Let's Build a Spaceship...

Because, since, I'm on spring break, I have by definition nothing better to do with my time.

1) Before construction can begin, the drawings have to be made. Carefully add dimensions in feet, meters, inches, millimeters, centimeters, or miles.

2) Let's add the third dimension! We'll extrude the shape equal amounts in both directions and give ourselves a nice block of metal.

3) Navigation systems are a must-have to prevent taking the wrong turn at Albuquerque, Jupiter, or Vulcan, all of which could have disastrous results. To prevent such occurrences, we'll put a nice, spacy cockpit right at the front, and 7 trans-solus engines in the back, now with 9,000,000,000...ish horsepower.

4) Since this monster is too heavy to land on a planet (but of course, you knew that), we'll have to put in hatches so smaller craft can board. Also, to fight off any nasty pirates that get the idea to come after you, steal your cargo, and make you walk the plank (in space? Wow, that would be an interesting experience: "Jump!"... "Captain Bionic-Hook, he's not sinking! He just keeps floating up, up, up..."), we'll put three guns in the front. Stand back Spee! (Smee + Space)

5) Too plain? No worries. We'll add some nice curves and chamfers onto it, guaranteed to let you sail the stars in style.

6) Now, for your own personal touch. While your engines will almost always burn red, cockpit vacuum-shields (since there's no wind, it can't be windshield) come in three colors (brown, green, and blue), and don't let the black paint pictured fool you - your exterior can come in almost any color in the spectrum!

7) Finally - see this baby in space! Look at how it glides... well, ok, maybe you can't see it glide, but look at the picture of it... um... gliding. Beautiful site isn't it?

8) Military personnel - need a semi-medium weighted ship for escort purposes? This ship will do the job! Neither too heavy or too light, it's a perfect medium-weighted ship! No fear of cargo being stolen when this ship is in the escort!

And that's all folks! Thanks to the wonderful world of solidworks, you can let your imagination soar to outer space! This has definitely got to be one of my favorite toys... and my license expires in a few months... :(

Hope you enjoyed the building process/ad! Have a great day!