HASDA - my virtual, (mostly) Japan-inspired space program (non-Kerbal)

[Newt]

These are really neat. Can you elaborate on how you are making the ship and other models? I have done some modding in Orbiter, but mostly about star systems, not spacecraft.

[Pipcard]

Thank you.

3D models are made in Wings3D and converted to Orbiter's .msh format through Hielor's converter.

Textures are made with GIMP and Inkscape.

- - - Updated - - -

The Reusable Crew Vehicle requires an expendable APAS docking adapter to dock with space stations.

(pictured above is the ISS that comes with Orbiter -which includes all the cancelled modules-, but I plan to make a Hatsunese Space Station after I'm done with the RCV)

Edited February 16, 2015 by Pipcard

[megatiger78]

RCV01 on the Launchpad

looks like there is no aero.

[Pipcard]

looks like there is no aero.

I'm not sure what you mean by that.

[Pipcard]

RCV "Spica" (with NASA livery)

[RobotsAndSpaceships]

Spica is a QT.

Edited March 1, 2015 by DuoDex

[Pipcard]

Thanks.

Current WIP: the Hatsunese Space Station

[Pipcard]

Video:

[Pipcard]

(note: does not reflect final appearance)

Space Station "Mirai" (future)

I made this in the CAD program "Solid Edge" for a college course project, but I will have to make it again in Wings3D (so that I can export it to a format compatible with Orbiter).

[gmpd2000]

That's one of the few fan-made stations in orbiter that actually look like current-age space stations!

Congrats!

[RobotsAndSpaceships]

That looks fabulous.

[Pipcard]

Note that this is a Solid Edge render (with post-processing in GIMP) and is not the final version that will appear in Orbiter.

[Sampa]

When and how will,this be made available!

- - - Updated - - -

Nevermind, i noticed i didn't read op thoroughly enough!

[Yukon0009]

Reminds me, I seriously have to get back into Orbiter. Nice work!

[Pipcard]

Thanks, all of you.

Space Station "Mirai" insignia:

(font: ITC Legacy Sans LT Bold)

Edited March 21, 2015 by Pipcard

[Kibble]

Cute spacecraft! The hexagonal solar arrays remind me of that concept for deployable interstage-stowed panels - inspiration?

[Pipcard]

Thanks, but that's not how they would deploy. They just fold out like most solar panels.

Also, hexagons are cool and futuristic-looking.

Edited March 21, 2015 by Pipcard

[Pipcard]

Core module now made in Wings3D

[Pipcard]

Over the Solomon Islands

[Pipcard]

RCV01 "Hatsune" visits the core module of the HSS

[Pipcard]

(comparison with Hatsune Miku - 1.58 m tall)

Edited July 30, 2015 by Pipcard

[Pipcard]

Hatsunese Space Station "Mirai"

Edited July 30, 2015 by Pipcard

[MoeKitsune]

Plz make this a mod. I will actually pray to That-big-white-guy-no-offense-it's-religion if you do.

[Pipcard]

Sorry, but I'm making this as a mod for Orbiter, not KSP. Besides, I'd rather have stock/stockalike parts, and they wouldn't fit the aesthetic. So I recreated it in KSP instead.

Edited July 30, 2015 by Pipcard

[Pipcard]

(disclaimer: these images are post processed. The colors aren't this vivid in Orbiter)