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Basically I need an MK3 lander that can land on Minmus with an MK3 crew cabin and enough fuel to get back to Kerbin. I have built many landers in the past but none on this scale. If you guys could be kind enough to show me your designs I would be very appreciative.

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Here's a single-stage (after reaching LKO) Mk 3 lander I've been using lately.  It can make a full circuit to the Mun, Minmus, interplanetary space and back on one tank.  This version requires a mod to switch the fuel tank/adapter to LF only, but you could do a similar (uglier) design with a short Mk 3 LF tank.  The command pod is also modded, but you can swap in pretty much any pod/cabin on top, or just use a probe core and some reaction wheels.  If you launch it in a fairing, no need to worry about aerodynamic design.

This can either be refueled in space and reused indefinitely, or modified with chutes to land back at Kerbin.

 

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If you'd rather not go nuclear, you could probably do an LFO version of this with Terriers on the nacelles.  And then maybe radially attach a couple detachable 2.5m nacelles with Poodles for extra range. 

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