Upsilon's Unofficial Kerbin Cup Team...!

[BagelRabbit]

Hello everyone!

This is the page for my unofficial Kerbin Cup team...

Blinded with Science

Here, you will find my build logs, my thoughts and ideas on the Kerbin Cup, and plenty of Science. Also, as I'm not a "real" team, I can post all of these things without violating the Forum Gods' rules! So, good for me.

FIRST CHALLENGE: TROPHY MAKING!

I should note here that I'll be on the East Coast, away from my KSP computer, until Saturday morning, so I may miss the boat on this challenge. That being said...

[initial ideas] I'm actually farther along than I should be for this one, as I have (more or less) successfully created a Kerbal model in the game already. It's not quite the quality of the Dragon in my signature (go check it out if you haven't already), but it's certainly recognizable, and it will do well as the base of my trophy.

The exterior's made with Structural Panels, but the interior is mostly girders. Also, the head's a 2.5m fuel tank. The model can currently stand upright but it's a little wonky with its mass balance, and would tip over easily if transported somewhere. (My initial plans are to leave him on the top of the VAB, so that all of the little Kerbals can gaze up and be awestruck. ) I'm thinking of also adding some lights, both to color the Kerbal and to illuminate his surroundings at night.

Overall, the model's fairly well-made but missing a face... so it's a little Slender-Kerb-ish. I'll be posting the pictures on Saturday... and then I'll work more on the design to make it appropriately Kerbal Cup-ish. [/initial ideas]

If you have any questions about the construction of the basic Kerbal model, please ask! I'll try to answer them from memory the best that I can.

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EDIT #1

Here's the model that I'm using. I know that I missed the deadline, so I'm just going to make some minor modifications and then get ready for the next challenge...

Of course, it wasn't originally built for the Cup, so it's not a perfect match. I still think that with a little polishing, it could obtain a standard of quality higher than that of some of the Redditeers' Kerbal models. So, that's nice.

I still wish that I could have built this a bit better, for the sake of the Cup. Ah, well.

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Sorry in advance if I reserve this post a lot... General KSP Discussion has a habit of quickly burying unattended threads.

oh, and no graffitis pls

Edited June 22, 2014 by UpsilonAerospace
Posting new info!

[BagelRabbit]

Edited to include my Kerbal model. Whaddaya think?