I decided to warm up on this before trying my hand at my own TMP era dreadnought. So far, I have discovered that paneling a saucer is a royal pain in the hind quarters.
Ah, another dreadnought
Klingons watch your back
Yeah, paneling can be tricky. Good work so far.
Have you already decided what name your ship will carry?
I've always been of two minds about the FJ Dreadnought. It's kind of ridiculous to stick an extra nacelle up on top of the ship to make it go faster. Also, I like the hangar to be on the back of the secondary hull, not the fromt.
On the other hand, there's a part of my brain going "Neat!" And I can't wait to start working on my own Dreadnought.
Its not that the third nacelle makes it go faster, but makes it cross the warp threshold faster. Warp 6 is still warp 6, but getting there takes less time with the third engine... a tactical advantage for this well armed interceptor. Great model work on this!
Panel lines do look a lot better. Are you going to do more with the ship than what's in the blueprints? Smaller details to the plasma vents and intercooler and all the other Technobabble?
the third ncalle is a power naccelle to help power the additional weapons, and as stated above it speeds the ships acceleration to warp speeds.
and yes i still think the shuttle bay in the front isn't good, nor is that extra deflector dish on the tail, unless the ship is meant to fly in reverse at high speeds.
Have been working on the detailing in my free time, not that there is much of that at the moment. Not entirely sure what to do with the area behind the dishes.
Hmm... Well, you could try some sort of paneling behind the three dishes. Maybe model in an access hatch or two, or deck lines or something. Also the swivel mechanism doesn't seem to match the top of the hangar doors. Maybe split that section in half, leaving a gap to allow movement for the doors.
If you are not sure, then do nothing. In other words you don't need to add in anything.
To put it another way it isn't your problem. It is FJ's. He is at fault for not providing a large picture from which to draw upon.
By the way I have a disagreement with him in one regard, with regards to this ship. The deflectors. If the 16 meter dish is the primary deflector on the Constitution class, then it is deffinately good for up to warp six. That is, it will keep 'you' safe at warp. But what do the search sensors and navigational deflectors on the bow of the primary hull have to do? The are the back up/additional safety margin. So what about those five meter dishes? The Dreadnought moves at warp eight, and requires a better system. So one of them is for use at speeds above warp six.
Update on the hanger and dish area. Worked over the gallery and control level, added an actual bay floor complete with two large turn tables and two elevators. The aft turntable also acts as an elevator for larger craft. The elevators don't go anywhere as of yet, but may in the future. Detailed up the area behind the deflectors with some raised paneling and radiative piping to make it look less empty.
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Klingons watch your back
Yeah, paneling can be tricky. Good work so far.
Have you already decided what name your ship will carry?
On the other hand, there's a part of my brain going "Neat!" And I can't wait to start working on my own Dreadnought.
Great job. I love it.
Guy
http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?75820-Another-Connie-Re-design/page2
A STTMP design with nacelles ending in a mass of antenna gives it a high tech look.
Nice shuttles to go with it perhaps:
http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=119088
the third ncalle is a power naccelle to help power the additional weapons, and as stated above it speeds the ships acceleration to warp speeds.
and yes i still think the shuttle bay in the front isn't good, nor is that extra deflector dish on the tail, unless the ship is meant to fly in reverse at high speeds.
I see, that you place the torpedo launcher on the underside, do you also have one on the upper side?
To put it another way it isn't your problem. It is FJ's. He is at fault for not providing a large picture from which to draw upon.
By the way I have a disagreement with him in one regard, with regards to this ship. The deflectors. If the 16 meter dish is the primary deflector on the Constitution class, then it is deffinately good for up to warp six. That is, it will keep 'you' safe at warp. But what do the search sensors and navigational deflectors on the bow of the primary hull have to do? The are the back up/additional safety margin. So what about those five meter dishes? The Dreadnought moves at warp eight, and requires a better system. So one of them is for use at speeds above warp six.