This is something that I wanted to do since ages, or to be precise I have this model in my head since more than 12 years. The first incanation is a LEGO-model ( which I still have, and that serves me now as reference
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This is supposed to be an Explorer-Type ship, something of an intermediate between Galaxy-Class and Sovereign Class. The design is amixture between the functionality of the later and the elegance of the former - although this is not totally visible yet.
Neither of the textures are final, they are only astarting point. The saucer section is almost finished - there will be only some sensor stripes at the sides and a sensor system at the top, as well as a secondary deflector ( I did not intend to use one in the first place, but now that I realized even a Galaxy-Class has a secondary Defelctor, I need to do it.
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Besides a simple corridor I also plan to do some quarters and essential ship locations like mess, sickbay, bridge, engineering. However that will take some reallll llloooooooonnngggg time, so here is what it currently looks like ( the boxlike parts, meaning engineering hull, warp connections, superstructure will be modelled later on, they are only there to give an impression, bridge module will be added later as well ).