New Orleans class – Star Trek starship parts kit expansion

New Orleans class – Star Trek starship parts kit expansion
By CaptainMojo

[This kit is can also be found on my Google Drive mirror]

Following up on my recently released Galaxy and Nebula class models, I’ve started working on reconstructing the kitbashes seen in the Wolf 359 starship graveyard scene in The Next Generation episode Best of Both Worlds Part II. This kit provides parts and ship files supporting the New Orleans class, seen in the episode as the USS Kyushu.

This ships and parts files are scaled consistently, and meant to be compatible with, all of my other Star Trek Parts Kit.

See my Thingiverse and Cults 3d profile for the full list of parts kits I’ve released so far. All parts are meant to be cross-compatible between kits for your kitbashing enjoyment.

In addition to the combined ship STL files, this kit provides three additional zip files:

• new-orleans-ship-stls-lower-detail.zip – Print-ready version of ship files without shield grids or windows.
• new-orleans-parts-stls.zip – contains the kitbashable parts in STL format used to create the combined ship STL files.
• new-orleans-blender-files.zip – Blender source files used to create the ship and parts STLs.

Included Ships

New Orleans class

The original New Orleans filming model used heavily modified commercially available USS Enterprise-D models with a larger bridge module, windows, and escape pods to indicate it was a smaller ship.

As with several of my other Wolf 359 kits I’ve also modeled a hypothetical saucer separation mode for this design. Take it or leave it as your head canon allows.

The most notable feature of the New Orleans class was the “Pods” attached to the top of the saucer and bottom of the secondary hull. As with the nacelles on the Cheyenne class, these pods were actually repurposed markers, in particular the Stabilo Boss.

Included in this kit are several versions of these pods, including a phaser cannon, torpedo launcher, and deflector. I’ve configured the standard version of the ship file to have two phaser pods on the saucer and a torpedo pod on the underside of the stardrive section, but standalone versions of all the pod types are included if you want to swap them out.

At the suggestion of my friend and collaborator Art Braune I also added an auxiliary warp nacelle pod version that could separate with the saucer.

Another alternate variant of this design is an “X” version, with features from the Galaxy-X dreadnought such as a phaser lance added.

Notes on scaling and working with Blender

My target scale for all source files and output STL files is 1:1000. Although these files have not been extensively tested through printing, they are intended to be resized to match common model and miniature scales.

Target scale	Scale STL files to:	Notes
1/3900	0.25641026	FASA miniature scale
1/3788	0.26399155	ADB Starline 2400 scale
1/3125	0.32	ADB Starline 2500 scale
1/2500	0.4	The Trek modelers “Golden scale”
1/1600	0.625	TOS 3-Ship Set scale
1/1400	0.714285714	Common resin model scale
1/650	1.538461538	Modelling scale
1/537	1.862197393	Common scale for TMP models
1/350	2.857142857	Large scale

Blender is free, which to be honest was the primary factor in my decision to learn it. There are many fine video and text tutorials available online if you’re interested in learning more. See the Blender fundamentals tutorials playlist to get started.

You can use File -> Import -> Stl (.stl) and File -> Export -> Stl (.stl) to load or save STL files in blender.

Note: This kit was built using Blender 3.5.

Post-processing STL output

Although all of the STL files included have been tested as valid watertight meshes, joining the parts together and exporting new STL files can introduce small errors that may cause issues with slicing programs. I recommend any STL files you create are checked using a program like Netfabb Basic free edition. Doing a simple “Close All Holes” repair has fixed most of the issues I’ve run into so far. If you do run into issues with mesh quality, please let me know.

Parts list

The following lists provide a summary of the included parts. Parts are included in the following ZIP file:

• new-orleans-parts-stls.zip – contains the kitbashable parts in STL format used to create the combined ship STL files.

Note these parts are not meant to be printed by themselves, they’re intended to be combined to kitbash your own ship variants. For most items, the mesh origin has been set so that when you import these objects into your 3D editor of choice, they are positioned as they would be on the sample ships provided.

Parts

Part	Description
new-orleans-engineering-section-standalone-lower-detail.stl	Engineering section without integrated neck (without windows and shield grid).
new-orleans-engineering-section-standalone.stl	Engineering section without integrated neck.
new-orleans-nacelle-mounts.stl	Mounts connecting warp nacelles with pylons.
new-orleans-nacelles.stl	Warp nacelles.
new-orleans-neck-standalone-separated-lower-detail.stl	Neck without integrated engineering section (without windows and shield grid). With cobrahead details for separated stardrive.
new-orleans-neck-standalone-separated.stl	Neck without integrated engineering section. With cobrahead details for separated stardrive.
new-orleans-neck-standalone-solid-lower-detail.stl	Neck without integrated engineering section (without windows and shield grid). With solid neck for combined version of the ship.
new-orleans-neck-standalone-solid.stl	Neck without integrated engineering section. With solid neck for combined version of the ship.
new-orleans-pylons-lower-detail.stl	Pylons connecting warp nacelles to engineering hull (without windows and shield grid).
new-orleans-pylons.stl	Pylons connecting warp nacelles to engineering hull.
new-orleans-saucer-separated-lower-detail.stl	Saucer section with cobrahead details cut out for saucers in separation mode (without windows and shield grid).
new-orleans-saucer-separated.stl	Saucer section with cobrahead details cut out for saucers in separation mode.
new-orleans-saucer-solid-lower-detail.stl	Saucer section without cobrahead details cut out. For combined ship (without windows and shield grid).
new-orleans-saucer-solid.stl	Saucer section without cobrahead details cut out. For combined ship.
new-orleans-secondary-hull-separated-lower-detail.stl	Combined neck and engineering hull. With cobrahead details for separated stardrive (without windows and shield grid).
new-orleans-secondary-hull-separated.stl	Combined neck and engineering hull. With cobrahead details for separated stardrive.
new-orleans-secondary-hull-solid-lower-detail.stl	Combined neck and engineering hull. With solid neck for combined version of the ship (without windows and shield grid).
new-orleans-secondary-hull-solid.stl	Combined neck and engineering hull. With solid neck for combined version of the ship.
new-orleans-weapon-pods-auxiliary-nacelles.stl	Saucer mounted auxiliary warp nacelle pods.
new-orleans-weapon-pods-saucer-deflector.stl	Saucer mounted deflector pods.
new-orleans-weapon-pods-saucer.stl	Saucer mounted weapon pods.
new-orleans-weapon-pods-secondary-hull.stl	Stardrive mounted weapon pod.
new-orleans-weapon-pods-stubs-saucer.stl	Saucer pod mounts used in pod-less version of the ship.
new-orleans-weapon-pods-stubs-stardrive.stl	Stardrive pod mounts used in pod-less version of the ship.
new-orleans-x-phaser-lance.stl	Galaxy-X style saucer mounted phaser lance.
new-orleans-x-pylon-fin	Galaxy-X style pylon fin and added phaser strips.
new-orleans-x-saucer-phaser-cannons	Galaxy-X style saucer phaser cannons.
pod-deflector-standalone.stl	Standalone Sensor/Deflector pod.
pod-megaphaser-standalone.stl	Standalone phaser cannon pod.
pod-nacelle-standalone.stl	Standalone auxiliary warp nacelle pod.
pod-torpedo-standalone.stl	Standalone torpedo launcher pod.

Combined ship STLs

In addition to the standard ship files, additional variants are included in the following zip file:

• new-orleans-ship-stls-lower-detail.zip – Print-ready version of ship files without shield grids or windows.

Ship file	Description
ship-new-orleans-combined.stl	Combined standard ship.
ship-new-orleans-combined-aux-nacelle-pods.stl	Combined ship with saucer-mounted auxiliary warp nacelle.
ship-new-orleans-combined-no-pods.stl	Combined ship without any pods.
ship-new-orleans-separated-saucer.stl	Separated saucer section.
ship-new-orleans-separated-stardrive.stl	Separated stardrive section.
ship-new-orleans-sauc-aux-pods.stl	Separated saucer with auxiliary warp nacelle pods.
ship-new-orleans-separated-saucer-no-pods.stl	Separated saucer with no pods.
ship-new-orleans-separated-stardrive-no-pods.stl	Separated stardrive section with no pods.
ship-new-orleans-X-combined.stl	Combined ship with Galaxy-X style phaser lance.
ship-new-orleans-combined-lower-detail.stl	Combined standard ship (without shield grids or windows).
ship-new-orleans-separated-saucer-lower-detail.stl	Separated saucer section (without shield grids or windows).
ship-new-orleans-separated-stardrive-lower-detail.stl	Separated stardrive section (without shield grids or windows).
ship-new-orleans-separated-saucer-aux-nacelle-pods-lower-detail.stl	Separated saucer with auxiliary warp nacelle pods (without shield grids or windows).
ship-new-orleans-separated-saucer-no-pods-lower-detail.stl	Separated saucer with no pods (without shield grids or windows).
ship-new-orleans-separated-stardrive-no-pods-lower-detail.stl	Separated stardrive section with no pods (without shield grids or windows).
ship-new-orleans-X-combined-lower-detail.stl	Combined ship with Galaxy-X style phaser lance (without shield grids or windows).

Blender files

An additional zip file is included containing two Blender files. The first file contains the standard STL parts arranged as used in the sample ship designs, while the second contains parts-source file contains the raw blender objects used to create the parts.

• new-orleans-blender-files.zip – Blender source files used to create the ship and parts STLs.

License

I’m releasing this under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. You’re free to distribute and modify these files (even for commercial use), provided you attribute the creator and distribute your contributions under the same license.

Download model: https://www.thingiverse.com/download:14518029

June 19, 2024 at 11:05PM
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