Refit Dreadnought.... Question?

[Kaiser]

Agreed. I think she looks fugly, especially with not all eight sides at least being even. She is just an example of why it is a bad idea to make the all of the bow sides of a saucer flat instead, especially if the front is flat. If not for the fact that the saucer wasn't actually a saucer, she might not look bad, but all of those flat faces ruins it for me!

The artist who called himself justicar did some toolkits with a flatter version of the octagonal saucer that seemed more streamlined. Instead of having the flat face forward, having a pointy end leading would also round that Diane Carey design out more. Having a photon torpedo pay at each facet might not be a bad thing--perfect for firing arcs in games.

Now Aridas version was just the TMP saucer on a Balson class secondary hull--a bit longer than the standard probert secondary hull. A nice side view of the Balson secondary hull with nacelles omitted for clarity would be nice. I've seen those on toolkits but Aridas version is a bit less flat on the bottom.

Anyone have a copy of his saucers and other custom bits?

 

[Dukhat]

Actually, Diane Carey herself is explicit that the ship has a hexagonal, not octagonal primary hull (p.77 in my 1986 print). Which means that the cover artwork necessarily establishes a pointed bow instead of a flat one!

Exactly. Not only does that ASCII-looking artwork make the ship look like crap, it's also not at all accurate. Boris Vallejo's cover artwork is fantastic and modernizes the design from FJ's original.

 

[publiusr]

I like how the nacelles end in a mass of antennas

 

[Timo]

We also have to ponder whether Vallejo's cover art shows the ship intact, or in the guise our heroes first meet her: faking damage with the help of the onboard holographic gadget.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[publiusr]

Anyone have a copy of his saucers and other custom bits?

You might remember his flatter, wider faceted saucer hulls over at sub-odeon, but the links are broken now.

Misc
http://www.resinilluminati.com/showthread.php?t=6927
http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/dreadnaught_justicar.jpg

 

[Kaiser]

Anyone have a copy of his saucers and other custom bits?

You might remember his flatter, wider faceted saucer hulls over at sub-odeon, but the links are broken now.

Misc
http://www.resinilluminati.com/showthread.php?t=6927
http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/dreadnaught_justicar.jpg

hmm darn dont suppose you saved a copy of those designs and octagonal saucer's ?

 

[publiusr]

This link might not work--or just the images
http://subodeon.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ships&action=display&thread=1591
http://subodeon.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ships&action=display&thread=1244&page=2
http://subodeon.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ships&action=display&thread=1244
http://kavinveldar.deviantart.com/art/Starship-Parts-Layout-216761989

Interesting
http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?76532-Greg-s-Trek-Ships-and-Things/page10&

 

[Kaiser]

Thanks Now i have Octagonal saucers to use

 

[publiusr]

Now you might want to modify that. The long nose saucer should have that circumference all the way around, so it would be really large. This is where having a scanner would have been nice, in that I would have an added layer under the bridge complex to have photon torpedo tubes on each facet, for good FASA firing arcs.

The dreadnaught nacelles are low, so not in the way of weapons fire, and the thrid nacelle--above them...

 

[publiusr]

Here are some other saucers to use
http://s49.photobucket.com/albums/f252/CanisD/Misc/Backup/Star Trek/Parts/?albumview=slideshow

https://quiltersrule.com/individual-product.php?id=340&tier=retail&category=32

Star Stations
http://federationreference.prophpbb.com/topic822-20.html

Ring stations
http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=13912