My TOS shuttlecraft, again...

[Warped9]

Got to talking about the TOS shuttlecraft elsewhere and while looking at my 3D model pics I thought I'd share them here again.

For those not familiar with this I resized the exterior to about 28ft. long and tightened up the interior some fit everything into an integrated whole. That's why the shuttlecraft looks bigger on the flight deck than it did on the show. Note, too, the flight deck shown here is designed to fit into a 947ft. ship as Matt Jefferies intended.

The shuttlecraft mockup was initially supposed to have exterior lighting on the bow as well as within the nacelle caps, but they passed on that due to cost. Here I've added the intended lighting to the exterior.


















The never seen shuttlecraft hangar/service deck under the flight deck.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Looks fantastic! Looks how it oughta.

My only quibble is that that "window glass" of the future (transparent aluminum?) should not be reflective in a way that obstructs the vision of personnel who are engaged in hangar deck duties. That's small potatoes, so hat off for your efforts.

 

[knightgrace]

More please.

 

[publiusr]

His best work was showing an early starship freaking out in the Negative Energy Barrier:

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…wait….

I had to take the shot

 

[Toddard]

Beautiful work.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

Looks fantastic! Looks how it oughta.

My only quibble is that that "window glass" of the future (transparent aluminum?) should not be reflective in a way that obstructs the vision of personnel who are engaged in hangar deck duties. That's small potatoes, so hat off for your efforts.

I love how the underdeck work area looks like something they could have built in an alternate 1969 timeline if Gene had found an extra $20,000 under one of his couch coushins before the start of season four. Marvelously well done, sir!

 

[MGagen]

Lovely work, Warped9. I always enjoy your efforts.

I also love that you're a member of the 947' Club!

M.

 

[knightgrace]

Hmmm, an idea just occurred to me. They should have done a very delicate landing on a self of a cliff, where if they went any deeper into the atmosphere, it would have been too hit. Thinking of Larry Niven's novel 'A Gift From EARTH.'

 

[Steel Tacos]

I like the smaller bay look. It makes more sense.

But I'm curious if the TAS Aqua shuttle can fit in it?

 

[Warped9]

I like the smaller bay look. It makes more sense.

But I'm curious if the TAS Aqua shuttle can fit in it?

You might find this interesting. https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/tas-made-real.302238/

 

[Steel Tacos]

Thank you!
o7

 

[Anthony Scott]

Looks great!

TOS stuff is always interesting

 

[DSG2k]

For those not familiar with this I resized the exterior to about 28ft. long and tightened up the interior some fit everything into an integrated whole. That's why the shuttlecraft looks bigger on the flight deck than it did on the show. Note, too, the flight deck shown here is designed to fit into a 947ft. ship as Matt Jefferies intended.

As one of the only vehicles in Star Trek to have been explicitly described with a length, the shuttlecraft upscale is ironic. Also ironic is that the reason for doing so is identical to the reasons folks try to upscale the Enterprise herself . . . interior set heights not matching the exterior requirements, for ease of production.

That aside, these are gorgeous renders, and I especially like the never-seen shuttlebay back wall with pylon hints, plus the shop below.

 

[DSG2k]

Also, your black and red sign text is a great replacement for the misspelled "HANGER DECK" and shockingly useless "WARNING AUTOMATIC DOORS" from "Journey to Babel", but you might want to consider changing the font to one that better matches such phenolic signs as used on the show. The typical name is Gorton, after a US company's implementation, but one of the better free versions I have found is here:

Routed Gothic Font

 

[Warped9]

I didn’t use a font. I literally copied the letters off the sign as if building part of the model. I also didn’t realize I had corrected the spelling of “hangar.” But if I recall correctly there was more than one sign used throughout the show wherein “hangar” was not always spelled the same.

The entrance to the flight deck was tweaked over the seasons so that I had to choose how I wanted the entrance to look like.

The size of the shuttlecraft as referenced by Kirk in “The Galileo Seven” has always been problematic. There is no way whatsoever the fullsize interior we saw onscreen could fit into a 24ft. shuttlecraft—it’s totally impossible. Scaling up the exterior to allow for the interior as seen onscreen results in a vehicle about 31ft. in length along with the proportional increase in width and height. That size with this design also causes problems of a different sort, particularly having a craft far too large and unwieldy to berth within the ship let alone having four of them.

Everything about the hangar flight deck and the shuttlecraft itself was a production compromise in one way or another. Jefferies had his ideas, but once he turned over his plans it was out of his hands. He initially wanted a smaller vehicle overall, but production demands resulted in a vehicle with a larger, perhaps oversized, interior to allow the actors to stand upright and facilitate filming. In similar fashion thats why we see Enterprise interiors with high ceilings to allow for the overhead lighting for filming—a real ship wouldn’t have such high ceilings.

Every show has production compromises. Scenes in film and television depicting naval ship interiors, particularly submarines, usually show interiors that are distinctly larger than the real thing to faciltate filming. Science fiction productions are often continuing the same practice.

So since it was all a collection of production compromise to begin with I tried my best to use compromises to make it all fit in a more realistically integrated way. Different people have tried their hand at this with varying results because we all bring varying priorities to the task.

 

[DSG2k]

I didn’t use a font. I literally copied the letters off the sign as if building part of the model. I also didn’t realize I had corrected the spelling of “hangar.” But if I recall correctly there was more than one sign used throughout the show wherein “hangar” was not always spelled the same.

Yep, looks like the version you have is the one from the opening scenes of "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", though the issue of typeface remains.

Nicely caught.

There is no way whatsoever the fullsize interior we saw onscreen could fit into a 24ft. shuttlecraft—it’s totally impossible.

Correct, but, as you note, the corridors of the Enterprise have the same issue. I'm also Team 947, mind you, so accept the difference as one of error and production convenience, as appropriate.

 

[Warped9]

Interestingly, as I have noted elsewhere before, my shuttlecraft model is about 27ft. or so in length. If you take away the warp nacelles and aft landing strut you’re left with a main hull about 24 feet in length. And I wasn’t trying for that.

 

[DSG2k]

Oooh, that might work.