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Okay I think I can now say that the cockpit area is done.
The Hull Grey material that is currently on won't be final. Looking at reference photos, it looks like the different panel have a different shades. So I am going to knock up a different colours to be added so that it keeps that look.

I have added micro torpedo launchers under the main cockpit. Official they sit in winglets, but I never liked that. Going off the Deep Space Nine Technical Manual the Micro Torpedo is only 12 centimetre's in length. Which would do nothing to a normal size ship with a full shields.
Especially when a full size torpedo (Which slightly larger than a person. As seen in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.)
So with that in mind I made mine larger and because of this it won't fit into the winglets. This is why I have moved it.

I was asked on Scifi-Meshes if I was going to build the interior of the cockpit. I never planned to.
But given the amount of work I have put into this, it would be a shame not to do it. So something to do once I have finished building her.

looking good man.

The panel lines look good even at a distance

Excellent work, Dean!  Keep going!

Quote from: Prime_8 on Apr 16, 2020, 07:52 pmlooking good man.

The panel lines look good even at a distance

Thanks, they where a pain to cut in, as the gap between the panel is the same. (might be off a mm or two.)
So was very time consuming. But they did turn out nice.

Quote from: scifieric on Apr 16, 2020, 10:36 pmExcellent work, Dean!  Keep going!

Thanks Eric, I was going to move back to the Enterprise. With all those panel cuts outs, I was feeling a little drained.
But you have motivate me to keep going.


The question now is which part to move onto?
Move onto the warp drive? Carry on with the Main hull? or do the pylons?
Either one its going to be a lot of work. but it will be fun.

Personally, I would keep moving back from the nose and do the main hull next. But, that's just me.

Yeah I am think the same thing.
I also want to get back to my refit Enterprise.

Anyway I was looking over the blue prints and I noticed that I made a mistake with the panel on the bottom of the nose.

So here it is corrected.

Nice. Going back and redoing it is totally a choice I'd have made too.

blueprints .. I am rarely brave enough to work form blue prints

Chris, I think it look much better than what I had done.

Scott, it all come down to the artist and what works for them.
with my own stuff I wing it, but when it something like this. I like to use blueprints.

I have completed working on the warp sled.
It took a lot longer than I expected, this was mainly due to faddily shapes.
I am not too happy with one part of the RCS thruster at the back. It not sitting right with me.
But saying that it is the right shape.

Anyway with this part now done, it on to the model the module pod and the rest of the main hull.

Extremely complex-looking and well done!

It looks great. A lot of the shapes on the old physical models are a pain to get right.

Thanks Guys.

Quote from: scifidude79 on Apr 29, 2020, 12:08 amIt looks great. A lot of the shapes on the old physical models are a pain to get right.

That the truth, I lost count how many times I remodel parts because the shapes where funky.

it's looking like something that needs to be sent to a 3d printer.

Quote from: Prime_8 on May 02, 2020, 11:35 amit's looking like something that needs to be sent to a 3d printer.

NICE idea!