Star Trek Constitution Class Parts Kit

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I like kitbashing Star Trek ships, and have long enjoyed playing with 2d parts kits to quickly create new ideas for ship designs. Converting these ideas from 2d to 3d models fit for printing is often a challenge, usually involving cutting up existing models and trying to rearranging them. Getting a printable mesh from the resulting hacked model can be difficult and frustrating. Previous designs I've posted have been converted from models available elsewhere on the internet, converting them and figuring out how to generate and cut up meshes suitable for printing. I was looking for a project to learn more about creating my own models using Blender, so I decided to try recreating my favorite ship, the Constitution class. However, there are many high-quality versions of this ship available, so I decided to focus my efforts on creating parts for this ship, making a 3d toolkit analogous to the 2d part kits long popular in Trek fandom. This project is not meant to be a printable thing by itself. It includes a set of STL files of the ship components (and a few variations) for both the TOS and Refit versions of the ship. It also includes several combined sample ships in STL format and the Blender files used to join them, as well as Blender source files I used to create the parts. Updates as of 2019-06-09 - Added support for TOS Saradin/Hermes class. - Added support for TOS Ptolemy class transport/tug. Additional compatible parts kits have also been released: - Star Trek starship parts kit expansion #1: Miranda class - Star Trek starship parts kit expansion #2: FASA Trek ships - Star Trek starship parts kit expansion #3: FASA Klingon ships part 1 - Star Trek starship parts kit expansion #4: FASA Klingon ships part 2