I had hoped to submit this for the Old Stuff challenge, but I might not make it in time.

@ SunsetHunter: I don't have the Shipwreck books, instead I have one from 1978 "Space Wars, Worlds, and Weapons" by Steven Eisler. The book covers various Sci-Fi themes, of which one is that painting by Angus Mckie. It always stayed in my mind. My version will not be a duplicate of his work, but will be similar (I hope). Scarab1 here in Renderosity did a model of the ship that matches closely to the painting. It's for sale at Turbosquid for like... $125. I just rather do my own models. ;-)