Vulcan D'Kyr Class - Coloration Part 1

To find a good solution for the basic color of the Vulcan D'Kyr was a bit difficult. I wanted a shimmering metallic look but no metallic color per se. I wanted no metal as base coat, but a color with metallic undertone.

My one is a mix of Vallejo Model Air:

• Mahagony 71036 (30%)
• Wood 71077 (60%)
• Copper 77710 (10%)

The next step is to apply the red and copper details.

screenshot by trekcore.com (ENT "Shockwave, Part II")

The size of the Romulan Warbird

Andrew Probert (designed the Romulan Warbird):

"I love even numbers, so the warbird is 4,440 feet long (= 1353m). The thing is, I provided this image to the producers purposely to suggest that the scene be filmed with the Enterprise in front, obviously closer to us, yet the warbird is still larger. Unfortunately the visual effects people reversed the shot and you really had no idea how much larger the Romulan ship was." (Star Trek: The Next Generation 365, p. 132) 

design sketch by Andrew Probert

Here you can have a look on my Star Trek Size Comparison Charts including the Romulan Warbird.

I think the impression from TNG "The Neutral Zone" is the only screencap in which you can realize the size.

screenshot by trekcore.com (TNG "The Neutral Zone")

A second good impression is seen during the Breen counter-attack on Chin'toka from Deep Space Nine "The Changing Face of Evil".

screenshot by trekcore.com (DS9 "The Changing Face of Evil")

The size of the U.S.S. Dauntless from Star Trek Voyager

The USS Dauntless (VOY "Hope and Fear") was an alien starship disguised as a Federation Dauntless-class starship in the late 24th century. Artruis's (the owner of the ship) race Species 116 had been recently assimilated by the Borg. With a devious plan he wanted to assimilate the crew of Voyager by the Borg.

• The premise for all my deck calculations: a deck is 2.5m + 0.5m for EPS cables, power cables, ... = 3m height for a deck.
• Starfleet ships like the USS Voyager have 4m (3m deck high + 1m Jefferies tube) because the Jefferies tubes are located between the decks. In other Starfleet ships, they were installed "behind the walls", like side corridors.

On many websites we can find a length of 130m - 150m. The ship isn't a real Starfleet ship but we need a deck high of 4m. Why? Because the USS Dauntless had to be a convincing replica of a Starfleet vessel, in order to deceive the crew of Voyager.

From the MSD (Master Situation Diagram) seen in the Episode we know the position of the decks.

screenshot by trekcore.com (VOY "Hope and Fear")

 

With this information I have calculated a length of 252m.

schematic by Star Trek Fact Files

In this screenshot it is indeed an extreme angle in which both ships can be seen. With this impression I wouldn't think that the Dauntless can only be 150m long.

screenshot by trekcore.com (VOY "Hope and Fear")