So, yeah, @Michael can you kindly change the title of this post to "TOS Prometheus"? That'd be swell...
It is. I threw it together firstly because I had space left on the ship registry beneath the shuttlebay entrance (you know, on the "lip"?) and then figured that it would be a cool addition to the aft wall as well, to break up the space a bit.
I had need of a TOS shuttlepod. So I made one. The haste in which I made this also means there's some stuff going on at the front, which at this time I'm not looking to fix. This model is purely made for background duty, and if you like, you can grab it here!
Very nice! I love all the little details you added like the small curvature of the hull or the landing gears. Might have been done in haste but certainly not without care.
We all know the M-5 disaster. We also know that its irrational behavior stemmed from Dr. Daystrom's own messed-up brain. But what if... the Vulcan Science academy had an interest in this development, and selected a few more psychological fit people to have their brains scanned and create a computer with their engrams as basis? I have selected this point in time to diverge from TOS into The Original Series - New Generation. The result is a TOS where advancements were made, screens used more often, but still with some buttons and that TOS esthetic. If you need more to wrap your head around, please refer to this YouTube video of how a TOS bridge would look like with TMP graphics. Even though a ship like the Prometheus would still need more people to operate it than the Prime Prometheus would, the brand-spankin' new M-7 computer helps out a lot. So, with that out of the way, please have a glance over this shot over the captain's chair to the Master Systems Graphic, or MSG; I actually found that a great acronym for what this thing is trying to do. TOS actually has precedent in that with the Status Display Boards. I liked black for this better though...
You've made the hideous little TNG shuttlepod look so cool by TOSifying it! Great work! Nice MSG, too - the lights on black is really effective.