Auriga docking platform 1/144 (Alien Resurrection)

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Thank you guys!
I try to get finished asap with these project - so I can make more progress on the Betty build up…:D

The lower steps…
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…and with all steps at place.
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the "ladder" parts…
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…and build.
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I'm surprised how well the template works. And very happy with the result.
 

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Man, you work really fast!! :)
 

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You have the patience of a saint!! :)
 

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@Vger1981: Thanks. I think this project takes on a life of its own…
@clif52: Thanks. All the templates are done in Illustrator. Also most of the textures. For some parts I added the "Ambient Occlusion" (Cinema4D) ortho render to the texture.

A litte update on the crane. A little bit mix of materials:
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A sewing cotton for steel cable.

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And toothpick for the cable spool/axis.
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I was going to ask you what you use to work. It's amazing all the programs people use. I use Rhino3D 5.0 64bbit. I find it does just about everything. It exports in so many formats, around 60, I believe.

You're doing a fantastic, and unique job, in the sense of the subject matter. Very cool. :)
 

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Crane super nice work will soon be the end of it:)
 

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That's interesting. I use Rhino3D as I am a machinists, and I also have designed a few Barns and sheds with it, and some automotive e parts. I have a small machine shop, and Mig/Tig welders, Milling machine, lath, etc. also I had an electronics repairs shop for 10 years, and I am a state certified Electronic Technician, so I have all the o'scopes, and related leak detectors, and probes. You wouldn't believe how many T.V.'s I have taken from the Transfer Station, and 1000 watt power supplies, nice SATA hard drives, graphics cards. I fix my families computers. I have so much ram hanging around here, some is good for older machines. I have never purchased a new T.V.!! I do have a LCD Projector mounted on the ceiling and a 200" inch drop down screen, and I made my own design tapered 1/4 wave tubes speakers, so I watch movies, and get a better experience that if you where in the movie theater. ;)

I use Rhino because I can do parametric scaling and print out patterns 1:1, and tape them together to form large patterns, like bulkheads, for a small Sharpie sailboat I am designing. Rhino will also figure out the boats water displacement. It's really neat to see what people do. You know we have a Renders and Illustrations section, and you could post some of your work there if you wanted too. I would love to see it. as I am sure others would too. It's under "General Card Models" . :)

Link = http://zealot.com/forums/renders-and-illustrations.662/
 

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@skoda: Only the some railing and the mount arm to do…

@zathros: Oh wish I had your equipment…Mainly the beamer - I've got a 10 years old 42" Pana Plasma but a good 5.1 Soundsystem :cool:
I'm using the 3D app mainly for quick product pre-viz.
i.e.:
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That is astounding!!

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I know! Kudos go to the great people at Phoxim (German sci-fi modeling forum) who found this link first. I posted it here as fast as I could. :)
 
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That Jagermeistr is some tasty stuff! Last Winter I was given a 49 year old bottle of Tennesee Sippin' Whiskey. It took me three days to sip that bottle.. About a week to recover!:)