I have no problem if David wants to do individual ships or sets of three of the same ship. He can start with whatever you guys request -- assuming he wants to do it at all.

By Greg Ernest (Gernest) on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 - 09:55 pm: Edit

Thanks, Steve! That's a nice option to round things out.

By Jessica Orsini (Jessica_Orsini) on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - 12:13 pm: Edit

So much more flexible than when we had to go through Shapeways.

By Sean Schoonmaker (Schoon) on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - 12:37 pm: Edit

Ouch.

A Hydran release is yet another one I'll "need."

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - 02:05 pm: Edit

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By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - 03:35 pm: Edit

Understand that the STL "sculpting" is just part of the process. You have to "tweek" the STL to get it to print without flaws, and you have to "build" a file including pillars and angles and aspects to get it to print a sellable item. David does the second and third ones and (unlike Shapeways) is willing to modify sets and create new sets whenever we ask. BUT DO REMEMBER that there are only so many hours in a week and while he can do anything he cannot do everything. I consider getting all of the previous 7000s out as a priority over building new sets or creating singles or modifying sets, but sometimes those projects are so simple he can work them into cracks and rainy Thursdays. Be happy if it happens as fast as we want; be forgiving if it takes a while.

By David Jannke (Bigslowtarget) on Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 02:16 am: Edit

Tweeking the prints is exactly it.

For example: Cycle 3 is launching with Hydrans!

Test prints discovered that fine details on the back of the Monarch demands it be printed in an entirely different orientation than all the other BBs. Fortunately it has very little support caused detail loss if printed in the right orientation and so we've got a solution.

Hellbore ships have been test printed in a couple of orientations now and one seems to be promising but each orientation shift requires resetting all supports, manually adjusting supports (just automatic doesn't cut it), printing, cleaning, curing, and then examining under magnification. Any error in printing means you adjust and reprint again. That's all done to get the best detail and most of the time you'll only see the difference under 10x or so magnification - at least with my eyes - but it lets detail painters do what they do. Small Hydrans are printing great but the size class 3s are tricky and long. Each ship is oriented and supported in an individually different way.

Since we can do individual ships I'll probably look at doing a fleet configurator. It makes sense to sell in 3s or 6s and letting people pick by checkbox (likely within a particular empire) would be awesome! I just need to work out the store elements there. Getting 7000s out takes priority of course and I'd like to work out economical international shipping for the main fleets.

By Alex Chobot (Alendrel) on Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 08:43 pm: Edit

A fleet configurator would be really awesome - I totally get saying we have to batch ships together in whatever amounts just for ease and efficiency on your end and that’s a more than reasonable trade off for the ability to pick the ships we want.

I agree that getting more empires up and available is the number one priority but such a tool would be very appealing.

By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Thursday, July 16, 2026 - 11:37 pm: Edit

Jean did guess today that thirty 7000 files have yet to be sent to David.

By Sean Schoonmaker (Schoon) on Monday, July 20, 2026 - 03:21 pm: Edit

Fleet configurator?!

[drool]

By David Jannke (Bigslowtarget) on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - 03:07 am: Edit

Firstday morning on a Lyran border battlestation: a dream posting—quiet, safe, with nothing planned beyond repairing a few frigates returning from the distant front. Then one faint blip became twenty warp signatures and the largest vessel anyone aboard had ever seen. “Alert the fleet—and whatever you do, don’t let that thing close.” The Hydran Monarch would not be so easily dissuaded.

Now available: Hydran Monarch Battleship. Support units to follow. Cycle 3 is now seeing a Hydran Invasion.

By Greg Ernest (Gernest) on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - 01:43 pm: Edit

Is the Romulan Hawk Builder coming soon?

By Sean Schoonmaker (Schoon) on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 - 08:21 pm: Edit

The Monarch is a monster!

Though I'll hold fire till I can get some other Hydrans to join it.

By David Jannke (Bigslowtarget) on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 - 12:25 am: Edit

Yep, Romulan Hawk Builder is Cycle 3 and as you asked I'll get it up sooner rather than later.

By Greg Ernest (Gernest) on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 - 06:47 am: Edit

Thanks, David!

By Sean Schoonmaker (Schoon) on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 - 05:42 pm: Edit

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By Alex Chobot (Alendrel) on Friday, July 24, 2026 - 01:42 am: Edit

Got my first order from Star Fleets Models and I am *impressed*. Fantastic quality for the size, material fills very robust - and as the clips that hold the minis in the frame show, they have a touch of flexibility.

I got the Core Fleet and Fleet Builder collections for the Federation and Kzinti. Over all good mixes of ships - the one quibble is the fourth Fed FF between the two collections. I’d suggest revising the Fleet Builder to drop the FF and add an NCL if we want to keep it to ships already set up. This would provide a full squadron each of the FF, DW, and NCL between the two.

Also, I really appreciate that the Kzinti CL actually had its designation on the underside of the base. This should be standard!

Finally, a huge shout to David for swapping the Lyrans I had ordered to Kzinti on the fly - I found my clutch of Shapeways Lyrans right after I had ordered!

By David Jannke (Bigslowtarget) on Saturday, July 25, 2026 - 11:21 pm: Edit

"I knew that big boy wouldn't be alone. Sometimes I hate it when I'm right. "

"CONTACT: Two fleets, six ships each. First group identified as fusion armed, second group identified as hellbore armed. Guess we're going to have a party."

Now available at Star Fleet Models
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7000 series Hydran Fleet Fusion Collection (Hunter Frigate, Buffalo Hunter War Destroyer, Lancer Destroyer, Mongol Medium Cruiser, Ranger Heavy Cruiser, and Mohawk New Heavy Cruiser)

7000 series Hydran Fleet Hellbore Collection (Cuirassier Frigate, Rhino Hunter War Destroyer, Knight Destroyer, Tartar Medium Cruiser, Dragoon Heavy Cruiser, and Iroquois New Heavy Cruiser)

By Sean Schoonmaker (Schoon) on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 - 11:45 am: Edit

Woot! Great news, David.

By David Jannke (Bigslowtarget) on Tuesday, August 04, 2026 - 09:55 am: Edit

"Additional heavy support for that Monarch - designating contacts CruRon 6. That's more cruisers in one place than our core fleet!"

Now available at Star Fleet Models

7000 Hydran Fleet New Cruisers Collection (contains two Mongol Fusion War Cruisers, two Tartar Hellbore War Cruisers, one Mohawk Fusion New Heavy Cruiser, and one Iroquois Hellbore New Heavy Cruiser)

7000 Hydran Fleet Builder Collection (contains the Hunter and Cuirassier Frigates, Buffalo Hunter and Rhino Hunter War Destroyers, and the Knight and Lancer Destroyers)

By Greg Ernest (Gernest) on Tuesday, August 04, 2026 - 01:51 pm: Edit

Where does the Paladin fit into the mix?

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Tuesday, August 04, 2026 - 07:03 pm: Edit

...hopefully, with a Pegasus?

And maybe some DWs?

But, given the releases seem to follow the old Shapeways sets(scroll down to the '7000s')...it looks like:

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Hydran Fleet Command Collection (contains the Paladin Dreadnought, Overseer Heavy Battlecruiser, Mohawk and Iroquois New Heavy Cruisers, and the Mongol and Tartar Medium Cruisers)

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By Steve Cole (Stevecole) on Wednesday, August 05, 2026 - 02:03 am: Edit

7000 Hydran Fleet Builder Collection (contains the Hunter and Cuirassier Frigates, Buffalo Hunter and Rhino Hunter War Destroyers, and the Knight and Lancer Destroyers)
7000 Hydran Fleet Command Collection (contains the Paladin Dreadnought, Overseer Heavy Battlecruiser, Mohawk and Iroquois New Heavy Cruisers, and the Mongol and Tartar Medium Cruisers)
7000 Hydran Fleet Convoy Collection (contains two large freighters, two small freighters, a Gendarme police cutter, and a Heavy Gendarme Police Frigate)
7000 Hydran Fleet Fusion Collection (contains the Hunter Frigate, Buffalo Hunter War Destroyer, Lancer Destroyer, Mongol Medium Cruiser, Ranger Heavy Cruiser, and Mohawk New Heavy Cruiser)
7000 Hydran Fleet Hellbore Collection (contains the Cuirassier Frigate, Rhino Hunter War Destroyer, Knight Destroyer, Tartar Medium Cruiser, Dragoon Heavy Cruiser, and Iroquois New Heavy Cruiser)
7000 Hydran Fleet Legacy Cruisers Collection (contains the Horseman Light Fusion Cruiser, Traveler Light Hellbore Cruiser, Dragoon Heavy Hellbore Cruiser, and Ranger Heavy Fusion Cruiser)
7000 Hydran Fleet New Cruisers Collection (contains two Mongol Fusion War Cruisers, two Tartar Hellbore War Cruisers, one Mohawk Fusion New Heavy Cruiser, and one Iroquois Hellbore New Heavy Cruiser)
7000 Hydran Fleet Special Ships Collection (contains two Demon Hunter Heavy War Destroyers, a PEGASUS SCOUT, two light cruisers (a Horseman and a Traveler), and a Kiowa War Dreadnought)
7000 Hydran Fleet Tug Collection (contains Caravan tugs with and without cargo pallets, a Mule light tactical transport with a pallet, two separate pods, and a Gendarme police ship)
7000 Hydran Monarch Battleship

Would anyone want a Pegasus set with the various version of the Pegasus, or at this scale can you even tell them apart?

By Greg Ernest (Gernest) on Wednesday, August 05, 2026 - 04:58 am: Edit

Wow. So many different Hydran hulls at this scale. I'm glad they are further down my collection list. Seems like it's 2-3 times the size of other racial collections.

By Xander Fulton (Dderidex) on Wednesday, August 05, 2026 - 03:40 pm: Edit

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