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Just came across a link to a load of free 3D models on NASA's web site

https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models

I suspect they all need a high-resolution printer though.
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ffutures wrote: Sun Oct 23, 2022 7:51 pm
and is VERY low resolution monochrome graphics...
Hmmm, that reminds me of another game I played once - which came in two 36kb-ish versions, one for wireframe graphics and one for solid-bodies with hidden edges not visible.
Can't put my finger on it's name.
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ffutures wrote: Thu Oct 27, 2022 8:46 pm
I suspect they all need a high-resolution printer though.
Oh, I do hope that at least the hammer (https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/hammer) doesn't need a high-resolution printer. That would be ... almost indecent. Mind you, they also provide patterns for making a 3-d printed pinhole camera for eclipse observation (https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/2d3d-print ... projectors), which is very much taking the technological walnut to the task of smashing sledgehammers.
They've also got an interesting range of elevation models for various bits of scenery - Apollo landing sites, several asteroids, Mars - which might be useful for other modelling projects.

I saw a comment recently that the "Tianve pulsar" OXZ is rather aged, and seeing 3d files for supernova models (https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/SN-1006 , https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/sn1987a) reminds me of this.

A knuckle-duster, disguised as a "multi-purpose multi-tool". https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/mpmt ? Yeah, well I guess there are some things you can't get negotiate your way out of, and the ISS doesn't have that many front doors you can storm out of and go down the pub.
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Just after the board went down I added another craft to my mighty fleet - not actually a spaceship, but definitely spaceship-adjacent since there's one parked nearby on Tracy Island when not in use!

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This is a Matchbox model and unfortunately a bit the worse for wear, the folding wings are a bit bashed at the edges, but not bad for 50p!
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Lovely Ship!
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Saw another one in a charity shop yesterday but it was incomplete and they wanted more for it than I paid for the one I have.
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