With a Little Help From...

• Rick Sternbach - you have designed a beautiful starship - it is a work of art and you are to be commended for it.  On one hand, my attempt to produce a miniature of your work has taken unbelievable time and resources, but on the other hand I have a tribute to your efforts in my living room.  All Hail Rick! (Mirror of model detail data)

• Appreciation to Colpar Hobbies, who's knowledgeable and patient staff worked with me through this whole thing

• Badger - manufacturer of superior modeling equipment

• Thank you's go to Greg J. and Marcus D. for their assistance with the circuitry (and reminding me about Ohm's law - "Oh Yeah!" )

• Without Ed V.'s technical ideas, dremel tool / accessories and butane soldering iron I'd've not had the results I did.  Thank you!

• My heart warms to my daughter for all the times she told me "That's really neat, Daddy!" when I showed her my progress during the entire seventh year of her life

• rCostelloe is responsible for the high quality images of the end result - I appreciate the use of his equipment and his time and expertise!

• All my friends who've patiently listened to me babble about this incessantly for over a year - thanx.  :)

Internet Resources

• Ex Astris Scientia - a fantastic site with great images and details

• SciFi-Meshes - a collaboration of 3D renderers with attention to details

• The Daystrom Institute Technical Library - Excellent hard data on the Star Trek universe

• Other modelers who demonstrated how they did it, giving me many a clue:

  • http://www.beyondantares.co.uk

  • http://www.culttvman.com/claire_ames__voyager.html

  • http://www.culttvman.com/jay_barnes__voyager.html

  • http://www.culttvman.com/trenton_bennett_s_voyager.html

  • http://www.culttvman.com/daniel_bram_s_lighted_voyager.html

  • http://www.culttvman.com/daniel_bram_s_voyager_models.html

  • http://www.culttvman.com/rbrooksvoyager.html

  • http://www.culttvman.com/s__matthew_coles__voyager.html

  • http://www.culttvman.com/steve_cramsie_s_intrepid.html

  • http://www.culttvman.com/ethan_shalev_s_voyager.html

  • http://www.culttvman.com/jason_vandermolen_s_voyager.html

  • http://home.nycap.rr.com/jstern1/jason-v2.htm

  • Lee Shadows' lit voyager

• Thomas Sasser's Painting the Voyager site - Thank you so much for posting such detailed data! (Mirror)

• Starship Modeler - a primary resource in building this model and understanding what I was dealing with.

• Voyager - Elite Force by Activision and Raven Software.  I actually used the walkthrough in the game to work out the internal details, especially for the shuttle bay.

 

• Revell-Monogram - your support sucks, but you put out decent models.  Pay attention to the details next time!  The model re-issue was acceptable, but you guys provided decals for windows that weren't on the actual ship just to look pretty but you MISSED two escape hatches on deck 1!  Don't even get me started on the shuttle bay...

• Testors - their airbrushes and canned air blow alright - don't bother, use Badger.  Their Model Master line is superior, however.

• A big "Blow Me" to the Federation Starship Database for all their popups and garbage.  They used to be okay, but now they suck.