Sketchup Derf Class Tender

[JAFisher44]

Derf! Check it out!






If you look close you can see a Class F shuttle sitting on Landing Pad 2. on the back there is a main shuttle/maintenance bay and two smaller bays. Those auxiliary bays are for launching small worker bees. As a buoy tender I felt that the ship would have lots of auxiliary repair craft for repairing the buoys.

You can also download it for Sketchup here if you want to look at it in 3D.

[kaisernathan1701]

Nice

[zookman]

cool im currently working on a set of deckplans for the derf and loknar using the old fasa set as a guide line . im gonna redraw the fasa ones since some things dontline up too good and im also including life boat bays on them in certain spots got enough spots for the entaire crew plus a few extra for passengers . even have a small towing craft to they can all hook up and travel under power for a limited distance instead of just drifting . small impulse engines , tho might include a small micro warp engine with a limit of warp 1 . like on lower saucer rim and making them fit better by making the saucer a half deck thicker to allow a full deck where the undercut of the saucer is . i like the idea of the outer workbee bays and may add them to mine since it makes sence to have a smaller bay for those smaller craft . are those landing pads your ideas . dont remember seeing them on any pics ive seen of the derf . ill have to get them out and see how far i got on them lol . might try and draw them on my drawing program here on puter . adding interior deck details is the nexr challenge lol lots of copying and pasting of same objects for the most part tho i may just draw up one room in detail as a typical crews quarters .

[JAFisher44]

None of the original pics show any shuttle access. I figured that the large shuttle bay in the back would give access to a main shuttle bay and repair deck. Here is a description of the Derf from the manual:

When a Derf arrives at a malfunctioning beacon's location, a shuttle uses a tractor beam on the beacon and tows it into the lower hull, which is the tender's main repair facility. The beacon is then placed on an assembly line and repaired robotically. When the work is finished, the shuttle tows the beacon back into the spacelanes, and the Derf moves on.

So basically I imagine that from the sensor dome at the bottom of the saucer back you would find the repair facility. the rest would be all the normal starship stuff. The two landing pads on the top of the saucer would serve as normal shuttle bays so that crew and visitors don't have to pick their way through a repair factory to get on board.

[zookman]

wonder how she would look with the part of the saucer just below the b/c decks extended out to where ya have the cut out for the landing pads and made 2 small bays there .or even 1 bay door but carry 2-3 shuttles in the small landing bay .. just remembered i havnt started the derf yet got the main decks laid out for the larson and loknar is done gonna do the saladin/hermes and ptolemy too tho those will be fairly easy mods of what ill already have done. probly do the federation class too since ill have the rest of the F.J. ships done lol

[Anthony Scott]

The SketchUp collection continues to grow!

[Chris]

I love the Derf class. I have several 'wolf in sheep's clothing' versions of this that have surprised many hapless Klingon commanders. Sort of a turn about on the whole 'sabotage the nav buoy and blast the Derf when he comes to fix it' trick the Klingons like to do...

[cowboy40]

This is another one of my favorite ships. In the FASA Trek universe this ship has had an inter resting line of development. It was first going to be a survey cruiser, sort of a super scout, then it was cast as a destroyer leader and finally it came to production as a tender

but what I do love about this ship, is its ability to conduct a very aggressive defense, It has a good armament for part of the fleet train...

[starship]

I think it could looks even better with the pylons angled something like 15 or 20 degrees. Just a suggestion.

[JAFisher44]

I'm not sure what you mean. Angled where?

[rarcher]

Well if i'm picturing what the guy above you said right then a 15-20 degree angle would make it look more akin to a Loknar?

[jeffwright]

Very nice work. That might be a nice saucer in its own right. The stepped appearance to the saucer aft is great.

[gouf]

That's VERY nice. I've been working on files for a 1/1000 scale Derf conversion kit for the Polar Lights 1/1000 Enterprise plastic model kit that I'm going to get printed. I may borrow your top saucer shuttle bay idea if you don't mind.

Really nice work there!

[bernard Guignard]

Very nice work there

[JAFisher44]

A) I don't mind at all.

B) I took the idea from Vances toolkit saucers, some of which have a saucer top shuttle pad.

[SITZKRIEG!]

Jan 14, 2014 22:49:39 GMT -7 JAFisher44 said:

Derf! Check it out!

Very nicely done! I was just doing an image search for the Derf class and your thread popped up.  Would you mind if I used one or two of the images in a post on my blog?  Obviously the Derf has FASA stats but I was hoping to convert it to Star Trek Adventures as well.

[JAFisher44]

Of course you can. Even better, the ship is available on the Sketchup Warehouse. You can download it and render images yourself if you want.

[JAFisher44]

I've updated the model since these images. Here are some new ones. If you'd like any particular shots let me know and I can probably render them.

[kaisernathan1701]

hmmm I wonder if the Derf would be good as a Dreadnoughts upper saucer hull and everything... kinda like SFU's Mars Class Battleship

[SITZKRIEG!]

Thanks! I like the classic detail you put into the markings and the paint scheme. I was going to make a Star Trek Adventures sheet but in a FASA style/asthetic only but I might do both styles with your 3d models (and possible go back eventually and redo some older ones as well).

[JAFisher44]

I can also render them in schematic view if you'd like.

Done!







I replaced the ventral view because I accidentally rendered it too small. The current version should be the right size.

[atolm]

Sexay beast!

[cowboy40]

Sexy as hell, and she is able to make a fighting defense that would put some destroyers to shaem....great ship...great art work

[tinker]

This ship has always looked a little odd to me, but you make it look good - great job!

[SITZKRIEG!]

Sept 19, 2018 21:30:04 GMT -7 JAFisher44 said:

I can also render them in schematic view if you'd like.

Done!

I replaced the ventral view because I accidentally rendered it too small. The current version should be the right size.

Thanks again! I'll be using those in that case. I was surprised to find out that apparently the latest version of sketchup is a web service and not a stand alone program but luckily the site allows you do download versions for older releases of sketch up as well and I still had the 2017 version installed.

Will you be giving the full lighting and texture treatment to your other models? I noticed that you have the Pioneer from STO as one of your files and would love to see that one fully detailed like your Derf.