From the shipyards of the Federation colony world of Alpha Centauri,
Lun'-Class TOS Cruiser.
The
Lun'-Class (Russian for Harrier), was an attempt by me to establish a starship philosophy that would be different from the Federation standard, but at the same time being noticeably Federation.
Enjoy mates.
Lun'-Class,
USS Caspian:
Special thanks to Wicked Zombie for rendering my mesh up as always.
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For the rest of you :
She's just a thought I had a few days back...
I had decided to approach the Federation colony world (TOS time-frame) of Alpha-Centauri's tech to be similar to Russian tech and design philosophies . The hulls would be darker and raw-looking due to the ores and composites that would be used. The warps are good, but not as good or state-of-the-art as the designs that came from the Starfleet Corps of Engineers in the Terran system. So they had developed very rugged, straight-to-the-point, no-nonsense designs. The Lun'-Class herself, was named in honour of the soviet ekranoplane of the same name, as is the term "Caspian Space Monster". The USS Caspian is around 200m in overall length, but she has more mass than a Connie does. She is a Cruiser nothing more, but I like variety.
Many of the details on her are homages to Matt Jefferies conceptual work for the Enterprise herself, I liked to try some newer "older' stuff out as well .
Yes, I can see the Ekranoplan inspiration too.
Already know these ones:
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?133638-Russian-Ekranoplans-on-Googles-maps.
http://mickhartley.typepad.com/blog/2010/09/ekranoplan.html
http://seanlinnane.blogspot.com/2009/09/caspian-sea-monster.html
Oh, and the Lun Class itself: http://www.insanetwist.com/2010/03/ground-effect-russian-aircraft-lun.html
Special thnx to WZ and Tus for suggestions, advice and renders.
The predominant color of the hull is a bit strange. I suggest you to add insignias here and there.
As always, Thanks to the Deadman for the renders.