Another Endeavour
 

I keep saying to myself that if I start another model, it won't be another Trek ship.

And I decide that I probably won't start another model for a while.

Then something catches my attention. Drat.

This is about equally based on the Excelsior and on several of John Eaves' unused sketches for a ship called the Endeavour which ultimately didn't make its way into "First Contact".

This is early and rough. The superstructure may change a lot. The saucer is the size of Excelsior's saucer.


http://www.subspacebbs.com/renderings/endeavour1.jpg

Another Endeavour
 

Looks interesting so far. One of the things I never liked about the Excelsior was the neck. This looks much better.

That's a great start. Love it already. :)

Nice start, Dennis! Can't wait to see more! :thumbsup:

Neato! I have never understood, though, how the hangar bay doors on the Excelsior class are supposed to slide open with their severe slope... perhaps the Endeavour model will show us the way...?

More, more!

but where is the Dawnstar? :cry:

woop woooop oooop...........:eek: :eek: :eek:

This isn't a lot of progress, but I had to pretty much completely rebuild the engineering hull because the proportions weren't right.

http://www.subspacebbs.com/renderings/endeavour2.jpg

Great start although I have to say; this and a lot of new ships, cannon and fan created. I miss secondary hulls. I like the ship and it isn't nearly as bad as most of the newer ships. Good ship, but I miss the secondary hull.
Mel

Is this baised on the sketches from The Star Trek Maganize this month?

(I got it because of the 5 view of the Insurrection E-E)

Yep (see first post). :)

DOH!

did that issue just come out? I don't think I've seen it yet

Oh, cool ship :)

Gret start Dennis. I believe that you´ll show us another exceptional mesh. :)

I don´t have this magazine in my country, and I´m curious.... :)

Could you make some scans and post them here ? :D

Are you going to do an excelsior one day too?

:hopes:

This one looks like it might be pretty cool. And like Starship said, can you post some of the sketches so we can see what it might look like all finished?

Unfortuneatly my scanner is out so I can do any scans.

lookin good as usual Dennis, what style nacelles is it gonna have, maybe a variant of the sovereigns?

Sovy front/bussard collector with excelsior rear nacelle. That's my two cents.
Mel

Other than the bridge and the superstructure, the saucer modeling is finished:

http://www.subspacebbs.com/renderings/endeavour4.jpg

And thanks to Reaperman's instructions, here are some wireframes:

http://www.subspacebbs.com/renderings/end_wire.jpg

This is so very cool.

One word: Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude!!!!! :drool:

Here, you deserve a cookie! :cookie: :)

i think the nacelles may be too big, other than that nice design:thumbsup:

I like the nacelles - but I do think that open space between them could use something. Perhaps a Miranda-style weapons pod?

Very nice, although I'm going with Rosel on this one, I think the necells are a bit oversized....

I agree. The nacells are HUGE. They'd also look much better slung under the pylons, I think, instead of ontop of them.

I think the nacelles are fine in size, the thing is with no neck on the ship the look big, maybe have them pointing the other way, have them below the pilon rather then above. Like the Miranda/Reliant nacelles.
Mel

I agree... either that or a Nebula-style sensor pallet (the flat, Farragut kind, not the oblong one from the Phoenix that looked like it came from an AWAC model kit).

edit: Or, maybe a combination of that and what Melvin suggested with tucking the nacelles under. It could work.