Okay, I had a long reply typed in here and would you beleive I hit the wrong button??!! I'll try this again. We're talking detailing. That, I understand. But I designed the ships and stations so as to avoid the pipe and conduit look- that's been done to almost every sci-fi ship from Star Trek to Star Wars and beyond. The idea- technology wise- for the society these stories are about, is that the technical stuff is hidden- in the walls, the bulkheads, floor and so on, until needed. Then service pannels or deck plates are removed for access. IN terms of the ship and station, I'm looking more toward simple hull plating- with an occational airlock hatch in the case of the station. This also means I need to decide how much detail to do. How much would be seen at a distance that allows the entire station to be seen? Are we talking an occational plate here and there or every plate on the station? It needs a more metalic look- does that mean chrome? I don't think so, but definate something with a little more shine to it. The novel was published some years ago. I'm hoping to have the comic book adaption done sometime in the early part of next year. The first two chapters and all the line art is already done. These models will be used for the exterior space scenes along with real textures for carpets and walls and such whenever I can scan them in. The comic is changing and evolving visually almost daily- it's going to be intresting to see how it ends up. I know, I'm going on and on. Time to cut it off for the night. See ya tomarrow.