Octan in Space

[Blake]

I've ended my six month building hiatus! This is going to be some sort of space refueling station. There's not much to see yet. Eventually there will be brick-built terrain under this.

[legosammy]

vary cool how did you do the diagonal rails i see used hinges but how did you get them to line up so nicely?

[Strange Animal]

very nice and."There's not much to see yet" Yes there is

[Sir Michael Le Fanu]

Well done there Blake! It appears your Hiatus's end is really bringing out the good! Octan is really becoming a trend in the Space community.

[Blake]

Thanks guys!

vary cool how did you do the diagonal rails i see used hinges but how did you get them to line up so nicely?

It took a lot of tinkering. The sides don't make perfect Pythagorean triples. but there's enough play in the hinges that it doesn't matter.

Here's an update:

[Sir Michael Le Fanu]

Great Terrain-I love the nice solar-wind blown sand effect. Very good technique.

[Blake]

Thanks! This evening I got the platform to support the weight of the ship, which allowed me to take the photo I wanted to take yesterday.

[Sir Michael Le Fanu]

Nothin' looks better than white, green, and red flying through space (or pumping oil from a planet :P).

[legosammy]

i thought it was a orbital platform but this looks even better.

[_zenn]

I'm diggin' the offworld mining colony feel it has to it. Would be kewl to see a big diorama, with transports, mechs, factory, loading docks, refinery etc.