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jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 10 May 2012, 20:47

Starting my second entry to the Replicicate a Ship Challenge.

Based on this concept drawing;

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 10 May 2012, 20:49

Starting on the main engine which is sitting in the rear.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 10 May 2012, 22:37

More work on rear engine, rear thrusters, housing, tweaks.

froo · Post by **froo** » 11 May 2012, 01:52

Cool james.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 12 May 2012, 03:41

Some more engine work.

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 12 May 2012, 18:16

THIS IS LOOKING AWESOME! Very promising.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 12 May 2012, 20:52

Added the Extreme Ion Engine inside the housing.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 13 May 2012, 00:43

Added air foils for left and right thruster shroud covers.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 13 May 2012, 08:48

Going with the concept of the main body of the Extreme Space Freighter being that of a tractor that can dock with cargo terrestrially or in space. Several smoothing errors popped or I missed a vertex or two, so may have to redesign the passenger and freight area (rectangular part.)

The concept of a docking tractor is similar to that of a tractor trailer diesel rig, except the trailer exterior is part of the spacecraft as it needs to be aerodynamic and sealed from the hazards of space and air travel.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 13 May 2012, 20:48

Stil messing with design of the Extreme Space Freighter. Trying out this design to see how it looks.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 15 May 2012, 00:56

Still messing around with the Extreme Space Freighter design.

Nothing says power like four, count 'em, four ion powered thruster engines.

Also made an interface coupler that will connect the main ship.

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 15 May 2012, 01:38

That is so much more beefier! Nice!

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 16 May 2012, 22:59

Worked a bit on power interface unit and the interior of the freighter.

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 16 May 2012, 23:53

I like the little details. Keep going!

froo · Post by **froo** » 17 May 2012, 00:12

James that's pretty fkn badass man!

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 19 May 2012, 04:54

Thanks for viewing and comments fellas.

Working on the spacecraft part now. Here is a swing door design that allows the dropping of the freight and passenger section into the extreme space freighter.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 20 May 2012, 01:27

I like the thought and engineering you're putting into this. It's part of the fun.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 20 May 2012, 18:50

Still tweaking the design aspect, changed things, left some the same.

Nothing says intimidation to your Alien competition like having eight, count'em, eight mega powerful ION thrusters thundering through their skies and into space in your Extreme Space Freighter. Knowing that you just made off with a fortune in passengers and freight.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 22 May 2012, 05:28

Fooling around with texture and wanted to get some input from you guys on what kind of theme the Extreme Space Freighter should have.

(still not finished with adding stuff - needs some landing pods - vtol - etc)

Should I go with a purely commercial color scheme like the example in the two images below?

Or should I do a theme like the space ships in Alien or some other dark movie?

Or, something in between?

Lemme know, still a few days away from texturing it.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 22 May 2012, 19:58

Added landing gear with rectangular feet.

To give one a sense of scale of the Extreme Space Freighter, I put in a modern day diesel truck (no trailer attached.)

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 22 May 2012, 20:04

That is one huuuge spacecraft!

clintonman · Post by **clintonman** » 23 May 2012, 01:43

The Extreme Space Fighter is extremely BIG.

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 23 May 2012, 01:50

Hehe, that's pretty big. Not as big as my Sentinel Prime though, 4.3 km (2.67 miles) long. Still, how large is this ship in length?

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 23 May 2012, 03:10

MikomDude wrote:Hehe, that's pretty big. Not as big as my Sentinel Prime though, 4.3 km (2.67 miles) long. Still, how large is this ship in length?

Yeah, but can Sentinel Prime (a giant transformer?) carry passengers in luxury, freight of all kinds all while traveling in space at sub-light speed and then landing on planets with most any atmosphere?

Here's the dimensions of the Extreme Space Freighter compared to the current world's largest aircraft, the AN-225.

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 23 May 2012, 13:48

jamesmc wrote:Yeah, but can Sentinel Prime (a giant transformer?) carry passengers in luxury, freight of all kinds all while traveling in space at sub-light speed and then landing on planets with most any atmosphere?

Hehe, yeah, I realize that there is a transformer also called Sentinel Prime, when I saw the movie, I actually thought they stole the idea from me

However yes, the Ambassador Class Cruiser "Sentinel Prime" can carry passengers in luxury, in fact that's its main purpose. The cargo capabilities of the ship aren't its main function but it can carry large loads and even smaller spacecraft, so yes to that as well. However it cannot land on planets, it is to big for that

Yours is still pretty big though, especially for a spacecraft capable of landing through an atmosphere. The equivalent of this spacecraft in my SPACE 3000 universe would probably be a Sirius-Class cruiser (270m long).

This is going very well, keep up the good work. Please show us more from the interior as well, when it's done

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 25 May 2012, 16:55

Gonna suspend my WIP for a bit, got too many issues with it at the moment.

Will submit it later on - maybe.

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 25 May 2012, 17:08

Oh man, that sucks. What were the issues?

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 25 May 2012, 17:36

Draise wrote:Oh man, that sucks. What were the issues?

Basic design flaws, too many n-gons and tris (which leads to bad UVs), unwelded parts, bad work flow - i.e. parts not named to make post work easier, asymmetrical parts - dunno why.

I don't have much experience in the way of making mechanical objects in 3D, so this was a learning experience of what not to do.

Gonna redo it in Lightwave3D as it is a better modeler and has many more utilities to keep organized and for better geometry. This make take a bit while I learn to do both - er uh better.

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 25 May 2012, 18:16

jamesmc wrote:
I don't have much experience in the way of making mechanical objects in 3D, so this was a learning experience of what not to do.

Gonna redo it in Lightwave3D as it is a better modeler and has many more utilities to keep organized and for better geometry. This make take a bit while I learn to do both - er uh better.

I getcha. I always seem to learn the hard way with mistakes and methods that don't work too! Quite irritating, but you thank yourself later. Hopefully your workflow works out better in Lightwave, I hear it's a great program.

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