As I was working on a story idea, I started looking through some of the many Matt Jefferies concepts for the Enterprise, and decided to try and turn one into a model.
Behold, the USS Warden, NCC-1503. (Named after a friend of mine, and with a registry inspired by my place of employment.)
I know what you're thinking. Looks like some kind of an odd-ball TOS Miranda, right? The rollbar came later as I was working on the attachment section for the pod. But it's not intended to be a "TOS Miranda" in that sense.
The Warden is an old perimeter patrol ship converted by the late 2260s to a science and survey vessel. Limited weapons, but incredibly powerful sensors and store of probes.
Some quick orthos.
Quick shots of her in orbit of David Metlesits Talos IV. (Testing out lighting and framing.)
Still need to do all the markings/registries and more windows/detailing on the ventral section.
More to follow.
Very solid design