Cool, this is something I've been doing some work on lately too. I think there's a lot of potential for a 24th century era ship using the Vulcan ring drives (I know there's the ships from Unification, but we know next to nothing about them).
I think the nacelle could do with being beefed up a little and maybe increase the size of the ring slightly too, just so it's more in proportion with the primary hull.
Yeah, I agree with you about the ring, the nacelle is just a place holder.. I'm gonna do a little research on vulcan warp ships, canon and fan made ones... that should give me a better idea of the nacelle structure.
I like it. I think I would make it a bit longer and slimmer. Especially from the top cutout section to the rear. I would definitively make the ring larger, give it more presence compare to the front saucer. That would depends on how it looks with a longer section. Keep it up.
It's an improvement and it's something a bit out of the ordinary, but I'd agree that the ring could still do with being a bit larger. I know the primary hulls of the Vulcan ships did make up the bulk of the vessels, but in the top view the ring/hood section looks fairly small. I think the ships in Ent mostly had rings that were the same, or a greater width than the rest of the ship, so bear that in mind.
Okay, I have decided to go a different way with this, first of all I made the hull more sleek, and I added nacelles and an under ring, half ring. Here it is!
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I think the nacelle could do with being beefed up a little and maybe increase the size of the ring slightly too, just so it's more in proportion with the primary hull.
nah he coulda fallowed his drawing rather well in sketchup