Deg 3D, many thanks for the pics!!
Your depiction of the D-4 is about fifteen kinds of awesome. I'm getting a very good idea of how this ship is put together.
When I commented earlier on how I was concerned about modeling the wires, I should have clarified that they would be fragile. Even the slightest touch would stretch or break them. I have plenty of wire, from hair fine to #6 solid conductor so supply isn't the problem.
I'm going to build one of these. At first I was thinking of making the D-4 from the little 1/1000 Polar Lights D-7 but now I'm thinking of a 1/650 AMT Klingon battlecruiser kit. Many of the intricate details would be easier to make for the larger kit. It also helps I'd use larger diameter, more durable wires. I only have three of the larger kits so I give a lot of thought about what I'll use them for. Timewise I won't get to this for at least six months, a shame since this is such a stunning subject.
Oh, and little LED running lights would look good, as would the glow from the grills and impulse engines. That menacing torpedo tube light is practically mandatory. I notice in the 'Prowling' pic the running lights on the aft hull shoulders are left= red, green= right, just like Earth standards. I'm handy with circuits and soldering irons and I've made models with lights before. Not that I'm going to turn out the lights, fly the ship around the room, and growl "Taste the bitterness of total defeat, soft shapeless humans!!". Or anything like that.
