collector front sketchover

Some of Michael Fichtenmayer's insane model's for detail reference. 

And these subs for lights/sensors on the nose.

Attitude adjuster

Cow Truck (Progress)

Collector turntable

More detail to go... I'm loving the render curves feature in modo...perfect for tubes/railings

collector sketchover

Thunderbirds are go

British puppets in spaceships.  Why not.

Model Progress bay doors

Collector rough details

Trying to get my details right.  I need to do alot more research on the VASIMR engines.  Trying to find the right balance between truthful to the technology and interesting to look at. 

Also working on the human scale issue, realized that this thing is way bigger than 15m I had originally thought. more like 25m.  For reference the space shuttle is 50m.  This is the airlock hatch + handrail detail.  Still needs more I think.

Some reference.

Collector studio render test

trying out studio lighting in modo.

Collector model progress

Collector orthos

collector side ortho

moooo

Collector cockpit

Captain on the left, first officer (copilot) on the right and flight engineer/arm operator in the middle.