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I hope you're still looking for critique as I have a few thoughts on your piece.The original design for the New Orleans class was one of the strangest kit-bash ships I have ever seen. That's not to say she isn't an interesting little ship, but definitely an odd little duck in the fleet.What I like about your model is how you have seemed to have cleaned up some of the odd lines the New Orleans had. The pieces look like they fit together more more accurately than the one used for the battle of wolf 359.Your model also drastically reduces the number of windows present on the ship - and takes it a step further by making the windows you do have smaller than we are normally accustomed to. This gives me the feeling of a border-patrol ship, or escort vessel.From this angle, my critique is pretty simple. I think you should have shortened the Phaser Array a little - it seems to be tucked in rather close to the (weapons?) pods.I would have also added maybe a few more escape pods (two on the Port and Starboard Side), as Starfleet is usually generous with its escape pod placement.The only thing I feel you could change and make the ship stand out a little more is the Aztec pattern on the saucer. The dark section is nice and you can see the pattern clearly, I just wish the pattern had been more defined on the light side of the saucer as well.That being said, I think you brought this ship to life quite nicely. I look forward to seeing more of your work, and more beauty shots of this baby.I hope my critique helps in some way.