2500 Ent-D

[mophius]

Was thinking about smuggling* this one home soon to start work on it. I saw on FedMod site that there is a battlehead you can buy to go on the engineering hull so you have the separate saucer and secondary.
My question to you is....
What about the join on the saucer. Is there a piece you can buy to go on the saucer for when it is separated?

* For those that don't know, I am a hoarder but I keep my stash at work.

[el gato]

You're correct, there's a cobraneck battlehead, but there is no "mate" piece that goes on the bottom of the saucer :/

[mophius]

There are some nice screenies of the joint.

Starship Legends U_S_S_ Enterprise-D _Saucer Section_ aft-ventral_.JPG (63.25 KiB) Viewed 1808 times

[el gato]

I thought of trying to mold a mate of the battlehead but I have to think it through some more

[mophius]

I will make it my next purchase from FedMod so I can see it in the flesh
the battle head that is

[Tesral]

Yea, I need one too. I have a separated E-D I want to do that with..

[marcnoonan]

I've just finished off some variations of the D and these 3D views might help you. Ignore the square holes on the joined sections, they're for the recessed magnets.

https://www.shapeways.com/model/3dtools ... c505c1e4d1

https://www.shapeways.com/model/3dtools ... e8ae378232

Also ignore the saucer deflector and Voyager Aeroshuttle, Life Boats and RCS thrusters.

If you want some top down pics of the joined sections please ask.

Cheers

Marc

[Tesral]

I would love to see removable saucer conversion parts for the Ertl model. Not so breathtakingly expensive.

[marcnoonan]

Wanna play guinea pig? It's about $15 to print in FUD.

https://www.shapeways.com/model/3dtools ... 4299194030

2500 Saucer Insert Piece.jpg (67.2 KiB) Viewed 1659 times

2500 Saucer Insert Piece 2.jpg (60.51 KiB) Viewed 1659 times

Marc

[mophius]

Looks good. Can I order it later on tonight.
I am in UK but there they print in Europe in the Netherlands, I believe.
It should take about a week before I see it.