| |
Greetings all,
it’s been a while since I posted something new. Some real-life issues kept me
busy, including a flat movement to another city. Now it’s time to come back to
building. :-)
While most of you might know me for building Star Wars MINI models, I am also
interested in other popular Science Fiction series. These include Star Trek and
Battlestar Galactica.
Two small models which I never had time to photograph yet, are presented first.
They’re both rarely seen models from the Star Trek Universe.
Can you remember the TNG episode “Relics” featuring Scotty from TOS? He was
aboard the USS Jenolan, an ancient Sydney-class starship, a small but nice
cruiser. The only other appearance of this ship class is, as far as I know, in
one DS9 epsiode.
Sydney-class starship
The next ship only appears in “Star Trek: The Motion Picture”. The “Surak” is a
nice little Vulcan warpshuttle of unique shape. The ship made me especially
happy as I finally found a chance to use Technic forklift pieces for a mini
model.
Vulcan Warpshuttle
All Star Trek MINI models can be seen on
BrickShelf.
Now let’s switch to another beautiful SciFi Universe - Battlestar Galactica.
Being a fan of the original series from the 70s, I also try to capture as many
ships of the so-called Rag-Tag-Fleet as possible, besides the more famous types.
A commonly seen ship in the rows of the Rag-Tag-Fleet is the aerodynamic luxury
Liner “Rising Star”. You might also remember the episode “Murder on the Rising
Star” where the ship plays a main role.
The Rising Star
Among the more rarely seen Rag-Tag-Ships are the three Agro ships, sighted in
the episode “Saga of a Star World” for example. Another one, the Agro 9, can be
seen in the episode “The Magnificent Warriors”. These ships are however borrowed
designs from the movie “Silent Running” (1972) and thus identical with the
“Valley Forge” in this movie. To realize the crane-like support structure of the
starship, old red 1x16 train signal masts were used.
Agro Ship
All Battlestar Galactia models can be seen on
BrickShelf.
That’s all for today! Thanks for your interest and stepping by!
Yours Christopher
http://www.deckdesigns.de/
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
2 Messages in This Thread:
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
