Darth Vaders Imperial Navy R&D-new concept Jul 9.

[NathanKell]

Well, Pollux is actually a different solid stage. So that might be confusing.

Why not call it, oh....the Castor 30?

[Kerbal01]

Well, Pollux is actually a different solid stage. So that might be confusing.

Why not call it, oh....the Castor 30?

In Greek (I believe) mythology castor and Pollux are brothers, that's what I was thinking

[Kerbal01]

all of my work for the initial release is done, its on to crasher for unity stuff and then dragon01for .cfgs.

[Kerbal01]

having issues getting the ark logo i found to wrap around the main cylinder of the booster. i have tried all the tutorials, can someone help me?

[Guest]

I still need to know (roughly) how powerful it has to be. It's hard enough to balance a rocket without a specific payload, much less a single upper stage.

[Kerbal01]

having issues getting the ark logo i found to wrap around the main cylinder of the booster. i have tried all the tutorials, can someone help me?

Bump, this is still eluding me.

also: I've updated the OP, check it out

Edited February 13, 2014 by DarthVader

[Razorcane]

I don't know if this was discussed, but the rings around the Castor 30 in your pictures aren't part of the actual Castor 30 motor. They are merely the braces that hold up the rocket. Here are some mockup images that I found of Antares/Cygnus that might be of use in finishing up this mod:

Paper models, though they still might help get the fine details.

Note that the ring there is an adapter for the Castor 30, which is attached to Antares.

[Kerbal01]

i started an adapter, it is included in the source files package in the OP

[Guest]

Did you thought about working with Ganian? He already made a really nice looking Castor 30 for the Athena pack. Add the lower stage, the Cygnus and you're set.

[Kerbal01]

no i hadn't, his castor is the wrong color (white) instead of the antares castor (black)

Edited February 15, 2014 by DarthVader

[Guest]

Well, last time I've seen it, yours was white, too. And a good bit less detailed than his. It'd be a slight texture edit to an already working, UVed model. Not to mention he could probably help you with the 1st stage, too.

[Kerbal01]

have you actually looked at my part? its black,not white.

[Razorcane]

i started an adapter, it is included in the source files package in the OP

Isn't that the Castor-to-Cygnus adapter though? I was referring to the adapter that connected Castor to Antares.

[Guest]

have you actually looked at my part? its black,not white.

Well, the one you sent me had no textures whatsoever, so it reverted to white... Maybe it has improved since then, didn't have much time for KSP lately. That doesn't change the fact Ganian's textures are of very high quality.

[Kerbal01]

Image of the model

Edit: damn, it's not working why?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2zkz4zr6a411xf5/Screen%20Shot%202014-04-15%20at%208.41.24%20AM.png

[NathanKell]

Good start!

Bell needs a lot of work though (it needs to be a bell...) and can't see from here whether the actual pressure vessel/casing is modeled or just the exterior cylinder.

[Kerbal01]

Thanks! Really means a lot coming from someone like you.

edit: added a poll, would like people's feedback.

Edited April 26, 2014 by DarthVader

[Kerbal01]

here are some more pics:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/2zkz4zr6a411xf5/Screen%20Shot%202014-04-15%20at%208.41.24%20AM.png

https://www.dropbox.com/s/iyzevi1ct45uy46/Screen%20shot%202014-05-01%20at%2010.30.22%20AM.png

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gpchsy1gj2kk22h/Screen%20shot%202014-05-01%20at%2010.31.10%20AM.png

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ubplcrhwo6kplw9/Screen%20shot%202014-05-01%20at%2010.31.20%20AM.png?m=

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ylwptzsetnfp2x2/Screen%20shot%202014-05-01%20at%2010.31

[Kerbal01]

Look at the progress I have made. Also, I think I'll just end up putting the model through unity myself, as crasher925 is AWOL.

[The Destroyer]

It looks okay. I'm suprised that this is still active after so long.

[Kerbal01]

kartoffkuchen has agreed to help make this mod a reality. expect updates soon.

Edited May 25, 2014 by DarthVader

[Kartoffelkuchen]

Well hello.

I am the guy whose job it is to get things working in KSP. And maybe improving textures. Maybe. Anyway, I hope I can push this project a bit so that we can show you some INGAME pictures of the things we did. If you have any questions, requests or whatever- just ask!

Cheers, Kartoffelkuchen

[Kartoffelkuchen]

HI! I think you have waited long enough, here you have some pictures:

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In comparison, the original Castor 30:

Models are from nutt007, I just made the textures and some configs.

Stay tuned for more pictures!

[Kartoffelkuchen]

Hi, while the Forum was offline I worked a bit:sticktongue:.

What`s missing?

--> Antares Fairings, Decoupler, Solar Panels (I am learning animating now), mabe a Cygnus IVA and maybe some new sounds

Otherwise, Cygnus` basic module is finished. It would be great if I would get Feedback, otherwise I make that what I think is good and maybe you think it is not good or something like that..

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[Helix935]

looks great man