Name: Federation Excelsior-class starship 
Origin: Film, "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock"

Scale: Micro
Colors: White, blue, black, dark grey

Builder: Phillip Thorne
Built: Oct. 2005
Buildtime: ~2h
Versions: 1

Version 1 specs::
Pieces: ~80
Length: 26 studs, ~21 cm
Scale: 1:2223

Description::
This heavy cruiser, follow-up to the _Constitution_ class, measures
467 meters in length (although later variants of the planform were up
to 700).  It's white, with blue and red livery on the primary and
secondary hulls.

I built this model while planning a starship combat sim for the
Philcon 2005 SF convention, but it first appeared in the DelVaLUG
layout at NBC10 Lifestyles Expo (12-13 November 2005).  Its scale was
determined by the 8-stud radar dish.  Note the paired photon torpedo
launchers in the interconnecting dorsal, and the omission of the main
deflector dish.

In my plans for the sim, the models would serve as their own record
sheets: players would attach trans-orange flame pieces to damaged
sections, and the base would carry trans-blue markers indicating
shield strength.  Accordingly, the 1x8 black tile atop each nacelle
would be replaced with a plate.

Reference images are available on the web, e.g.:
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/scans/excelsior1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Excelsior_%28NCC-2000%29