I love how there are auxiliary stairs from the bridge to the ship below, in case the turbolifts are busted.

Measure twice, cut once! The craftsmanship of the mockup is still amazing work. Absolutely a labor of love!

The complexity of this project overwhelms me and I wish you continued success. This project brings the entire ship alive for me as never before.

Every time I see the Bridge, I think it'd be cool if there was an edit to add "ambient Bridge sounds" from TOS for more atmosphere. There are videos on YT with these sounds (and Engineering, etc) that play on a loop for hours. Really impressive, gets even more as you add levels! 😊

Everytime I get a new video of what you've done I think to myself thank you for being a story teller and model maker, you know how to take a person on a trip in a daaaaam good way!! Thank you for what create and do!!

This is clearly the most ambitious project I have ever seen. Sometime back, I discovered a YT channel from a gentleman from Germany who 3-D printed the bridge and associated rooms of Deck One for Star Trek Voyager's ship. Very accurate and interesting since a Voyager Bridge model kit was never produced for the public. Back to your amazing work, I can't image how gigantic your Enterprise will be. Or even how you will be able to store/display this amazing creation. I am sure Gene Roddenberry would be very pleased if he saw this. Best of luck and well done so far to this point.🤗

Engineers can learn a lot from you. Great work

Maybe on the final build you could set up fiberoptic cameras or something that you can move remotely around the individual decks when the ship is together. Im not 100% sure if its possible, but worth a look if you can see all the lighting and details when its not open as a cutaway. Its going to look amazing no matter what option you choose 🤷‍♂️😎🖖

So happy that I have this in my life!

This ship is going to be BIG!!! I admire your skill and dedication to really bringing this incredible ship of fiction to life!

I wonder if a remote camera could be constructed to travel through the decks when the model is completed, to provide additional interior access so all of the detail can be viewed. I am thinking someone else could create the little robotic camera, spec'd to fit within the corridors. Maybe an ESP32 which provides wireless connection, sitting on a slot-car type drive chassis, small servo for steering, and a phone camera to transmit the video.

I'm absolutely blown away with the work and accuracy you are working too. I'm so looking forward to the finished ship. Have you said where it will be displayed? I will definitely be there, I wish you continued success with your project.

Wow !!! Such patience !!! I am looking forward to future updates !!!

Each time I tune in I’m blown away mate….. you really are a natural born engineer. Loving your work 👍🏻 🚀

I can see the final exhibition being a series of models. Complete outer hull on one side, exploded decks on other side with numerous stand alone deck models around the exhibition which show the hidden areas on the ship. It's going to be impossible to show every detail you're incorporating. Things like the captains chair could be motorised to show the spin function but a detailed bridge model stand alone display would allow that kind of automation.

I have so many questions. Happy to just to watch it come together. Rock on

This is amazing and one things for sure - if Matt Jeffries was around he would absolutely be a subscriber to this channel.

I understand that this is only a rough sketch of the final model, but tbh, if the incredible scaling and detail of this rough sketch is all we ever get, it's STILL amazing!

I'm finally getting a feeling of the size of the ship! Thanks so much!

This model gives a good idea of how big the Enterprise is supposed to be. You have been busy.

Somebody somewhere get this man connected with Adam Savage!!

Gotta put a “Killroy was here!” somewhere in there…A fantastic job on your part…

I am so looking forward to the final reveal. Simply amazing!

9:10 OMG! That's a huge roll of tape!

That is an impressive model.

Great job on this beautiful piece of artwork. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.

Fantastic work!

Loving seeing this mock up procedure. After all they do do it in the design process in most things like cars and ships although think its all done on computers now but at one time this was the only way to see if it actually translated from drawing to reality!

Breathtaking scope of your build- Amazing!!!!!

Awesome project. Good luck.

WOW!! You, my dear sir, are BLOODY INSANE!!! But you are my kind of insane!!! Also you are talented AF!!!

Awestruck. Thank you.❤

This video found me well👍

This is fantastic..... just found your channel.

Fantastic work, I hope I live long enough to see it finished. :) How about the same scale 1701-D next ho ho.

Thank you for answering my previous question , regarding the Build , in both the Video and your message area . Now I get it and I'm fully on board now . As to your question during the Video about how to "show off" the interior spaces...maybe ask for help from anyone with micro-robotics skills . A very small remote controlled camera robot on wheels could be inserted into your model at any location and then driven through the Model remotely . This would be just like the views of a crewmember walking the halls . Certain rooms could have the doors left open so the robot could drive in . The possibilities are endless . Cheers ! /SRK

It's really coming together!

Absolutely brilliant, Mike!

You don't need my opinion or anyone else' but I have always dreamed of a bigger than life 30-60 ft Real Enterprise with a clear Mylar sheet for outer skin and the entire interior lit with LED from each room to hall to closet even and mini micro cams everywhere. Could be gold!

It’s the model build I never knew I needed..amazing !

Dude, this is so exciting!!! I love the huge goal you have set in place! Never give up.

Outstanding

Maby installing a number of mini cameras to specific parts of the decks if your budget allows it will help you and save you enough work and time and give you better filming conditions for the internal structure!

when you get the final model done, ppl will see that and come back to watch these videos. i hope you don't feel as if you're not getting enough attention on YT, because i think this is one of those series that will live on for a very long time and be a very good reference for model builders, particular 3D printers. eventually, adam savage will mention you, lol.

Dude. How cool is this? I am so looking forwards to final build!

Such a wonderful project!!! Thank you so much for sharing your mission!

In my opinion, firstly, you have "blessed hands". Secondly, you should finish the model as soon as possible, in order to show it to William Shatner while he's still with us. Thanks!

I was just thinking I'd love to see an arboretum with working water feature on our ship, that'd be so cool haha, also i know water and cardboard materials don't mix so it'd have to be build out of something that'd work for it (I'm not that daft)

Absolutely phenomenal! Well done! Love seeing your videos as this project evolves, you are definitely my favorite channel!

I wish I could volunteer my services. I would love to help in any capacity. Thank you Mr. Trek.

The thumbnail looks like you have the best playset in the world.

Amazing work!

Just incredible!! I admire your commitment to this project. Keep it going.

I can't wait to see this in it's entirety.

Absolutely amazing! I'm so looking forward to seeing this project to the finish. It would be cool, if you had a camera on a remote small cart to roll through the structure.

Please may we have a tribble somewhere in a Jefferies tube?

Nice work!

LOVE it! Thanks and well done. for doing this fab project.

The more decks you make, the more Im convinced the Connies could have had crews FAR larger than what the writers back then had envisioned.... maybe several thousand, if they had jobs for all of them, with plenty of space leftover. And they could have taken on over 10,000 colonists, etc quite easily, with enough life support & food.

i'd consider a laser cutter. doing all those struts and spacers consistent size and shape will make things a lot easier going forward.

Something that would help with the exterior shape of the ships hull is thickness. The hard work you are putting into this is loved by all thank you

What an insanely brilliant project this is... absolutely fantastic stuff 👏👏👏

Part of me thinks; what a complete waste of time. But then, that's me sitting in front of a PC watching someone making an incredible model. Hats off to you sir!

I think; if you concentrate on portions; you could make a pretty good web series just with some voices and either puppets or stop animation.. maybe make enough to basically buy a building for the set to both exist; and be easy to interact with. I'd love to see the stories you'd tell. You are obviously talented.

It will definitely be a museum-worthy piece!

You can magnetize the ships skin to be able to easily remove sections to display the decks. Hand rails, one of the advantages Star Trek has over Star Wars. :)

since its going to be over 40 ft long and so massive fiber optic cameras/viewers could be used but do not know the budget your working with. However, its probably the only option to gain and maintain the visual continuity you are looking for. This is used in high-end large building model architecture so all perspectives can be analyzed. It would be so cool on the final build for this model. Keep em' comin and thx!!!

Love what you are doing, and seeing these test model "sketches" really drives home the size of the interior of the vessel. I would again suggest that you study photos of the aft portion of the teardrop in the 11 -foot filming model on display at the Smithsonian so you more accurately get the shape correct, as bo0th the FJ and FASA deck plans are not that accurate when it comes to the shape of the aft teardrop. It is much narrower and "pointy" at the back on the filming models. Again, what you are doing is fantastic, and eagerly look forward to seeing this come together.

Another great video . I cannot wait ( and I bet you can't to get started ) on the real thing . Love your passion 🖖

You are clearly staggeringly brilliant. I cannot fathom the level of intelligence, patience and drive you must possess to do something this epic. It blows my mind. I think you also have a little bit of madness in you, because only an obsessive, mad genius could conceive of- and execute- such a bold feat. I stand in awe of you, sir and salute your passion. It puts the rest of us Star Trek fans to shame. I wish you all the best going forward and cannot wait to see this masterpiece when it’s finished. You will need an airport hangar to store it in… or someone will need to put it in a museum where the world can appreciate the artistry and craftsmanship of it. Ahead warp factor 9!

it would be kind of cool to have a little camera on wheels or tracks to be able to see the interior from scale, just a thought. STELLAR work regardless.

There's a video showing a talk on the restoration work the Smithsonian did on the 11 foot studio model and it has slides showing in-scale figures Gary Kerr posed around the saucer, hanger, and nacelles to show off the size of how big the ship is, if it were real. xgeckomanx has the talk in several parts on their channel.

Your model building skills are off the charts! Regarding the question of how you want to display your Enterprise model, to reveal its interior spaces, I would suggest you take a look at the large scale models of the Titanic that are on display at: the Belfast Titanic Museum, Museo del Puerto (Port Museum) Tarragona, and Mr. Gino Hart's home built "Tintanic" model. All these models are large scale cut away models of the RMS Titanic in 1/35, 1/30 and 1/29 measuring bet 25-30 ft long. All three have different ways of showing the interior spaces, decks and structure of the ship and would serve as good points of reference for you in how you want layout the cut away sections of the Enterprise to reveal the interiors you're building into the model.

This is just.... way... to... cool...

In watching this I couldn't help but to think it looks like the apartment building where the Jetsons live.

It's incredible, you should be working for Star Trek CBS

wow looks good to me i would go with it awesome work

This is fascinating!

You're going to have to buy one of those mini RC cars with a camera built in.

This is fascinating

Seeing this configuration with this central aread of the upper hull stacked, I am thinking that for a final display setup, you might consider make it so it could b e displayed as an "exploded model" where you show this sort of layout then have the larger port and starboard parts of the saucer split side to side so people could actually walk between the sections and look in on the central decks and the outer saucer deck areas... almost like beeing IN the ship as you walk through and look at the details! just an idea I thought you might consider.

Look forward to every post on the progress of this beautiful lady! Your hard work, diligence and imagination are bringing my first love to life and I can't thank you enough for it!

Thinking about the stairs down from Bridge level, there could also have been some fireman's (Bat) poles to speed up evacuation on every level.

I do hope your efforts don't get thwarted by the money grubbing thugs at Paramount. I know they've quashed some fan projects in the past. Well done! Your diligence and attention to detail is amazing.

Just build it all enclosed and have mini robots with cameras for people to explore the interior 😄

Most amazing work!

WOW !

so great 🖖🏼

Cover with a reactive glass ,the one with electrical charge that turns opace to clear or a material that can bend with the same type of properties.

Two way paint on a clear outer structure would be cool , so it looks normal until you turn the interior lights on and then you can see through it . I didnt like the dated large orange front indicators on my 1995 Jag, so I misted them over with body colour paint (not too thick) to match the bumpers , when they flashed you could still see them .

you ruff versions are great looking .. i cant image the final version !

I think there should be stairs down to deck 2 since there is room for them. I don't think they'd use ladders except where needed.

Incredible work and with much due respect, isn't the famous teardrop much narrower on the end than that?

Enhorabuena por el trabajo, y saludos desde España!

you are totally my sort of total trek nutter 😁😁

Every…single…video update is more incredible than the previous. 😎 What is going to happen to this “test” model when you move on to the actual build? Simply amazing work…🖖

Your commitment to this build, and your patience and attention to detail are just inspiring (not that I want to attempt anything like this), I do have a small critique to make, given your desire for accuracy in this project, I wonder about those very tight angular spaces on either side of the briefing room, I do not have the plans in front of me but they seem awfully cramped for any kind of human passage, perhaps those might be more useful as piping or electrical conduit spaces, or even that marvelous view screen, just a random observation but overall really enjoying this build

You could use a snake camera, or a mini camera on a small dolly.

Instead of a handrail at 10:40, you might want to build out the back of the Viewscreen (and floor beneath it) to facilitate installing a small LCD screen you can control remotely.

I was going to suggest a borescope that you could hook up to your phone or device for 1:25th scale tours! (minionofgozer beat me to it, sorta).