Hi Simon. Excellent texturing. I'm a bit worried about those tanks on the
sides: what if an asteroid hits one? Also, will it have small jets on the
sides for steering? Does it already?

Simon de Vet wrote:

> A little project I've been working on.
>
> Starship Modeler (www.starshipmodeler.com) is hosting a competition of
> models of space craft and vehicles from written SF, which have never
> been depicted on screen. While I doub't I'll ever actually build this
> model to enter it, the rendering is fun.
>
> This is the tug "Marcus Garvey", from William Gibson's Neuromancer. The
> book simply describes it as a "tin can", 2m in diameter and 9 in length.
> Based on just those facts, I've been building my ship piece by piece.
>
> I like this ship for the same reason I like Borg cubes. It's efficient,
> practical, and entirely inelegant (ugly, even).
>
> I still intend to add an airlock to the near side of the middle
> component, a "cockpit" structure to the far side of the front component
> (I don't care for symmetry..), and a nice array of antenna and lights
> near the engine. I also want to make the whole thing look a little more
> complex with more wires and lights and tubing. Perhaps some navigational
> thrusters. Finally, I need some labeling to identify the ship and its
> owners (a Rastafarian colony, so it can be really interesting..)
>
> I want to keep the ship looking believable. No warp drives and phasers
> for this ship - I'm using modern rockets as my references...
>
> Simon
>
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