[alcibiade888]

Hi all! I'm doinga final university project based on Freespace and I wanted to reconstruct a 1:700 scale model of a Deimos class corvette. I wanted to ask if anybody has some kind of schematics of it. It would save me a lot of work and time spent in reproducing it from photographs ans still images of the ingame shots. Please e-mail me if you have anything that could help me =) Thanks in advance!

[General Battuta]

Open the .pof file in PCS2 and use that as a reference.

[alcibiade888]

ehm...What's a PCS2 ?? =) I'm not really familiar with technical computer things

[General Battuta]

POF Creation Suite 2, used to view and set up models for use in FreeSpace 2.

[alcibiade888]

Thanks! You know where I can find the pof models? Can't fin them in the freespace 2 folder

[General Battuta]

You will want to use the MediaVPs Deimos model. It is called corvette2T-01.pof and it is located in mv_assets.vp in your mediavps_3612 folder. Use VPView or Maja to extract it.

[The E]

You'll need to get a tool that can open up .vp files, several can be found here. Using these, you can extract the Deimos model from sparky_fs2.vp (Or the higher-poly version from the mediavps, that one can be found in mv_assets).
The file you are looking for is called "corvette2t-01.pof" in both cases.

[Marcov]

And, instead of 1:700, why not 1:72 instead .

[Dragon]

Actually, you would be better off doing Hattie model instead of Deimos, because the latter's HTL isn't very good, while the former is one of the best.
Hades was remodelling a HTL Deimos, but it seems that the project is on hold.

[Kolgena]

The hattie looks very hard to build a physical model for, but it would probably impress your instructor a lot more.

[lostllama]

What modelling material are you using? Plastic, wood, metal or something else?

Some members have made FS fighter and capital ship models out of paper/card and shown them on HLP in the past.

EDIT: Too bad this isn't real: http://www.game-warden.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7704

[alcibiade888]

Thanks everybody =) I've managed to take some measurements using Fred, even though I still have the older models and not the Source Code ones, but it's ok; I wanted to "modernize" a little the Deimos design anyway =)

@ Lostllama: I will probably use wood as I have a friend that works as a luthier and I will be able to use his laboratory and machinery, but I won't exclude some elements of plastic and metal =)

[lostllama]

According to the Wiki the Deimos is 717m long, so at 1:700 scale that'll be a little over 1m.

I think that's roughly about the size of Vasudan Admiral's Orion: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=64745.msg1304888#msg1304888

EDIT: Oh wait, actually your's would be longer by about 37cm.

Sounds really cool, all the best with your project!

[alcibiade888]

@lostllama: Lol yes it should be 1 m, but I'll pretend the Deimos is 700 mtrs long just to simplify things a little XD I was thinking about making the Aquitaine but that would have been too complicated and I have to finish it by the end of June possibly

[Marcov]

Just make a cargo box.

Good luck.

[Bobboau]

what would you consider the most helpful possible thing you could imagine (that could be downloaded across the internet) ?

[Drogoth]

@lostllama: Lol yes it should be 1 m, but I'll pretend the Deimos is 700 mtrs long just to simplify things a little XD I was thinking about making the Aquitaine but that would have been too complicated and I have to finish it by the end of June possibly

Dammit now I want to build a model of the Bastion

[Androgeos Exeunt]

You could try using LEGO bricks, Drogoth.

Best of luck on this project, alcibiade.

[Colonol Dekker]

Why not just hit F3 on the mainhall and save yourself the trouble of PCS2??

[The E]

FSO does not offer orthographic projection modes, which are very helpful when gauging dimensions.