Federation Commander

Did these minis of Dave's, and wanted to share. It never ceases to amaze me that one guy manages to make minis that are so much better than what the "professionals" make. Absolutley amazing work, and well worth every penny if you're a Trek mini collector. The details are just incredible.

Group Shot


C9 dreadnought




D7 battlecruiser





D20 cruiser

Have this guy contact us and we'll arrange to make some of those available to everybody.

very nice looking klingon mini's, i would buy some, if they were aviable for sale

Have the guy contact me BY EMAIL, NOT PRIVATE POST, as I do want to talk to him.

Those really are pretty sweet.

I have done so.

I'll drop you a note back when I'm done with the R12 selections, which are taking every minute of my time. Of course, I'll probably just say that I'll chat with you after Origins, since Origins is taking up all of my time.

Drop me a note, any time. Our Shapeways store is going great and we have had people wanting us to do new scales. I have five sculptors working for the store now and if we're going to do 2500 or 7000 we need more hands.

Out of curiosity, physically how big is a 1/2500 miniature? So, for example, how long is the D7 mini in 1/2500 scale?

mjwest wrote:Out of curiosity, physically how big is a 1/2500 miniature? So, for example, how long is the D7 mini in 1/2500 scale?

Not sure about the D7, but a Fed CA should be about 4 & 1/3 inches long. (Compare to 3 inches for SL2400/3788 scale and 3.5 for SL2500/3125 scale).

Yup.

That data I have shows the Fed CA as 4 3/8 at 1/2500.

1/2500 is the scale that Polar Lights Models sells for their "Cadet" series models (many of which are new production using old AMT/Ertl molds). That scale was initially created in the late 1980s for the AMT/Ertl 3-Enterprise set (1701, 1701-A, 1701-D). They later added more ships in the same scale.

I have a bunch in my scale model "stash" and one of the pre-painted 1701 models on the shelf above my desk at home. I wouldn't want to game with it, unless I had a huge floor space to work with.

1/1400 was the other popular small-kit scale, for many years (based on the scale of the 1701-D kit). That popularity has been somewhat eclipsed by the newer 1/1000 scale used by Polar Lights for their popular (and accurate) snap-fit kits.

The ancient AMT/Ertl 1701 kit everyone glued together badly as kids is 1/650-ish.

I just ask because I would love to get something larger with more detail, but without having a full-sized model. I wouldn't game with it. It would be for display.

From all I hear, 1/2500 is very popular amongst Trek modelers. Having highly accurate, detailed models at that scale would probably generate at least a few sales.

I know I've seen resin 1/2500 kits of some of the ships from Masao Okazaki's "Starfleet Museum" site, for example, sell like hotcakes.

At 1:2500, the Fed CA saucer (127m) will be just a thin hair over 2 inches in diameter. I'm showing the total length (288m) to be a couple hairs more than 4-1/2 inches long.

The Fed POL body (108 x 27.5 m) will be 4.32 x 1.1 cm (1.70 x 0.43 inch), and total length/width with swept-back warp drive (130 x 70 m) will be 5.2 x 2.8 cm (2.04 x 1.10 inch).

mjwest wrote:I just ask because I would love to get something larger with more detail, but without having a full-sized model. I wouldn't game with it. It would be for display.

I dunno, I've seen people game with the big ERTL 1/1000 models, or whatever the scale is. The one where the Enterprise is about 18 inches long.

It was a convention event. They had about six-eight ships in total and everyone who played had a great time. Not sure if they were using FASA rules, SFB, or something else, I had to run my own game in that time slot and didn't have a chance to check them out too closely.