Starfleet Schematics Gallery

[LCARS 24]

I've put together a gallery of 21 Starfleet schematics on my Web site, which includes some by Explorer and some by Deif, and made each image come up at full resolution when you click on a thumbnail. This will later be linked by Cygnus Star Trek Schematics:*

http://lcars24.com/schematics.html

[Robert]

Looking very sweet Bill,
I love the "uniformity" of it.

Thanks for showing us this.

[deif]

you're the best. bill. it's a privilege to be part at this piece of artwork...

[Adge]

Bill, we have known each other for many years, and your LCARS skills get better and better every time you go into production of a new scheme. Thank you for sharing your work and ideas as always.

[LCARS 24]

Thanks guys, and thanks for the help and for pointing out little things to add or fix.* Adding the Borg Transwarp coil to the Delta Flyer schematic was Deif's idea. And thanks, Adge, for the references you sent me. And the only thing I changed in Explorer's images was to add the dropdown shuttlebay to the Defiant.

As you all know, the Star Trek LCARS Blueprint Database at Cygnus-X.Net is a comprehensive resource for those of us who like to make MSDs.

http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/blueprints-main2.php

And they've just added a reformated version of the gallery I posted above, linked on the above page.* So a lot of people who don't have LCARS 24 installed will now be able to enjoy your contributions. Here's the direct link:

http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/lcars24.php

[Robert]

Thanks alot Bill, can't wait to see whats next for LCARS24.

[LCARS 24]

I'm trying to concentrate on the programming end of it, but we do have another four new MSDs so far and more coming.

The first two are from Deif. You've seen his large versions. But these are in LCARS 24 style.

Maquis raider:
http://lcars24.com/schem26.html

Luna class:
http://lcars24.com/schem27.html

Constellation class:
http://lcars24.com/schem28.html

S.S Botany Bay
http://lcars24.com/schem29.html

[Adge]

Bill,

These are nice and clear* and I must say I am particularly impressed by your Constellation and Savannah Class - SS Botany Bay especially, these are great interpretations indeed.

[Sarvek]

Great work.* ;D* I really like your attention to detail.* Keep up the great work and keep those updates coming.* ;)

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, guys. Deif, with his Maquis raider, got me thinking about the Peregrine class and gave me some ideas about how it should look. As soon as I mentioned it to another contributor, he immediately whipped up a partial image, and I got a little carried away trying to imitate the style of Deif's Maquis Raider. Here's the result:

Peregrine class
http://lcars24.com/schem31.html

[deif]

I was working on the peregrine fighter myself a while ago, but lost the clue... so, i have to say, that's a wonderful work. well done, janderson and you put everything together as always, bill. thumb's up!

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, Deif.

I upgraded the subroutines that render the LCARS MSD pointers and started a gallery of NASA/ESA schematic, with only five items so far but more in the works.

http://lcars24.com/nasagal.html

I also modified a lot of the Starfleet MSDs and used some of Deif's ideas from the Maquis raider to add toys to the Type 8 and Type 9 shuttles by Deif. And I changed the image credits on the lower LCARS bracket for the one's by Explorer to WWW.LCARSC.COM (http://WWW.LCARSC.COM). There are now 32 items in that gallery, and No. 33, not ready yet, will be the U.S.S Raven in a style a bit different from the canon MSD.

http://lcars24.com/starfleet.html

Next will be a gallery of screenshots of the LCARS system and its programs.

[LCARS 24]

The latest is the Raven, with some deviation from the canon MSD in order to show a nacelle, impulse engine, and forward landing strut:

http://lcars24.com/schem33.html

[deif]

like this variation at the MSD and the whole itself. good work for a little ship - thanx, bill.

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, Deif.

I also just put up a gallery of 39 LCARS 24 system and program screenshots:

http://lcars24.com/screenie.html

Maybe that's too much LCARS to view at one time, but it's really just a brief overview of the whole thing.

[Adge]

Bill,

IMO they are just the right size for viewers to get a feel for what LCARS24 will present via the different Apps, system references, toys et all.* Just right :).

[LCARS 24]

Thank, Adge.

I hope so. I've been very lazy about doing that, but I learned from doing the MSD galleries, and lcars24.com has been getting more traffic lately, mostly for the MSDs, probably.

The main problem remains the same, though: Most people who might like to have it just don't have anything to install it on, since it requires an old Pentium PC just for LCARS 24. Not that anybody would use a new PC for that, anyway, but the newer ones have forced power management and can't be used as a full-time alarm clock, which was the original purpose of LCARS 24. I use it for that in my house but also for its more efficient word processing, which makes my paying work go faster than if doing it using Windows. The Sudoku app gets a lot of use, too! The latest download figure from SourceForge is just over 127,000, including source files and add-ons.*

By the way, here's a low-res screencap from the fanmade series The Helena Chronicles with my Nebula MSD in the background:

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/Helena.jpg

They asked for permission to use it some time back, and I just now took a look and spotted that.

[LCARS 24]

The latest is Janeway's shuttle--the standard model, without the batmobile modifications:

http://lcars24.com/schem34.html

[LCARS 24]

I don't have time to finish it up now, but here's a running start on the next one. I hope the joystick in the operator's hand is clear and obvious enough.* It will be labeled.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/WORKBEE2.png

[Robert]

Looks great Bill,
and yes you can see the joystick ;)

[deif]

great work, bill. look forward to more details and the labels.

[LCARS 24]

Here's the labeled version, still incomplete, though. There's also a leg-level monitor forward of the underside viewport I haven't drawn in or labeled yet. And the exterior robotic waldo, when I get it drawn in, will be like the one shown on Ex Astris Scientia, or some variation of that.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/MSD35A.png

[LCARS 24]

I've found that the chair and operator are wrong and have to be scaled up, with the operator's legs outstretched and the seat bottom close to the floor.

[LCARS 24]

This is about done:

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/WB-OK.png

The full LCARS page, with labels:

http://lcars24.com/schem35.html

[Robert]

Very nice...
considering how small this is, you've put alot of details into it.

Thanks for posting and thumbs up my friend.

[deif]

i second explorer. your work looks better and better each time, bill. thnx for sharing with us.

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, guys.* I can't think of any more Starfleet vessels I want to do, but there are lots of NASA things not covered yet.* J. Anderson is going to do the Voyager probe for me, and I'll have to hunt around for materials on others I can work with.* Anyway, there will be lots of new artwork in the next release of LCARS 24.

[LCARS 24]

Next is the long-serving Russian Soyuz spacecraft, image and research by Deif:

http://lcars24.com/nasasch6.html

[deif]

that's a nice looking graphic - LOL!
good to see it in your LCARS24 gallery, bill, and thanx.

[LCARS 24]

This one is not a schematic, actually, or even art-oriented, but another game app to get some people to spend more time with their LCARS computers.

Under development, bearly working but playable, early screenshot:

http://lcars24.com/schem-GO.html

[LCARS 24]

The LCARS 24 section of the Cygnus XI Star Trek Blueprints Database has just been updated to include enlarged copies of the 35 Starfleet MSDs shown on my Web site.

http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/lcars24.php


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[deif]

congrat to this, bill. good to see your lcars24 universe spreading over ol'planet earth!* LOL

[Robert]

Yes, congratulation Bill... LCARS24 is becoming more popular every day.

[LCARS 24]

Here's the Klingon BOP, just finished up:

http://lcars24.com/schem36.html

[Adge]

Bill my friend, what can I add to what has been said before. Your unique style gets better each time you produce another screen. Fabulous indeed.

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, Adge.* Appreciation is appreciated.

Here are three more, with images by J. Anderson

Genesis Device:
http://lcars24.com/schem37.html
Zephram Cochane's Phoenix:
http://lcars24.com/schem38.html
U.S.S. Dauntless:
http://lcars24.com/schem39.html

[Adge]

Bill,

They are fabulous indeed. A lot of thought has go into the presentation.

[LCARS 24]

That Phoenix needs more corrections. I just got some photos taken by someone who has access to the original model and has offered to take more.* And I do want the schematic to be correct.*

The Ferengi Marauder is more or less done, though:

http://lcars24.com/schem40.html*

The contributor also made a large, detailed version, and this is a reworked version of that for clear display in this size.

[deif]

nice to see the marauder. it looks a bit too ...federation - e.g. computer cores, drives. but just my two cents here. i really like the colors.

[LCARS 24]

I originally suggested khaki outline with mango deck lines for Ferengi vessels, but John asked about using brick for the deck lines.* I loved the idea, but it took a lot of experimenting to come up with the outline color you see.* So thanks to his idea, we ended up with an unusual but great color scheme. The frame color in that figure is khaki, and the outline color is similar but slightly brighter (outline: #FFFF66, decks: #CC6666).

It was hard to find colors I liked for the Bird-of-Prey, too.* I have also experimented with colors for Romulan ships, too, which might be just Vreenak's shutttle, since the Warbird just has too many decks for a schematic in this small size, even though it would be cool in a very large schematic.*

[Robert]

Realy nice Bill,
Your schematic gallery is getting better and better everyday.

Thanks for posting.

P.S.
Sorry for being absent theses days. Life as been crazy for the past months. But I should start working on some stuff very soon. Thanks to all of you guys, all of your posts helps to keep LCARSC.com alive.

[LCARS 24]

The Genesis and Phoenix have been updated:

Genesis:
http://lcars24.com/schem37.html

Phoenix:
http://lcars24.com/schem38.html

And here's NASA's Voyager 1 & 2, just finished:
http://lcars24.com/nasasch8.html

[Adge]

Bill,

These are great and nicely coloured. :) I especially liked the NASA Voyager.

[LCARS 24]

There are several new ones here, including Deif's Romulan shuttle and Apollo, so now 45 Trek and 9 real space. And the next version of LCARS 24 should be posted for download sometime today. I just finished pollishing up the last new feature for it, and the testers are happy. I added an autorun mode for the LCARS Powerpoint clone, and one of the demos is the whole Trek galleny, which means it displays one MSD every 30 seconds continuously until you stop it.


http://lcars24.com/starfleet.html

http://lcars24.com/nasagal.html

[Kmpr´rak]

Great work, nice to see this stuff! :)

[LCARS 24]

Deif's Valdore class has been added to the gallery on my Web site and will be in the next release.

And here's something I just started on, for which there is very little information as to what goes where inside. It's pretty freaky already and will likely be even more freaky once it's done.

Dominion attack cruiser:
http://lcars24.com/JH1.PNG

I don't have the DS9 tech manual. So I don't know if that has anything about what's inside. But if it does, it's problematic, anyway, since the dimensions for this in the tech manual are shown on various Web sites, and they're not even close to the on-screen evidence. I'm going with Bernd's estimate of 95 meters overall length.

[LCARS 24]

Here's some more of the Jem'Hadar attack ship:

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/8457/jemhadar.th.png (http://img115.imageshack.us/i/jemhadar.png/)
When the Image Shack window opens, click on the image for full size and resolution.)

The main reference is the six shots from the original CGI at Drexfiles:

http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/jem-hadar-fighter-redux-cg/

[LCARS 24]

The Jem'Hadar attack ship MSD is all done. That's No. 47 in the gallery:

http://lcars24.com/schem47.html

[LCARS 24]

Here's the Soyuz class:

http://lcars24.com/t48.png

CLICK HERE FOR FULL SIZE (http://lcars24.com/schem48.html)

[deif]

wow, your gallery is growing and growing, bill.
it's as far i know the most complete collection of star trek related starships - congrat!

[LCARS 24]

. . . I get by with a little help from my friends . . . Deif, J. Anderson, and Explorer. ;D

[LCARS 24]

Another real-space schematic: Mir

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/7297/nasa10.th.png (http://img256.imageshack.us/i/nasa10.png/)

[Robert]

I really like this one Bill,
It proves that you don't need to see the interior of a ship/station to have a good schematic.

Thanks for posting.

[LCARS 24]

Next is the Intrepid Aeroshuttle, now just partially done:

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8099/as3.th.png (http://img687.imageshack.us/i/as3.png/)

[deif]

great stuff, bill. looks promising

[LCARS 24]

Here's the Intrepid Aeroshuttle, all done and labeled:

http://lcars24.com/schem49.html

[Kmpr´rak]

Amazing and very cool to see it! :D

[deif]

i second kmpr_rak. thnx for sharing, bill.

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, guys. That's No. 49 of the Trek schematics, and No. 50 is a torpedo/probe launcher done in Illustrator by a new contributor who recently discovered LCARS 24 and has it installed on two old laptops. He matched the style of the rest of the library and even learned enough about SFML to make the script for rendering the screen and labels. Those two and Mir aren't on my Web site yet.

And hopefully I'll be getting a few new tech pages from Deif pretty soon.

[Robert]

Great work on that mysterious shuttle's msd.

Thanks for posting.

[LCARS 24]

I also gave the Danube class a makeover:

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/4514/danube.th.png (http://img695.imageshack.us/i/danube.png/)

[Adge]

Bill, Your wonderful portfolio grows in attention to detail everything I see your work.

Thanks for sharing.

[deif]

i second adge, bill.
this runabout looks great!

[Robert]

Great work Bill,
I see you are trying to make the danube and the aeroshuttle have a more similar internal configuration.

I love it!

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, guys.

Here's a new version of the Aeroshuttle, based on the updated Danube:

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4932/aeroshut2.th.png (http://img6.imageshack.us/i/aeroshut2.png/)

[LCARS 24]

The latest is the TOS class F shuttlecraft, from J. Anderson:

http://lcars24.com/schem51.html

[mtblillie]

Nice I like it!

[Robert]

Great work and very nice shuttle.

Thank you!

[LCARS 24]

The two newest ones are the D7, by J. Anderson, and the NX shuttlepod. And the old Delta Flyer schematic got a bit of a makeover.

Klingon D7:
http://lcars24.com/schem52.html

NX shuttlepod:
http://lcars24.com/schem53.html

Delta Flyer:
http://lcars24.com/schem4.html

[deif]

impressive stuff! the update of the delta flyer looks brilliant. good to see you back, bill!

[Kmpr´rak]

I agree!

[LCARS 24]

Type 7 shuttlecraft, just finshed:

http://lcars24.com/schem54.html

[LCARS 24]

Here's a total remake of the schematic for the Intrepid class:

http://lcars24.com/schem19.html

[LCARS 24]

One more Klingon thing--Negh'Var class:

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/Neghvar3.png

Dubotchugh yIpummoH . . .

[deif]

QaQ vum!
like this beast....

[LCARS 24]

Here's the schematic of Alice, lost treasure of the Delta Quadrant:

http://lcars24.com/schem56.html

[deif]

Aaah Alice!
Here in europe/german part we have an internet provider, which advertise with a beautiful blonde girl from italy. The name of the girl in the advertising and the offer is alice...! this comes mostly in my mind, when i hear the name of alice. but the ship is a beauty as well and so is the schematic, bill! good work!

[Kmpr´rak]

That is right. The ship is very cool! And the blonde also.

But the service of "Alice" sometimes is not the best ......

[LCARS 24]

Those Star Trek carpentars were amazing, though. They built that Alice mock-up out of wood and then messed it up near the end of filming for the scenes showing it before Tom fixed it it up. The only thing not made from scratch was the front glass, which they ripped off from the type 6 mock-up. There was also a GCI for the flight scenes, not to mention some nice LCARS animation of Alice shown in that episode.

I finally got around to fixing up and labeling the Negh'Var:

http://lcars24.com/schem55.html

[LCARS 24]

Here's the finished schematic for the Cardassian Galor class:

http://lcars24.com/schem57.html

[Kmpr´rak]

Small, but cool work!

[LCARS 24]

Deif's Challenger has been added:

http://lcars24.com/schem59.html

And here's a little thing in progress:

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/5458/sphinx1.th.png (http://img7.imageshack.us/i/sphinx1.png/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

[LCARS 24]

Cheyenne class:

http://lcars24.com/schem58.html

[LCARS 24]

The Sphinx workpod schematic is done:

http://lcars24.com/schem60.html

[deif]

the sphinx looks great! i always loved this design... and the andorian girl looks hot ;-P
congrat to the 60th schematic in your gallery. it's an awesome piece of work....

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, Deif. It was actually the Sphinx in your Saber-class MSD that gave me the idea to give it a try. And it turned out to be the first MSD I've done that displays its own MSD.

[deif]

you're always welcome, bill!

[Library Computer]

Very impressive stuff!

[LCARS 24]

Here's the Daedalus class:
http://lcars24.com/schem61.html

The Niagara and Centaur are from J. Anderson:
http://lcars24.com/schem62.html
http://lcars24.com/schem63.html

Not done yet are the inspection pod from ENT, Sydney class, type-11 shuttlecraft, and Aeon.

[Robert]

Great work Bill and good to see you again!

[LCARS 24]

The Syndey class is also from J. Anderson:
http://lcars24.com/schem64.html

[LCARS 24]

The Type 11 shuttle, from the 1701-E, image by J. Anderson:

http://lcars24.com/schem65.html

[deif]

great looking schematic....thnx, bill and john!

[mtblillie]

Nice, I love the MSD inside the MSD!

[LCARS 24]

Thanx, guys.

Here's the video tour that made this one possible.

YouTube: Type 11 shuttlecraft:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUHb0KMXWYs

And showing its own MSD started with the Sphinx.

[mtblillie]

^ ya I think I remember that one, but it never gets old! ;)

[Robert]

Very nice Bill,
thanks for sharing!

[j.anderson]

First time we display e.v. suits in a shuttle (Bill's idea).

[LCARS 24]

No. 66 is Archer's orbital inspection pod:

http://lcars24.com/schem66.html

[LCARS 24]

A little thing in progress, maybe some sort of tropical fish . . .

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/SS1a.png

[j.anderson]

It's a guppy!!!! (do I win a something (besides a puzzled look at space ship one)) ???????

[deif]

wow! i wanna go to space too.....!!:cool:

[LCARS 24]

A new version to replace my old Akira MSD:

http://lcars24.com/schem1.html

[deif]

me likes!

[LCARS 24]

Thank, Deif. I made the torpedo launchers like yours.

[j.anderson]

Nice cleanup Bill.

[Adge]

Bill, Thoroughly well thought out pieces of artwork. I like them very much.

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, guys. This is a new version by J. Anderson of my old one of the Starfleet Command Staff shuttlecraft, this time with Admiral Janeway's unauthorized modifications shown and throwing the EAS size estimate out an airlock:

http://lcars24.com/schem34.html

[j.anderson]

I could've sworn I didn't put the toilet in. Must have been Mario.

[LCARS 24]

Here's the finished SpaceShipOne MSD:

http://lcars24.com/nasasch11.html

[j.anderson]

Very nice work Bill.

[Badalass]

Love it!

[Badalass]

More like the Babel fish from Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy, perhaps?

[Badalass]

Now you're talking!

[LCARS 24]

Anyway, there are some Trek things in progress.

Captain Braxton's little timeship Aeon, from VOY: Future's End:

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/AeonH.png

Saladin class:

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/SALAD3.png

And J. Anderson has the Argo shuttle, with truggy inside, to finish up.

[LCARS 24]

Here's the finished Saladin:

http://lcars24.com/schem67.html

[Robert]

Very nice...
Clean and well made.

[LCARS 24]

Here's the Saladin with some corrections:
http://lcars24.com/schem67.html

The Ptolemy is a modified version of the Saladin drawing:
http://lcars24.com/schem68.html

The Yeager is a modified version of my Voyager figure:
http://lcars24.com/schem69.html

[Kmpr´rak]

Excellent, always excellent to see your work!

[LCARS 24]

No. 70 is another from J. Anderson: the Argo shuttle from NEM:

http://lcars24.com/schem70.html

[Kmpr´rak]

Cool to see that! Number 70? Wow!

[LCARS 24]

Thanks. Here's a new version of my second MSD the Excelsior class refit 1701-B:

http://lcars24.com/schem7.html

[Kmpr´rak]

It is always cool to see something new from you, and especially if it is something one never expected! More please! :-D

[LCARS 24]

I don't know about unexpected, but here's No. 71 the timeship Aeon:

http://lcars24.com/schem71.html

[j.anderson]

I'm aiming for 100.

[LCARS 24]

Here's the updated Yeager, showing Peregrine-class fighters with their wings folded:


http://lcars24.com/schem69.html

[deif]

looks pretty cool with the fighters, thnx.

[LCARS 24]

Thanks. There was a nice spread of the model on Drex Files, which made it easy to imagine, when looking at it from various angles, that that big section could easlily be a large bay for fighters, especially since this was a makeshift use of one of the Intrepid prototypes thrown together during the Dominion War that had to be well equipped to deal with the Jem'Hadar. I asked about it, but it's an old thread, and I may never get a response. But now that I've fixed the schematic it does mesh well with the model, as well as the ship's mission.

[Kmpr´rak]

The Yeager was not really a cool design at all, BUT, I have to say, when I see your detailed work on that project, I start to like it and also to see it as a serving part of Starfleet!

Aiming for 100? Wow, cool!

[LCARS 24]

It's certainly not so easy at this point. Here's something I've just started to piece together from scenes in DS9: The Siege:

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/Bajor.png

[deif]

aah - bajoran vessels. look forward to this. and maybe some more?

[Kmpr´rak]

Excellent. Well, deif, I think he will always have still one more surprise for us! :-D

[LCARS 24]

Well, when I say 71, that means just the Trek schematics. But there are two other galleries on my Web site: MSDs of real space hardware (11 items, some by Deif and some by J. Anderson) and another of just screenshots of my LCARS system in action (another 41 images). Anyway, more to come.

[deif]

look forward to it. keep it treking, bill!

[Kmpr´rak]

Well, so you already have passed the 100! :-D

[LCARS 24]

Actually, this will be No. 72 of the Trek section, for a total of 83 MSDs if you include the 11 real-space things, most of which were done by Deif and J. Anderson. But the LCARS programs do include, for one thing, animation of a runabout, where you can spin a CGI made by a professional who does things for movies and see it from various angles. He was nice enough to provide frames for me to use in LCARS 24. There is a screenshot of that on my Web site. For Bajoran ships, Deif's style would be really good. I'll at least look over his stuff when doing the machinery aft of the cockpit in this raider, to get ideas.

[LCARS 24]

Here's the full schematic for the Bajoran subimpulse raider:

http://lcars24.com/schem72.html

[deif]

me likes. this raiders have very big engines for their size. must be good fun to flight them sublight - seems to be like formula one or indy car race in our days.....

[Kmpr´rak]

^ Cool stuff, as always. Well deif, your hope should be if you are not riding on an explosive chair!

[j.anderson]

^^

You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn't it? (Armageddon).

[Robert]

Great work there Bill.
Nice color scheme!

[LCARS 24]

No. 73 of the Trek section:

http://lcars24.com/schem73.html

[Robert]

Looks great!
An rarely seen ship and very well visualized.

Thank you.

[LCARS 24]

No. 74:

http://lcars24.com/schem74.html

[Kmpr´rak]

Wow, the Firebrand of the Freedom class. Absolutely cool stuff!

[LCARS 24]

This is just a start of modifying the old NX-01 figure to cover the refit. I don't know how I'm going to use that extra space, presumably by moving stuff down, etc. If anybody wants to play around with this figure, have fun.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/NX-01R.png

[Kmpr´rak]

The extended NX class, they wanted to invent in season 5 or so! Curious design!

[j.anderson]

NX01-Refit resources.

[Adge]

Nicely done.

[LCARS 24]

Also by J. Anderson, the Reman Scorpion seen in NEM:

http://lcars24.com/schem75.html

[deif]

wow! thnx, bill. your gallery becomes a highlight every time you post new stuff....

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, Deif. I've also got this one to play with, but I haven't had a chance to do much with it yet.

Vulcan warp shuttle, from TMP:
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/Vulcan1.png

[LCARS 24]

This is just something I'm experimenting with at this point that may turn into a multipage finished product:

http://lcars24.com/schemD4.html

[LCARS 24]

Here's the finished TMP warp shuttle:

http://lcars24.com/schem76.html

[Adge]

Very nice work Bill.

[deif]

i second adge. the warp shuttle looks great, even if i think, it's a bit a curious concept. but that's just my two cents.

[Kmpr´rak]

Excellent work, once again!

[Robert]

Now that looks great!

[Library Computer]

Very nice work!

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, guys. Yeah, the design may seem strange to us humans, but it's Vulcan. So there must be some logic to it. At least when a shuttle is attached to the warp sled it can travel many times faster than it could under its own power, it can separate from the warp sled at the destination, and one can even command the unmanned sled to return home on its own with or without the shuttle. When Spock went to join the Enterprise crew in TMP, he had to cover some 14 light-years very quickly to make it on time, and this was his vessel of choice to accomplish that.

[LCARS 24]

An update on the Defiant deck plans:

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/D-decks.png

[Kmpr´rak]

Wow, that looks very good!

[deif]

^
i second kmpr_rak! i like always to see appropiate deck plans of this famous ship. yours look good so fare.......

[Robert]

Good job Bill.
Thank you!

[Adge]

Nice and accurately done Bill.

[LCARS 24]

Thank, guys. Still more to do: minor corrections, adding the hardware, and labeling everything.

[LCARS 24]

Some more on the Defiant:

http://lcars24.com/schem79.html

[Adge]

Bill, It's coming along nicely.

[LCARS 24]

Yet another update on the Defiant deck plans:

http://lcars24.com/1-DefDecks.html

[Adge]

Its looking good Bill.

[deif]

godd to see the progress of this project. it will become great....!

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, guys. Here they are labeled and needing maybe some final checking and tweaks but basically done:

http://lcars24.com/Def-deck1.html
http://lcars24.com/Def-deck2.html
http://lcars24.com/Def-deck3.html
http://lcars24.com/Def-deck4.html

[Kmpr´rak]

Excellent work, detailed and clear. Cool stuff!

[Adge]

Very Nice work Bill.

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, guys. I updated three decks of the Defiant plans, and yesterday I was working on the Chaffee as a follow-up when the 8.9 quake hit 240 miles from my house. I got my younger daughter and dog outside. The Skype connection was left open as we left in a hurry, and my elder daughter in New York could hear my younger daughter's room being ransacked my Ma Nature. We had frequent strong aftershocks for the first few hours, and now, a day later, they're down to about 20 minutes apart, although there was a 6.8 three hours ago.

Anyway, house cleaning is done, and the Chaffee will be No. 82.

[Adge]

Bill, My first thoughts are I'm pleased that your family are safe. And seeing all that has occurred on the TV my thoughts are with the families in Japan that have lost love one's. A Terrible disaster.

[deif]

^
same with me. i'm glad to hear, that you and your family are well, bill. my prayers go to all people in Japan, which experiences sufferings and losts this days.

[Kmpr´rak]

Silence for three minutes, please. In memory of all the victims and in hope that everything will get well soon for all there!!!

[LCARS 24]

It's bad up in Sendai but worse in Haiti--much higher dealth toll and no money to rebuild. The Tokyo area seems back to normal. The quake was scary, but most of the real damage was from the tsunami. We're still getting aftershocks three days later that might freak out people not used to quakes, but they don't seem to be causing any damage, and most people here ignore them.

Anyway, here's just the image for the Chaffee. I'll label it later.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm309/LCARS24/type10-1.png

[Kmpr´rak]

Good stuff. And my thoughts are in Japan every minute!!!

[deif]

really great work, bill
we can't escape the actualites from Japan in the media here in Europe. it seems, it happend just around the corner, there is such a presence of this. i'm glad to hear, that you're well.

[Adge]

Bill, Good work as always.

My thoughts are in Japan at the moment, terrible for many. The UK has sent out seach and rescue specialists to help.

[LCARS 24]

I got some unexpected help from Doug Drexler on this one. Somebody must have e-mailed him about it. Now we have an official size for the Chaffee: 8 meters in length. So I made the appropriate modifications to comply with designer intent, and I can call this one done. It's the last of the latest batch to be added at Cygnus some time this week.

http://lcars24.com/schem81.html

[Kmpr´rak]

Cool to hear that. Doug Drexler? Wow, my congratulations, would be cool if someone official would ever take a look on my stuff!

[LCARS 24]

Andy Probert and Rick Sternbach have helped me with a few things in the past. It's always a surprise to hear from them. Andy said that the reason the
Romulan Warbird's impluse engines are never seen is that they grabbed his design drawings before he was finished. He told me exactly where to put them in my drawing, said that the ribs on top were escape pods (which Doug didn't know when he designed Vreenak's shuttle), and that the scenes showing disruptor blasts coming from the main deflector were a mistake. I made modifications to the drawing and callouts for every little point he cited, to comply, as always, with designer intent, even if it conflicts with something seen on screen. I had never heard anything from Doug before, but I'm glad he volunteered to clear up the mystery about the intended size of this shuttlecraft. But Doug was very nice and even provided a diagram to show that what he was saying made sense.

[Kmpr´rak]

You are really a lucky guy regarding this. I think I would flip out if anyone of these guys would contact me.

[LCARS 24]

Well, I research these things the best I can then show them in TrekTech on TrekBBS, where my stuff gets scrutinized by people who know more about these ships than I. Mike Okuda, Rick Sternbach, and Andy Probert are long-time members who look in once in a while and sometimes post. Doug Drexler joined a few days ago just to clear up the size of the Chaffee and comment on the Defiant. I figure someone e-mailed him and persuaded him to do that. They want to make sure that their work is represented correctly. They ususally don't want to give the size of a ship or number of decks, etc., but somethimes they will jump in and clear up these points. Bolian Admiral has contacted Mike Okuda a few times and says he's very nice about answering questions, but I don't like to bother those guys. And I've never even commented on any of Mike"s posts, let alone bothered him with questions.

Anyway, I'm more or less out of ships to do. This latest batch has been added at Cygnus, bringing the total to 81:

http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/lcars24.php

Mike and Rick often post on drex files, but only on Doug's latest topic. For an older topic, nobody answers if you have a question. It's the same with John Eaves' blog Eavesdropping with Johnny. But still, both of those are good sources of information, where a lot of questions have already been answered, although usually the most important questions for somebody doing an MSD were never asked.

[Adge]

Bill,

Outstanding in prodocing the Chaffee, and I found your references to Doug Drexler particularly interesting.

[LCARS 24]

Thanks, Adge. I just sent a message to Bernd at EAS with that information and the link to Doug's comments, as well has Rick's intended length for the Relativity, also with a link to prove it. It may take a while, but hopefully he will make those corrections.