This is the penultimate ship in this Constitution family project. In the end there will be five, three pseudo-canon. The final one will be a TOS style Miranda, pre Reliant-type refit.
I do believe that's the first time I've seen various 3D shots of the Federation Class dreadnought. Very cool! Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Very nice. I like those hull and nacelle markings, except, perhaps, for that grey line running up the back of the primary hull mound. I can also see why you put the nacelle supports where you did on the previous ship: FJ puts the Dreadnought's support in the same place. Is that where he puts the engine room on his blueprints?
BTW: Congratulations on the correct use of "penultimate." I think that's the first time I've seen it used correctly on line. (I'm waiting for someone [other than a linguist] to use "antepenultimate," then I can die happy.)
Minutiae: I've seen another Dreadnought fairly recently, but I don't remember who made it. Probably at 3D Gladiators.
Posted by CaptainMike (Member # 709) on :
*falls to knees*
I worship you and my favorite non-canon ship.
In prep for your TOS Miranda project: If you have SotSF you know of the Surya/Coventry classes (Coventry being the same shape as a Miranda and the Surya having a much shorter hull) .. and the Early Voyages comics showed the Cortez/Achilles variant (which had a rollbar even)
Coventry registries run in the 1230+ range, Suryas run 1850+, but 1830+ seems likely. The Cortez was NCC-1834
Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :
This may be another 'artistic license' issue, but I thought i'd mention it, Red. You do know, right, that that thing on top of the saucer is NOT supposed to be the bridge, but rather a sensor dome identical to the one on the underside? That's how Joseph has it in his drawings, at least. Presumably, the bridge is tucked away in the safety of that extra-bulgy saucer. Probably the only case of a SF ship who *didn't* have it right out there in the open for all to see...
-MMoM Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
Yes I did notice this on the schematic, but it doesn't have to mean the bridge isn't in that module somewhere. I does of course make more sense for the bridge to be sheltered away in the centre of the saucer perhaps, this is after all a warship.
CaptainMike: I don't know the ships you mean actually. I'm back-engineering the Miranda as we speak, it's half finished. I'm using my existing Miranda mesh, which was the USS Miranda NX-1830 in fact, this pre-Miranda will just be what it was like pre-refit.
The main differences include 2 separate impulse engines, and 1 shuttle bay situated central aft, instead of two which the refit had.
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
Great work!
But ehm.. isn't that hull a bit too shiny?
Posted by The Red Admiral (Member # 602) on :
I haven't nailed everything down yet. They're just early test renders.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
They just had it washed and waxed.
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You do know, right, that that thing on top of the saucer is NOT supposed to be the bridge, but rather a sensor dome identical to the one on the underside? That's how Joseph has it in his drawings, at least. Presumably, the bridge is tucked away in the safety of that extra-bulgy saucer. Probably the only case of a SF ship who *didn't* have it right out there in the open for all to see... ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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