Saladin Class Primary Hull

[MarianLH]

Interesting. That fan comic I mentioned upthread might have been based on this; the doors are in the same place.

I don't buy a single-storey shuttlebay, though. I just don't think there's enough height. Am I wrong?


Marian

 

[Wingsley]

I'm not fan of the single-nacele design, but Starscape did a great job with his Starship Diligent, which he refers to as a "TOS Era Corvette". Note the landing pads for multiple shuttlescraft on the topside of the saucer's outer rim. I think that's very clever, and makes more sense than ENT's "bombay doors" on the underside of the NX-01.

Thanks, Wingsley!!

Here's a better pic of the model with some shuttle action.





Oh and yeah, I changed the name... again.

Oh, how I would love to see a second nacelle added to that design, just above the navi-deflector pod...

Great work, Starscape!

 

[Forbin]

I don't think it's a good location, myself. It's right over the deepest part of the concavity on the underside of the saucer. I don't think there's enough height for a shuttlebay.


Marian

Actually, there's just enough room. I've installed one in a destroyer conversion I'm doing of the big 1/350 refit.

 

[Praetor]

Wow, Forbin, that's... that's... fantabulous!

(What are you doing with the secondary hull? )

 

[Forbin]

I'll think of something!

 

[Praetor]

Two secondary-hulled, four-nacelled dreadnought, mebbe?

 

[MarianLH]

Get a second one and create a through-deck carrier.


Marian

 

[Vance]

Forget the name of the ship now, but there's a 'thru-deck' that's basically two half-secondary hulls remounted together at the middle so you have a hangar in front and in back. This would, of course, leave Forbie with two forward secondary hulls and still an extra warp nacelle...

 

[Forbin]

http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/thrudeckcarrier_oriskany.jpg

But I don't like it. There's no reason to have the warp undercut at the front of the 2ndary hull. I prefer matching the dreadnought front with a standard hangar aft, like I did with my Soryu:
http://www.inpayne.com/models/kitbash/trekpage_soryu.html

 

[MarianLH]

I should've known you'd already done one.


Marian

 

[James Wright]

You did a great job building the Soryu!

James

 

[Praetor]

I agree!

 

[Forbin]

Tanks!

 

[Bernard Guignard]

http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/thrudeckcarrier_oriskany.jpg

But I don't like it. There's no reason to have the warp undercut at the front of the 2ndary hull. I prefer matching the dreadnought front with a standard hangar aft, like I did with my Soryu:
http://www.inpayne.com/models/kitbash/trekpage_soryu.html

Somthing Like this?

 

[Forbin]

Si!