3DS.S. Rosalind Franklin

rojren

If this ever had a thread of it's own I can't find it.
This is one of the few Star Trek ships I've done. It's Federation, but not Starfleet. It's a colonial support hospital ship that's newer than the Antares-type ships, but older than the Constitution class. Over it's life it's undergone two major refits, and I thought I'd show all three versions.

The bottom nacelle is the original 'factory' version. The middle one is my somewhat newer original version. The top one is from the last refit.

Starrigger

I don't know what it is, but I have always had a place in my heart for more "work a day" designs, looking good!

evil_genius_180

I like it. It has that workhorse look to it. The different nacelle designs are all sweet. We need more Federation civilian ships.

wibble

I really like it, too. It's good to see someone is acknowledging that Federation and Starfleet aren't one and the same. Although the Shows indicate it they didn't do enough to differentiate in this point. I wonder if that's because Starfleet officers themself tend to forget that there are more organisations in the federation than Starfleet.

caveat_imperator

I remember this ship from your other thread. Thought it was a great design then and now.

rojren

Thanks, all. I thought I was going to be able to just update this one, but the geometry is well and truly borked. Got to start over - except for the nacelles. They seem okay.

rojren

Cut some holes in the hull. (One nacelle is mirrored, so one nav light is the wrong color.)

publiusr

rojren wrote: »

Thanks, all. I thought I was going to be able to just update this one, but the geometry is well and truly borked.

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The idea of multiple nacelle supports is interesting…

rojren

Adding some markings and the like. And fixing a whole bunch of things that don't show up, but will cause problems later if I don't fix them now.

rojren

I've been fixing things, and then they come unfixed. The running lights and the ships livery keeps reverting to the wrong color. Grrrr.

rojren

Added another row of windows.

evil_genius_180

This ship is just so cool. I love the design, how it's a slight departure from the Starfleet norms, but you can still tell it's a Federation design. I really like a lot of your choices for details too, such as the deflector deisgn. It's similar to the one from TOS, but with some nice unique touches thrown in. And I really like how you did the bussard collectors. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this continues to progress.