Awesome, congratulations!
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
Nice! Although the conversion to pdf seems to have really messed with the gradients in the side view.
An upper saucer bulge offset from the lower saucer bulge? Interesting. I know this ship isn't very big, but it would be interesting to see how the deck are laid out.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Shiny. I dig. I bet it's got a lot of stairs.
The offset shouldn't matter much, BJ, as the bulges don't connect directly.
Posted by Daniel Butler (Member # 1689) on :
Nice. Looks like it could be a predecessor to the Nova-class. I like designs that look like they fit in logically with canon ships, like this.
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
It's real small inside. The only full-width deck is within the main saucer, and it only reaches full height under the dorsal bulge. That's why a there's a Millenium Falcon-like tunnel to the docking port. There's also a garage in the ventral bulge, with a door that functions as a ramp, and an "open plan" 2-deck-high engineering room with side catwalks in the rear of the saucer and in the tail. From the main deck of the saucer there are stairs to the garage and to the engineering section, which is half a deck up, and a ladder to the part of the tail that goes over the dorsal bulge (to the transporter alcove). Allen Rolfes has done full deck plans, but their fate is undecided.
My gradient on my drawing were smoother. Also, the PDF laterally expanded the shadow of the impulse deck on the rear view.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Cool! What does the bridge look like on the inside, at least as you envisioned it?
Mark
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Marco Palmieri, the editor I worked with at S&S, wanted runabout-style seating (2 in front, 2 in back, I guess) with a viewscreen (but no window) at the front of the saucer.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Do you plan on making this ship a part of the Starfleet Museum website?
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Probably not. It is nearly identical in shape (but not in size) to an earlier museum ship, so it would be something like the Akira/Nx-01 problem, but even worse!
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
More like the "three or four sizes of Klingon Bird-of-Prey" problem, I'd say! Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :
Great work! I find the ship more plausible at the larger size, but you need to do what the customer requests...
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
It's the first time I've designed a ship that small, but I think it turned out pretty well. At least Simon and Shuster seems happy.
Posted by Sarvek (Member # 910) on :
I am having trouble with my Adobe Acrobat, could you possibly post the designs on this forum??
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Thank you for your help. I really like your little ship. Are you planning on doing a cross section to help define it more?
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
You're welcome.
My deck plans guy, Allen Rolfes, designed an entire set of interior schematics, like he does for my Starfleet Museum ships, but whether they'll be released publically, I don't know.
Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
Masao, I don't know about you, but I find smaller ships more of a challenge to design, but ultimately more rewarding.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
Agreed. I much preferred working on smaller designs like the Deneva-Class or the Korolev Yacht than the big capital ships. I suppose it's partly due to one's ability to imagine it in real terms. To me a Galaxy or a Sovereign are too big for my to be able to picture in real terms. A shuttle, or a cargo ship about the size of a P&O ferry, now that I can deal with. Also, as you say from a design challenge point of view it's more satisfying to get it right, especially when it come to the internal confuguration because you can't fudge scale issue like you can with a larger ship. It all has be be there for a purpose.
Posted by Irishman (Member # 1188) on :
Pretty much. You have to account for everything.
Posted by Masao (Member # 232) on :
Yes, small ships are very challenging. Designing them is more like designing cars, tanks, or airplanes because you've got to pack a lot into a very small space. The interior determines the exterior shape, so you're sort of designing from the inside out. In big ships you just assume there's enough space for everything you might need, so you can wrap the ship up in whatever hull shape you want. Of course, if you don't care about realism, you can make a ship look any way you want.
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