FASA Bird of Prey and Derivatives: Star Trek starship parts kit expansion #5

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[Note: I've run into problems with Thingiverse lately, so I've posted all of the files in this kit as zip files on a Google Drive location, and added preview images below so you can at least see the designs you're downloading. If you'd like to get all the kit files without the tedium of downloading them individually, please go to the Google Drive. See the README document at the drive location to for better formatted documentation of the kit's contents.] This is the fifth expansion parts kit meant to complement my original Star Trek Constitution Class Parts Kit, providing parts to support Klingon Bird of Prey design and the FASA Canon related Romulan designs from the old FASA Star Trek role playing game. See my Thingiverse Profile for the full list of parts kits I’ve released so far. All parts are meant to be cross-compatible between kits. This kit supports the following FASA ship classes: | | | |--------------------------|------------------------------------------| | Klingon K-22, D-32, and L-42 Romulan S-11, V-24 | | | Romulan T-10 | | | Romulan V-20 | | The FASA Star Trek RPG was very popular among us older Star Trek fans who came of age in the '80s and '90s. It lost its license to produce Star Trek in 1988, seemingly because Gene Rodenberry, hot off of the success of TNG season 1, wanted to de-emphasize the military aspect of Starfleet, despite the abundance of uniforms, ranks, and 50-megaton matter-antimatter warheads that all his shows were chocked full of. FASA Trek provided a tremendous amount of background on a Trek universe that was, in many ways, more realistic and interesting than what Rodenberry and company wanted in TNG and later shows. Although much of this background has been supplanted by later official canon, the ships from this game remain popular among old-school fans. This kit is based around the Klingon Bird of Prey, seen from Star Trek III onwards. In the FASA universe, these ships were a result of the Klingon-Romulan research pact that also resulted in the Klingons getting cloaking tech and the Romulans getting Klingon starship designs. In FASA canon, the Romulans also built several other designs related to the original Bird of Prey, which are included here as the V-20 and T-10. Notes on scaling and working with Blender My target scale for all source files and output STL files is 1:1000. Although these files have not been extensively tested through printing, they are intended to be resized to match common modelling and miniatures scales. | Target scale       | Scale STL files to:       | Notes | |--------------|--------------------|----------------------------------| | 1/3900 | 0.25641026 (25.6%) | FASA miniature scale | | 1/3788 | 0.26399155 (26.4%) | ADB Starline 2400 scale | | 1/3125 | 0.32 (32%) | ADB Starline 2500 scale | | 1/2500 | 0.4 (40%) | The Trek modelers "Golden scale" | | 1/1600 | 0.625 (62.5%) | TOS 3-Ship Set scale | | 1/1400 | 0.714285714 (71%) | Common resin model scale | | 1/650 | 1.538461538 (153%) | Modelling scale | | 1/537 | 1.862197393 (186%) | Common scale for TMP models | | 1/350 | 2.857142857 (285%) | Large scale | Note that there is great controversy as to how large the BoP actually is. The model I’ve included is scaled to the 88m long FASA K-22/S-11 ship. If you want to adjust to your preferred size, you’ll need to resize as appropriate. Some common examples: | Ship | Length (m) | Scale Factor | |--------------|------------|--------------| | K-22 / S-11 | 88 | 1 (100%) | | D-32 | 110 | 1.25 (125%) | | L-42 / V-24 | 164 | 1.86 (186%) | | K'Vort (TNG) | 330 | 3.75 (375%) | | | | | Blender is free, which to be honest was the primary factor in my decision to learn it. There are many fine video and text tutorials available online if you're interested in learning more. For a basic tutorial on moving and joining objects in Blender(which should be the minimum you need to know when working with these parts), see this instructables tutorial. You can use File -> Import -> Stl (.stl) and File -> Export -> Stl (.stl) to load or save STL files in blender. Note: These kits were built using Blender 2.8. Post-processing STL output Although all of the STL files included have been tested as valid watertight meshes, joining the parts together and exporting new STL files can introduce small errors that may cause issues with slicing programs. I recommend any STL files you create are checked using a program like Netfabb Basic free edition. Doing a simple "Close All Holes" repair has fixed all of the issues I've run into so far. If you do run into issues with mesh quality, please let me know. Parts list The following lists provide a summary of each of the included parts. For the majority of items, the mesh origin has been set so that when you import these objects into your 3d editor of choice, they are positioned as they would be on the sample ships provided. The Bird of Prey and V-10 parts include alternate wing parts preconfigured in the landing, cruise, and attack modes. The Bird of Prey also includes two versions of the wings: a thinner more accurate version, and a thickened version intended to make 3d printing easier. Parts | Part | Description | |---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------| | BOP-Bridge-Module.stl | BOP bridge module including torpedo launcher. | | BOP-Bridge-Module-No-Torpedo.stl | BOP bridge module with no torpedo launcher. | | BOP-Neck.stl | BOP neck. | | BOP-Secondary-Hull.stl | BOP main secondary hull. | | BOP-Warp-Grill-Port.stl | BOP port side warp grill. | | BOP-Warp-Grill-Starboard.stl | BOP starboard side warp grill. | | BOP-Wing-Attack-Config-Port.stl | BOP port side wing in attack config. | | BOP-Wing-Attack-Config-Port-Thick.stl | BOP thickened port side wing in attack config. | | BOP-Wing-Attack-Config-Starboard.stl | BOP starboard side wing in attack config. | | BOP-Wing-Attack-Config-Starboard-Thick.stl | BOP thickened starboard side wing in attack config. | | BOP-Wing-Cruise-Config-Port.stl | BOP port side wing in cruise config. | | BOP-Wing-Cruise-Config-Port-Thick.stl | BOP thickened port side wing in cruise config. | | BOP-Wing-Cruise-Config-Starboard.stl | BOP starboard side wing in cruise config. | | BOP-Wing-Cruise-Config-Starboard-Thick.stl | BOP thickened starboard side wing cruise config. | | BOP-Wing-Landing-Config-Port.stl | BOP port side wing in landing config. | | BOP-Wing-Landing-Config-Port-Thick.stl | BOP thickened port side wing landing config. | | BOP-Wing-Landing-Config-Starboard.stl | BOP starboard side wing in landing config. | | BOP-Wing-Landing-Config-Starboard-Thick.stl | BOP thickened starboard side wing landing config. | | T10-Bridge-Module-No-Torpedo.stl | T10 bridge module with no torpedo launcher. | | T10-Bridge-Module-With-Torpedo.stl | T10 bridge module including torpedo launcher. | | T10-Nacelle-Port.stl | T10 nacelle port. | | T10-Nacelle-Starboard.stl | T10 nacelle starboard. | | T10-Nacelle-Pylon-Port.stl | T10 port side nacelle pylon. | | T10-Nacelle-Pylon-Starboard.stl | T10 starboard side nacelle pylon. | | T10-Neck.stl | T10 neck. | | T10-Secondary-Hull.stl | T10 secondary hull. | | T10-Tail-Port.stl | T10 tail port side. | | T10-Tail-Starboard.stl | T10 tail starboard side. | | T10-Wing-Attack-Port.stl | T10 port side wing in attack config. | | T10-Wing-Attack-Starboard.stl | T10 starboard side wing in attack config. | | T10-Wing-Cruise-Port.stl | T10 port side wing in cruise config. | | T10-Wing-Cruise-Starboard.stl | T10 starboard side wing in cruise config. | | T10-Wing-Grill-Port.stl | T10 port side wing grill. | | T10-Wing-Grill-Starboard.stl | T10 starboard side wing grill. | | T10-Wing-Landing-Port.stl | T10 port side wing in landing config. | | T10-Wing-Landing-Starboard.stl | T10 starboard side wing in landing config. | | V20-Bridge-Module.stl | V20 bridge module. | | V20-Nacelle-Port.stl | V20 nacelle port. | | V20-Nacelle-Starboard.stl | V20 nacelle starboard. | | V20-Neck.stl | V20 side. | | V20-Secondary-Hull.stl | V20 secondary hull. | | V20-Secondary-Hull-No-Details.stl | V20 secondary hull with simplified details. | | V20-Wing-Port.stl | V20 port side wing . | | V20-Wing-Starboard.stl | V20 starboard side wing | Combined ship STLs These files provide sample ships generated using the parts included in this kit. | Part | Description | |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------| | Ship-BOP-Attack-Config.stl | Sample BOP ship in attack config. | | Ship-BOP-Attack-Config-Thick.stl | Sample BOP ship in attack config (thickened wings). | | Ship-BOP-Cruise-Config.stl | Sample BOP ship in cruise config. | | Ship-BOP-Cruise-Config-Thick.stl | Sample BOP ship in cruise config (thickened wings). | | Ship-BOP-Landing-Config.stl | Sample BOP ship in landing config. | | Ship-BOP-Landing-Config-Thick.stl | Sample BOP ship in landing config (thickened wings). | | Ship-T10-Attack-Config.stl | Sample T-10 ship in attack config. | | Ship-T10-Cruise-Config.stl | Sample T-10 ship in cruise config. | | Ship-T10-Landing-Config.stl | Sample T-10 ship in landing config. | | Ship-V20.stl | Sample V-20 ship. | Blender files Blender files are included in the following zip files: BOP-Blender-Files.zip T10-Blender-Files.zip V20-Blender-Files.zip Each of these files contain a parts file, containing the STL parts arranged as used in the sample ship designs, and a parts source file, containing the raw blender objects used to create the parts. License I'm releasing this under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. You're free to distribute and modify these files (even for commercial use), provided you attribute the creator and distribute your contributions under the same license.