Trek Daedalus class starship scratch build

feek61

feek61

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Started on a new project today (although I have been gathering parts and doing the plans for a while). I started on a Daedalus class starship from Star Trek. Those who know me know that this will take . . . a while for me to do, lol. The Galileo shuttlecraft took a couple of years; I think this will be quicker. I am planning on doing a fully lighted version but that may change. I have determined that the model that GJ built used a 1/144 Revell space shuttle (the SRBs) for the engines which I have. They are an exact match. Anyway, here is the beginning of the Daedalus:

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Will post progress photos when I make progress, lol.
 
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A little progress made today. These are just test fits but you get the idea (what ship is this anyway?)
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Looking good, nice to see ST ships other then Enterprise ( in any Class)
Especially nice to see the old Daedalus class vessel. I do think the Olympic class was based on it.
 
Hey Bruce good to hear from you! For the front sphere I used 2 - 4.24" hemispheres from Plastruct. Hopefully I will get a chance to work on it a little this weekend.
 
Have not had much time to devote to this project but have done a little. Filing out the windows sucked! lol. The top of the dome is just sitting on there. Eventually there will be lights and all manner of mind boggling effects (if it all works out!!)

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Got the basic shape of the secondary hull done but still have to add all of the raised ridge lines. Oh, and I primed it white, lol. This is my typical build speed . . . . about two years to complete a project. :(

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The secondary hull is the external fuel tank from the 1/144 Revell space shuttle model (the engines are the solid rocket boosters from the same model) with the front cut-off (it's turned around backwards). As you can see (from the above photo) I have sanded off all of the surface detail and added the ribbing to be accurate to the GJ version. I kind of liked the retro looking rounded front but since it was not correct I made a cone shroud for the front. I actually used an iPhone app called "model kit" to calculate the cone and it was perfect first try. The external tank part probably was not what was used on the original for the secondary hull but it was the exact correct diameter so that is why I used it. Here is a better picture of it below. Just curious, why were you asking?
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TheWhiteGrail said:
Awsome, you should make it the Essex, the ship mentioned in TNG: Power Play.

Great job!!
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I am using photos of the Essex as one of my primary reference sources but probably going to make it the Daedalus. I did give this much thought and at one time or another was going to go with the Archon (Return of the Archons), Valiant (Taste of Armageddon), Horizon (Piece of the Action) or the Essex. I may use "nose-art" of a man with wings (Daedalus from the myth) on the secondary hull kind of like the bombers of WWII. Might look hokey but I'm going print it with the decals and see what it looks like. I'm also faced with an issue of the correct registry number. So far I have internet sources saying NCC-129, NCC-150 and NCC-170 for the Daedalus. Since there is really nothing official I will probably go with NCC-129 since that registry number is on some of Doug Drexler's artwork from one of the Ships of the Line calenders.
 
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