USS Enterprise NCC-1701
Lightwave 3D Tutorial 

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Introduction

This is my first tutorial using NewTek’s award-winning 3D modelling program called Lightwave3D and I have chosen the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, for my first tutorial design subject, I selected the famous USS Enterprise seen in the classic TV series Star Trek created and developed by Gene Roddenberry in 1964 with Desilu Productions studios and reached it audience in 1966 after its first pilot was considered too cerebral by NBC.

The Enterprise was designed by Walter “Matt” Jefferies, and has gone on to become a hugely popular design, for over 40 years it has inspired generations of dreamers and designers in many fields from the plastic model hobbyist to the newer field of CGI 3D modelling.

The Enterprise is one of the most popular models to build and almost every modeller I know has built it or would like to build it, this tutorial started out as a record of how I build this model adding images of what I did as I went, so I could come back to it at any time and update my approach to building this or any model,

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I also used Charles Casimiro`s
excellent Enterprise blueprints for this build.
Website no longer available

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The Tutorial
01 How to Build the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, Part 1
02 How to Build the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, Part 2
03 How to Build the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, Part 3
04 How to Build the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, Part 4
05 How to Build the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, Part 5
06 How to Build the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, Part 6
07 How to Build the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, Part 7
08 How to Build the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, Part 8
09 How to Build the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, Part 9
10 How to Build the U.S.S. ENTERPRISE, Part 10

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 DEDICATED IN MEMORY
to
John A. Duffy
&
Dan Baran

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I will also remind users that I created this tutorial in Lightwave9.6 But should still be useful in earlier and later version of Lightwave3D, This tutorial only deals with the modelling aspect of the design and textures are not covered at this time.

Let me know how you get on with this Tutorial, so please add a comment when you can.

Star Trek © is the copyright and trademark are held by their relevant copyright holders, No copyright infringement is intended on my part. I hold on to the copyright for my artwork, display art and tutorials, unless otherwise stated. Please do not use my artwork, images, tutorial for any commercial attempt.

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You can also find my tutorial mentioned here on creative blog.

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U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701

Model Specifications
Length, overall: 3.3 m (11 ft)
Diameter, Saucer: 152 cm (60 in)
Length, Engine pods: 185 cm (72.25 in)
Length, Secondary hull: 135 cm (53.5 in)
Height: 80 cm (32 in) Weight: 90 kg (200 lb)

Fictional Specifications

Length: 288 m (947 ft)
Diameter, Saucer: 127 m (417 ft)
Length, Engine pods: 153 m (504 ft)
Diameter, Engine pods: 18 m (60 ft)
Length, Secondary hull: 103 m (340 ft)
Weight, gross: 172,368,000 kg (190,000 tons)

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