Freak's Trek Build's

[scifidude79]

Looks good, bro. Here's a really good shot of the windows.

[scifieric]

Dean, very, very good work!

[Prime_8]

pretty frekin sweet man

[Freak]

Thanks Guy.

Chris thank, I had been working of the blueprints which are not great and it has the out windows slated.
As I have not set the Boolean on those windows I can make the corrections.

[scifidude79]

This page is your friend:

http://www.starshipmodeler.com/trek/movietech.htm

[Freak]

I knew of that site but could not remember the name.
Thank for the link, that will come in hand for this build and when I do the Enterprise B.

[scifidude79]

Yeah, they've got some nice hardware references.

[MadKoifish]

yeah never rely on blueprints or plans as none of them are 100%. Best is to compare to an existing 3d model or utilize perspective photos and match them. Most plans for the older ships are decades old now and were done via vhs tapes or memory or worse old magazine photos. It is how that mount for the 33" tos model ended up with a tonne of fan ships with turrets and other funny sensor nodes on the bottom of the ships.

I have to say I like the gradual curve the angled top windows produce. It would also lend to a more dramatic interior view. So I would say it depends on how close you want this to the filming miniature.

Somewhere there are a tonne of christies photos and a group set in B&W and color. I think the site is defunct though but someone should have them hosted. I have some from mike Emery (file index KG_MD_PL_1701-A-XXX)
I need to find the site but I could sear those mark Dickson ones are available in a much higher rez. 
I think both are available at modeler magic.

If I have time I could look to see where I could dump my dir en masse. Dunno if Imgur is still viable cause of all the spam and likely disabled zip option.

Ok I was gonna zip the entire dir up but it is 1gig. . . . . . lol
Uploaded it to a reference threat in GD

[scifidude79]

I use a combination of schematics and photos. Like MKF said, I don't like to rely on blueprints solely, due to inaccuracies.

[Freak]

Well if Dan likes the windows as they, I am going to leave them as they are.
After all his builds and window designs are out of this world.


I'll check out those ref you posted a bit later when I got the time.

[scifidude79]

Well, you probably know my stance on sticking to "canon." If you like it, then that's how it should be. After all, it's your model.

[scifieric]

Well, you probably know my stance on sticking to "canon." If you like it, then that's how it should be. After all, it's your model.

There is a great deal of truth to that statement!

[Prime_8]

and that is why all you brave 'nut jobs' build cannon stuff ( in the nicest way ).
I stick safely to my original universe stuff as much as I can. LOL

[scifieric]

and that is why all you brave 'nut jobs' build cannon stuff ( in the nicest way ).
I stick safely to my original universe stuff as much as I can. LOL

LOL!  You're far braver by creating your own universe and making software so that people can interact with it.  Bravo!

[Freak]

Thanks to MadKoiFish, for kindly making his Reference martial on Refit Connie availableI have been able to use the model blueprints by Big Jim Slade. These are much better than the one I had been using to this point and been very helpful with the building of the lower Navigation and sensor dome.









Next I am going to work on the gridlines on the top and bottom of the source and then I can start on the impulse engines.