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I have this if it's any use:

seanr - Glad you like the pics. I suspect the segmentation is down to the density of polygons thinning out a little too much in the ceiling from which the cuts and extrusions had been made.



We shouldn't be too hard on it as it represents one of my first serious attempts at modelling something Trek (back in about 2014) and at the time, perhaps only the third... fourth... fifth modelling exercise I had ever committed to to completion.

Also if you consider the context in which that model was created:




...once installed into Prologic9's Enterprise-D model, it could be argued that I might have gone a little overboard with the detail.



...or even a little more than overboard!

I delight in your commitment to the detailing on this. - Nice one!

Brandenberg wrote: »

Whoah!! Holy eye candy.

scifieric wrote: »

This is quite simply amazing work!

srspicer wrote: »

Beeeeautifull work!

Thank you!

Rekkert wrote: »

Man, that last shot of all three shuttlebays open is amazing, and they match up beautifully with the exterior!

I remember we had to jerry-rig our version of shuttlebay 1 by making the ceiling on Nightfever's exterior mesh taller, and then again we had to close the door before opening the other shuttlebays, as we couldn't get all the decks to load properly together.

...and thank you sir!

Installing the shuttlebays into Pro9's model was a pretty interesting exercise. At the point at which the interiors meet the doorways to the exterior you learn that the relationship between the two breaks down so I had to "invent" some soft mods to force the two to live together.



There was also the inconvenient revelation that the ceiling to the main shuttlebay rolls off the further aft of the bay you go, resulting in my completed two storey model punching through the hull. The challenge at that turn was to make adjustments to the bay so as to make it fit but in a way that meant I didn't have to sacrifice too much. The original layout had been informed by the only on-screen shot of the bay we were given in the episode "Cause & Effect." It was far from ideal that the only shot of the bay that scored any seconds of screen time was the the very same part of the bay that I had to carve up, but at least I was able to preserve all the elements; nothing was wasted.

Evolution of the main shuttlebay:

References (some of):


Reproduction of the original shooting model:


Completed model based on Rick Sternbach's blueprints:


Adjusted model to fit Prologic9's Enterprise-D model:


Shall we say that took a solid year for me to complete all that? - with breaks admittedly.

Ah, I miss Stage9 so much. What it had achieved and where it was heading; it promised so much. Its shut down is a huge blow to the community and artistically speaking, it's pretty up there amongst the most broken of opportunities. I'm just glad I got the opportunity to experience it (in VR as well). The main bay actually was one of the stars of the show in my opinion.

Hey Rekkert! - Your Trek art has consistently blown my mind on every new project and definitely something for me to strive for (...you keep it up!). Between you and me, I'm kinda chuffed you actually checked me out and quite glad you like what you see!

Yeah that main shuttlebay was a bit of a back breaker if I'm honest; It went on for so long that it often had me wondering If I'd ever see it completed and from there, finished to the point where I could install it into Prologic9's Enterprise-D model. It all worked out in the end.





The warp core/antimatter pod facility was also pretty heavy but I stayed on it every week without stopping for breath and so it didn't take me quite so long.

As for the docking solution for the Captain's Yacht: It's not readily obvious. I have some concept artwork (by Andy Probert) of the yacht docking with the bay so I'll be inclined to start with what I see in that image because... you know... Andy says it's like that! But at this point I'm thinking retractable latches. I'm thinking elevators, escalators and extendable gangways. - We'll see.