Back in the 70's the idea was hatched to create a second Trek series with the original crew. Kirk and the gang would reunite for another "5 year mission". Not only would there be some new faces (Spock being replaced by Xon) but a newly designed 1701 was also ordered. Ralph McQuarrie, the renowned scifi design artist was commissioned to submit his ideas. What has become known to some as the "Phase 2 Enterprise" was a radical departure to traditional Starfleet designs (see picture above). Most fans hated it. I on the other hand love it and have been fascinated by it's "what if" aspect ever since. I have doodled on paper my own ideas for this ship many times and have now decided to flesh it out as my latest Wooden Rocket. My progress is documented below.The pieces laid out and ready for painting.
My kids giving dad a helping hand.
The look so far.
This model is only based on the McQuarrie version and is not meant to be a duplicate. Once the model is complete I'll give more detail behind my motivation in the next post.
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