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Published: 2011-02-04 00:33:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 7061; Favourites: 103; Downloads: 295
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Due to popular demand, I hereby present the USS Ursa Major of the Constellation class, in her original pre-refit, TOS-y glory.It was fun to build the large middle section. I know that the front end should have encompassed a large shuttlebay, but I wanted the TOS symplicity of those three glowing cyllindrical inset thingies
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The Constellation class was something I always thought we should have seen more of, not least because Picard commanded one for longer than the Enterprises D and E combined. In my mind I substitute it for the many Mirandas we see in TNG and DS9.
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That's a real cool rendition.. I didnt think a constellation class would look as cool in TOS
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and i thought there never was a TOS-version of that class because it was commissioned first in 2278. so the design we all know from TNG was her original appearence...
btw: nice shot
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Very nice work. I had never given consideration to the Constellation-class actually looking like this prior to its refit stage. Nice to see for sure!
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Thank you very much!
Remember, I build the ships nobody else takes the time to build
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That seems to be the case!
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Looks great Dave
Any chance of seeing a TOS era Nebula class?
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Thank you!
I built a pre-Nebula once, called the Voroshilov class. I might re-build her one day...
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You're welcome, and I hope so
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You seem to be having alot of fun recently with semi-original designs, hows about going the whole hog and doing an entirely unique creation of your own design? I don't mean the type of thing like Polaris being a "happy accident" trying for a connie, I mean your build and design from the ground up. I personally feel that it will be a great sucess especially if its not a "super-dreadnaught" like everyone else seems to be mesh happy making themselves these days. This model is superb a good tribute to your modelling skills and perseverance at the hobby. Well done
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The Polaris was never a happy accident. I intended to do a small ship. The secondary hull came from a design I have never finished, but that would have been a pre-TOS design.
The cyberwar ship was my own design
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One thing about these renders that bothers me is the Bussard collectors. The "glass" or whatever the material is I think should be glossier, maybe?
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It depends on the lighting...
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I think it would give it a bit more realistic feel.
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"It was an overworked, underpowered vessel always on the verge of flying apart at the seams..." -- Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, TNG: "Relics"
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Indeed
I always envisioned Constellations as reliable, long-range multi-purpouse ships. After half a century, they do acheived a "Stargazer" state...
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Huh, sounds like by the mid-24th Century the Constellation-class ships were well beyond retirement age from what Picard said about them. I wonder why they were kept in service so long then?
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They were kept in service because Starfleet got lazy and went soft on the military side of their mandate. It wasn't until they encountered the Borg and the Dominion did they start building full fledged warships and new classes of vessels.
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the three glowing cyllindrical thingies are the auxiliary navigational deflector at least according to Matt Jefferies schematics of the Original Enterprise anyways.lol.
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Really? I always thought they're panorama windows
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most of the schematics I've seen describe them as such. Heres a great site to check it out if you want. This site may give you some ideas for future pieces as well so it's worth the time to sift through it.
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I know that site. I used it many a time
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ohh and here I thought I was revealing a valuable resource to you oh well lol.
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Thank you!
I'll release her, soon.
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