Fun With Grayscale - V

[First of Two]

The on-screen Centaur also had a number of saucer-bottom greeblies. Not that they're necesary, just that it'd be more like the one on-screen if they were there.

[TFVanguard]

Nice Centaur, but I have to ask, what happened to the shuttle bay on the front top of the saucer? For me that was always her most interesting feature.

Only a few versions had it, actually, and the official version did not... :S I felt that it was too oddly placed, do ditched it. :S

[Captain Blake]

USS Vigilant Class Surveyor

Another one of the DS9 Kitbashes, and it would take a lot to save this ship. As it is, I do consider this a vast improvement on the dog we were given, but there's only so much you can dress up a turd.

Thankfully, the ship is never shown 'intact' on screen, and was made really to be destroyed by the Borg. My changes were to clean up some lines, replace the 'fat' saucer with the regular Enterprise-B saucer, and give her a name and registry for the period.

They had a nice topline view going, then went and fragged it up by jacking another nacelle on it.

Nice job on a horrible starting product.


Alex

[Captain Blake]

Alberto Sabella Class Tug

Wow, talk about obscure...

Anyway, the main problem with this ship was that it was miscaled, being way too small to be possible (average required deck height would be less than a meter), as well as had the lines of a TNG ship while supposedly being in the TOS era.

I basically made the impulse and warp drives more clear, added the 'standard' saucer dish and bridge dome, and left most the rest alone.

So, it uses a big tractor beam to tow stuff? Ok. Not bad. This looks kinda like the tow truck rather than a tug boat. More for shuttles and small ships.

Alex

[PGoodman13]

USS Vigilant Class Surveyor

Y'know, it's kind of a nice ship if you ditch the lower nacelle. Could I make a request, Neale, and ask for a drawing of this one without the lower nacelle and pylons? Just the saucer and the upper nacelle structure?

[TFVanguard]

USS Courbet Class Heavy Frigate

First of five requests after the Vigilant was put up. This one takes the Vigiliant/Medusa, adds the secondary hull (snubbed a bit) and underslings the naccelles. This one doesn't come off too bad, actually.

[JALU3]

Is the engineering hull for this class shorter then that of the Cruiser Excelsior Class? Thus making this a Heavy Frigate?

Is this canonical, or a kitbash, or a FASA work?

[TFVanguard]

Is the engineering hull for this class shorter then that of the Cruiser Excelsior Class? Thus making this a Heavy Frigate?

Is this canonical, or a kitbash, or a FASA work?

Not canon, and was a requested draw. It's a frigate 'cause it looses about 15 percent of the secondary hull, and also the entire (and heavy) neck assembly. If it were strictly an Excelsior era ship, it would be just a cruiser.. but since it's dated to the Ambassador era, really, it gets demoted to frigate.

[PGoodman13]

USS Courbet Class Heavy Frigate

This one doesn't come off too bad, actually.

I think I'll gack this one; I think it's rather pretty.

[JALU3]

Not canon, and was a requested draw. It's a frigate 'cause it looses about 15 percent of the secondary hull, and also the entire (and heavy) neck assembly. If it were strictly an Excelsior era ship, it would be just a cruiser.. but since it's dated to the Ambassador era, really, it gets demoted to frigate.

The only thing though . . . would it be possible to shorten up the nacelles slightly . . . keep it a more uniform length . . . thus reducing target area.

And would it be possible to have vessel like this but elongate the shuttle bay section to the rear of the sauces section . . . and have shuttle bay doors at the front of the saucer section, thus making a through deck frigate? Say a precurser to the Steamrunner Class, LHD Variant.

[Captain Blake]

USS Courbet Class Heavy Frigate

First of five requests after the Vigilant was put up. This one takes the Vigiliant/Medusa, adds the secondary hull (snubbed a bit) and underslings the naccelles. This one doesn't come off too bad, actually.

Oooh. Me like. Thanks big guy!

Alex

[Sho-sa Kurita]

Oooo, I also like the Courbet.

[TFVanguard]

USS Pueblo Class Surveyor

Second request of five. This is basically just the Vigilant with the underslung naccelle removed, some of the phasers removed, and a small 'securing' hull extension put into place in the rear of the ship. This is basically to the Excelsior what the Hermes and Diana was to the Constitution.

[PGoodman13]

USS Pueblo Class Surveyor

I was right! It is a nice-looking ship! This one is also gacked! Thanks, TFV!

[TFVanguard]

USS Cochise Class Destroyer

This is just a fix, replacing the primary hull with the 'Odonata Type', so I could bring the warp engine and torpedo bay assembly closer to the main hull.