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USS Excelsior NCC-2000

 
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trekriffic
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PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2015 11:41 am    Post subject: USS Excelsior NCC-2000 Reply with quote

Here are some images of my USS Excelsior built from the 1/1000 scale AMT kit. But first, a little backstory courtesy of Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki...

USS Excelsior
Class: Excelsior-class
Registry: NX-2000, NCC-2000
Owner: United Federation of Planets
Operator: Starfleet
Status: Active (2293)
For the 24th century starship, please see USS Excelsior (NCC-21445).

"My God, that's a big ship."
"Not so big as her Captain, I think."
— Leonard McCoy and Montgomery Scott, 2293 (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)



The USS Excelsior (NX-2000, later NCC-2000) was a 23rd century Federation Excelsior-class starship operated by Starfleet. Excelsior was the prototype of her class.

Dubbed "The Great Experiment," the Excelsior was conceived during the early 2280s as the first Starfleet vessel equipped with transwarp drive. An awe-inspiring concept to some, traditional engineers were more skeptical, as in the case of Montgomery Scott, who expressed his doubt in transwarp technology with the analogy, "and if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon." (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)

Designed under radically new principles of propulsion, the Excelsior had the potential for becoming the fastest starship in the entire Federation, as at that time, the Starfleet record for faster-than-light travel was warp factor 14.1, set by the USS Enterprise in 2269. (TOS: "That Which Survives")


By 2285, the Excelsior was under the command of Captain Styles, and had taken a berth in Earth Spacedock as she was prepared for trial runs.

The Excelsior was days away from her first full field test of the transwarp drive, when she was unexpectedly called for duty. The crew of the USS Enterprise, attempting to rejoin Captain Spock's katra with his regenerated body, hijacked the Enterprise for an illegal journey to the Genesis Planet.

Captain Styles, confident in his new "incredible machine," was ordered to pursue as the Enterprise entered warp, fleeing the system. However, Captain Montgomery Scott, assigned as captain of engineering aboard the Excelsior, had sabotaged the ship's transwarp computer, leaving the Excelsior dead in space. Proud of his accomplishment, Scott explained that "the more they over-think the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain." (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)


Following this embarrassing failure, the Excelsior essentially spent the next two years in spacedock. In 2286 she was briefly ordered to be launched during an apparent attack by an alien probe, but the Excelsior, as well as the spacedock, lost all internal power and was left stranded in her bay. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

After the Enterprise was destroyed at the Genesis Planet, Hikaru Sulu believed he and his Enterprise shipmates would be assigned to the Excelsior before learning their next assignment was the USS Enterprise-A. At the time, Montgomery Scott believed the Excelsior to be nothing more than a "bucket of bolts." (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

The Excelsior remained in spacedock until at least 2287, before subsequently being recommissioned for active service by the end of the decade. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)


By 2290, the Excelsior was under the command of now-Captain Hikaru Sulu.

Images...




Excelsior 004 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 001 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 002 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 003 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 005 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 006 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 007 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 008 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 009 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 010 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 011 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 013 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 014 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 015 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 018 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 019 by trekriffic, on Flickr



Excelsior 025 by trekriffic, on Flickr

Composites...

Spacedock (from ST III The Search for Spock)


Excelsior in Dry Dock by trekriffic, on Flickr

Heading Into the Wave (from ST VI The Undiscovered Country)


Heading Into The Wave by trekriffic, on Flickr

More images in my album here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29607470@N08/sets/72157650118819888


Last edited by trekriffic on Thu May 03, 2018 4:59 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Bud Brewster
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Another magnificent example of both your modeling skills and your photographic expertise! You present this very un-Enterprise-like design so well that it's own unique beauty cannot be denied.

Plus you even included screen shots from The Search for Spock!

My kinda post, sir! Love it. Thanks.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Really solid looking model, excellent detailing!
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