U.S.S. Nelson 1/1000 scratchbuilt

[frostrubin]

Rough shape of the impulse engine:

 

[vismus]

Looking FIRST RATE! So envious of those who can scratch build. I can add stuff but I need to start with something in a kit box.....

 

[frostrubin]

Hull plating of the engine section. Added phasers and details to the impulse engine.

 

[frostrubin]

Coonstructing the two decks of the midship and the bridge.
2nd try. The 1st one was too high:




To get the right shape of the rounded side parts, I use a paper tape.

Draw and cut at the edges and use it as template for the plastic sheet.





I think she got more Federation style now.

 

[NakedMoleRat]

Amazing work! Thank you for posting and allowing us to share the journey.

 

[Ratbone]

Very inspiring. This complex shapes and curves from scratch

 

[frostrubin]

Made the windows on the top decks. Sprayed over vinyl masked windows.

Half demasked


And light test

 

[frostrubin]

Electronics and all lights done. Glued the top plate and the ship is closed - "rien ne va plus"…
A quick light test all seems to function



Ablative armor plate on the underside of the ship is done.



Next: Add some missing details like RCS thruster ect., light blocking and base colouring (I have no clue for the colour scheme yet).

 

[frostrubin]

Basic color done:

 

[frostrubin]

Starting first color layer

 

[frostrubin]

More color and light washing.

 

[frostrubin]

Panels done:


Added deflector dish...


...and meshes on the warp and impulse engine.

 

[frostrubin]

Designing the decals…


Printed on paper for a 1st testfit.

 

[frostrubin]

Decals makes her a lot more "trekish"
2/3 done...

 

[jay mo]

It's so amazing to watch these scratch build threads. John Eaves is one of my favorite artists. You do his work justice. Nice job.

 

[SmilingOtter]

It is becoming increasingly snazzy!

 

[frostrubin]

Re: U.S.S. Nelson 1/1000 scratchbuilt - FINISHED

Thx!
Finished the little ship

 

[Hemble]

WOW, this is amazing.

 

[Darman91]

This is beautiful! I've been thinking of jumping into building from scratch and I thought of ships from STO too! Would you be able to tell me how you would go about in making something like the saucer sections on the Enterprise A and the Oberth class ships as I would love to make them like you have made the Nelson except I don't know how to achieve the shapes and curves with styrene.

 

[frostrubin]

Thanks. There are many ways to do this. And there are a scratch build threads that show how you can achieve round saucer shapes…
i.e.:
https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=257725
https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=276123

just search for "scratch" and get inspired…