(119)The DY 750 Class 

I had that model!!! (The glow-in-the-dark UFO version) I'd forgotten all about it... THANKS for the trip back to when models were CHEAP.

Having had the model kit of this back in the day, I was both surprised and happy this classic design made it into the ST story. Well done, and thank you for this little memory lane jaunt.

When you said that this vessel had an "outside" lavatory, I really hope you meant it was down the hall...instead of...you know: Outside.

Great video ! Always liked this design since I had the model back in the 60's . Thank you for sharing. Hope you have a great/safe week . Until the next one, Take care !

If you ask me, that this vessel is an retro 40s/50s space ship. An tip of the hat to the early sci fi tv/movies.

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle used the AMT model as the basis for their "MacArthur" interstellar cruiser in their 1974 novel "The Mote in God's Eye".

This ship looks like some sort of a star liner a beautiful design.

This is REALLY good . So much so that it feels like star wars with old century old ships being repaired for hundreds of years.

This is the 1st time I've seen this as a Start Trek ship. When I was a teenager, I recall seeing it refereed to at the ship in The Mote In God's eye. I had the model.

Always thought it would have made a good ride for Harry Mudd or Cyrano Jones.😁

There's one of those model kits at my local antique/junk store. Not going to tell you how much they want for it but it cost more than my first car...

PLEASE do some of your magic on the completely non-canon, hypothetical ships between Zephram Cochrane's missile and the NX-01. They're mostly tubes and spheres, but still fascinating. Love your videos, keep up the amazing work!

I had the "UFO" model of this ship which glowed in the dark and had a tiny scout shuttle accessible through the bay doors on the top.

I built one back in the day, but it got lost over the years. Saw it in a store about 10 years ago and bought and built it again (yeah a 50 year old kid). Always loved the design and shape. Love your story too.

STARFLEET THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!!!!

I actually had the AMT model as a kid I always thought it was an awesome ship =)

I bought two cases of these at an estate sale a dozen years back, along with the majority of both Star Trek & Star Wars inventory that was up for sale. If I remember correctly, I spent around $400.00 for all of the sci-fi kits & miscellaneous donor parts. I still have the better part of both cases, both regular & glow-in-the-dark versions as I only used them in kitbashes. The packing slips inside have a suggested msrp of $2.75, so I believe that these are either first or second releases. Granted, I didn't know that Matt Jeffries was the kit's designer, but now knowing that, I'm going to see if I can incorporate some of the "information" that you provided in your mythical 'backstory' & see what I can produce while making some videos that I can put up here on YT, (they'll be the first videos that I've ever uploaded here). It may be a few months before the first one is uploaded as I'm still getting the hang of the 3-D printer that I recently bought for making the parts of the 1:350 scale Constellation Class U.S.S. Stargazer project that I've undertaken. As much as I love restoring old motorcycles, I've always been a fan of modeling Star Trek, it shows by my handle on both eBay and one of my screennames on AOL, (both are named from one of the main shipyards in Star Trek), so it only seems fitting that I might begin turning out detail parts in various scales for the kits for both my enjoyment & others as well.

When I was young I always believed this was a Gorn vessel and I also believe in fantasy of course Colonel Leif Erikson deep-space Explorer found one drifting adult way of getting aboard addicted close enough to space walk to it and Marques name and date on the hall I took a trajectory meaning updraft and how to possibly find it in the future and left... to hopefully be salvaged later....

Really enjoyed the story u made here. The design is interesting reminding me a little of the "Landale" from Phantasy Star IV. Keep up the good work on these videos.

I had this back in the70s. The "Interplanetary UFO", glow-in-the-dark, with a small scout ship in its back version.

Cool ships. Need Is The Greatest Cause For Invention.

Awesome! Kind of a "lost" Jeffries design!

As far as I’m concerned it canon along with your lore

🖖😎👍Very nicely well done and very well executed indeed 👌.

Okay i may have come across talks of this ship back in the 90''s as we had a regular Fantasy Con in my hometown. I can't remember exactly but what i remember is seeing that model on Display at one of the showcases. Quite fun story you drafted love the twins especially. It seems futuristic/Star Trek enough for me to be true. The ship itself remembers me somehow to the Defiant from DS9.

Love the Dyson Yoyodyne ships.

Loved every minute! I really liked hearing about other organizations besides starfleet

I still have that model. The nose cone broke off so I modified it and made it into a Klingon cargo ship. Great video!

A good old-fashioned rocket ship, like something out of Buck Rogers.

This was awesome. I love learning about other federation ships and organizations. Especially from the early days of the federation

Excellent Job! that was a very compelling story it was greatly enjoyed. 100/100

The design reminds me of the Mid-Century starships that were envisioned in several Sci-Fi movies and series!

I had this model as a kid. Lasted longer than the other models i had. Loved the submarine aspect of the design and the funky-looking shuttle.

What a weird yet interesting looking ship

That model kit also inspired a ship in Niven and Pournelle's "The Mote in God'a Eye".

The name Willoughby always reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode, "Next Stop, Willoughby"

WOW Great Video. And The DY 750 Class is Awesome!

I had the glow in the dark model when it first came out. Love this design. Love your history. It really works. I had never noticed the similarities to the Botany Bay before. Good job.

Unique, throwback design. Interesting story.

The Leif Ericcson Starship was going to be the focus of a TV series following on from the 1950s War of the Worlds film.

That AMT Glow-in-the-dark model was the best model ever! I can't believe I haven't thought of it until this video.🖖😎 I had it hanging in my room.

I too, built this model. I remember being pretty sure it never appeared in any Star Trek episode, but bought it anyway 'cause I thought it looked cool. I love the lore you created for her, and I for one will embrace it! Nice job! : )

... super video, I also had the UFO version of this model ( back in the day), sure brings back memories ...

I like the name lief Ericson and the 1007 hull number both referring to the Norse discovery of Vinland

Love the retro look and feel of the ship. Getting a really cool Thunderbirds feel from it. STARFLEET IS GO! Great video as always. Hope to see more fun videos like this looking at some of the less explored parts of The Federation and Eath as well

I SWEAR I've seen this ship before... It looks like the starter ship you have to use in the game star trek legacy. NVM that was the discovery scout, the shadow looks similar but the necells were on the outside.

It's hard to believe the model was a complete flop, I must have built at least four of them as a kid! Always thought it was a very cool looking ship. Another fun and interesting video, I always enjoy your "fan fiction"!

A puzzle this one. It is baffling indeed. If in the Star Trek universe. It is confusing. And boggling.

Another great video!. I’m just curious, what happens to the video series about the production of all Star Trek movies and films?

Amazing Video, the ship really reminds me of the Fireball XL5 from the show of the same name.

I like the idea of there being different ship manufacturers and shipwrights in the federation. While I understand a need for standardization, I think having these huge homogenized fleets can impact the sense of diversity the federation is supposed to have. Honestly, a post-capital, post-scarcity civilization would likely have multiple different shipwrights because people would not be limited due to wealth.

Amazing! I love pre-federation Star ships!

Great video!! Your videos are the Bright point of my workday. I work alongside fellow Trek fans and we watch your videos on our breaks.

I''ve done a couple variations on this model myself. It was fun to play around with a develop a ship that would not be immediately recognizable as the Leif Erickson.

Love your stuff. This was another good one. Can't wait till you do more!!!!!

....Well done, sir. If you were a Trek fan, you probably had one of these models. Mine was a glow-in-the-dark one and I hung it proudly from my bedroom ceiling...which one night when my sister and her husband were guests and using my room, startled them the first time. That made it worth the money I spend for it worth while right there. ...This warp nacelle design would be the first time they were not mounted away from the ship and unobstructed. Perhaps this is where Cmdr. Sisko got the idea for the Defiant Class a century later.

I had the glow-in-the-dark version with the mini scout ship. I like the idea of folding it into the Star Trek universe. I'm going to challenge you to write more about the twins. They sound like an interesting pair and could replace the Weasley twins as my favorite fictional twins.

Good lore, for a cool ship. - I always found the Defiant to have a few styling cues from the Leif Erikson.

It’s funny how much it resembles the Defiant from certain angles.

This design would be better suited as a telle4ite or a Rgilian design. I would like to see more ships from different federation. Members. I would like to see a video about th Klingon bird of prey as seen in Enterprise as well as Vulcan ships.

Wow this is great. So many wonderful memories. I imagined it was an enemy vessel because of its green glow-in-the-dark look. Interesting reskin of this vessel giving it a more federation look. Very nicely done.

It kinda looks like a proto-Defiant... Just take off the point and the wings, and it's like a stretched-out Defiant!

You routinely flesh out more interesting storylines than anything current Trek can touch. You should be hired to get the franchise, which I feel is lost, back on track. Great work!

Whoa ! I had that model as a very young child ! I'd completely forgotten about it till this very moment . Thank you for bringing back so many memories from my childhood with this video !

Reminds me a title bit on the Zanzibar-class cruiser from Mobile Suit Gundam, just more sleeker

That was a really amazing video I totally enjoyed it very much & I'd love 2 C more videos like this

I always enjoy your beta canon episodes but seldom feel compelled to comment. I have to say that this one felt extra special! I feel like this series is at it's best when you explore the darker corners of trek possibilities.

I love it! This is something from the TOS era that I new absolutely nothing about! I actually prefer this to the boxy designs from that time and the freighters from the TNG error that you can see and own in STO. If I was still playing I would prefer that for my merchant adventures!

Great video and I still have that very model. Thanks for taking me back in time. Those was the days.

Can you do a fanfiction video a spaceX ship in the Star Trek universe?

We're and how can I get one for my family! I'll haul for a ship!!

The mid hull section, without the elongated nose and wings, reminds me a bit of the Defiant.

I still have my glow in the dark version.shes a little yellow these days but in tact.

Is the DY-750 based on the DY-100 in Beta canon?

I like it it looks like a cross between a U-Boat & Fireball XL5

I'm not sure I had seen this design before! Pretty cool and a great story for the class!

One of these days, the powers that be of modern trek are gonna wake up and hire you for the writing staff…

Yeah I can go off of hey Cannon because I can and it's the best can and so yeah if you got more ideas like that let's see them and hear them

Wow I remember this model kit , thanks for the great story they keep getting better and better.

i had this model as a child and loved it i was a novice model builder but i do remember that kit did glow in the darl and had a large shuttle bat in the top

Do more Fandom ships... do others shows Fandom ships.

i never heard of this class, but i love it, and the fan lore behind it! XD

Ah, the Leif Erickson!💝🖖

Now that is one awesome backstory, man. Honestly, I can see the twins being laughed at for essentially taking the entire stock of a starship scrapyard and turning to the fresh-faced engineering graduates designers and saying, "Hey, ya want a challenge?!" and the designers would jump at the chance, turning them into long term, very happy, employees who cut their teeth on making the cutting edge. Starfleet would be completely taken off guard, as they've always been too far up their own problems, to notice a 'Tiny' little company, until the moment the ships warped in... And Starfleet promptly had to change their shortclothes.

I've never seen this model before but the more I look at it the more I like it.

Is it just me or does the mid to aft section look similar to a defiant class ship?

I just got to watch this one and it's amazing!

The model glowed in the dark!!!!!!

Amazing video as usual!but can I ask if we can see a video like this but on a cardassian ship design?as you have done Starfleet,romulan and Klingon designs but not rlly a cardassian design !

Great video. Always nice to learn something new about a cool design. Keep up the incredible work you do.

Fuck yes

I wouldn't mind see made up starship I say go for it☺☺

Great video dude!

Fun vid as always :D So glad I subbed to this channel

She's a fine ship. Great job with the story. A+ as always.

I liked this story, how do you create your narrative, will you make a episode showing us how you create a episode and a lovely narrative?

Like the video. But I think it has more than two decks. Just counting the windows you can see it goes deeper than that. The scale you have compared to the enterprise seems correct. Would love a little video on the little shuttle that sits inside. Definitely like the video. Will be interesting to see mock up floorplans in the videos.

Just realised I didnt subscribed. Did directly

Well done dude.

Hello Triangulum. As a kid, I bought and built both the Leif Ericson and the 'glow in the dark' UFO ships. I never considered them part of Star Trek however. I could see no way for the ship to have 'nacelles', and thus didn't consider it to have 'warp' drive. And even though designed by a famous Trek ship designer and builder, I still did not consider the ships to be 'canon' for Trek... unless it was for a intra-system ship that never left it's solar system, and was primarily a ship that patrolled a planetary system. Just my thoughts, and memories, spoken Frank-ly