From 2009, an UESPA era station. (unfinished)

This month the Merian class will be 15 years old. I'm very confused as I started on it in 2009, but I assume that I then gave priority to Vesta and XCV, to finish the Merian in January 2011. Also one of the latest renders of it, (Strickland variant) from 2024.

Some concept art from Picard (not by me) showing a Vesta class starship on an MSD. I personally would have picked a very different bridge layout, but within the show this would have been a "quick" set redress. That Vesta, (USS Hikaru Sulu) + Captain Harry Kim part was dropped from the story.

Every time my follower count reaches a milestone, some Ferengi trader sends me the same amount of Self-Sealing Stem Bolts, I assume as a cruel joke, just for the shipping fee. (Who else would use 2 containers...) 2131 SSSB's... 🙂 A workbee uses 6. (Six!) Either way, thank you for the follow! :)

*I'm still here but super busy with anything but Science Fiction... argh! :) For 2026 getting structure and improving work/hobby/life balance is going to be the main goal. Meanwhile, here is a slightly barebone image of the USS Carver.

IXL Galileo, landed on a pole of KOI-4902.01.

Tiny departure schedule for the dock. (Basically the daily commuting runabout (Pleiades) and some weekly supply/cargo/material shipments by Starfleet.) Still all work in progress but slowly creeping towards a completed dock.

Inspection of Venetia Starlight. (Modeled in 2008 but recent renders.) A star yacht with forward nacelles. Some ships in this class are outfitted with roll out solar sails for a calm (but slow) journey.

A still from "765874 - Memory Wall" by the Roddenberry Archive. (I only delivered the ringship model, they do this magic!) 🙂 youtu.be/fzeznWVQu5o

My design for an RC Crawler back in 2009 vs a DARPA concept vehicle in 2022. :) Convergent evolution. (Or so I hope. :D)

I keep chipping away at a new (friendlier and smaller) habitat for the shipyard. Made some new doors today.

USS Sato, schematic view. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i0y5m... <Bigger version.)

In an alternate timeline: Shuttle IXL Galileo is (very) near and ready to dock after collecting some atmospheric samples from Proxima B.

A Borg cube I did in 2005. Maybe it was a cube still under construction.

Bussard diagnostics on a New Atlantic class runabout. (Somebody needs to do it!) :)

Diplomatic Star yacht (traditionally) docked at Laibok. (Andoria)

A Vesta class flyby test animation made a few years ago, during the conversion for Picard. I'm not an animator, I primarily do design and modeling and then I run out of will power. 😀 This exact mesh/model is 16 years old. (Finished January 2009.)

USS Planck - Merian Class (Image done for the Ships of the Line calendar 2012.)

USS Ranger looking for things.

A crystal render test from 2016.

IXL Hawking undocked from the IXS Enterprise to do some system exploration.

Thanks to last week's Strange New Worlds I got to spend 2,500 words diving into the history and mystery behind my all time favourite USS Enterprise (with a bit of help from @yard2380.bsky.social): www.denofgeek.com/tv/strange-n...

HSY workbee prototype for 90% completed. Waiting for some final small bits, texture and decals.

Classic ship from a while back. :)

I will be back soon. Meanwhile:

In other non starship news: I finished building my new bicycle. Electronic gearbox but no motor, so I still have to do all the cycling, but that is how I like it. 😀 I designed a small feedtray so that I can snack while I cycle, making it a zero sum game. 🙂🍫 🍪

Slightly Frutiger Logo, for a couple of months. :) In other news, after exactly one year (!) I opened my Construction Dock scene again, did a tiny bit of work, but not yet enough to share. The dock will function as a background & environment for all my future "in progress" work.

Is he still alive? Yes he is! :) Here are some very old renders from around 2005. This was an experimental (and as ususal unfinished) ship that would use a spacefolding experimental engine as well as traditional warp.

Still working on un-postable stuff, so one from the archive. (IXS Enterprise). A much larger, slightly further in the future version is on the table. (Although with my current projects and speed it might be 2050 before I start on it...doh!)

Posting Neglect! :D Slightly obsessed with my current project that is not really Sci-fi but also it is. Have to post some older stuff in the meantime... (USS Pelican, atmospheric intakes on the pylon, WIP.) *Also a Pelican't.

Why does the workbee take that long? Well here is an isolinear fusebox cover in the seat. (It is for the optional control sticks.) I decided to do the upholstery in felt. I wanted to go full Neelix with the fabrics, but I'm a coward, grey-ish it is. :)

1800 followers! Thank you very much people! :) I need to be a bit more active on here, but..... life:

Supremely slow progress, as I got some other work to attend to, but here is an earlier shot of the bee. (Still in the paint phase...doh!)

Merian configurations. (+ a civilian, NAR registered, ring version in progress.)

About once a year I do some architectural visualization. With the asset libraries of today, this always feels like a sort of "lighter" more gamified work than having to design/model a starship or a yacht. It is quite fun to do.

Sometimes limitation can help you forward. This was the predecessor of the Retroprise. (Made only out of Teapot primitives.)

For Star Trek Magazine, 2010-ish. :)

Bee Behind. (WIP) It is going well, while not visible here, the materials are for 90% applied. Decals/textures are left, as is some simple rigging to open the canopy and doors etc.

An unfinished early UESPA station. Done around 2009. A circular hatch on the XCV-330 might hide a NX style docking port. So these two in theory could connect.

USS Pelican, a reasonable long work in progress, but going to be worth it I think. (Refit of the USS Spirit.) Some WIP shots:

The short lived MKII Vesta class concept. (2010)

"Arrival of the Diplomat"

Difficult to keep the camera steady, but I hope to get some better shots when it has landed. :)

Human engineers checking the nacelle of a Coridan designed Star Yacht.

USS Carver at the temporary dock in the Epsilon Eridani system, nearby AEgir. This system is 10.5 ly away from SOL. Also the home of the upcoming HSY dock.

Redundant melacortz Ramistat (most of the time just Ramistat) is a well behaved, slightly unconventional PC that helps me in my creative endeavors.