#nx03

So I guess this is fanart, cuz I named her after the ship from Star Trek: Challenger, the excellent series written by @alexkablob​ and @mylordshesacactus​. I’m really happy with how this turned out.

I made a special effort to get all the windows this time. Even the shuttle bay:

POV you are an Orion slave ship about to get body slammed by this funny looking thing from some place called Earth:

Oh shit!

There are a few more things I could have done, but it’s all little stuff. I’ve improved on assembly, I think. There’s not as many gaps showing up, though I can still see a few I wish I had taken care of but ah, well. I do NOT want to get into the difficulty I had with the ship name decals. I had a better time putting on all those hull marking than I did a few lousy letters. But again, ah well.

Here she is alongside her successor, maybe? The Challenger Refit:

I painted the refit similar to the TOS Constitution. I like thinking that the change in materials leads to a more kind of ceramic look to the hull. And there are a few discolored hull panels because, well, the Challenger is just a ship that Goes Through It.

But ain’t that always the way.