The JJ Enterprise continues to grow on me. I didn't like her at first but she's not all bad. As for the original you're working on there, she's beautiful. Have you ever thought of doing a hybrid of the original and JJ? There are a bunch of them out there, or at least interpretations of what the new Enterprise could have looked like, but it would be neat to see your interpretation. Especially after seeing the JJ-Refit you came up with. There were certain things from the JJ I would like to see on the original ship and I would just do it myself if I could model, but I don't have the time at the moment to learn. Someday though when I have more time. Things I think would be neat are...
1. Remove the glowing white ball on the back of the original nacelles. Instead, make it look more like the back of the JJ Nacelles. Maybe add that blue strip on the bottom of the nacelles also?
2. Make the Bussard collectors look functional like the JJ ship, but keep the red/orange color of the original
3. Make the neck slightly thicker in order to house a single torpedo launcher, like the JJ but keep the same general look of the original
4. Give the deflector a similar upgrade as the JJ ship but keep the Gold color. Maybe back light it in Blue.
5. Add phasers where you would naturally expect to find them.
EDIT: Thought of some more
6. Curve the nacelle pylons in a similar fashion to the JJ, but keep the same basic design of the original
7. Enlarge the secondary hull, (and essentially the entire ship), to about the size of the Refit.
8. Stretch the ship's neck back like the JJ but not as far.
9. Perhaps add the same addition above the Bussard collectors, but not as large as the JJ's. Something more like the Gabe Koerner Enterprise.
Those are just some of my ideas, not really a request or anything. Although if it's inspiration for anything feel free to do what ever lol. I attached a basic crude image I did in paint of what I mean.
