High Detail ESA Replicas

[clivman]

This is the release thread for my ESA probe replicas made by Duna Aerospace.

These crafts use Tweakscale and Kerbal Joint Reinforcement

Columbus Man Tended Free Flyer

ESA station lifted by an Ariane 5

75 parts, costs 99,837

http://kerbalx.com/clivman/Columbus-Man-Tended-Free-Flyer

ATV

ESA ISS resupply craft launched on an Ariane 5

67 parts, costs 77,279

http://kerbalx.com/clivman/Automated-Transfer-Vehicle

Mars Express/Beagle 2

ESA mission to Mars including a lander and orbiter on a Soyuz-Fregat

112 parts, costs 48,488

http://kerbalx.com/clivman/Mars-Express

Rosetta/Philae

ESA mission to Comet 67p including a lander and orbiter on an Ariane 5

104 parts, costs 73,973

http://kerbalx.com/clivman/Mars-Express

Venus Express

ESA mission to Venus on a Soyuz-Fregat

105 parts, costs 45,749

http://kerbalx.com/clivman/Venus-Express

Edited August 23, 2015 by clivman

[EdusacconBR]

pretty cool

but they do science?

[clivman]

pretty cool

but they do science?

No they are designed for looks and functionality and so I do not use heavy science equipment unless it looks right on the probe. My Dawn replica has quite a few working instruments but these just have dummy ones.

Edit: Also

Now I just need Cassini

Edited August 1, 2015 by clivman

[Lime]

Are those stock?

[clivman]

They have tweakscale- in stock you can either have high detail or correct scale and functionality. I wanted both.

Edited August 1, 2015 by clivman

[Majorjim!]

They have tweakscale- in stock you can either have high detail or correct scale and functionality. I wanted both.

I disagree there mate. I think it's possible to get very close to correct scale with stock. If these where stock and you showed the launchers I think they would get more attention, that they deserve. I love the idea of a ESA pack. More people would dl it if it was stock.

Edited August 1, 2015 by Majorjim

[clivman]

I disagree there mate. I think it's possible to get very close to correct scale with stock. If these where stock and you showed the launchers I think they would get more attention, that they deserve. I love the idea of a ESA pack. More people would dl it if it was stock.

Thanks for the feedback, but I knew it wouldn't get as many downloads with tweakscale and KJR when I started this project and I'm sticking with that decision, plus, as it says on my page, I like building craft that aren't possible in stock.

Edited August 2, 2015 by clivman

[Majorjim!]

Thanks for the feedback, but I new it wouldn't get as many downloads with tweakscale and KJR when I started this project and I'm sticking with that decision, plus, as it says on my page, I like building craft that aren't possible in stock.

No problem man. However, my ears always prick up when someone says "cannot be made in stock". What in this pack cannot be made with stock parts?

[clivman]

No problem man. However, my ears always prick up when someone says "cannot be made in stock". What in this pack cannot be made with stock parts?

Not in this one, but Sojourner-Pathfinder, Opportunity, and many of the probes parts are smaller the smallest parts in stock. Most solar panels can be made in stock but you cannot build working replicas of many of the probes with special solar panels because they are not deployable.

[Majorjim!]

Not in this one, but Sojourner-Pathfinder, Opportunity, and many of the probes parts are smaller the smallest parts in stock. Most solar panels can be made in stock but you cannot build working replicas of many of the probes with special solar panels because they are not deployable.

Riight. Yeah to be honest a teeny tiny wheeled Sojourner would be absolutely incredible. Please make one! My own proclivities be damned!

[clivman]

Riight. Yeah to be honest a teeny tiny wheeled Sojourner would be absolutely incredible. Please make one! My own proclivities be damned!

I already did

[Majorjim!]

I already didhttp://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/436073084512557445/45FB4ACC34306E0DD53D44BF371EF2140360A988/

ha! cool. So how small is it? Can you take a pic of it near a Kerbal?

[clivman]

The octo 2 is actual size. I couldn't make Sojourner any smaller because of the root part bug in tweakscale.

[Majorjim!]

The octo 2 is actual size. I couldn't make Sojourner any smaller because of the root part bug in tweakscale.

Dude tha'ts so cute! Please seat a kerbal on it or next to it. I need to see that picture!

[clivman]

Working on it

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The poor little thing couldn't hold it's own weight on Kerbin so I had to push it off Pathfinder.

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Here is Opportunity and Curiosity for comparison

Edited August 1, 2015 by clivman

[Majorjim!]

Awesome man! Its so dinky! Ahhh, those little wheels give me a warm feeling.

[clivman]

I need to make Ariane 1 before I can finish this pack and I'm working on other replicas right now so it may take a while.

[Majorjim!]

I need to make Ariane 1 before I can finish this pack and I'm working on other replicas right now so it may take a while.

Take your time mate. I can really see the allure of tweakscale.

[clivman]

Okay all of the European rockets are done so I can start on Giotto and Smart-1. Hermes shuttle will follow. (I already finished ATV and CMTFF, they are going through testing now)

[clivman]

Here is the ATV and CMTFF

Now I just need Hermes