2001: A Space (Station) Odyssey

[Larry Young]

Holy crap this is awesome.

 

[CaptCBoard]

Dave--

I applaud your ambition to build the Space Station, much less put it out as a kit! I tried to make this as a kit and had to abandon it due to the complexity and cost. I hope you at least make one for yourself, because I know it'll be perfect. I don't mean to imply you shouldn't make a kit of it, though-- it'll just be a complex and expensive kit!

Scott
AtomicCity@gmail.com

 

[DaveG]

Dave--

I applaud your ambition to build the Space Station, much less put it out as a kit! I tried to make this as a kit and had to abandon it due to the complexity and cost. I hope you at least make one for yourself, because I know it'll be perfect. I don't mean to imply you shouldn't make a kit of it, though-- it'll just be a complex and expensive kit!

Scott
AtomicCity@gmail.com

Hey Scott, good to hear from you. Your 2001 kits have certainly set the benchmark for that film! Yes, this is an ambitious, expensive and none too practical kit project but what the heck!

 

[DaveG]

I've been working on the central part of the hub. There's still a lot of small detail to add...

 

[jockdeboer]

This is looking real good!

 

[DaveG]

Here are some views of the skins on the second, under construction, ring. Still a lot of detailing to do.

 

[Flameout]

Wow, this is going to look amazing when you have it finished

 

[DaveG]

Here are all the work in progress parts "dry fit" together.

 

[darth_myeek]

Cool stuff Dave! I particularly love the tension cables.

 

[JFB64]

At the risk of repeating what's already been said, that is “really amazingly neat cool”

Joe

 

[Galactica53]

very interested in seeing this done great work so far.

Cameron

 

[Scott Graham]

Wow!!!!!!!

 

[DaveG]

Revised Hub End

Thanks everyone for your kind comments!

Phil (PodBay68) was kind enough to send me a photo I hadn't seen before of the studio model under construction. There were some differences so I've revised the end of the hub. The recessed opening under the docking port has changed a bit and the surface plating as well. Plus a few minor detail changes.

 

[wasili]

Absolutely love the work you've been doing here. Interesting use of Sketchup beforehand. Any particular reason why you didn't do that in Rhino ?

Looking forward to the next update.

Cheers,

Wasili

 

[DivineHeresy]

This is looking absolutely stunning!
Very well done.

Neil

 

[DaveG]

SketchUp vs. Rhino

Absolutely love the work you've been doing here. Interesting use of Sketchup beforehand. Any particular reason why you didn't do that in Rhino ?

Sketchup is just really fast for massing out forms nd for use as a design tool. Especially when exporting and importing dxf files back and forth from SketchUp to Vectorworks (2D) to refine the dimensions. Rhino has a much more powerful toolset but is really better suited for "manufacturing" parts or detailed design work. At least for me!

 

[DaveG]

Docking Port

I've started modeling the docking port.

 

[Forsaken]

Simply FANTASTIC!

Al

 

[JimShaw]

I am new to this forum and I am totally astounded on what can be done by the model makers on this forum. Amazing simply amazing.

 

[Mr. E Man]

I haven't seen any other attempts even come close to this.

Fantastic work!



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