This is a 3D printed, 40″ long reproduction of the Cygnus spaceship from Disney’s 1979 movie The Black Hole. The 3D parts were designed and produced over a span of around two years or so by a modeler named Dave Nelson who went by Primitive Dave on Shapeways.com where he made the parts available. I kept in touch with Dave while he was producing the parts and he also made available schematics for an acrylic armature that the Cygnus frame parts fit over in order to support the “soft and flexible” 3D printed parts and allow for the interior to be illuminated. Unfortunately Dave disappeared shortly after completing the parts and actually before working out the final details of the front of the armature...
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