I've moved on to the underside of the cobra head. The details in here are taking a while, because I'm having to render a small bit, then go back to the model, then render again, and back, etc. so that I can get everything lined up just right.
As to the real life bit: It's not uncommon for me to put modeling to the side for a couple of months. Probably won't be the last time. I've been spending a lot of my free time playing STO with my wife. I should actually fire up BC soon. I don't think I've played since summer.
One other thing... do you guys have suggestions for the deflector color scheme? Yellow, blue? I was thinking of doing something similar to my Enterprise G and having a black exterior housing with a meshed blue glow on the inner parts. Thoughts?