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HAMMER-CLASS U.S.S. Mjolnir |
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Scale: 1/1400 HAMMER CLASS Named for hammer of the Norse God of Thunder, the U.S.S. Mjolnir is a full-out warship, designed for firepower and brute strength. It's tactical and targeting sensors are the most sophisticated installed in a starship to date, and are augmented with tactical artificial intelligence allowing targeting protocols to anticipate enemy attack strategies. This ship is not designed for comfort, and though smaller than a Galaxy Class can carry up to 1000 officers, crew and troops. It's massive shuttlebays carry advanced manned and unmanned fighters for multi-vector assault strategies. The Hammer Class is equipped with massive impulse engines to power high speed tactical maneuvers. Its warp core is the latest generation, and the reactors that power the defensive shields, and weapons feed right off the energy channeled from the core itself. The Hammer Class's defensive systems are two-fold; multi-phasic shields, (with redundant emitters) designed to protect against the Breen energy dampeners layered over polarized ablative armor. This combination allows the ship to last longer in a fight than its opponents. And this warship's armaments are impressive as well. The Mjolnir sports the latest in phaser emitters, forward and aft quantum torpedo launchers and two fore mounted phaser canons. All in all, a match for the powerful Dominion warships. Model Notes: I started with the blade of a Star Wars Federation Tank and the engineering hull from the Ent. "B" kit. I took the "dome "from the tank and used that piece as a hump that blends the deck of the engineering hull to the back of the command blade. The impulse engines are the clear window sections from a Runabout kit. The nacelle pylons are also taken from the Runabout kit and modified (split in half and narrowed) to balance the scale a little. The nacelles are from an Ent. "D" kit. Sheet styrene was used to cover vents on the Tank blade and create layering of detail on the surface. The lifeboat hatches were all cut from sheet styrene and applied. The color scheme MM Gull grays (gloss and flat for aztecing), with the addition of Metallic Jet Exhaust as an accent color.Image: Front/right perspective Image: Bow-on Image: Rear view |
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