Baton Rouge class

[USS Mariner]

What I've been working on for the past few days:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20389014/1371a.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20389014/1371b.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20389014/1371c.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20389014/1371d.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20389014/1371e.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20389014/1371f.png

Try and ID the three aerospace vehicles I used in this. Only one is real.

If you can't, I used the C-57D for the saucer, the HL-10 Lifting Body for the stardrive hull (clipping the aft end's fins) and I used the engines from the Discovery One for the impulse deck.

Topic mirrored at Federation Reference Forums

 

[judexavier]

Hey that's pretty cool.
I saw the name and was hoping it was from the old SFC.
A while back I was messing with the Marshall/Patton (not much luck, ended up looking like the Serentiy universe had a head on collision with Star Warz...yeah, kinda scary, )
Anyway,
I like how you've re-interpreted the design, really like your take on the double pylon strut things.
And, nothing wrong with "kit-bashing"
(The discovery engines are a cool idea).

 

[Wingsley]

Very impressive!

You have successfully taken a concept that was left behind in the 1980's, never acknowledged in literature since about 1984, and re-invented it to suit more recent design sensibilities. While I'm not sure it could pass as a "missing link" between ENT's NX-01 Enterprise and the Connies of the 23rd century, it is still a very inspiring exercise.

One question: how thick is the outer rim section of the saucer; one deck, or more?

Keep up the good work.

 

[USS Mariner]

Very impressive!

You have successfully taken a concept that was left behind in the 1980's, never acknowledged in literature since about 1984, and re-invented it to suit more recent design sensibilities. While I'm not sure it could pass as a "missing link" between ENT's NX-01 Enterprise and the Connies of the 23rd century, it is still a very inspiring exercise.

One question: how thick is the outer rim section of the saucer; one deck, or more?

Keep up the good work.

The rim is actually two-thirds of a deck. I wanted to preserve the contours of the C-57D while maintaining the scale I wanted. I'll post a cross section sometime.

 

[NickInABox]

Me rikey!

 

[B.J.]

Dropbox is blocked for me.

 

[USS Mariner]

Dropbox is blocked for me.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?

That's...impossible.