I'd like to do a large scale Washington dreadnought for my own collection, but I can't really justify the cost for a one-off. I hope that enough of you like the ship and that you'd also like to see a large scale one and add it to your own collection as well.

The largest I could do on my own would be 1/1000, and that's really pushing it. More likely I would be limited to 1/1400. The thing is, I personally want it in 1/350. So I'm going to be looking for a master modeler to do this build up and casting. Please feel free to contact me if you're interested (dymihail AT gmail DOT com).

The goal would be to make this a top tier kit, pulling out all the stops. That includes clear and colored parts for lighting, etc. Final kit cost would depend on which scale we end up with and what materials are chosen. Clear fiberglass costs substantially more than clear resin, frex, though might be better for the larger scales. Richard of Sovereign Replicas made an absolutely fantastic 1/350 K'Tinga battlecruiser that now retails for $450. Keep in mind the Washington is ~2.x the volume of the K'Tinga. So we'll see on price.

Right now I'm just looking to see if there's interest and in what scale. I've set the voting to allow multiple choices, but please don't abuse it. Please don't vote if you're not serious about getting one.

Move completed, just about ready to start up again

When last we left, our hero was battling a new job, training in another state and moving to a third state to tie it all together.

Well, it's all happened, it's all good and I'm just about ready to start again.

All has not been lost during the past two months...

The mesh for the Abbe PT destroyer is done and just needs to be keyed before it's rapid-prototyped.

The Podesti cruiser is almost done, requiring just a little more paneling and keying before it's ready to be rapid-prototyped.

Both of these were designed by Eric "Jackill" Kristiansen and are used with permission.

The Washington dreadnought is finally finished. Yes, I'm still calling a 2-nacelle ship a dreadnought. Ship type refers to the ship's role, not how many nacelles it has on it. In any event, these new nacelles are 1.93x the volume of the original Ent-A style nacelles. Yes, they really are that much larger.

Anyway, I'm just waiting on the final meshes before I go grow these three. I'll have to take a look at my budget, but I might try to grow each in both 1/2500 Sacred and 1/3788 Gaming scales. We'll see.

Thanks for your patience and I hope you like the new ships.