My homebrew kitbashes

[The Castellan]

Now that's an interesting take on this mysterious ship. I'm loving how it resembles the old DY line of Earth ship classes. Good work!

I was wondering why it looked so familiar. I always wondered do the engine pod ribs serve a purpose, or just for aesthetic purposes?

 

[Ian Keldon]

^I assume they serve some purpose (structural bracing for the nacelles, maybe), otherwise they wouldn't be there. Every unnecessary ounce of mass carries a propulsion penalty, even with the powerful tech that is assumed for these starships. No engineer worth his electronic drawing board is going to put mass on a starship just for looks.

 

[Ian Keldon]

I am a sad, sad little man sometimes...but dang she looks good

 

[The Castellan]

I dig it. I could see, if the Galactica reached Earth in the 23rd century, I could see it being upgraded by Starfleet. Also, I could see this as a deep space exploration ship, possibly one not intended to return to Federation space, a sorta colonization ship, maybe.

Just how big is that thing, anyhow, and how many people can fit in it?


Want a challenge?

Try making either a Millennium Falcon, Star destroyer or Corellian corvette in Trek form.

 

[Ian Keldon]

Surprisingly small if we assume that's a standard bridge dome and use the accepted 3m nominal deck height (figures rounded):

L - 487m (not including nacelle length)
W- 204m
H - 84m (keel to top, not including the upper nacelle)

The classic G has the following dimensions (length from official sources, other measurements extrapolated):

L - 1853m
W- 768m
H - 272m

The nuG has the following dimensions (measurements from production sources:

L - 1438.64m
W- 536.84m
H - 183.32m

Here's someone's reconstruction of various original G scales compared to a Connie

http://taraniscgi.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/bsg-scale-003.jpg

Here's a bonus...I had a few minutes and decided to copy the original a little more closely on the flight pods:

 

[Ian Keldon]

"greebled" Galactica

 

[Bell'Orso]

I'd suggest using 4 or 6 short single nacelles stuck tightly to the rear of the main body to better simulate the original (or rather, perhaps, the reimagined) look.

 

[Kaiser]

Awesome Star Trek version of the TOS Galactica

 

[publiusr]

I like the dual nacelle design.

 

[Ian Keldon]

Ok...playing with DrX's new primary, here's the infamous Star Empire from the equally infamous novel "Dreadnought"

and here she is without the "trike" nacelle

 

[Kaiser]

Awesome!!!

 

[Ian Keldon]

Skinnier 2ndary

 

[Kaiser]

It does look better with thinner second hull

 

[Ian Keldon]

An old friend returns, with new "fin-less" nacelle fronts.

 

[Kaiser]

Looks good

 

[publiusr]

That is the best version of your Galaxy yet.

Now on the Dreadnought saucer, I wish it was super-wide, in that each facet would have its own torpedo bay for good FASA/SFB firing arcs recessed into the saucer hull..