Wow, lot of comments today.
First things first, the picture of Meg's is already obsolete. You can't really tell in that shot, but I overshot for size - that restaurant is actually just smaller than the entirety of Old Ring. Which seemed a bit overkilly to me, so I've revised it. I'd give you a shot, but right now I'm taking an enforced Sketchup break, so glossies will have to wait.
Well... yeah. That's the main design challenge of building a space station in the Age of ISS, coming up with something that looks cool despite being made of erector sets and toilet rolls. We persevere, however.
I've been painting the thing as I go, and the general color scheme is NASA Beta-Cloth White for the exteriors with International Orange highlights and some exposed metal, esp. in the Old Ring area. Some modules get different paintjobs, frex the Old Ring hangar annex is gunmetal, while Meg's is sort of a silvery chrome with faded red accents, very 50s.
A lot. Each pod has around ~30x50 ft floorspace just off the bat, and the headroom is tall enough that you could turn that into a split-level or second story with a ~20x50 floor if you wanted to. It's a little smaller than the estimated average American house, but not by much. And there are *84* modules on a ring with no special components like Concourse A.
The concourses and causeways are pretty wide, the arc of the hull cuts into useable headroom but they're about the width of a narrowish hallway in a shopping mall, ~20 ft or so.
Well, *I'm* not doing it in large part because this thing's coming close to breaking me as it is. It's certainly possible, and I'll probably end up making an example out of the SEB yard just to prove the concept.
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First things first, the picture of Meg's is already obsolete. You can't really tell in that shot, but I overshot for size - that restaurant is actually just smaller than the entirety of Old Ring. Which seemed a bit overkilly to me, so I've revised it. I'd give you a shot, but right now I'm taking an enforced Sketchup break, so glossies will have to wait.
Quote:I almost hate to comment that the renders make the station look like it's studded with dozens of rolls of toilet paper.
Well... yeah. That's the main design challenge of building a space station in the Age of ISS, coming up with something that looks cool despite being made of erector sets and toilet rolls. We persevere, however.
Quote:Wait until you see the station with its paint job.
(No, I'm not sure what colour it's going to be. I'm partial to gunmetal gray to match the "original" Stellvia, but I'm open to suggestions...)
I've been painting the thing as I go, and the general color scheme is NASA Beta-Cloth White for the exteriors with International Orange highlights and some exposed metal, esp. in the Old Ring area. Some modules get different paintjobs, frex the Old Ring hangar annex is gunmetal, while Meg's is sort of a silvery chrome with faded red accents, very 50s.
Quote:Wow. So how much usable space is -in- each of those pods and concourses?
A lot. Each pod has around ~30x50 ft floorspace just off the bat, and the headroom is tall enough that you could turn that into a split-level or second story with a ~20x50 floor if you wanted to. It's a little smaller than the estimated average American house, but not by much. And there are *84* modules on a ring with no special components like Concourse A.
The concourses and causeways are pretty wide, the arc of the hull cuts into useable headroom but they're about the width of a narrowish hallway in a shopping mall, ~20 ft or so.
Quote:And I still don't see why you don't have people consolidating multiple pods into one big long one.
Well, *I'm* not doing it in large part because this thing's coming close to breaking me as it is. It's certainly possible, and I'll probably end up making an example out of the SEB yard just to prove the concept.
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery
FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information
"I. Drink. Your. NERDRAGE!"