Federation Commander

Very well thought out, methodical, and displaying some expert craftsmanship, as always Will.

And some super attention to detail!

The "beak" on the fast Firehawk really makes the front look like a bird (the phasers being the eyes), which is great considering the design origins!

Can't wait to see this small Romulan "fast" squadron all together.

What "wing" phasers are you speaking of on the FD7?

The ones tucked under the front "points" of the aft-hull. The molded-in ones got covered by greenstuff when I added my usual reinforcing skim-coat of greenstuff over the brass pins for the engines (it blends out all the way to the crease at the middle-third of the hull bottom). It's the same for all my old lead Klingons.

AH! I had forgotten that those would likely be lost with all the green stuff buildup to support the engines. I thought you meant the phasers replacing the disruptors, and couldn't figure out why they would be on the wings.

There's phasers replacing disruptors on the SD7? I better go back and look at the ship card.

Wow! I'm really having a bad day. I was thinking of the FD7, which does have them.

The SD7 has the standard 4 disruptors. You've got it right, sorry for the scare.

Did you put replacement phasers on the FD7 mini you made? It's hard to tell.

Wow. I need to go home and sleep.

No problem. I just get confused easily (even when well-rested).

Romulan JayHawk battle frigate.

Romulan SaberHawk heavy war-destroyer under-construction:

The SaberHawk is nearly done.

I changed my mind on the thickness of the "greenstuff" under the rear hull and Dremel-ed most of it off tonight. This is the third time I've re-done this portion. [sigh].



I also removed excess metal from the new engine and fitted it for pins, in addition to drilling the stand hole.

FD7, compared with SD7.

You are putting in some serious blood sweat and tears into these Romulan minis (not to mention time).

They both look great! I really like that custom nacelle you made for the Jayhawk.

I also like the "go fast" parts of the FD-7. Did you put the extra phasers on it?

I went back and looked at the ship card again, and no, it looks like I missed the engine-mount phasers that replaced two of the disruptors.

I'll go back and look at the size of the disruptors to see if they are appropriate for single-mounts and then add a phaser to each engine with a dot of epoxy.

Thanks for the detail-check!

Added the non-weapon option hatch on the bottom of my rebuilt Federation War Heavy Destroyer with a tiny piece of brass sheet (trimmed from a photo-etch detailing set for a plastic tank model):

I cant wait to see those painted, dj. Lookin good.

Thanks wedge. It will be sometime later this summer (I paint in big batches).