Talking about kitbashes on another post and I think my favourite ridiculous DS9 kitbash is the Elkins-class

This is how it appeared in the DS9 Technical Manual. Ex-Astris-Scientia made so modifications on it based on the studio model so it’s actually more like this:

The Physical model used the Voyager saucer (like the Yeager-Class), Runabout Pylons and Constitution-class nacelles. Oh and the side view doesn’t show that it’s a twin deflector dish, so here’s the model:

I didn’t mention the engineering section, or why it has twin deflector dishes. That’s because it’s the body of an F-14 Tomcat just slapped in there, like so:

(all images via ex-astris-scientia ds9 kitbash section).