Kerbmore Thompson

I'm having this exact issue, except the large docking ring has shrunk on both sides of the connection. I've seen a few people mention this in this thread, but I must have missed it if this has already been addressed.

Oh god, that would be a feat. No, I build the stations in the VAB, then save each section as a subassembly and launch them separately. Often there are minor changes between design, launch, and assembly, but they're generally pretty minor.

Hey, this is my first ever post! I have to say that I really appreciate the organic look of some of the stations here. I generally over-plan my stations in the VAB, and as a result they look too clean. But anyhow, here is my contribution: one large-ish station, one small station, and a third station that kind of became a ship. "Neighbourhood Watch" was my initial mission to launch and maintain a series of space stations around Kerbin, Mün, Minmus, Duna and Eve. All of the following stations were (at least initially) intended to be a part of that project. Tycho LKO Station was supposed to be the core of the local three stations. Very small orbiters would dock with the station and transfer crew to larger shuttles (which would also refuel at Tycho Station) which would bring them to Mün and Minmus. While waiting for the stations around Kerbin's moons to be completed, though, Tycho Station has just sort of languished. The station was named after the music I was listening to while designing it. Sebert Münar Station was the second station of the program; brought to orbit in four pieces over three launches, it is much smaller than Tycho Station which required 11 (13 if you count two parts that were replaced due to design flaws). A fourth launch brought a tug to the station, which then brought the station to Mün, where it was supposed to remain as a parking lot for landers and a bus station for shuttles and crews destined for the Münar surface. It soon became apparent that the fuel tank was grossly undersized, and there weren't enough docking ports. I had planned to move Sebert Station to Minmus, where it might be more appropriately sized, but before I could do that it was eaten by the Kraken. Like Tycho Station, Sebert Station was also named after what I was listening to at the time, although some of you might argue about whether it constitutes 'music.' Finally (for this post), "Arrakis Station" was being prepared ahead of a convenient transfer window to operate as a permanent base in orbit around Duna. It was initially going to have five large tanks to operate as a fuel depot, but when I realized that the asymmetrical docking ring and solar panels actually balanced each other perfectly, I toyed with the idea of putting engines on the ship. Thus began one of my most involved construction projects yet. It's taken as many launches as Tycho station, but has also included rigorous testing along the way. Once the first four main pieces were up (the habitation core, the drive section core, the solar panel array and the docking ring) I took it on a short mission to Kerbin's two moons. After that success I finished out the drive and habitation sections and tested again. There was significant wobble, so I set out to strut the ship up using Kerbal Attachment System. However, on the first EVA to install the first section of struts to the drive section, something glitched out and the main engine block exploded. I'm still not sure what happened, but I didn't autosave beforehand (why would I? I was just adding struts) so those engines are just gone now. Which makes the struts that much more important, as there's no longer any thrust going directly through the centre of the ship's spine. Incidentally, the original plan only called for the four outside engine blocks to have two nuclear engines each. I upped that to three each on a whim, so we've essentially got the same amount of thrust in the end, which is half lucky. While I was launching the first few pieces of the ship I was also marathoning episodes of 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown, which features several perpetually-returning comedians, most notably (to me) Joe Wilkinson. I had just finished raving to my cousin about how much I loved him, so I decided to name the ship in his honour.