NCC-1701 Year 5

It definitely has an "Star Trek: Enterprise" look to it.  The colors make it a good progression from the NX-01 ship.

 

 

Scott 

Nothing against Koerner's design, just a different take, I was really holding back from going too far down the 're-imagined' route despite how easy it would've been to go all out; from what I've read about the Nuremburg Toy Show debut of the new movie diecast, I may have come closer than I first thought.  I kept all the additional improvements within what was possible to upgrade the Enterprise if TOS had gone the full five years, i.e. The Doomsday Machine armor and the Warp 11 engine - even without the latter, the E had several times gone to that limit with the help of Nomad or marauding aliens.

Thanx for all the kind comments.

 

And they're well deserved comments on you buildup, Orne.  I like your take on a Pre-TMP Enterprise, as it were. 

Where pics are concerned, I personally prefer to see the "raw" images.  All those added effects are nice, but it's hard to see the model itself when they're added. 

 

Links to the main photo-pages the last two were in, but just plain background, no SFX -

http://groups.msn.com/InfinityReach/ussenterprise.msnw

http://groups.msn.com/InfinityReach/ussenterprise.msnw?Page=2

http://groups.msn.com/InfinityReach/ussenterprise.msnw?Page=3

If look in the closeups, you can find "Ensign Ricky" and a few other crew-members behind the windows, and the top of the 'ship-wheel' in the center window just below the bridge. 

Photos on first page most recent; still working on the model off and on, little things to improve appearance.

Stunning...Simply stunning!All that ultra-tiny detail

would've driven me blind!

Orne, THAT is what I picture in my mind when I think of the Enterprise.  Of course, Chris' Big E is no slouch either!  I just hope to do something half as beautiful!

 

Gorgeous builds, gents!  I raise my bottle of Tamiya Extra Thin to you!

Lord Darth, thanx, but don't discount your talents. Five years ago, scratchbuilding the E at this scale was something I wouldn't have attempted.  (Except for the brass-screen and tiny detail pieces made from Evergreen strips, everything down to the intercooler-loops was carved from poplar or basswood.)  But you start thinking through various techniques, put aside some time to really work everything out, and just go for broke.

Orne, 

I really like the colors you chose for your build.  Different yet sleek :) 

Originally I had put aside some Krylon Concrete Gray and Pewter Gray spraycans for the finish coats (also very similar to Wallyworld Equipment Grey Primer, which I used for some of the base-coats - overspray with Krylon clears and you have a match with the first two colors).  The grey part of the scheme is Duplicolor Metallic Pewter, so while it was meant to represent the grey-striration armor skinned from the DM, I didn't stray that much from the overall TOS color-scheme.