Hi,

here is the USS Columbia , Foundation Class, my version of the Excelsior study with 2 nacelles.

It is a HQ-Model with 5475 polys. Since it runs perfectly on my computer I think that’s no problem. The SOD is scaled to fit an Excelsior in size. 

I made the model following the few photos that you can find on the net. If you want to see some reference go to  http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/  . 

Since this ship has no official class name since decades, I came up with one. Change it if you do not like it. It is just for gaming purposes.


Install:

Copy all .tga-files into Armada2 / Textures / RGB
Copy the .sod-file into Armada2 / SOD
Copy the .odf-file into Armada2 / ODF / Ships
Copy the .bmp-file into Armada2 / bitmaps / Admiralslog / Shipimages

Go to Armada2 / techtree
Open tech1.tt and fulltech.tt and insert:  fcolumbia.odf 0

Go to Armada2 / Sprites
Open gui_global.spr
Insert the lines

At 
# Federation build buttons
@reference=64

insert

b_fcolumbia			gbfcolumbia		0	0	64	64


At
# Ship Wireframes
@reference=512

insert

fcolumbiaw1			columbia_wf		0	0	170	170
fcolumbiaw2			columbia_wf		170	0	170	170
fcolumbiaw3			columbia_wf		340	0	170	170
fcolumbiaw4			columbia_wf		0	170	170	170
fcolumbiaw5			columbia_wf		170	170	170	170


If the line @reference=512 does not exist in your version of gui_global.spr copy it also.

Legal:

My work can be used in other persons mods if they give proper credit in the read me, under the condition that this mod stays non commercial and is not uploaded to a paysite.

There are only 2 websites where I publish my work.
Armadafleetcommand.com
Armada2files.com
You may not upload my work to any other website as singular files.


Have fun Shadow.