Star Trek TOS:- "The Trouble With Tribbles" K-7 Diorama - micro build log

I'm going to skip the blow-by-blow account of the building of the USS Enterprise and the Gr'Oth - build logs for Constitution and D7 class ships are presented in other posts.Once again I'm using Glen Jupp's version of the Enterprise and I'm using Spaceagent-9's design for the Gr'Oth. The design for Deep Space K-7 that I settled on is D-Whale's. The instructions are very comprehensive and it's been a straightforward build so far. My thanks to all three designers .
Starting with the upper module of the central column, the parts are as shown:-
I didn't have a great deal of contrast between the shade of the disc and the shade of card I was printing on, so I had to do a lot of re-trimming and dry-fitting to achieve a good fit. I also omitted the three small, internal supports as they're not really necessary at my scale.
Continuing to build the upper module required these additional parts:-
The dome on the bottom of the cylinder at the side was particularly intricate, but the blunt end of my modelling knife provided a perfect base for shaping these tiny pieces.
The next stage is the lower module of the central column:-
I've been building the Gr'Oth while waiting for glue to dry on the station - I've built so many D7s now that I can practically do it blindfolded . I'm also going to use a previously built Enterprise since I now have three at this scale!

The cone on top of the central column and the arms for the other three modules came next:-
These were wrapped around a needle to curve them into tubes - even a cocktail stick was far too big! I then started on the outer modules:-
This is probably the lower limit of the size I could build the station - the tips of the cones were just able to be wrapped around the point of a cocktail stick. More module parts then had to be cut:-
Koloth's (aka The Squire of Gothos) ship is also coming along nicely.

Put everything together and the result is a Deep Space K-7 measuring 2 1/2" (63mm) in width:-

@bgt01 lmao . I used my ACME Shrink-O-Matic and put them all in the Gr'Oth

@D-WHALE Thank-you Marco - looks like I'll need to hit the cone tips with my red pen!

I've shown close-ups of the Enterprise elsewhere, so here's a close-up of the Gr'Oth:-
I cut up a cardboard box and pasted a starscape to an edge. I then curved one of the sides and pasted some more starscape (with a planet! ) to the curve. The space station was mounted (fairly) centrally with the Enterprise and Gr'Oth circling on opposite sides. There are no lights this time I'm afraid - there just isn't room inside K-7 and the amount of fibre optics needed would make it look like a demented jellyfish

Looks like a bizarre Star Trek mating ritual??? lol

That explains why I didn't recognise it - I've only seen one or two episodes of TAS and that was well over 30 years ago!