firefly style dropship

[Gun bunny]

does anyone have any suggestions for constructing a dropship for reaver style forces ,like the one in the firefly  movie.
any suggestions are very welcome as this is my first build of a vehicle and my goal is to be able to field it and fight on board(using removable panels) it may be too ambitious for starting out,
 but the fantastic work i have seen on this site has inspired me to try,besides how else will my reavers and thier skiff get into action.

[Westfalia Chris]

The usual way to scratchbuild any spaceship in a larger scale is to build an inner structure of decks and bulkheads. You could do the same, but leave off the outer planking, which would normally be glued on, but in this case could be fixed with magnets and steel sheet (if you add the magnets to the central structure, steel sheet on the outer skin saves you the expense of extra magnets). For a spaceship, it might make sense to have the top outer skin (or "roof") lift off for the upper deck, and the sides for the lower decks.

The key point is "breaking down" the overall shape of the space ship into geometric shapes, like cubes, pyramids, cylinders etc.

Remember to add doors to the bulkheads before you glue them in (obvious, I know, but mistakes like those happen).

You could then detail the inner walls (although for some hard-to-reach areas, it might be sensible to do it in advance). I would suggest leaving interior furnishings (like chairs, cryochambers, and stuff like that) off, which makes them easier to paint, and you can position them differently if you feel like it.

[Gun bunny]

thank you for the ideas as i do not believe i would have pictured things that way,i look foward to trying them out.