New Messenger model almost done

Cham · Post #1by **Cham** » 11.09.2005, 20:31

I'm not satisfied with the extremely crude Messenger model found on the Motherlode. So I decided yesterday to work on my own representation model :

The model is about 85% done. It may not be very acccurate, so I need opinions, critics, etc, before releasing it.

Cham · Post #2by **Cham** » 11.09.2005, 20:54

I need more info (better close up) on the part indicated in red on the pictures below. I need photos about the real thing in space !

Post #3by **selden** » 11.09.2005, 21:20

I'd suggest writing directly to the folks at Johns Hopkins, most likely the Engineering contact.

See http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/contacts.html

Post #4by **ElChristou** » 11.09.2005, 21:46

Hey, seems there is lot to see under the foil!!
What about a semi transparent one like my MGS? :wink:

Cham · Post #5by **Cham** » 11.09.2005, 21:52

ElChristou wrote:Hey, seems there is lot to see under the foil!!
What about a semi transparent one like my MGS?

It's not worth it. Too much work for nothing, and I much prefer to have a representation of the thing in space, as it should appear to a real observer out there. So I'm not interested in the internals.

mmarable · Post #6by **mmarable** » 13.09.2005, 11:15

Excellent work Cham. You're right, it's much better than the "crude" model I made. :lol:

Seriously though, real nice work. I can attest that there really isn't a lot of info out there on the probe to base a model from. You're best bet may be contacting the developers.

Cham · Post #7by **Cham** » 15.09.2005, 02:06

Here's the final version, that I should release here in a day or two. Click to enlarge.

Cham · Post #8by **Cham** » 18.09.2005, 15:32

Here's a link to my Messenger model. Any feedback would be appreciated.

http://nho.ohn.free.fr/celestia/Cham/Messenger.zip

BrainDead · Post #9by **BrainDead** » 18.09.2005, 18:21

Cham wrote:Here's a link to my Messenger model. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Martin,

Added the model to my installation in the "extras" directory and it worked
like a charm. The model looks like it should, and the infoURL works like it
should too.

I did modify the ssc a bit, just to clean it up. Seems that I got some extra
characters in the code - probably due to Notepad vs Wordpad - but I simply
arranged it the way I wanted it, and it works just fine.

Thanks for this superb and improved model. Looks great.