Based on MetlesitsFleetyards 3D model, modified for CNC carving by me and finished by hand ππͺ
this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2025
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Holy ship
This is stunning, I love the grain! EDIT: you answered my question already, it's oak!
Wait. Did you post this just to brag how big your D is?
I had never thought about what the D designation and the size of the ship might be suggesting until I saw the title of this post. I can't stop laughing, and will probably forever giggle every time TNG "comes up" in conversation.
Gotta be 18 inches, at least.
absolutely beautiful! man I wish Star Trek would do designs like this again instead of "How can we redesign the Constitution Class for the umpteenth time?"
NCC-1701 (refit) and A are my favorite designs of all time. The original shape with the refit's nacelle design just looks so sleek without being too over the top. I don't like the newer ships after TNG: they look overly scifi'd.
oh don't get me wrong I absolutely love the refit and A. totally. I just don't want to see them...again...on "new" stuff ala the Enterprise-G.
And you're right about the ships post TNG. They went from "we love exploring" to "we gotta fight the dominion and the borg and our ships need to look the part" Just give me more of the curvy yet powerful looking designs from TNG again. And I mean sure it's not like there were many in TNG, hell the Nebula was just a Galaxy with no neck and an upsidedown stardrive but god dammit I liked it.
Love me a Miranda or Nebula class. I just think they should go faster than they do because double the nacelles
Are you thinking Constellation or Cheyenne class?
Miranda had 2 nacelles, EG., USS Reliant.
Picard's Stargazer was Constellation class.
Nebula class are dang cool, but they had 2 nacelles. Phoenix had a circular AWACS-looking sensor pod mounted above the saucer, and Sutherland had a triangular weapons platform.
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But with detached/magnetic nacelles, you can turn your ship faster! /s
I do like the JJ Abrams Enterprise. Guilty pleasure.
The hot rod look on the front of the nacells and matching lower decks speak to design awareness. Just curvy enough without making it unrecognizable.
I loved the aesthetics of those films. The ship, the uniforms, and the Klingons. And Chris Pine clearly loves the role.
Karl Urban is also great
I forgot about him in those, lol. Yes, and he also most definitely loves that role, if he's to be believed.
this is awesome work.
outta curosity, how do you feel about the Nova and Sydney classes?
They may be my favorites, lol. Nova because it's sleak and actually makes sense as a science platform. (unlike the galaxy class. too big, too resource intensive, too many crew. and what the hell is with all the families on board getting shot at?)
I like the Sydney because it's form follows function. it's boxy, ugly, utilitarian. but it acutally makes sense. (Seriously... what the hell's with the d's compound curves? tons of wasted internal volume... exessive structural elements. Tons of vulnerabilities.)
Big fan of the Nova - it makes so much sense as a design from the same era as the Intrepid, though it does betray its origins as a Defiant concept to me, would work very well as a little agile warship.
The Sydney, ehh I can take or leave, it always felt a bit too kitbashy, but they did make a nice and balanced design despite that
I'm a big fan of all the weird little ships the federation scrambled to produce because of the borg.
You got the defiant, sure. but you also have the Akira and the Nova and their who-knows-how-many variations. it was like morons woke up and realized maybe they really do need warships and started throwing pasta at the wall to see what stuck.
A compound curve and beautifully wasted space sends a message to other cultures...we can afford this. Don't start nothin'.
"Don't start nothin with the Federation, or we'll finish it with our heavily-armed conference centre"
Love your D! I'm a bit partial to Excelsior class ships, but Galaxy is good too.
Thanks! The Excelsior was actually the first one I made :)
It always looks like a boat to me
Obligatory "that's what she said!"
What a firm and beautiful D you have.
And what shapely and enticing nacelles.
Oh my π₯΅
OH! Myyy!!!
Iβm being drawn inβ¦ as if by some sort of ~~magnetic~~ majestic field β¨
Give it to him, he needs a new one.
But for real, your ship model looks nice.
Gorgeous work!
I assume this was carved from the Captain's Log.
Oh my god that is fucking beautiful....
Glad you like it! Thanks for all the memes β€οΈ
How the fuck could I not? That thing is a work of art. The amount of skill and talent required to do that is off the charts. You're thankin me for just posting shit I have saved when I can do nothing but thank you for making something that stunning.
This looks incredible! How long did it take you and how much of this kind of thing have you done before? I imagine quite a bit for this kind of result.
Thanks! Took a couple of weeks in between other projects. Yeah this is my 10th or 12th or something, my insta has some others, link on my profile π
"No one wants the fat ones."
Speak for yourself! D for life!
Nice wood, bro.
Beautiful. So beautiful
Awesome!
Is this all really one piece like it looks?
It's made from a few sections - saucer, 2 piece neck, engineering hull, pylons, dictated by the sizes of timber I had
It looks like the saucer might detach, as it should!
Sadly it doesn't, that's just the join between sections - I did look into it, but couldn't find a way that would simultaneously hold it firmly together, let it detach when needed, and be invisible from the outside.
It's quite a big model and really front-heavy thanks to how much saucer there is, so it had to all be one piece really
Big D
This is superb. Absolutely superb.
Very unique hobby. Excellent execution. Awesome!
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