Sketchup Makin Class Assault Ship

[JAFisher44]

This is my WIP of the Makin Class Assault Ship. This version is scaled according to the dimensions listed in the FSRM. It is very small. There is no way 1800 marines fit on that ship. I also intend to make a version scaled more appropriately, with a saucer the same diameter as the Connie. You'll have to wait for that tho...

Anyway, without further ado:









And here is a comparison shot next to a Connie (not mine) to show you how tiny the damn thing is.

[rarcher]

Its so cuuuuuuuttteee!

[Anthony Scott]

Nice work so far!

[JAFisher44]

Here is the large Makin. This one doesn't fit the dimensions given in the FSRM, but it is a more believable ship for carrying a contingent of 1800 marines. This was a lot easier to do since I worked out all the hard stuff on the small version.









And here are some comparison shots with both sizes of Makin and a Connie.

[kaisernathan1701]

Awesome! good to see this finally in 3D

[rarcher]

Ya know one could argue that as the later TMP early TNG era (ent-c time basically) kicked in starfleet could have made a 'mini makin due to not needing such large scale troop transports for that time period

[bernard Guignard]

Very nicely done seems to make more sense at the larger size for an assault ship. Keep up the great work

[zookman]

also the connie doesnt realy have any crew quarters in the secondary hull as its mostly cargo and shuttle bay and arboretum and engineering stuff . and the connie has 430 crew ( est. ) in the saucer and those are in 2 man rooms with officers in 1 man rooms .. on a troop transport i think the troops would be in mult man bunk rooms with a common room and restroom areas between them .. probly 6-8 man rooms with 2 X 2 bunks and probly 3-4 of those per room . so if ya take the saucer of the connie and say 30 are single man rooms for officers that leaves 400 and if you take that and say ok 2 man rooms is 200 rooms . so if you then take that number and squeeze in say 6 men per room that jumps same area to 1200 .. but i do agree that the smaller version would be realy too cramped then add in all equipment and supplies and just no way .
i made up a passenger liner and it carries a crew of 250 and can carrie 2000 passengers .. so i went and figured ok how many troops can i get in with same internal room arrangement . redrew the rooms to have 6-10 per room depending on rooms size and modified the larger luxury suits to smaller rooms like the rest . so from 2000 pass i could now carry almost 10,000 troops plus equipment and supplies . also made a cargos version where all decks but crew decks wer cargo . massive amount for one ship . ill have to check my ships sheets to see just how much but think it was close to 100,000 scu,s

would love to see these drawn up in 3d lol

[JAFisher44]

I put in some detail work today. Added weapons, impulse engines, windows and some more grid.

[kaisernathan1701]

lovely

[JAFisher44]

Ok, more detail work. I didn't like the impulse crystals so i redid them. I also finally fleshed out the warp pylons. I didn't like the full wrap around shuttle bay up front so I split it. I also added some detail to the top of the secondary hull and numbers each shuttle bay. I still need to add RCS thrusters to the saucer and I'd like to add registry and ship name.

[rarcher]

I'm loving this! Very nice man!

[kaisernathan1701]

Awesome work

[JAFisher44]

Finished.





The model is in the Sketchup Warehouse here.

[kaisernathan1701]

Awesome Ship art there :3

[brstarship]

Good ship!



Download done. Thanks for sharing!

[cowboy40]

These ships are a product of the Four Years War. They were designed to move a similar load of troops that would be found on the converted Eagle Mk. 11b and the heavy equipment of the Eagle Mk. IIc assault ships.

the Eagle class ships were converted passenger liners, even though they performed well, they had problems with power and so on.

The Makin class was designed to solve these issues and provide for a means of moving a reinforced landing force of 1,800 marines, along with heavy equipment. These ships could land and sustain its force for thirty days action.

As with many of the FASAverse ships, these roles were based on the principle of the assault transports "APA" of World War II: those ships were designed to land a similar size force, and through combat loading, be able to sustain the landing force for a period of time. In FASAverse, these ships are a direct copy of that role....

[atolm]

Stunning, simply stunning! Amazing work brother.

[JAFisher44]

White background orthos for SRMs.

[atolm]

Another beauty of an interpretation...damn awesome!