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Oooh I want to see. My solution to land has been to model it crumpled paper and glue then paint with acrylic. It looks great. Unfortunately I couldn't transfer it to a jpg and I can't change the landforms easily. I'm thinking I'll do the same thing maybe using paper mache techniques with...

The little knots are now in the frame. Here the model is lit up at sunrise.

To subdivide the icosahedron into an 80 sided polyhedron I make 20 of these these little triangular knots. Except, since I have a flashlight mount included, I only need eighteen. The lower picture has the knots laid out around the icosahedral frame.

Nice seeing how the ship is laid out. On the screen it often goes by too quick to figure it out.

Here are the pages with the parts for the 2d iteration, subdividing each face into 4 faces.

Here's the model under an icosahedral map of the moon. It did it quick by downloading and adjusting the size without modifying it into a sphere. I taped it in place. You can see that the contrast and clarity should be adjusted so that it works better with a light inside.

I studies ceramics and also do sewing, so I go toward softening and shaping the paper automatically. The first geometric model I build was out of chipboard paper which had been worked wet and is held together with tracing paper and cornstarch paste. I have another made of copper wire, tracing...

Here's the flashlight mount. The light has a 5/8th inch diameter which is the biggest size the model can handle. I think the design can be adapted for a smaller diameter light. It would be cool if I could get a small enough battery, LED, and switch that I could put the switch on the side of the...

Thanks for the link. It has myrahedral mapping. It seem that the shape I'm making is a myrahedron. Im plan on downloading map images to place on the surface. No need to repeat work which is already done. Myrahedral maps will take the least amount of modification. I downloaded a icosahedral map...

Do post them. I like doing my own designs. I guess I like designing better than building but I love seeing what others are doing.

I'm tickled that you like it. I find geometric solids so appealing with their symmetry and how things work out after puzzling over the shape. It get a feeling of ahhh when the shapes go together.

I've been working on this problem for years(maybe 15 years) and I'm now designing a kit for making science fiction maps. I'm not sure if this should be with Space & Aeronautics or with science fiction, so I've got stuff posted in both categories I'm making models of the Earth and the Moon. My...