TOS Excalibur concept

[AdmiralBuck]

New project in the works to be built in 1/350 scale. Excalibur refit 2270. (post M5)
Preliminary design roughs in SketchUp:

http://vagabonddecals.com/chevereto/image/ZY1y


http://vagabonddecals.com/chevereto/image/ZbrF

 

[Santaman]

Looks promising.
Can't wait to see the whole thing unfold, your last few projects were stellar!

 

[Markonian]

Slick!

 

[publiusr]

More full bodied than Hood…looks great. The Grey Lady was the first to have torp mounts on the secondary hull…submarine like. But these look to pack more of a punch.

 

[Professor Moriarty]

I’m a big fan of the design language you've employed for your starship designs. To my eye it’s a bold “transitional” style that slots in nicely between classic TOS and the TMP-TUC era

 

[BorgMan]

There's a hint of substance in the neck, and I'm really digging that. Like it could actually support the saucer. Nice!

 

[shapeshifter]

I am sensing a little Discoprise in its DNA?

 

[AdmiralBuck]

I am sensing a little Discoprise in its DNA?

None that I'm conscious of although I have been working on other designs specifically referencing John's DiscoE.
This one is another take on the classic Connie along the lines of what I did with the Hood but simply making other design choices hinting at future tech to come.

 

[shapeshifter]

Ah. It has some sameness and differences to the DP. I like it all the same either way.

 

[BorgMan]

So, uh, let me just throw it in here because this is the closest I can get to the subject, but... DUDE YOU GOT A SHIP IN PICARD!? Do tell us how this happened!

And it doesn't matter it's "just a gold model". It's canon now, that's all that matters!

 

[AdmiralBuck]

Thanks! It's been a tremendous honor to have been asked to contribute.

 

[fireproof78]

New project in the works to be built in 1/350 scale. Excalibur refit 2270. (post M5)
Preliminary design roughs in SketchUp:

Quite an interesting blend of design aesthetics.

 

[publiusr]

So, uh, let me just throw it in here because this is the closest I can get to the subject, but... DUDE YOU GOT A SHIP IN PICARD!? Do tell us how this happened!

And it doesn't matter it's "just a gold model". It's canon now, that's all that matters!

Pix please?

Wow....

 

[Professor Moriarty]

Oh wow, I didn’t know this was one of the ships in that scene from episode one! I’m as green with envy as the green of that tear in space.

 

[BorgMan]

Pix please?

I took these from Bill's twitter. Apparently, these are the printed models before painted gold.

 

[Dukhat]

Here’s hoping that more fan made designs get featured in future Trek productions.

Back during the Berman era, there were so many great fan-made models, far better than anything the shows or movies actually came up with. It was a shame at the time that they didn’t utilize that untapped resource. It’s nice to see that the new generation of Trek doesn’t have that hangup.

 

[publiusr]

Agreed.

 

[BorgMan]

It was a shame at the time that they didn’t utilize that untapped resource. It’s nice to see that the new generation of Trek doesn’t have that hangup.

I'm not entirely sure but I think the main reason that they didn't use fan designs was copyright. This might also be why we've seen the designs we see now: Bill already can be seen as "licensed" due to his work on the Ships of the Line calendar, and the STO designs are already fully owned by Paramount so no issues there either.

 

[Dukhat]

I'm not entirely sure but I think the main reason that they didn't use fan designs was copyright. This might also be why we've seen the designs we see now: Bill already can be seen as "licensed" due to his work on the Ships of the Line calendar, and the STO designs are already fully owned by Paramount so no issues there either.

It would have been a simple matter to have the creator of the model sign a waiver giving up his/her rights to the design. I recall there being at least three instances where they needed disposable models fast: the BoBW Wolf 359 fleet, the Qualor II suplus depot in ‘Unification,’ and the Frankenstein fleet in DS9. They could have made a call-out to the fans to send in their models for a contest. The winners would have their models chosen to be filmed. Basically just like the Titan and Enterprise-F contests, only with actual physical models.

Plus, I’m not sure about there being much of a problem legally anyway. Any model building fan would be making a model from a licensed kit. Whether they kitbash it into their own design or make it as intended, they’re still using Star Trek’s intellectual property. So they couldn’t say it belongs to them any more than Alec Peters can say that his Axanar paraphernalia belongs to him.