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After finishing Boba Fett’s EE-3 Blaster I decided to revisit the Stormtrooper blaster model that I had never finished from a previous challenge. I hadn’t touched the model for almost 2 years. Oh boy, what did I get myself into… This is a long blog post so if you don’t feel like reading it, just …
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Permanent link to this article: http://jedicharles.com/2011/06/blastech-e-11-blaster-rifle/
It has been a while since I participated in the Google SketchUp 3D Challenge as I have been spending much of my time modeling starships. But when the topic of Ray Gun came up I decided to “give it a shot.” So I decided to do a blaster from Star Wars… no surprise there. At …
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Permanent link to this article: http://jedicharles.com/2011/04/google-sketchup-3d-challenge-120-ray-gun/
This time around I made a lot of progress on the model’s interior. In my last update I said I was going to work on the engineering and cargo section but I didn’t stop there. I did some preliminary work on the Bridge, designed the Turbolifts twice, modeled some interior windows to allow viewing of …
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Permanent link to this article: http://jedicharles.com/2011/03/untitled-capital-ship-project-update-2/
For this update I primarily focused on the Landing Bay and Hangar section of the ship. This entailed creating wall panels for it, laying out the main walls, creating archways for the repair bays, creating support beams, designing the hangar blast doors and the landing bay bulkhead doors and creating the enclosed catwalk that crosses …
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Permanent link to this article: http://jedicharles.com/2011/02/untitled-capital-ship-project-update-1/
Now that my first starship model (the 210CR) is finished I have decided to start on a new one. This time around I have decided to create something much bigger: a capital ship. By definition a capital ship is an armed military vessel with a length of 100 meters or greater. Based on the work …
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Permanent link to this article: http://jedicharles.com/2011/01/untitled-capital-ship-project/
Now that my starship was done it needed a name so what I came up with is the Outer Rim Industries 210CR Fortified Blockade Runner. I didn’t want to use a known company name from the Star wars Universe because I don’t want my ship to be confused with ones in the films, books and …
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Permanent link to this article: http://jedicharles.com/2010/12/210cr/
After working on my Starship Project for over a year it is finally finished! It’s not like I am tired of working on it because I have enjoyed working on it the entire time. There just comes a time when you have to declare a project done before it becomes the proverbial white elephant in …
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Permanent link to this article: http://jedicharles.com/2010/11/starship-project-final-update/
My computer died on me today. It turned on but nobody was home. According to Dell the motherboard needs a replacement but being that the computer is 5 years old and out of warranty my only option is a new computer. Replacing just the motherboard would cost as much 25-35% of a new equivalent PC. …
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Permanent link to this article: http://jedicharles.com/2010/11/rip-dell-xps-700/
I’ll be posting the next update (possibly final update) for my starship project soon. But as of today it just occurred to me that I have been working on this model for over an entire year! I started on it on October 12, 2009 and it is still not finished. Of course, I continue to …
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Permanent link to this article: http://jedicharles.com/2010/10/a-long-time-ago/
I had previously said in my last update that the next update would probably be the last starship project update but in reality there is still a lot to do. A lot of time has passed since update 15 and that is due to other SketchUp projects taking focus. The Infirmary and the Brig are …
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Permanent link to this article: http://jedicharles.com/2010/09/starship-project-update-16/
