What do you guys think so far?
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
The pile of ships... of of those certainly reminds me of a FASA design (the one on the left, with tear drop primary hull with the stretched aft section and lower v nacelles... what is that... *thinks*
how many of those scratch-builds to you have? how big are they?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
It looks awesome Jason. Very, very cool.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Very Nice, though without those nacelles it looks likea shuttle craft or captain's yacht that could detach from a larger ship like the sovereign.
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
quote:Originally posted by Pensive's Wetness: The pile of ships... of of those certainly reminds me of a FASA design (the one on the left, with tear drop primary hull with the stretched aft section and lower v nacelles... what is that... *thinks * Looks like this one, Jason.
Posted by bX (Member # 419) on :
Whoa! Nice job!
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Very nice! Reminds me of part of the top of the saucer on the Sovereign Class (where it points out - not the round part, obviously). Would like to see the finished version!! Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I'll have the shp finished tomorrow probably- pics then!
I also have an Altair prototype (that that SOTL image) done up this way, with Soverign parts instead of the super-advanced Enterprise J parts. That one's a ways further from completion than this batch of models though.
Pensive is dead on- that other build is a Baker class destroyer update made and sold by Ravenstar Studios and built up by me as a W359-era ship. I need to decal the ventral side of that as well and also add it's nacelles.
I guess I just build ships from top-down.
Pensive, all my ships are 1:2500th scale and there are 100+ builds of various sizes- most have been photographed here.
quote:Originally posted by Mars Needs Women: Very Nice, though without those nacelles it looks likea shuttle craft or captain's yacht that could detach from a larger ship like the sovereign.
This sorta started out with that notion- the idea was to have the Endeavour design split something like this- leaving a recessed Defiant-like battle-bridge at the center of the saucer. the notion I had was that the fast and agile seperated section would engage an enemy while the larger section either escaped or double-teamed the enemy ship.
maybe eventually....or with the Altair wing ship Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Jason, I think my favorite is the Halifax. That thing is just beautiful. Did you name your Aegian Class U.S.S. Weber after the schematic I drew up years ago? If not, it's an amazing coincidence Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
The Weber was indeed named after your illustration- not my best build, but that was from waaay back then. Hmmm...we even had a discussion on this back then- I know you were involved, but am too lazy to dig through the Flare archives for the thread.
The odd thing is that Ravenstar Studios used my model as visual reference for their resin kit- so your drawing has indirectly led to dozens of modelers having this ship in their fleets. Nifty, no?
The Halifax is a Ravenstar design from a few years back- it's one of my alltime favorite builds and I think it turned out great. Not too many like the design though- I really dig it- particularly the nacelles. It's a ballsy DS9-era Deadalus.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Here ya go Aban- that thread on the model from waaaay back in 2003.
Hmmm...mining those old threads for ideas is paying off- we had a thread from 2004 with pics of FC storyboards showing all sots of strange unused Alex Jager designed ships.
Might have a go at a couple.
Regarding the hallifax, I'll try to take some better pics for you- the ship is now mounted towards the Klingon side of my now-Allied Fleet display: three bookcases across with the Romulans and Klingons being seperated by Starfleet.
Kinda Neapolitan Trek. Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Yah, I'd love to have some hi res pics of that ship. That's worth a drawing of some kind. Of course, I still all my references and drawings in a folder for the Antares Class drawing that I fully intend on getting to some day...
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Stupid double post...
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I finished it tonight!
Annnnd lost my camera.
Some-fucking-where. No time to completely destroy my apartment right before work, so pics will have to wait a fee days.
looks good though.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
Well, I'm F-U-K-T fucked.
It seems I left my camera at work a few weeks back and someone stole it (in keeping with the holiday spirit, of course).
So, the good news is that I have finished ALL the models I was working on- even that damn Gorn battleship that I've been dicking around with for a year!
The bad news is that, unless I can borrow a camera, I cant show anyone what I have done! And they look good. I know I'm not supposed to say that about my own work, but they turned out very much to my liking.
You can see that I did a lot of wok with ustom decals! Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
I think you mean Aban. And thanks Pretty, pretty. Sorry about your camera. I saw it and just had to have it Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
I borrowed an equally crappy camera and shot these:
I have several other ships to show you guys but i need better pics of those- it's dead at work tonight and I brought thte models along to see what I can get from that camera...
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