New FASA Carrier Models
Captain Mojo has released new carrier models for Star Trek games
TMP era fanon carriers - Star Trek starship parts kit expansion
[This kit can also be found on my Google Drive mirror (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_Vh-D_-8QJXlsq9R7h16Xty0Efo_GFzi?usp=drive_link). ]
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This is a follow-up on my last kit, which covered TOS era Federation carriers. In this kit we move forward a few decades to The Motion Picture era.
https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/d6406de3-40de-48ff-ab3a-994241b68670/__preview.png (https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/d6406de3-40de-48ff-ab3a-994241b68670/__preview.png)
As noted in the previous kit, there’s zero on-screen canonical evidence of fighters or carriers pre-Dominion war (aside from the quasi-canonical Star Fleet Battles designs, which I do not cover). In this kit, I’ve pulled from Fanon designs found at the web site shipschematics.net (http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/federation_data.php?filter=Carrier), as well as ships of my own devising.
https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/a3ceab48-c33c-482c-bdfa-c9bc34a4f131/__preview2.png (https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/a3ceab48-c33c-482c-bdfa-c9bc34a4f131/__preview2.png)
The contents of this kit are provided into four zip files:
fed-carriers-TMP-ship-stls.zip – Print-ready combined ship STL files.
fed-carriers-TMP-blender-parts-files.zip – Blender files with parts files pre-arranged as they are on the output ship stl files.
fed-carriers-TMP-blender-source-files.zip – The Blender source files used to generate the part STL files.
fed-carriers-TMP-parts-stls.zip – Individual STL part files for digital kitbashing.
This kit supports the following variant ship classes:
Ark Royal class fleet carrier (AKA Ranger)
This design was first seen in the game Starfleet Command II - Empires at War (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Starfleet_Command_II_-_Empires_at_War), released by Taldren/Interplay in the year 2000. Originally known as the Ranger class, the design has recently been seen again in Star Trek Online, where it’s known as the Ark Royal class (Ark Royal being the default ship name in the original game). My version attempts to match the original game art where possible, differing most noticeably from what you’ll see in STO with a slightly hexagonal lower hull. Note this ship is much larger than the other ships in this kit, rivaling the Ambassador and even approaching the Galaxy class in size.
https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/c70a80f5-1dc1-4ed2-8efd-918f13560844/_preview-ark-royal.png (https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/c70a80f5-1dc1-4ed2-8efd-918f13560844/_preview-ark-royal.png)
Ariel class shuttle carrier
Taking some design cues from the (in)famous Ralph McQuarrie redesign of the Enterprise for the canceled Planet of The Titans (https://forgottentrek.com/phase-2/planet-of-the-titans-the-film-that-wasnt/) movie project but using the more familiar refit Constitution style components, the Ariel originates from the fan work “Heavy Cruiser Evolution Blueprints (https://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/enterprise-evolution.php)” by David Nielsen and Aridas Sofia. I’ve also a three-nacelle version of this ship in the kit. Ariel is another very large ship.
https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/da723f21-3443-44c1-a84d-da1a3686543d/_preview-ariel.png (https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/da723f21-3443-44c1-a84d-da1a3686543d/_preview-ariel.png)
Coronado class thru-deck carrier (Forrestal subtype)
The originally TOS version by the team at Starstation Aurora. This TMP style model is inspired by the refit Forrestal subtype designed by Anthony “Kelvin0514” Auverdin (http://www.shipschematics.net/startrek/related_ships.php?search_source=Internet+-+Anthony+%22Kelvin0514%22+Auverdin%2C+inspired+by+Todd+Guenther%27s+%26+Eric+Kristiansen%27s+works).
https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/7277cd5a-f5e6-47c2-b7ec-cd705d9d93c5/_preview-coronado.png (https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/7277cd5a-f5e6-47c2-b7ec-cd705d9d93c5/_preview-coronado.png)
Dakota class heavy shuttle carrier
Design by Eric Kristiansen (Jackill) (https://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/JAC.php). A stretched double Miranda hull, with many, many shuttle bays. In addition to the three nacelle version based on source art, I’ve added added a 4-nacelle version I’m calling the MK-2media/a6ddb10e1850eca524f4d739d489c7c1.png
https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/4d559e0e-d439-4f39-9dc1-7c60e0c50187/_preview-dakota-mk1.png (https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/4d559e0e-d439-4f39-9dc1-7c60e0c50187/_preview-dakota-mk1.png)
https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/86196609-d5f4-4197-b65f-b20a34963fef/_preview-dakota-mk2.png (https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/86196609-d5f4-4197-b65f-b20a34963fef/_preview-dakota-mk2.png)
Drake class thru-deck carrier
TOS version by David Tiekamp. TMP refit is my own interpretation.
https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/3d9b4c41-4c84-4c88-9537-82b812dcd16c/_preview-drake.png (https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/3d9b4c41-4c84-4c88-9537-82b812dcd16c/_preview-drake.png)
Franz Joseph Federation class dreadnought
My interpretation of a thru-deck carrier conversion of the Federation class.
https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/93e207ce-343f-4bb0-9766-dd5a69ca2796/_preview-federation-dnv.png (https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/93e207ce-343f-4bb0-9766-dd5a69ca2796/_preview-federation-dnv.png)
Long Island class carrier
As with the TOS version, the refit Long Island is based on the original art of Neal “Vance” Davidson / Federation Frontiers
https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/32748b10-c0d3-4e24-bcf3-21d03f0b71ff/_preview-long-island.png (https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/32748b10-c0d3-4e24-bcf3-21d03f0b71ff/_preview-long-island.png)
Minas Gerais class light carrier
My own design, the Minas Gerais uses a double rear-hull inspired by the Dakota, but not stretched, resulting in a standard Miranda class length.
https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/5aeadd50-ff2c-4394-b97e-8a88370929b9/_preview-minas-gerais.png (https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/5aeadd50-ff2c-4394-b97e-8a88370929b9/_preview-minas-gerais.png)
Oriskany class thru-deck carrier
Design by Eric Kristiansen (Jackill).
https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/54a28fe2-4611-4c4c-b687-2ea04ace62af/_preview-oriskany.png (https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/22710918/illustration-file/54a28fe2-4611-4c4c-b687-2ea04ace62af/_preview-oriskany.png)
Captain Mojo has released new carrier models for Star Trek games.
This is a follow-up on my last kit, which covered TOS era Federation carriers. In this kit we move forward a few decades to The Motion Picture era.
As noted in the previous kit, there’s zero on-screen canonical evidence of fighters or carriers pre-Dominion war (aside from the quasi-canonical Star Fleet Battles designs, which I do not cover). In this kit, I’ve pulled from Fanon designs found at the web site shipschematics.net, as well as ships of my own devising.