After talking it over, I've decided to adopt
@SemrauDylan
's fantastic Starliner KSP mod "Boring Crew Services". Was just going to finish the remaining parts but instead started doing a full retexture at 50% higher resolution first.
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Some updates on the Boring Crew Services Starliner textures. Mostly done parachute bay, parachute cover and some work on the radial airbags.
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BDB has its first Flourine Hydrazine engine. The Rocketdyne G-1 for NOMAD. This gorgeous model was made by Al2me6 for RO-Engines and he kindly offered it to us. I made a few small tweaks to fit it into BDB and resized it is all but all credit goes to him.
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1/6 I'm incredibly happy to announce the release of Bluedog Design Bureau v1.12.0 featuring Voyager Mars, Little Joe II, Saturn Orbital Assembly, the MB-60 engine and a few other bits.
OV1 update for the Atlas part set. Including OV1-1, OV1-10, the sidemount pod, and the nose mount dual pod. Parts are on the BDB github but in a very early state. They still need to be properly configured.
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The Mitsubishi MB-60 (aka MARC60 aka MB-XX) is now on the BDB github dev for testing :) This was a proposal for future Delta IV and H2A upgrades and briefly was considered for SLS' EUS (in a 2x form).
@torybruno
thought you might like to see this visualised :)
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Little preview of the upcoming Tower of Power. The 25kW power module for Shuttle Skylab. Also shown a multi docking adapter with APAS 75 as was envisioned at the time.
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Getting close to finishing modelling this. Keen to get this unwrapped and start actually texturing. (all procedural placeholders for now)
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1/2 One of the growth options for Voyager Mars, a larger high gain antenna that folds under with cutouts for the engines and spacecraft adapter interfaces.
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Mostly completed docking adapter for Skylab Shuttle operations (as part of the 25kW power module part set). This part is not an exact recreation of anything but loosely takes inspiration from various docking adapter designs for shuttle skylab.
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Hi
@torybruno
I'm working on an Atlas V for Kerbal Space Program & was wondering if you could confirm the height of GEM63 & AJ60 including the nose? was thinking 17m & 20m height figures you see online are excluding the nose. With the cone they look very close in pics. Thanks!!
Its been a quiet day in the Kerbal Space Program community so I thought it might be a good time to upload the initial commit of the new BDB Atlas parts. More to come of course! Up on our github now for anyone who wants to test
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Resurfaced, the new PBR shader mod for KSP by Beale is now out publicly! You can grab it here.
Latest update to Shabby (linked there) is required & Blackrack's Deferred lighting mod is highly recommended. For our converted parts u need BDB's dev branch.
Mostly finished RD-180 model & textures. The Atlas III & V boattails still pending and the red ring is also placeholder (will be a mount option). Now I can get back to the rest of the Atlas parts :P
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🧵1/6 Building on top the S4B sized orbital assembly stuff
@MattMlodzienski
already added, here are some SII sized XL in-line docking ports for truly massive orbital vehicles. Now on the BDB github.
Finished the alternate variants for the new Atlas V. incl 4 levels of oxidation and 3 fictional paints :)
Will take some time to set up the configs so will probably upload tomorrow.
Tanks, raceway, avionics pod & lox tank all independent switches, can mix & match
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Little straggler part that will make the next patch release. Expanded SLA shroud for ETS Saturn H03 capable of housing an Altair/Artemis lander on an S4b/c. The panel can also be switched to a variant that will attach to an SII base.
1/4 I seem to have reached 1000 followers today... so uh thanks for being interested in the silly little stuff I'm making :) Please enjoy the continued drip feed of nuclear engines with the Los Alamos Small Engine Concept for the shuttle payload bay.
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Full flow cycle NERVA coming soon to BDB. This is the later evolution of the KIWI B based nerva and was the baseline for the reusable nuclear shuttle concept.
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1/4 Mostly finished NERVA II nuclear engine. I'll prob do the emissives later as this isnt strictly for the current update. Compared here with the two Timberwind engines already in BDB. Despite the huge size this is 1st gen NTR tech and thrust is similar to a J2.
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@torybruno
I thought you might like this. An RS-68 engine I made for the Bluedog Design Bureau mod for KSP. Including my interpretation of what a regenerative model might have looked like if it had ever gotten made.
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New LR-101 model for the BDB Atlas update. Includes a fictional ultra compact mount, a bare version of the historical mount, and three colours for the full version with aero covers. (The red was used on some Atlas A launches)
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1/2 Saturn I block II (SA5) fairing. IRL this was a jupiter nose cone and mass simulator but a fairing in that style is probably more useful. On github now as subtype on the generic 2.5m fairing base.
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managed to get a lot of key Skylab parts functional. The MDA, fairing, some science experiments and antennas still need to be completed but thats probably starting next week.
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coming soon. Comet HLLV fairings, both in a cargo version and a version for First Lunar Outpost (FLO). No we're not making one for BDB but we are giving users a nice fairing option for use with their creations.
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Henlo twitter 😀. Starting off with some historical builds I did in
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using Bluedog Design Bureau. Titan I and Titan II ICBMS. Thinking of doing a whole series on the Titan rocket family.
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1/2 One more addition to the upcoming MORL partset, a Resistojet electric RCS pod. Not too common in KSP mods, resistojets are commonplace in irl GEO satellites. They pass current through a resistive element to heat fluid which can be non reactive.
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1/3 Bluedog Design Bureau v1.8.0 "Мороз" featuring all new alt historical cryogenic engines that were planned but never saw full scale production. Now available :)
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The Centaur Forward Load Reactor for Atlas 5xx is up on the BDB github now. Attach to the new hidden middle node on the Centaur III fuel tank and set the auto deploy altitude to 1-2km above the fairing deploy alt.
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Some more Atlas WIP updates for BDB. Atlas E/F this time which features the distinctive avionics pods as well as the notably different shape to the booster skirt to accommodate fully independent booster engines for easier servicing.
Bluedog Design Bureau v1.10.2 has just been released. This features the all new "Baby Centaur" kick stage and the long awaited Skylab IVA. Plus various bug fixes and neat little presents like new flags, mission patches and historical decals.
Starting work on the long awaited BDB Atlas revamp with the LR-105. 3 mesh variations from left to right they represent NA3, NA5 & last one reps NA6, NA7 & RS56 OSA.
Still WIP, with more fixes, tweaks and some details needed.
Made some adjustments to the RD180 textures for more variation in colour on the turbo machinery (based on images of engines that had less paint) & added some extra details. This was uploaded with the G-1 commit. Minor change but I think it looks a little more fun.
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Small update to the CADS docking port to make the inner hatch a toggle (for use with Habtech ISS modules etc).
For those not in the know CADS is a fictional port from the Eyes Turned Skyward alt history, basically what if APAS but CBM sized.
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1/3 NERVA II nuclear engine now on the BDB development branch on github. This is if you've not seen it before, taller even than the M1, dedicated interstages and mounting hardware will come later so users will need to improvise a bit for now.
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1/2 Little WIP update for the next project: Voyager Mars! A crazy flagship mission with Mars orbiter and lander, and to launch two of them on Saturn V! Making the 1966 TRW version and the 1965 JPL VPE14 lander.
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1/2
@MattMlodzienski
a few days back quietly added a barrel extension to the S2 to S4B interstage. This provides a clean solution for the hot bleed cycle experimental NERVA engine to be used with the S4B. Inspired by an IRL design.
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Not really posting here much anymore but I thought I would give a small update on the Atlas project. Loads more to do but the core tank and skirt for early Atlas D, as well as C, B and A (in reverse order here) are mostly done. Loads more work left on other variants.
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1/2 Real life vs KSP :) The historical skylab parts are now in the polishing phase and work is starting on completing the rest of the ETS Spacelab stuff now.
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1/6 NERVA XE (bleed cycle) and NERVA full flow (final flight engine for reusable nuclear shuttle etc) are now on the BDB development github. Along with NERVA II already uploaded.
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1/3 I'm not dead! (although more twitter averse these days tbh). Anyways coming soon in the next few days to BDB hopefully, a version of the MORL space station concept. Some decals will be provided for the red stripes livery option too.
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1/3 New combo airlock and docking adapter designed to fit inside the SLA per earlier Skylab/Wetlab concepts. (before you ask SLA variant with full fold back petals planned for later lol). on BDB dev github now.
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1/3 Some more Skylab WIP. This time the main solar wings. The port side will get a correctly mirrored version.
The main workshop below the airlock module is placeholder pay it no heed :P
Also the extended ETS spacelab variant is available.
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More Atlas stuff. WIP RD-180 this time. For the new Atlas III I'm working on and the revamp of Atlas V
@Invaderchaos915
will be doing later.
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Some Skylab WIP for the BDB Saturn update. Working on the truss rn. If anyone has any clear images or diagrams for the latch mechanism (near the pulley) when the truss is deployed it would be much appreciated!
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Skylab fairing :). Of course adjustable in length via the SAF plugin as with other BDB fairings. More Saturn fairings forthcoming as well eventually.
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1/2 All new Eyes Turned Skyward "Spacelab" parts for BDB. The European Research Module and the airlock round out the partset.
ETS is of course a wonderful alt history by
@eofpi
and WorkableGoblin with primary art by
@aebdigital
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Not entirely finished yet but significant progress on the Fairchild Lunar Mapping Camera for the BDB Apollo SIM bay. This instrument was used on all 3 J class missions and is definitely my favourite among themm its the coolest looking IMO :)
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Atlas CELV parts have been reworked and up on github dev now. Basically the skirt got a mild texture refresh, mount remains the same almost, and the tanks themselves have been remade completely to match the new stuff.
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1/3 Very (VERY) early alpha of Venus Flyby uploaded to the BDB github. Some bugs with the aeroshield so thats disabled for now on the dedicated lightweight wet workshop. But the art is mostly done and stuff is getting functional.
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1/2 The 25kW power module and docking extension adapter are now on the BDB 1.11 development branch. Early alpha and likely to be buggy but brave people can test them out now.
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Added couple more small parts to BDB dev on github. The Atlas H conical structural adapter and the MSD/SGS fairing (used on both Atlas E/F and H.
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1/5 Coming soon to Bluedog Design Bureau, the absolutely gigantic Aerojet M-1. Part of a set of 4 "what if" cryogenic engines I'm working on that are almost done :) Considered for Nova before being cancelled as funding was diverted to Saturn V/Apollo.
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