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Ported to OBJ from the filming quality CG model by Dave Metlesits, following the original design created by Masao Okazaki for his unique take on Romulan War at his Starfleet Museum (SFM) website. Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. You can download Dave's take on Masao's Krechet at the link below ...

... and here's a link to Masao's complete write-up of his own creation at the SFM website, which I recommend reading instead of me trying to do a Cliff's Notes version for you:

www.starfleet-museum.org/krech…

You can also download two STL model packs by the prolific Captain_Mojo at the link below that contain all of Masao's unique Romulan War era designs from his STM thread of the Trek multiverse, although you'll have to texture them yourself. That's just the way STL model files are, folks. Anyway, here's the link:

cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/s…

cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/s…

Oh, and for a rather unique-looking revamp by Tiger Online of Masao's Little Nell I for the Space Engineers program, check this link out:

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

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Here's a quoted section from my own Federation Spaceflight Chronology (FSC), in order to give an example to those of you looking for some way to reversion and incorporate Masao's unique Romulan War era stuff into your own threads of the Trek multiverse:

Aside from [certain] notable new ship classes ... [m]ost of the Romulan War was fought by clumsy cylindrical Terran starships against hordes of clumsy cylindrical Romulan starships ... (NOTE - see the James Blish prose adaptation of TOS "Balance of Terror;" see also Steve Baron's Vintage Starships II website for the Romulan take on this - ed). This was a throwback of sorts as far as Terran spaceflight had developed; however, there was a very good reason for it. All battles took place at sub-light speeds at or near a planetary system or other stellar landmark. One did not need a ship designed for warp speed to fight a sub-light battle[, just for getting there and getting back provided you survived]. These CS-series starships, or “cylinder ships” as they were better known, were derived from the unbuilt Dyson-Yoyodyne DY-1300 military cruiser of 2130. They were designed to be cheap, easy to build, and quick to launch and join the action. Average construction time was six to nine months per ship, with some of the ships in the smaller design classes being built in as little as three months. All of the CS-series starships were produced in large numbers in all sizes with a varying mix of weapons expressly for the war effort. Creature comforts were kept to an absolute minimum. The extra room gained was used for weaponry, armor, and even early force field systems (in the later classes). When the Romulan War finally ended all of these cylinder ships were either sold or scrapped within four years after the Federation Council mandated the downsizing of Star Fleet. A surprising number were purchased by undercover M’dok agents (in disguise as Caitians) and used against Star Fleet in the short-lived Federation-M’dok War.

Note the obvious parallels to the massive shipbuilding effort by the United States during World War II. There are other ways you can do this, but that should at least give you a starting point for your own ideas. You may have to retexture accordingly, of course.

Description

Ported to OBJ from the filming quality CG model by Dave Metlesits, following the original design created by Masao Okazaki for his unique take on Romulan War at his Starfleet Museum (SFM) website. Preview picture posed in XNALara XPS. You can download Dave's take on Masao's Krechet at the link below ...

... and here's a link to Masao's complete write-up of his own creation at the SFM website, which I recommend reading instead of me trying to do a Cliff's Notes version for you:

www.starfleet-museum.org/krech…

You can also download two STL model packs by the prolific Captain_Mojo at the link below that contain all of Masao's unique Romulan War era designs from his STM thread of the Trek multiverse, although you'll have to texture them yourself. That's just the way STL model files are, folks. Anyway, here's the link:

cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/s…

cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/s…

Oh, and for a rather unique-looking revamp by Tiger Online of Masao's Little Nell I for the Space Engineers program, check this link out:

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…

--------------------

Here's a quoted section from my own Federation Spaceflight Chronology (FSC), in order to give an example to those of you looking for some way to reversion and incorporate Masao's unique Romulan War era stuff into your own threads of the Trek multiverse:

Aside from [certain] notable new ship classes ... [m]ost of the Romulan War was fought by clumsy cylindrical Terran starships against hordes of clumsy cylindrical Romulan starships ... (NOTE - see the James Blish prose adaptation of TOS "Balance of Terror;" see also Steve Baron's Vintage Starships II website for the Romulan take on this - ed). This was a throwback of sorts as far as Terran spaceflight had developed; however, there was a very good reason for it. All battles took place at sub-light speeds at or near a planetary system or other stellar landmark. One did not need a ship designed for warp speed to fight a sub-light battle[, just for getting there and getting back provided you survived]. These CS-series starships, or “cylinder ships” as they were better known, were derived from the unbuilt Dyson-Yoyodyne DY-1300 military cruiser of 2130. They were designed to be cheap, easy to build, and quick to launch and join the action. Average construction time was six to nine months per ship, with some of the ships in the smaller design classes being built in as little as three months. All of the CS-series starships were produced in large numbers in all sizes with a varying mix of weapons expressly for the war effort. Creature comforts were kept to an absolute minimum. The extra room gained was used for weaponry, armor, and even early force field systems (in the later classes). When the Romulan War finally ended all of these cylinder ships were either sold or scrapped within four years after the Federation Council mandated the downsizing of Star Fleet. A surprising number were purchased by undercover M’dok agents (in disguise as Caitians) and used against Star Fleet in the short-lived Federation-M’dok War.

Note the obvious parallels to the massive shipbuilding effort by the United States during World War II. There are other ways you can do this, but that should at least give you a starting point for your own ideas. You may have to retexture accordingly, of course.