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Thanks Eric.

The work you're doing on this model looks great, Dean.

Thanks Chris.

looks good to me.

Thanks P8

Just a quick update on TMP Enterprise. I have not really be able to work on it. I am building it on a PC at home that the whole family uses.
My Son will be taking his GCSE this year, so with that he is spending every free moment on that machine revising for the tests he will be taking in June/ July. My other machine is not powerful enough for it.

Anyway with that said on to my other build, The Type 7 Shuttle form Star Trek: The Next Generation.
I have modelled the warp nacelles and pylons for them. I have knocked out the basic shape of the main hull, however I getting the shaping right or the rear end of it to be a right pain in the arise. (The white section.) It is a separate object and must of modelled it about 20 times.
I am still no happy with it as I keep finding error, I still need to model the bottom section of this. Which you can see in the front view picture. This is all dark as there is currently nothing there.
But for now here is where it stand.

That's looking really nice. It's a complex shape that's probably not easy to get without errors.

That looks really good, Dean!  Excellent work!

Thanks Guys.

Yeah it a really Pain in the arse, it sapped the will to continue.
So I need to take a break from it as it driving me mad. As I have not done a 2d pin up picture since last year, I am working on one now (Non Trek Related.). As soon as I have finished that I plan to come back to this refreshed.

Hey, we all need a change of pace sometime!

problems compounded by compound-compound compounded curves.

looks pretty cool all the same man.

Thanks P8

That thing is covered in smooth curves leading to tight precise edges.
that's what the TNG era brought us.

Quote from: Prime_8 on Feb 03, 2020, 03:37 pmThat thing is covered in smooth curves leading to tight precise edges.
that's what the TNG era brought us.

That's what Andrew Probert brought us.

I have completely redone the main hull and included the rear bump and the warp nacelle pylons, which where all separate items before.
I used Sub D tool to get this, which is something I don't normally use when modelling. But to get the shape right I had to bit the bullet and use it.
Not to sure on the back end where the pylons join with the Hull, so I need to look for some decent references for that.
In the mean time here is where she stands.