Capsule Creation - Nerd Fight

[sevenperforce]

I'm sure all of us watched happily as Crew Dragon launched successfully to the ISS this past weekend. It's the first time humans have flown on a completely new capsule and vehicle since Shenzou in 2003, so it's right to be a little excited. In the past few weeks I have been nerding out on the design of Crew Dragon as well as the particulars of the designs of Soyuz, Mercury, Apollo, Orion, and the rest.

It gave me an idea for a fun challenge.

Pick any crew capsule that has actually been built (note, it does not actually have to have flown with crew; for example, Dream Chaser or Orion) and try to build it in stock KSP using command seats rather than actual capsules. No capsule parts are permitted. Go nuts on part count; try your best to replicate dimensions, propellant tank placement, thruster configuration, seat placement, chute design, and more. The only limitation is that you cannot make it LARGER than the real thing; for example, you can use 5m parts for Orion or 1.87m parts for Mercury, but you couldn't use 3.75m parts for Gemini or 5m parts for Crew Dragon. 

If possible, have a functioning abort system. Demonstrate it if you can. Feel free to mess around with gravity or other settings if you need to, but kudos if you don't!