The original thread for this subject was getting rather long and so I'm taking advice to start it again. Go here: http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=142783 to visit the original thread.
This project was undertaken to create a realistic vehicle that integrated the three disparate version of the TOS shuttlecraft seen onscreen: the fullsize exterior mockup, the fullsize interior set and the "flying" filming miniature. The goal was not to create an exhaustively faithful recreation of filming sets but a believeable "whole" ship.
This is where the project stands at present:
What remains to be completed (already in progress) or done.
To be completed:
- deck and ceiling plans of Class F Shuttlecraft
To be done:
- fore and aft cross-section views of Class F
- port and starboard cross-section views of Class H
- fore and aft cross-sections of Class H
- deck and ceiling plans of Class H
Planned and conceptualized yet not started:
- Class D Shuttlecraft ("The Cage" era)
- TAS long range scoutship
- TAS heavy lander
- TAS aquashuttle
- TOS era utility pod
- TMP era shuttlecraft (including TFF shuttlecraft)
Note that the TAS and TMP era shuttlecraft will be undertaken as separate projects.
Furthermore I'm still on the fence as to whether I should bother doing plans for the TOS era hangar deck. The great work done by aridas, Shaw, CRA and others in regards to the deck layout of the TOS E has shown that there is sufficient room to accommodate my planned shuttlecraft complement even if I may envision something a bit different in detail from their proposals.
A challenge with the TAS shuttlecraft is to adapt them decently. The TOS shuttlecraft is deceptive in that it's a more complex design than it looks. For me the trick is to make my TAS adapted designs also a bit more complex than their basic shapes suggest. And although I'm not seeing them as ship based craft I still resist allowing them to be as huge as they look onscreen. They've got to be scaled down enough to be accommodated within the ship's hangar.
I haven't lost interest in this project, but rather real life intervened. Also this project is pure hobby while my other two projects currently in the works as well could positively affect my livelihood in some measure.
Current projects:
- the Star Trek shuttlecraft
- writing my own original SF novel
- designing the starship and related tech featured in my novel
This project was undertaken to create a realistic vehicle that integrated the three disparate version of the TOS shuttlecraft seen onscreen: the fullsize exterior mockup, the fullsize interior set and the "flying" filming miniature. The goal was not to create an exhaustively faithful recreation of filming sets but a believeable "whole" ship.
This is where the project stands at present:
What remains to be completed (already in progress) or done.
To be completed:
- deck and ceiling plans of Class F Shuttlecraft
To be done:
- fore and aft cross-section views of Class F
- port and starboard cross-section views of Class H
- fore and aft cross-sections of Class H
- deck and ceiling plans of Class H
Planned and conceptualized yet not started:
- Class D Shuttlecraft ("The Cage" era)
- TAS long range scoutship
- TAS heavy lander
- TAS aquashuttle
- TOS era utility pod
- TMP era shuttlecraft (including TFF shuttlecraft)
Note that the TAS and TMP era shuttlecraft will be undertaken as separate projects.
Furthermore I'm still on the fence as to whether I should bother doing plans for the TOS era hangar deck. The great work done by aridas, Shaw, CRA and others in regards to the deck layout of the TOS E has shown that there is sufficient room to accommodate my planned shuttlecraft complement even if I may envision something a bit different in detail from their proposals.
A challenge with the TAS shuttlecraft is to adapt them decently. The TOS shuttlecraft is deceptive in that it's a more complex design than it looks. For me the trick is to make my TAS adapted designs also a bit more complex than their basic shapes suggest. And although I'm not seeing them as ship based craft I still resist allowing them to be as huge as they look onscreen. They've got to be scaled down enough to be accommodated within the ship's hangar.
I haven't lost interest in this project, but rather real life intervened. Also this project is pure hobby while my other two projects currently in the works as well could positively affect my livelihood in some measure.
Current projects:
- the Star Trek shuttlecraft
- writing my own original SF novel
- designing the starship and related tech featured in my novel