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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Test render from a few years ago. (USS Sato) Currently a little busy with tiny "near future" hardware. Next week I will start on yacht concept visuals. Both are not Starships, but they do pay the bills and are at least somewhat in the orbit of sci-fi :)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Scary stuff, the website is online! Over the next couple of weeks I will be adding some more logic/images/info to the gallery page, and include the workbees in the starship catalog. www.hsy.earth/site/

This meme has nothing to do with my website. But it is urgent.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

A prison I did around 2007 for a fan film. (In the Star Wars universe.)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The first image was the moment I realized that the planetary shipyard in the middle of an ocean was not ideal for larger & ring ships. 😂 This is why I'm working on the space dock. It also makes a little bit more sense in terms of my "brand" name. Progress on the space dock is slow but steady. :)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I'm still chipping away at a new website and blog. Here is a preview of the new logo, and well, a 2021-ish shot of the Aventine, as you don't follow me for logos. :D

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Some test images, from February 2014, of a Spirit class variant. I was alpha testing Moskito renderer by Cebas. These rendered under a minute. (in 2014, on a single mid range GPU.) As I came from "buckets" this was very impressive to me. :)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Lunary Serenity is a hybrid between a Yacht and a Starship. Render and model from 2007. *I'm currently working on a blog/website with a gallery of old and new work, a bio and some information about HSY both in and outside of the or a universe. (Much required for average non Sci-Fi person.) 😀

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

From 2009, an UESPA era station. (unfinished)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

This month the Merian class will be 15 years old. I'm very confused as I started on it in 2009, but I assume that I then gave priority to Vesta and XCV, to finish the Merian in January 2011. Also one of the latest renders of it, (Strickland variant) from 2024.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Some concept art from Picard (not by me) showing a Vesta class starship on an MSD. I personally would have picked a very different bridge layout, but within the show this would have been a "quick" set redress. That Vesta, (USS Hikaru Sulu) + Captain Harry Kim part was dropped from the story.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Every time my follower count reaches a milestone, some Ferengi trader sends me the same amount of Self-Sealing Stem Bolts, I assume as a cruel joke, just for the shipping fee. (Who else would use 2 containers...) 2131 SSSB's... 🙂 A workbee uses 6. (Six!) Either way, thank you for the follow! :)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

*I'm still here but super busy with anything but Science Fiction... argh! :) For 2026 getting structure and improving work/hobby/life balance is going to be the main goal. Meanwhile, here is a slightly barebone image of the USS Carver.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

IXL Galileo, landed on a pole of KOI-4902.01.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Tiny departure schedule for the dock. (Basically the daily commuting runabout (Pleiades) and some weekly supply/cargo/material shipments by Starfleet.) Still all work in progress but slowly creeping towards a completed dock.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Inspection of Venetia Starlight. (Modeled in 2008 but recent renders.) A star yacht with forward nacelles. Some ships in this class are outfitted with roll out solar sails for a calm (but slow) journey.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

A still from "765874 - Memory Wall" by the Roddenberry Archive. (I only delivered the ringship model, they do this magic!) 🙂 youtu.be/fzeznWVQu5o

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

My design for an RC Crawler back in 2009 vs a DARPA concept vehicle in 2022. :) Convergent evolution. (Or so I hope. :D)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I keep chipping away at a new (friendlier and smaller) habitat for the shipyard. Made some new doors today.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

USS Sato, schematic view. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i0y5m... <Bigger version.)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

In an alternate timeline: Shuttle IXL Galileo is (very) near and ready to dock after collecting some atmospheric samples from Proxima B.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

A Borg cube I did in 2005. Maybe it was a cube still under construction.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Bussard diagnostics on a New Atlantic class runabout. (Somebody needs to do it!) :)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Diplomatic Star yacht (traditionally) docked at Laibok. (Andoria)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

A Vesta class flyby test animation made a few years ago, during the conversion for Picard. I'm not an animator, I primarily do design and modeling and then I run out of will power. 😀 This exact mesh/model is 16 years old. (Finished January 2009.)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

USS Planck - Merian Class (Image done for the Ships of the Line calendar 2012.)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

IXL Hawking undocked from the IXS Enterprise to do some system exploration.

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Chris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Thanks to last week's Strange New Worlds I got to spend 2,500 words diving into the history and mystery behind my all time favourite USS Enterprise (with a bit of help from @yard2380.bsky.social): www.denofgeek.com/tv/strange-n...

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Strange New Worlds' XCV-100 Is a Missing Link in Star Trek History

A "blink and you'll miss it" moment from “The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail” reveals a ship that locks in the Star Trek spacefaring canon.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

HSY workbee prototype for 90% completed. Waiting for some final small bits, texture and decals.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

In other non starship news: I finished building my new bicycle. Electronic gearbox but no motor, so I still have to do all the cycling, but that is how I like it. 😀 I designed a small feedtray so that I can snack while I cycle, making it a zero sum game. 🙂🍫 🍪

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Slightly Frutiger Logo, for a couple of months. :) In other news, after exactly one year (!) I opened my Construction Dock scene again, did a tiny bit of work, but not yet enough to share. The dock will function as a background & environment for all my future "in progress" work.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Is he still alive? Yes he is! :) Here are some very old renders from around 2005. This was an experimental (and as ususal unfinished) ship that would use a spacefolding experimental engine as well as traditional warp.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Still working on un-postable stuff, so one from the archive. (IXS Enterprise). A much larger, slightly further in the future version is on the table. (Although with my current projects and speed it might be 2050 before I start on it...doh!)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Posting Neglect! :D Slightly obsessed with my current project that is not really Sci-fi but also it is. Have to post some older stuff in the meantime... (USS Pelican, atmospheric intakes on the pylon, WIP.) *Also a Pelican't.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Why does the workbee take that long? Well here is an isolinear fusebox cover in the seat. (It is for the optional control sticks.) I decided to do the upholstery in felt. I wanted to go full Neelix with the fabrics, but I'm a coward, grey-ish it is. :)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

1800 followers! Thank you very much people! :) I need to be a bit more active on here, but..... life:

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Supremely slow progress, as I got some other work to attend to, but here is an earlier shot of the bee. (Still in the paint phase...doh!)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Merian configurations. (+ a civilian, NAR registered, ring version in progress.)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

About once a year I do some architectural visualization. With the asset libraries of today, this always feels like a sort of "lighter" more gamified work than having to design/model a starship or a yacht. It is quite fun to do.

I did this one from scratch in a month or two.

These are medium visuals in my opinion, they give a good idea of the feel, but if you look too close, it is obvious that some things could have been done better. But I have accepted that these don't have to be perfect for the goal. If good would take 2 weeks, perfect would take 2 months, that is why it is the enemy of progress. :D

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Sometimes limitation can help you forward. This was the predecessor of the Retroprise. (Made only out of Teapot primitives.)

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Bee Behind. (WIP) It is going well, while not visible here, the materials are for 90% applied. Decals/textures are left, as is some simple rigging to open the canopy and doors etc.

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Holland Space Yards @yard2380.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

An unfinished early UESPA station. Done around 2009. A circular hatch on the XCV-330 might hide a NX style docking port. So these two in theory could connect.

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