Now that I finished working on the basic shape of the hull and the sub-light engines it was time to design the Bridge Hull Section and the Observation Deck. The original idea for the front of the ship was to be rounded and to somewhat resemble the Tantive IV Corellian Corvette but after quite a …
Tag Archive: Google SketchUp
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Apr
13
Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #120 – Ray Gun
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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Dec
20
Starship Project Named and Ready to See
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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Nov
18
Starship Project Final Update
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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Oct
27
A long time ago…
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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Aug
24
Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #105 – Cars
My entry for this challenge (F1 Inspired 3-Wheeled Roadster) is a 3-wheeled lightweight roadster designed for high performance yet economical. It would be powered by an Inline 4 cylinder gasoline engine (likely a large motorcycle engine with a lot of torque). It would be constructed of all lightweight materials including fiberglass and carbon fiber to …
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Jul
11
Google SketchUp 3D Challenge #102 – Public Transportation
After taking a long break from competing in the Google SketchUp 3D Challenge I decided to give it a go with Challenge #102 – Public Transportation. I just looked to see how much time has gone by since the last entry into the challenge and I was stunned to see that my last entry (#88 …
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Apr
14
Starship Project Update 11
The project is moving forward quite well. But not the ship so much because it still doesn’t have maneuvering thrusters. This time around I worked on finishing the Bridge and also completely modeled the interior of the detachable Helm. For the Bridge I first designed and modeled a 4 man computer console station which would …
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Oct
21
Design It: Shelter Competition Winners
Congratulations to David Mares and David Eltang for winning the People’s Prize and Juried Prize respectively. I find it interesting that David Mares’ Cork Block Shelter won by such a landslide margin of 63.9% with 64,875 votes from a choice of 10 finalists. His closest competitor, Gonzalo Raymundo’s Bamboo Shelter, who had been in the …
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Oct
12
Starship Project
I decided to make “Small Starship” the topic of Challenge #002 for the SketchUp Design Challenge. So I figured I would make my own ship model. It’s likely going to be a blockade runner similar to the Tantive IV Corellian Corvette in Star Wars but of my own design. I’ve decided to make it modular …
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