Star Trek starship parts kit expansion #2: FASA Trek ships

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[**Note**: Thingiverse seems to be having some significant problems lately, including preventing the "Download all" button from working. As a result, I've posted all of the files in this kit in zip files on a [Google Drive location](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PVbghnESyFQFMeEpp_PbMPm-Jj9KuQm_). If you'd like to get all the kit files without the tedium of downloading them individually, please go to the Google Drive. **Further Note**: The recent Thingiverse UI update has also broken the markdown formatting I used to build out this overview. I've also created [a README document at the drive location](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zs9qXB7xJrIdY89v293c-7DQMOyh_PoSnNh9JtSrFLA) to document the kit's contents.] This is the second expansion parts kit meant to complement my original [Star Trek Constitution Class Parts Kit](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3652210), adding parts to support several popular designs from the old FASA Star Trek role playing game. All parts are meant to be cross-compatible between parts kits. This kit supports the following ship classes: - [Andor](https://www.ststcsolda.space/federation/andor/andor.html) - [Baker](https://www.ststcsolda.space/federation/baker/baker.html) - [Chandley](https://www.ststcsolda.space/federation/chandley/chandley.html) - [Larson](https://www.ststcsolda.space/federation/larson/larson.html) - [Loknar](https://www.ststcsolda.space/federation/loknar/loknar.html) - [Northampton](https://www.ststcsolda.space/federation/northampton/northampton.html) The [FASA Star Trek RPG](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Role_Playing_Game) 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. These designs are based on the notoriously inconsistent illustrations in the source [FASA ship recognition manual](https://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/fasa-fsrm.php). As a result, these parts and sample ships are heavily based on the redraws found on Brad R. Torgersen's [Star Trek Starship Tactical Combat Simulator On-Line Database & Archive](https://www.ststcsolda.space/). I consider this site the modern authority on FASA trek ships. Update 2019-06-22: I've added a neat variant of the Northampton suggested by Kevin Kozoriz over on Facebook. In this option, Northampton's serve a secondary role as combat transports, carrying docked pods or daughter craft. These pods can be detached once escorted to safety and the parent ship then goes about its business. I've included a sample transport ship in the parts kit and a variant Northampton model carrying it. ### 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 | FASA miniature scale | | 1/3788 | 0.26399155 | ADB Starline 2400 scale | | 1/3125 | 0.32 | ADB Starline 2500 scale | | 1/2500 | 0.4 | The Trek modelers "Golden scale" | | 1/1600 | 0.625 | TOS 3-Ship Set scale | | 1/1400 | 0.714285714 | Common resin model scale | | 1/650 | 1.538461538 | Modelling scale | | 1/537 | 1.862197393 | Common scale for TMP models | | 1/350 | 2.857142857 | Large scale | [Blender](https://www.blender.org/download/) 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](https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Use-Blender-271-Basics/). You can use **File** -> **Import** -> **Stl (.stl)** and **File** -> **Export** -> **Stl (.stl)** to load or save STL files in blender. #### 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](https://github.com/3DprintFIT/netfabb-basic-download/releases/tag/v7.4.0). 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. Exceptions to this are objects, like center nacelles, that don't exist on the sample ships. #### Parts | **Part** | **Description** | |-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| | FASA-andor-engineering-hull.stl | Custom Andor class hull including defector and shuttle bay. | | FASA-andor-nacelle-strut-port.stl | Strut connecting warp nacelle with Andor class wings. | | FASA-andor-nacelle-strut-starboard.stl | Strut connecting warp nacelle with Andor class wings. | | FASA-andor-neck.stl | Neck connecting saucer with Andor engineering hull. | | FASA-andor-saucer-basic.stl | Andor custom sized saucer hull without extension. | | FASA-andor-saucer-extended.stl | Andor saucer with extended hull. | | FASA-andor-warp-nacelle-port.stl | Port side warp nacelle. | | FASA-andor-warp-nacelle-starboard.stl | Starboard side warp nacelle. | | FASA-andor-wing-basic.stl | Andor class extended wing structure, without details. | | FASA-andor-wing-port.stl | Port extended wing structure. | | FASA-andor-wing-starboard.stl | Starboard extended wing structure. | | FASA-baker-nacelle-port.stl | Port side warp nacelle. | | FASA-baker-nacelle-starboard.stl | Starboard side warp nacelle. | | FASA-baker-nacelle-strut-port.stl | Strut connecting warp nacelle with secondary hull. | | FASA-baker-nacelle-strut-starboard.stl | Strut connecting warp nacelle with secondary hull. | | FASA-baker-saucer-standard.stl | Baker class saucer. | | FASA-baker-saucer-with-deflector.stl | Baker class saucer with integrated deflector. | | FASA-chandley-extended-hull-basic.stl | Chandley class extended hull without details. | | FASA-chandley-extended-hull-standard.stl | Chandley class extended hull with shuttlebays and additional details. | | FASA-chandley-nacelle-port.stl | Port side warp nacelle. | | FASA-chandley-nacelle-starboard.stl | Starboard side warp nacelle. | | FASA-chandley-nacelle-strut-port.stl | Strut connecting warp nacelle with secondary hull. | | FASA-chandley-nacelle-strut-starboard.stl | Strut connecting warp nacelle with secondary hull. | | FASA-chandley-saucer.stl | Chandley class chandley. | | FASA-Larson-combined-hull-standard.stl | Larson class combined hull. | | FASA-Larson-combined-hull-refit.stl | Larson class combined hull with refit features. | | FASA-Larson-deflector-saucer.stl | Larson class saucer deflector. | | FASA-Larson-nacelle.stl | Center warp nacelle. | | FASA-Larson-nacelle-refit.stl | Center refit warp nacelle. | | FASA-Larson-nacelle-strut-port.stl | Strut connecting warp nacelle with secondary hull. | | FASA-Larson-nacelle-strut-starboard.stl | Strut connecting warp nacelle with secondary hull. | | FASA-loknar-nacelle-port.stl | Port side warp nacelle. | | FASA-loknar-nacelle-port-refit.stl | Port side refit warp nacelle. | | FASA-loknar-nacelle-starboard.stl | Starboard side warp nacelle. | | FASA-loknar-nacelle-starboard-refit.stl | Starboard side warp nacelle. | | FASA-loknar-nacelle-strut-port.stl | Strut connecting warp nacelle with secondary hull. | | FASA-loknar-nacelle-strut-starboard.stl | Strut connecting warp nacelle with secondary hull. | | FASA-loknar-saucer.stl | Loknar class saucer. | | FASA-loknar-secondary-hull.stl | Loknar class secondary hull. | | FASA-loknar-secondary-hull-refit.stl | Loknar class secondary hull refit additions. | | FASA-northampton-extended-hull.stl | Northampton class extended hull. | | FASA-northampton-nacelle-port.stl | Port side warp nacelle. | | FASA-northampton-nacelle-starboard.stl | Starboard side warp nacelle. | | FASA-northampton-pylons-port.stl | Port pylons connecting to nacelles | | FASA-northampton-pylons-starboard.stl | Starboard pylons connecting to nacelles | | FASA-northampton-saucer.stl | Northampton class saucer. | #### Combined ship STLs These files provide sample ships generated using the parts included in this kit. | **Part** | **Description** | |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------| | FASA-ship-andor-class.stl | Andor class standard combined ship. | | FASA-ship-baker-class.stl | Baker class standard combined ship. | | FASA-ship-chandley-class.stl | Chandley class standard combined ship. | | FASA-ship-chandley-class-basic-wing.stl | Chandley class without details or cutouts. | | FASA-ship-larson-class-standard.stl | Larson class standard TOS version. | | FASA-ship-larson-class-deflector.stl | Larson class standard TOS version with fiddly saucer deflectory. | | FASA-ship-larson-class-refit.stl | Larson class with refit parts. | | FASA-ship-loknar-class-standard.stl | Loknar class standard TOS version. | | FASA-ship-loknar-class-deflector.stl | Loknar class standard TOS version with fiddly saucer deflectory. | | FASA-ship-loknar-class-refit.stl | Loknar class with refit parts. | | FASA-ship-northampton-class.stl | Northampton class standard combined ship. | | FASA-ship-northampton-class-with-transport.stl | Northampton class with docked transport. (idea by Kevin Kozoriz) | | FASA-ship-assault-transport.stl | Sample transport ship that can be docked to the Northampton class. | #### Blender files The Blender source files used to generate the STL files are included in the FASA-blender-files.zip file. | **File** | **Description** | |-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | FASA-Andor-class-parts-source.blend | Contains the original source objects used to generate STL parts. | | FASA-baker-parts-source.blend | Contains the original source objects used to generate STL parts. | | FASA-chandley-parts-source.blend | Contains the original source objects used to generate STL parts. | | FASA-Larson-class-parts-source.blend | Contains the original source objects used to generate STL parts. | | FASA-Loknar-class-parts-source.blend | Contains the original source objects used to generate STL parts. | | FASA-Northampton-class-parts-source.blend | Contains the original source objects used to generate STL parts. | | FASA\_ship\_baker-class.blend | Example Blender file used to combine parts and generate the combined ship example. | | FASA-andor-parts.blend | Example Blender file used to combine parts and generate the combined ship example. | | FASA-chandley-parts.blend | Example Blender file used to combine parts and generate the combined ship example. | | FASA-larson-parts.blend | Example Blender file used to combine parts and generate the combined ship example. | | FASA-loknar-parts.blend | Example Blender file used to combine parts and generate the combined ship example. | | FASA-Northampton-parts.blend | Example Blender file used to combine parts and generate the combined ship example. | ### License I'm releasing this under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) 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.