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Spot on Chris.
I guess I should have gone for a more obscure part of the shuttle. LOL

I studied this shuttle several years ago and did a TNG era one based on it. So, for me, I'm not sure there is a more obscure part of it.

Challenge Accepted!

Yeah, I wouldn't have gotten it with that.

Yeah I thought that would make it harder. LOL!

The outside is pretty much done, I only got a few small things left to do.
This is not an accurate model of the one used for the show. Reason being is that I hated how sharp the edges are on that, when the reset of Starfleet ships shuttle have a are more rounded look for this era. So I just softened the edge on this I think it look much better.
I might have to remodel the nacelles as they have kept the sharp edges of the original shuttle.
Given the large front port on her, I think I'll have to model and interior to go with it.

Lastly, There are no textures applied to this model it all martials. So everything you are seeing has been modelled.

OK, I know I commented on this, but I guess the forum ate it. (I check to make sure it wasn't over at SFM, it's not)

Anyway, it looks great, bro.

The reason for the very squared off sides and hard edges were to make the full scale version easier and cheaper to construct. After all, they didn't want a repeat of the Type 7 shuttle.

Excellent work, Dean!  This looks great!

Thanks Guys.

Quote from: scifidude79 on Sep 28, 2019, 10:03 amThe reason for the very squared off sides and hard edges were to make the full scale version easier and cheaper to construct. After all, they didn't want a repeat of the Type 7 shuttle.

Yeah Figured that was the case, Also the box with the deflector at the bottom was not part of the original design.
I guess that was added so they could hid the wheels to move it around the set.

As my type 15 shuttle needs an interior I was going to pull parts off the Type 7 shuttle I build earlier in the year.
So I imported the whole shuttle over and added a figure for scale. Now I have always know that there are issue with scaling in Star Trek.
But I noticed a huge difference here.
The Type 7 shuttle show in TOS always had a larger interior to the shuttle that the crew climbed into. The reason for this was that it was cheaper to make it smaller than the size it was meant to be. (when watching it on screen you always saw them ducking to get though the door and take their seats. Yet when we saw them on the inside they could stand with no issues.)
With this is in mind it has general been agreed the scaling for this ship is a mix between the two different sets. Making the Type 7 8.5 meters long, 3.6 meters wide and 2.7 meters high which is what my model is.
However the dimensions given for the type 15 are 3.6 meter long, 2.4 meter wide and 1.6 meters high.
When I compared it with the Type 7 it looked way to small. Yes I know it a small shuttle but that way to small when you also add the person that I use at a height of 6 foot or 1.8 meter.
This does not match to what was seen on screen.
Johnathan Frakes is 6.3 in height and he is roughly as tall as the set they used.



This picture also helps with the scaling though I have no idea how tall the Doug Drexler is. (I that's him in the picture.)



So with that I have now rescaled the Type 15 to match roughly with what was seen on screen making it, 4.3 meter long, 2.7 meters wide and 1.9 meter high.
This is what it look like after rescaling and it looks much better and realistic.

I agree.  Nice work!

Thanks Eric.

Just a simple interior for the shuttle, as I have no plans to actually see inside except though the "windscreen"
I am happy with the same of the chairs, but if I was to do this properly I would have to figure out how to show the chair having a cushion on it. At present it looks a little on the hard side.

It looks good, bro. You definitely don't need more than that if it's only going to be seen through the windows.

excellent work, Dean!

It has been some time since I posted an updated on this build. This is mainly due to life getting in the way and was unable to get onto the computer that I was building this on.

With that said onto the updates.

I started to build the neck but kept running into issues, which meant that I had to scrap what I was doing and start again.
This is something like the tenth attempt at it where I am actually happy, Though the edges could be soften a little.
I have also added a little detail to it like the vents and the top and bottom. I do the rest of the details soon.
I have also built the torpedoes section of the neck as well, this went a lot smooth and I am happy with where it is at the moment.







Before I start to add all the details to this area, I want to block out the secondary hull first.