A quick Deck Panel is built, then we can attach the Left Neck Panel to the ‘Cobra Head’ in Stage 34!
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Stage 33
Stage 33 is all about building the Deck Panel at the starboard impulse engine!
Stage 32
Another Deck Panel and the first of our Left Neck Panel lighting is assembled during Stage 32!
Stage 31
Getting back into the build after a short out-of-stock delay, we connect all of our saucer lighting wiring so far to a PCB with Stage 31!
Deck Panel Layout
Based on what we have seen up to this point in our 1:900 scale U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D build, most of the saucer Deck Panels have designations such as ‘U3-11’ and are following a consistent pattern. Using this information and the full-size image of the starship from the introduction poster, I put together a couple of diagrams showing where I think all the panels are supposed to be fitted.
Since other builders have started to assemble the lower half of the saucer section, here is how I think those panels will be placed:
