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Post by james43a on Apr 8, 2013 20:30:37 GMT -7
We have not built a 3D scanner as of yet sorry
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Post by jeffwright on Apr 22, 2013 16:21:14 GMT -7
Nice artwork
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Post by JAFisher44 on May 7, 2013 0:07:31 GMT -7
Gettin pretty close to done.   |
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Anthony Scott
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Post by Anthony Scott on May 7, 2013 20:46:57 GMT -7
Good work there! I will eagerly download this hip. Looks like you have learned a great deal and have really improved upon your skills!
What rendering program did you use?
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Post by JAFisher44 on May 7, 2013 23:04:57 GMT -7
I used the maxwell free rendering plugin for Google Sketchup. Every time I load it up I find some new detail I need to finish...
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Anthony Scott
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Post by Anthony Scott on May 8, 2013 0:06:33 GMT -7
Nice, i will check that out! Thank you!
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Post by JAFisher44 on May 8, 2013 15:16:43 GMT -7
Well, this video is pretty rough, but its something. I'll dick around with Sketchup and see if I can make it look better.
Fixed it. Way better now!
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Post by starship on May 9, 2013 11:59:45 GMT -7
Good work all around!
Did I read it right, about the possibility of a release?
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Post by zookman on May 10, 2013 12:04:39 GMT -7
hey ja ... if i send ya some drawings of a ship i did would ya be willing to do it up this way ... its a private design and has no actualy recognizable parts but is mostly all flat planes and fery few compound curves lol i do have 5 veiws of it done tho to make things easier
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Post by JAFisher44 on Jun 5, 2014 0:28:01 GMT -7
The Fisher Class Cruiser has, over the years, proven to be a very robust space frame. Like the Miranda Class, Fisher Class cruisers have been continually upgraded to keep them effective as technology has advanced. Pictured below is the U.S.S. John Geary circa 2374, having served with distinction for 93 years in the Denevan System Defense Fleet.  |
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Post by kaisernathan1701 on Jun 10, 2014 19:01:29 GMT -7
93 years old and still a good looking ship  |
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Post by rarcher on Jun 13, 2014 6:52:38 GMT -7
Piff! 93 years old you're only JUST now breaking her in! LOL
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Post by jeffwright on Jun 27, 2014 13:06:06 GMT -7
I moved the forward torpedoes from the center front of the saucer to a lateral positioning. I like it better.. I do too. I don't like "bites" taken out of the saucer as seen from the top and bottom views. A saucer should always b as graceful and as unbroken as possible. Speaking of which, this design choice of yours would allow a refit saucer to sit lower on its pylon above a refit Connie secondary hull, lending a more aggressive stance. My ideal version of what the 1701-A should have been: Your torpedo treatment on a somewhat wider Refit saucer. Not quite Ariel shuttlecarrier, mind you, just a toad more--and resting on a Balson secondary hull www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/commandcruiser_balson.jpg Just keep the nacelles raised. I would keep the pylon torpedo spine, but in place of the tubes, a rounded sensor, shield generator. Lastly, for aft torpedoes--don't put them on the pylon--but widely separate the impulse vents as with the Abbe, and where the Abbe's spine goes, there is your aft torp. The result, an even more graceful refit with a side view not much different than Probert's No chunky bits added or bites subtracted. |
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Post by JAFisher44 on Jun 28, 2014 2:13:08 GMT -7
Your torpedo treatment on a somewhat wider Refit saucer. Wider than my ships saucer? Or wider than a Constitution saucer? I'm not sure what you mean here. That secondary hull looks exactly like a Constitution hull to me. What are the differences? I would keep the pylon torpedo spine, but in place of the tubes, a rounded sensor, shield generator. I have no idea what that meant. Lastly, for aft torpedoes--don't put them on the pylon--but widely separate the impulse vents as with the Abbe, and where the Abbe's spine goes, there is your aft torp. Ok, that I think I understood. The result, an even more graceful refit with a side view not much different than Probert's No chunky bits added or bites subtracted. On this I'm gonna have to disagree. I think that the refit Constitution is the most beautiful ship in the sky. Nothing feels out of place to me. I don't think she could be improved upon. |
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Post by AbramJ on Jun 28, 2014 19:52:00 GMT -7
Awesome looking ship. Any chance of seeing one of the TMP era ones in 1/2500 scale???
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Post by JAFisher44 on Jun 29, 2014 4:18:36 GMT -7
AbramJ, I'm not sure what you mean. There is only one ship in this thread. I'd love to get this ship worked up in 1/2500 but I'm not sure how I'd pull it off.
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Post by rarcher on Jun 29, 2014 6:33:56 GMT -7
Not making fun of the name or nothing but every time I view this threads title my brain keeps making 'Fisher Class' look like 'Fisher Price Class' LOL (for anyone not knowing fisher price is a baby/kids toy company
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Post by AbramJ on Jun 29, 2014 13:16:38 GMT -7
AbramJ, I'm not sure what you mean. There is only one ship in this thread. I'd love to get this ship worked up in 1/2500 but I'm not sure how I'd pull it off. I meant getting it 3d printed in 1/2500 scale as a model kit. |
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Post by jeffwright on Jun 29, 2014 13:20:12 GMT -7
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Post by MajorRacal on Jun 29, 2014 14:12:12 GMT -7
I've got to disagree, the elongated section of the Balson's secondary hull doesn't look better or more graceful to my eye. The stretching robs the hull of some of its contours and replaces them with straighter lines which overall lends a more gawkish look, particularly when combined with that horrid neckline and horizontal warp pylon arrangement.
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Post by JAFisher44 on Jun 29, 2014 22:23:38 GMT -7
I agree, I had difficulty noticing the differences because the image is small and low quality and the nacelles cover part of the hull. However, on closer inspection I do not find that this change adds anything to the design. Again, I am a shameless fanboi of the refit Enterprise so I may not have the most objective eye.
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Post by jeffwright on Jul 5, 2014 11:53:41 GMT -7
Everyone has their own likes and dislikes of course. Now I also hate Balson's horizontal pylon placement, but loved the teardrop.
I rather liked FJ's secondary hull, just not his chunky saucer. I thought that a wider saucer and raised nacelles might make Balson's hull balance out. It might look better in 3/4 views.
Some ships look better in some angles than others.
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Post by AbramJ on Jul 8, 2014 16:34:24 GMT -7
AbramJ, I'm not sure what you mean. There is only one ship in this thread. I'd love to get this ship worked up in 1/2500 but I'm not sure how I'd pull it off. I meant getting it 3d printed in 1/2500 scale as a model kit. No chance? |
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Post by JAFisher44 on Jul 9, 2014 4:45:18 GMT -7
I don't know. I can look into getting it done up at shapeways, but I'd have to redo the whole mesh for it.
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Post by kaisernathan1701 on Jul 13, 2014 22:03:37 GMT -7
I moved the forward torpedoes from the center front of the saucer to a lateral positioning. I like it better.. I do too. I don't like "bites" taken out of the saucer as seen from the top and bottom views. A saucer should always b as graceful and as unbroken as possible. Speaking of which, this design choice of yours would allow a refit saucer to sit lower on its pylon above a refit Connie secondary hull, lending a more aggressive stance. My ideal version of what the 1701-A should have been: Your torpedo treatment on a somewhat wider Refit saucer. Not quite Ariel shuttlecarrier, mind you, just a toad more--and resting on a Balson secondary hull www.shipschematics.net/startrek/images/federation/commandcruiser_balson.jpg Just keep the nacelles raised. I would keep the pylon torpedo spine, but in place of the tubes, a rounded sensor, shield generator. Lastly, for aft torpedoes--don't put them on the pylon--but widely separate the impulse vents as with the Abbe, and where the Abbe's spine goes, there is your aft torp. The result, an even more graceful refit with a side view not much different than Probert's No chunky bits added or bites subtracted. I'll do this in a 3 way 2D schematic after im done with 2 ships im already working on |
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