Wonderfull non-canon Trek ships...
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Those would be nice to see in 3D
Great excelsior version.
Some nice FASA designs over at subodeons board.
http://subodeon.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ships
Decker is one of my favs
The redraw:
http://www.tacticalstarshipcombat.com/FASA/sds/Ship Images/decker_Destroyer.jpg
http://www.tacticalstarshipcombat.com/FASA/sds/federation_decker.htm
From year 2009, the USS Discovery.
Concept by Galen, mesh by Dmitri (maya version).
Status: maya version finished. I´m still working on the 3ds max conversion.
Wrong! That was designed by Joshua Samuelson, A.K.A. Madeinjapan1988, not Galen. I am very surprised that no one noticed this. This design sort of later evolved into the Perception class.
From 2002/2003, the USS Chimera
Author: Skye Dods
Status: abandoned
Apparently, A.K.A. the Explorer class.
http://www.sttff.net/explorer.html
And it appears that it wasn't quite as abandoned as you determined, because the images on STTFF show what appears to be a more complete model.
But a model this detailed would most certainly still be in use unless something happened before the artist managed to get her up for downloads or before enough downloads were made to back her up from if the model was lost.
I've been wondering where more images of this rather enigmatic ship class might be. I've also managed to find some more images here. It appears that the Explorer/Chimera has gone through more than one design phase:
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/Chimera;15997
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/Chimera;31174
From 2010, the Excelsior-A
Author: Alain Rivard
Status: mesh finished, but untextured
Ah yes, the good ol' Refit Excelsior routine. This wouldn't be the first, and probably won't be the last.
Most of you here probably familiar with the Queenstown sub-class, so I,m not going to bother with that one, but some of you might not be familiar with the Krakow:
Year: 2010
Developer: Doctor_McCoy 11, however base model and nacelles come from two different designs developed by WickedZombie45.
Status: Completed and available for Bridge Commander play download.
http://bridgecommander.filefront.com/file/Krakow_class;112195
Now for some more rather enigmatic designs I've found on STTFF, in the faint hopes that some of you might know where to find more images. I've looked but had intermittent to little success.
The Falkirk-class battlecruiser
Year: Unknown
Modeler: Marc Benjamin Rouse
Status: Apparently completed, but the model appears to have gone off the grid. If the model wasn't lost, it appears to not be available for use.
http://www.sttff.net/falkirk.html
The Type II Workbee
Year: Unknown
Modeler: Jeff Mackenzie
Status: Unknown for sure. It looks finished enough to me, but I haven't seen this model anywhere else, so perhaps the author wasn't quite satisfied with it, ended up never finishing it, and it was never put up for others to use (?).
http://www.sttff.net/workbee.html
And finally, the Valiant-class escort cruiser/destroyer:
Year: Unknown
Author: D. Bates, A.K.A. D. Bates
Status: Apparently completed. However, I don't see these around very often, suggesting that the model was once available for use, but was lost as one point.
http://www.sttff.net/valiant.html
From year 2009, the USS Discovery.
Concept by Galen, mesh by Dmitri (maya version).
Status: maya version finished. I´m still working on the 3ds max conversion.
Wrong! That was designed by Joshua Samuelson, A.K.A. Madeinjapan1988, not Galen. I am very surprised that no one noticed this. This design sort of later evolved into the Perception class.
From 2002/2003, the USS Chimera
Author: Skye Dods
Status: abandoned
Apparently, A.K.A. the Explorer class.
http://www.sttff.net/explorer.html
And it appears that it wasn't quite as abandoned as you determined, because the images on STTFF show what appears to be a more complete model.
But a model this detailed would most certainly still be in use unless something happened before the artist managed to get her up for downloads or before enough downloads were made to back her up from if the model was lost.
Ah yes, the good ol' Refit Excelsior routine. This wouldn't be the first, and probably won't be the last.
Most of you here probably familiar with the Queenstown sub-class, so I,m not going to bother with that one
Thank you! Yes, the Discovery isn´t from Galen, but from Madeinjapan.
You pointed us some cool ships too. The Queenstown is, in fact, the Excelsior-B, designed and built by Tachy (Cirylle Lefevre) looooong time ago. I still have that mesh, and a Lightwave conversion is available online: http://www.foundation3d.com/index.php?categoryid=38&p13_sectionid=307&p13_fileid=576
About the one from Skye Dods, I´ll talk to him and see if there are news.
From 1994, the Colorado Class named USS San Jacinto
Author: Markus Nee
Status: finished
Great minds thinking alike! that was shortly after I did my Grand Alliance:
http://www.inpayne.com/models/kitbash/trekpage_alliance.html
Great minds thinking alike! that was shortly after I did my Grand Alliance:
http://www.inpayne.com/models/kitbash/trekpage_alliance.html
Never mind your ship was so old too.
In fact, from Starfleet´s point of view (if I can say that), Nee´s version looks like a previous version, and yours an evolved, updated version. I say this cause the naceles design. Both ships looks cool, but I think the flipped naceles configuration of Nee´s ship fits better with starfleet standards. 
From 1994, the Colorado Class named USS San Jacinto
Author: Markus Nee
Status: finished
Good Design IMHO I've always liked his model kits
Great minds thinking alike! that was shortly after I did my Grand Alliance:
http://www.inpayne.com/models/kitbash/trekpage_alliance.html
Never mind your ship was so old too.
Ah, but I wanted to buck the standards and do something unexpected!
Actually, I was gonna say his looks like the more modern ship - more detail and angles, like a post-TNG ship.
Unhhapyness, no. Markus´ page is still up, but he no longer updates her:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~markusn/models/starships/
Your wish is my command.
Willey released the ship in nif format (bridge commander). He released other ships too. Take a look: http://wileycoyotecreations.weebly.com/2/post/2011/06/first-post.html
Fom... before 1998 (don´t know exactly the year), the Elsonprise
Author: Peter Elson
Status: Finished
This isn´t, in fact, one of the biggest trek fan-ships, but is an in memoriam hommage to Elson´s work.
Peter Elson was one of the main influences in my childhood that made my interest in sci-fi to grow up. In my oppinion he was one of the greatest scifi illustrators from all the times. A great miss. If you want to know more about him: http://www.peterelson.co.uk/
Author: Peter Elson
Status: Finished
This isn´t, in fact, one of the biggest trek fan-ships, but is an in memoriam hommage to Elson´s work.
Peter Elson was one of the main influences in my childhood that made my interest in sci-fi to grow up. In my oppinion he was one of the greatest scifi illustrators from all the times. A great miss. If you want to know more about him: http://www.peterelson.co.uk/
Slap some paint on that puppy and make it a Kushan unit. Those Taiidani won't know what hit em.
