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This is one of the very first real attempts I made at a 3D image after I tried learning all the ins and outs of Sketchup. The idea was based on a few spaceplane and SSTO ideas I'd seen floating around in articles, but the look of the thing was most inspired by the Gryphon and Skylon spaceplane projects, although I like the idea of methane/oxygen more so than their ideas of hydrogen/oxygen.

This is for a webcomic I am ever so slowly working on. The idea is, it has cameras embedded within depressions covered with transparent plastic around the hull (I've read they've made something like this that's as strong as steel), so no need for the lack of shielded hull around the cockpit by way of windows. That way the crew can travel safely through space on the planet-moon run, or hook up with spaceships for long trips much like the shuttles in Avatar.

Description
This is one of the very first real attempts I made at a 3D image after I tried learning all the ins and outs of Sketchup. The idea was based on a few spaceplane and SSTO ideas I'd seen floating around in articles, but the look of the thing was most inspired by the Gryphon and Skylon spaceplane projects, although I like the idea of methane/oxygen more so than their ideas of hydrogen/oxygen.

This is for a webcomic I am ever so slowly working on. The idea is, it has cameras embedded within depressions covered with transparent plastic around the hull (I've read they've made something like this that's as strong as steel), so no need for the lack of shielded hull around the cockpit by way of windows. That way the crew can travel safely through space on the planet-moon run, or hook up with spaceships for long trips much like the shuttles in Avatar.