Another suggestion from spaceagent-9 has got me started on "The Enterprise Incident". For Kirk's Enterprise I'm using a design by Glen Jupp which I've modified just a wee bit. I'll be using the design which spaceagent-9 has very kindly worked on and provided for the Romulan D7s. I'm working initially on the original airing scene, but I'm also going to have one D7 which can be replaced with a Bird Of Prey in line with the remastered version. I'll be setting myself a challenge with this diorama, but I'm keeping it as a secret for the mo' just to add a bit of suspense
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First off, the USS Enterprise:-
I doubled the thickness of the bridge and, since I ran off two printings, I also added the circle of the bridge in another layer to add extra definition. The tabs on the nacelles were reduced to half the width in the photo as I'm working with my favoured card and those wide tabs were too much to handle. A circle of heavyweight card was needed to give the saucer the necessary depth.
The pylons are notoriously unstable so I reinforced them by inserting a length of wire. Once all the sections were constructed I glued strips of curved card to the backs of the nacelles and secondary hull then cut them flush to the main body of these sections so that they weren't hollow tubes. For the bussard collectors I used shaped blu tac coloured red.
For the base I've cut a corner from a box, curved the vertical face and papered all the surfaces with a starscape.

First off, the USS Enterprise:-
I doubled the thickness of the bridge and, since I ran off two printings, I also added the circle of the bridge in another layer to add extra definition. The tabs on the nacelles were reduced to half the width in the photo as I'm working with my favoured card and those wide tabs were too much to handle. A circle of heavyweight card was needed to give the saucer the necessary depth.
The pylons are notoriously unstable so I reinforced them by inserting a length of wire. Once all the sections were constructed I glued strips of curved card to the backs of the nacelles and secondary hull then cut them flush to the main body of these sections so that they weren't hollow tubes. For the bussard collectors I used shaped blu tac coloured red.
For the base I've cut a corner from a box, curved the vertical face and papered all the surfaces with a starscape.