't tell ya what to use for the nacelles though, I haven't built to many aircraft models to know them well.

The Syko Ward

Hey Mark, you can always come here and pull up a patch of kitchen table. My wife doesn't mind. I'm still gooping the Kestrel main hull. I need to find some warp engines. The shape almost looks like the nacelles from the TOS Rommie BOP. I thought of using an aircraft fusalage for the tail section, just need to find something that matches. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Damn Woody! You are good. Definately kit material. I'm moving a bit slower than I had anticipated. Wife is has me other things when she sees me having fun. She's going to the mall a little later oday and that should give me some time. Keep up the great work.

The Syko Ward

Lookin' great!!

QUOTE: Originally posted by ProfKSergeev Woody, it will be a crime if you don't kit that. Beautiful!

Woody that is some amazing work my friend.

Matt

Woody, it will be a crime if you don't kit that. Beautiful!

I've been busy fitting the deflector housing. What do you think? Are the proportions OK so far?

Sorry guys, I have not even started anything as of yet. I have been working close to 100 hours every pay period since Christmas (80 hour pay period). I also have been racking my brain trying to find a way to start the Dadaelus Class starship. I think I am going to try making a quick vacuum forming machine for the ball front end. When I have time. So far everyones looks great and I am very envious on your talents.

Profksergeev: I tried your link and have not been able to get any where as far as view progress. I was hoping to possibly get a few points on how you chose to do the living/work areas (front ball section).

Scott

I hope you can post some progress pics. I'd like to see your use of balsa.

So I thoughI would post a little about my progress here. The balsa frames I'm working on are turning out better than my styrene ones, so I think I'll continue with this approach and then vacuum form the pieces later from the balsa masters for the final build. Time is becoming dfifficult as I started painting the inside of my house. Wife's been bugging me to do it. I will post later.

The Syko Ward

Thanks guys... I just hope my scratchbuild version turns out as nice...

I eagerly await its debut

Matt

Matt, I'm not sure. I'll continue as if I am.
I'm trying to finish up a couple detail pieces for the ole Baton Rouge right now. Unless something changes it looks like I'm going to have Starship Modelers store release it as a kit with decals and instruction.

Nice job on the Wasp Captain. Man thats it I gotta get some software! That looks like too much fun.

Woody, she is lookin fine! Are you still building it up in kit form?

Matt

Captain, I'm sorry I didn't say so before but that is a great Wasp pic.

3DS Max for the modeling, Photoshop for the textures
Thanks...

QUOTE: Originally posted by Captain_Mills I'm not trying to show Ketr up or anything, I just thought I'd share what I did in about 30 minutes the other day. It's the Wasp Class that I'll be working on as soon as I get my materials from Plastruct. My Daedalus would be close to finished if I could ever get the conic section on the front of the engineering hull done, and done right...

Hey Captain_Mills, great mesh, what software are you using?

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