| when I was making that older saucer section and the windows, I thought their distance between each other was ok mostly due to the fact that the ship is larger than what you'd expect.
If you take a look at the front image I think you'll notice that there's a rather large gap between the left side of the windows section and the other, so the curvature of the ship wouldn't present a problem here.
The upper 2 decks windows were modeled with intention of being larger due to their position ... I was oing for the larger mess hall type room and observational deck which is why those windows are larger than the ones on the lower saucer decks.
As for the deck height ... actually, it's the same for all of them (even on the larger observational windows).
The 2 gaps on the upper saucer section that are free of the grids were meant for the phaser strips (I'm thinking on going with only 1 row for the strips though in the new version) which were intentionally left free because if the hull grids are used to project a shield around the vessel, I figured that there shouldn't be any obstacles in some areas.
The saucer section alone is intended to have about 15 or 17 decks, and the whole ship about 30 decks.
Since most of the windows are concentrated on the upper saucer, it's justifiable why the ship would appear huge ... but in fact it's not.
Think of the windows as a slightly different approach.
I can render a closeup shot of the older saucer version in order to demonstrate the deck height and all.
I'll do it a bit later in the day though as I have to go to work right now. |