Spacematic Variant - Interior/Exterior

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  1. Tarek71

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    I started with the Spacematic of Cyrano Jones. Assuming "Spacematic" is like "Winnebago", I made what we can say is another model of ship made by Spacematic. I got rid of the odd looking rocket nozzle from the earlier Spacematic, and added Warp nacelles and made various other changes to the exterior.


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  2. Tarek71

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    Separately, I started work on the interiors as well, and used Owen Oulton's drawing as a basis. I increased the length somewhat, changed the interior, adding furniture, a full bath and made this more like an RV spacecraft. The kind that I imagine many people would own. A Space RVer culture might have developed.

    I imported the picture into Sketchup and then traced the lines of it, to make pullable walls and shapes.

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  5. Tarek71

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    Snazzier "Spacematic" logo seems in order.

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  8. scifieric

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    This is very cool!
     
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    Thank you!
     
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  10. DEWLine

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    Looks like a good start on this!
     
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  11. Cyfa

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    The exterior looks pretty cool! I really like the nacelles and the landing feet, and the living quarters look really spacious. In fact, there's a lot of unused room in there - have you thought about an airlock inside the door (opposite the shower/toilet cubicle), or is the craft primarily designed for docking/landing in/on something with an atmosphere?
     
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  12. Tarek71

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    Thank you! Yeah, there will be an airlock, and it will be right where you named. You can see from the interior concave shape of the hull, there is even more room than the drawing indicates. I imagine the small freighter/salvage/survey version of this thing uses that space for cargo/equipment. A terrestrial RV is tighter, with less space, but it has to fit the space of the lanes of a highway + clearance, so that makes it tight. But, you can also get off the highway at any exit for a stretch and fresh air. On the ship, they could be in there for a week before reaching the next "rest stop" or their destination. So room to move around seems in order. I also picture that the room might have holo-emitters for added entertainment during longer trips. Luggage, a fold out dining table, and other things are also possibilities. I assume the couch also folds out as a bed.

    I looked at the interiors of 18-wheeler sleeper crew cabs for inspiration aside from terrestrial RVs. I am impressed as to how much they compress into a tiny living area. So definitely room to put more in there. I think that it can land on surfaces, but also dock with airlocks of other ships and stations.
     
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    Thanks! It's coming along better than I expected. We rarely get a glimpse of mass, consumer spacecraft. I assume that since shuttle sized ships are capable of interstellar flight, tons of these little ships are owned for commercial, as well as personal use. Maybe you can make a 500 meter super yacht, if you have enough latinum. It seems like a realistic ship for couples, individuals and families would be something RV sized. Maybe the woman above is taking her Boo to Risa for a week long romantic or kinky getaway. Or the family is heading for Wally World, which might be an actual World. Or whatever.
     
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    I knew that bathroom was going to be tight. I stuck a guy on the top of the shower to see how he would fit in there. It's doable, depending on body size. It works as an tiny RV bathroom, but if I can see a way to expand it slightly, I might.

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    Had to remove two of the side panels to fit the door. It looks alright that way. That lines up exactly with where it is on the schematic of the deckplan. The doors are a bit plane, but I can change that. Mostly concerned with making the placement and size fit with everything else. Will jazz it up later.

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  16. Bernard Guignard

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    Keep up the great work. :techman::techman::techman::techman::techman:
     
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    In the model, the sleeping accomodations for the pilot and co-pilot are located inside the walls of the cockpit. This leaves very limited space for sleeping, but seems necessary for a very small ship like this. I have seen pictures of real-world micro-accomodations in hotels and elsewhere. They go by names like "sleep pod" or "sleep capsule". It is just a bed, with some electronics (radio, TV, Internet, etc) and not much else. Comfortable but tiny.
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  18. Cyfa

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    ~ When I was young, my parents had a small motorhome (they're not called RVs in Britain :p) in which the bathroom was little more than a large shower cubicle with a toilet and basin in it. Like a very small wetroom. Perhaps you could do away with the separate shower cubicle and the whole bathroom could serve as one?

    Anyway, it's coming along very nicely. I like the "sleep pod" idea.
     
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  19. Spaceship Jo

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    Taking a sleeper car rail trip has a similar "all in one toilet shower" experience. It makes sense: keep all the running water together and only let surfaces that can handle being wet get wet. The only real reason to split them up from a functional perspective is so two persons can utilize them at the same time.
     
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    The whole idea of indoor plumbing is just a way to ruin books---I should know.
     
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