Benji13's Copycat Challenge

[Benji13]

This is my first challenge so please go easy on me>

Hello and welcome to my 'Copycat' challenge! I thought it would be fun to find a picture of a fictional spacecraft on the internet, whip up some rules and a point scoring system then see what happened!

Here are the rules:

1. Stock only. Mods like Mechjeb and FAR are allowed, as long as you don't use any mod parts as a major part of the craft, it's all good. Non-part mods are fine.
2. No mining or mining parts are allowed (see scoring).
3. No excessive part clipping. A little here and there for aesthetics is ok.
4. It is recommended that you can carry 8 crew members (See scoring).

Now that's over, here's the scoring system:

1. You will be scored out of 20 for how close your design is to the original photo. This is the least consistent scoring section but I will do my best to be fair.
2. You will receive 10 points for every crew member over the recommended number of 8. Seats and clipped command pods will not count (Picture required).
3. You will receive 10 points for every 200 m/s of DV over 8000 (Mining is not permitted) (DV calculated while fully fueled and in orbit around Kerbin).
4. Extra 5 points for every mk1 sized docking port (maximum of 4).
5. Extra 50 points if your design is SSTO capable (On Kerbin).
6. Extra 15 points if your part count is below 200. Extra 25 points if it's below 100.

This means that it's possible to earn 115 points without even counting the DV or crew capacity! "But what are we actually recreating?" I hear you asking. Well here it is! The 'Victory Class Cruiser' from here:

I have no idea what it is or what it's from, I just found it.

So there you go! Now you've got a choice to make. Go for accuracy but end up with a high part count? Or aim for a low part count but miss out on visual accuracy? When you post please add plenty of pics with as much info as you can. To be eligible for the crew count/SSTO/part count bonus points, you must show proof. I will trust your honesty for the DV amount but pics of that wouldn't go amiss either . Craft files would be appreciated if you can be bothered.

 

Leader board:

1.  @sdj64
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I will hopefully post my entry soon but I'm not sure as I'm kind of waiting for 1.2 to be stable and my mods to be compatible with it.

If you have any questions or suggestions don't hesitate to ask/suggest. Good luck to everyone! 

-Benji13

Edited September 17, 2016 by Benji13

[sdj64]

Cool challenge, and a good looking ship too.  Here is my submission.  It is an SSTO on Kerbin and carries 18 Kerbals (one Mk3 crew cabin and one Mk2 lander can for the "bridge").  It has 6315 delta V with the oxidizer drained to run on just the nukes and 5151 when full.  There are four shielded docking ports on top, and 4 regular ones in the cargo bays.  Part count is 189.  With good piloting, it just might make it to Minmus and then it could refuel with ISRU (not included).

To fly to orbit:  lock the front tank.  Keep all engines on.  When the Mammoth runs out, unlock the oxidizer in the front tank.  Aim for a higher orbit so the nuclear engines have time to circularize.  Unlock the LF in the front tank when you reach space.  (this will become much easier with the 1.2 fuel flow configuration)

Here are pictures from the same angles as the reference picture.

Spoiler

Flying to orbit

SPH screenshot with delta V

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pt1z2ay51baudfz/VC Cruiser.craft?dl=0

[Benji13]

11 hours ago, sdj64 said:

Cool challenge, and a good looking ship too.  Here is my submission.  It is an SSTO on Kerbin and carries 18 Kerbals (one Mk3 crew cabin and one Mk2 lander can for the "bridge").  It has 6315 delta V with the oxidizer drained to run on just the nukes and 5151 when full.  There are four shielded docking ports on top, and 4 regular ones in the cargo bays.  Part count is 189.  With good piloting, it just might make it to Minmus and then it could refuel with ISRU (not included).

To fly to orbit:  lock the front tank.  Keep all engines on.  When the Mammoth runs out, unlock the oxidizer in the front tank.  Aim for a higher orbit so the nuclear engines have time to circularize.  Unlock the LF in the front tank when you reach space.  (this will become much easier with the 1.2 fuel flow configuration)

Here are pictures from the same angles as the reference picture.

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Flying to orbit

SPH screenshot with delta V

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pt1z2ay51baudfz/VC Cruiser.craft?dl=0

Good job, I like the rear end. You get a 15 for looks, 100 points for 10 extra crew members, 20 points for 4 docking ports, 50 points for SSTO and 15 points for under 200 parts. This means you get a nice 200 points to get the leaderboard going. Well done.