USS Voyager (micro model by Dmitriy 89)

[ElMäx]

I needed a break from my own designs (ebon hawk, 20gun xebec and teladi kea, please forgive me. I will finish and upload them one day).
So I started to build the uss voyager (model by @Dmitriy 89 here in our resource section) but had to stop, because had to focus on other things (music and family life).
Months past rushing by.
I need to finish voyager before I can continue designing my own templates. I think a build thread will give me the needed dedication.

Here we go.

Started with the saucer section a few months ago.

Reinforced it with packaging card board and made holes to greeble the balkonies as recessed details.

Put on the hull plating as extra layer. A lot of work...

Today greebled the aft torpedo launchers on the neck as protuding details

And that hole as recessed. Don't know what purpose it serves.

And last thing for today started the engineering section, cut away the glueing flaps and used paper stripes on the inside instead to achieve a smooth surface on that small scale.

Reinforced it with card board

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

You are off to a very good start with this project.
I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

 

[zathros]

Nice detail, and I like the size of the model.

 

[mijob]

Great start and nice to your greeble this model it looks very clean and crisp .

 

[Revell-Fan]

What a cutie! It looks great so far.

 

[ElMäx]

Reinforced the upper part of the engineering section

Attached the "attaching surface" for the saucer section

Glued the upper part to the lower part

Glued the saucer section to the engineering section.

!!!you have to be careful here not to squeeze it too much and still attach it tightly!!!
I used card board plates on the insides to stabilize the model. You could also built an internal skeleton, but I thought it not necessary for such a small scale since the thick paper already provides some degree of stability (thats why I like small models)

Now whats missing are the impulse engines, warp nacelles, detailed hull plating for the engineering section and other greeble.

 

[zathros]

Excellent build, and build thread.

 

[ElMäx]

Thank you @zathros and thanks all for the kind words.
I really like the model so far. I think it's really good designed and has much greeble potential which I try to do justice.
Always a bit challenging to achieve almost perfect saucer sections on fed ships

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

You are doing great job on this project! I like how you are reinforcing certain parts.
I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

 

[THE DC]

Very clean build!

Impressive work!

 

[ElMäx]

Tried to make the rcs thrusters 3d. Quite hard on that scale

Also the impulse engines. With enough printed parts

Cut out some small piece to create faceplates on the sides of the engine exhausts

Hull plating on the sections finally done.

A lot of plates. And a lot of divided plates due to the separation of the hull parts to achieve the curved hull.
I think it's okay

Now only thing that's missing are the warp nacelles.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

The greebling looks AMAZING!

 

[zathros]

This ship reminds me of one of the final episodes when future Capt. Janeway applied the ablative armor. Not exactly the same, but the thickness of the paneling. I may have used thinner sheets, or bring up the seams (the easiest way)

 

[mijob]

Awesome work and the greebles makes a huge difference. I didn't expect that this model was so small great work.

 

[ElMäx]

This ship reminds me of one of the final episodes when future Capt. Janeway applied the ablative armor. Not exactly the same, but the thickness of the paneling. I may have used thinner sheets, or bring up the seams (the easiest way)

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Yes, I used 190g paper but could have used 120g for the plating. However the 190g paper gives a bit stability on that small scale, too. So the exaggeration comes with its benefits

I never really watch the series. Just watched a few episodes by chance back in school time when I just idled in front of the tv during weekends.

 

[ElMäx]

Awesome work and the greebles makes a huge difference. I didn't expect that this model was so small great work.

Thanks, and yes the greeble of the panels and the work on the engines really give the model something. It has nice haptics now. When the nacelles are done I will apply two or three additional layers of varnish to make it last, to fend off moisture and disguise it as a plastics modelXD

 

[zathros]

The picture of you holding it is so much larger than life, it exaggerates the lines. A picture of the actual size would reveal lines that are more in line with what one would se if they were holding the model in their hands. The same thing happens with the saucer edges. People take pictures really close up, far closer and clearer than the natural view would reveal, and all these details show up that wouldn't be readily noticeable if one were holding the model.. That's why a lot of people put a quarter, or better yet, hold the model, then proper perspective can be realized. I made the comment I probably would have used thinner paper, but looking at the picture again, I still may have, but that model is really small and looks robust. It looks great!

 

[zathros]

I was raising my son when Voyager was in the first reruns, so we watched it religiously every day, and cycled through the series a few times. It really allowed us to bond om the good, and the dumb stuff they would do. I do still think that Voyager, and Deep Space 9 were the best of the series franchise holders, Voyager even did more interesting stuff with the "Borg" IMHO. The "Next Generation" concentrated too much on Deana Trois crying all the time, and on who was "bopping' who, then "Q", a terrible idea for a character(a writers tool, have an omnipotent character that you can mouth off at, right) and a plethora of soap opera stuff. Only the "Borg" episodes were good, and they even botched that in the end, using a cheap model with 5 or 10 parts, blowing it up, you see those parts come off, then some clean up C.G., and a bright light, poof! it's all gone. Really cheezy.

 

[ElMäx]

The picture of you holding it is so much larger than life, it exaggerates the lines. A picture of the actual size would reveal lines that are more in line with what one would se if they were holding the model in their hands. The same thing happens with the saucer edges. People take pictures really close up, far closer and clearer than the natural view would reveal, and all these details show up that wouldn't be readily noticeable if one were holding the model.. That's why a lot of people put a quarter, or better yet, hold the model, then proper perspective can be realized. I made the comment I probably would have used thinner paper, but looking at the picture again, I still may have, but that model is really small and looks robust. It looks great!

I understand what you're saying. I took close up pictures and that in fact exaggerates even more. It shows the details but distorts the impression.
What is bothering me a bit is, that on the engineering section the gaps between the panels are a bit wide, also in real life not just on the pics. Of course that's due to the curvature and the printed sheets of the same size have to cover up a little bit more surface.
On the excelsior I tried to mitigate that by scaling up the print for the paneling by some % but that's not always working

 

[ElMäx]

I was raising my son when Voyager was in the first reruns, so we watched it religiously every day, and cycled through the series a few times. It really allowed us to bond om the good, and the dumb stuff they would do. I do still think that Voyager, and Deep Space 9 were the best of the series franchise holders, Voyager even did more interesting stuff with the "Borg" IMHO. The "Next Generation" concentrated too much on Deana Trois crying all the time, and on who was "bopping' who, then "Q", a terrible idea for a character(a writers tool, have an omnipotent character that you can mouth off at, right) and a plethora of soap opera stuff. Only the "Borg" episodes were good, and they even botched that in the end, using a cheap model with 5 or 10 parts, blowing it up, you see those parts come off, then some clean up C.G., and a bright light, poof! it's all gone. Really cheezy.

then I dedicate that build thread to you and your son watching voyager back in the days