r/StarTrekStarships

I just think they’re neat!

Do they all serve the same purpose? Do four nacelles make a ship go VROOM! faster? More fuel-efficient? Less prone to spontaenous explosive dilithium distabilization caused psionic temper tantrums?

Original piece is untitled. Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10161159628717856

Can you imagine the voth having a ship so big it makes a Borg cube look like a bug?

This means the voth are so advanced that even by the 33rd century Starfleet would still be way behind the voth in terms of technology

What do you think?

This is the first model that I have built in about 45 years. This is the classic AMT gray version. One side of the right nacell was warped/twisted about 30 degrees and I had to force it back in to shape and use a bunch of tape until the glue dried. Because of thisI had to do 3 rounds of filler to make the seams look decent. Other than a can of gray and clear spray paint, I used left over paint that I dug out of a cabinet in the laundry room. I sanded off the windows and used the decals. It was really enjoyable. 🙂

Happy modeling Memorial Day weekend!

Another update for the constellation class (or more inspired by) scratch build. Over the last week or so, I’ve been adding detail paneling across the ship to build up some dimensionality to this build. Surprisingly, I have found a new appreciation for this style of ship and have grown fond of this ugly duckling!

After getting the paneling completed, I finalized some filling and sanding to remove any bigger gaps and hard edges and did a quick black primer. After a few days, the first coat was applied to the model, which gave me hope this scratch build would be worthwhile! The darker gray is the first of 3 colors to be applied for a custom Aztec design. (Pictured is a constitution class with the future paint scheme).

As a side note, I didn’t like the way some of the middle greebles were laying out, so I took that piece off and built another part for its place. It ties well with the other “power plants” on the top saucer!

Custom registry ordered and masking is this weekend!

Enjoy!

Monarch Class with Romulan livery from Star Trek Online

And bonus defiant compare to dominion battleship size

Both firsts of their respective classes. Grissom-class and Thunderchild-class, rendezvous with eachother near a red nebula. I’d also like to imagine that the Grissom mentioned in the Background of PIC 2x01 “The Star Gazer” IS This Grissom. It’s like “What if you made the oberth more modern and less delicate” you get that, also I like this take on the Thunderchild. The Original STO Vessel had the groundwork already laid for making her a Picard ship so it seemed very reasonable to go that route, Since the original was present at frontier day, maybe she got banged up to hell and maybe afterwards she went through a rebuilding like Titan did to become the Titan-A and we get the Thunderchild-A as a result. Also a very close person to me has this version of the Thunderchild as her normal roleplay ship so I’d thought I’d draw it for her. :3

Obviously minus The Enterprise and The Excelsior, did the average Starfleet captain have a rough time?

Side note: I know many called Kirk’s era the Wild West but one would think that Archer had it WAY worse than he did.

I received my Fanhome USS Armstrong, Constitution Class (or Kirk class to STO fans). I really love it. It's a good looking ship that we didn't get to see too much of on screen. The saucer and secondary hull are detached of course, a feature I know so many fans love! I didn't think we would get any 32nd century ships from Fanhome, so I am excited we are getting 3. I can't wait for the weird USS Dresselhaus next month and the USS Athena in a few months time.

ISS Spector (even though it says USS) from Star Trek Legacy Ultimate Universe Mod

One of my absolute favorite models in my collection

significantly reduced the "wingspan"... looks much less goofy i think

Hey everyone! Sorry for missing last week’s update — been under the weather. But progress continues on the build!

What happened this week:

Noticed some linage problems on the saucer — pretty sure it’s from the model replicating certain systems when I was referencing it. If that’s not the cause, I’ll track down the real culprit and straighten them out manually.

I figured out exactly where I went wrong — I thought those lines were part of the pylon and didn’t realize they needed to follow the full circle. Lesson learned: get a bird’s eye view way sooner next time. Once I saw it from above it was obvious. Fixed and looking clean!

Getting close to wrapping the pylon, but ran into a snag: the shape simplification left basically no interior space. To finish the cleanup properly I need to work the top and bottom simultaneously so they meet right. A bit more of a puzzle than expected.

With the top making good progress, it’s time to flip the build and tackle the underside. The real work begins!

Source: https://www.deviantart.com/vinculummediacgi/art/Syra-Prise-Work-In-Progress-1095021598

Kind of as a follow-up to my previous post Enterprise D - Hull Scarring Study - Picard Season 3 by Doug Drexler

It cannot be. It was the new ship. How is the Enterprise E 30 years old?