JOE JOHNSON ESCAPE POD CONCEPT MODELS
During the pre-production process, several designs are made before a final concept is approved for production. These are the escape pods designed by Joe Johnston during pre-production which appears in the SW SKETCHBOOK from my childhood. It was a great pleasure utilizing my skills and experience to bring these awespme designs to life.
If interested in a physical model, contact me impervium@hotmail.com
These are available as STL 3D file sets you can print at home. Here is LIFEPOD 1 and LIFEPOD WITH LEGS.
LIFEPOD 1
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LIFEPOD 1 is separated into 16 individual components. Default scale is scaled to the SATURN V rocket they would likely have used to produce the model, at least for a study-maquette.
LIFEPOD 1 separates into:
- The cap/middle hull
- 4 upper thruster nozzles
- middle hull
- 3 middle hull detail greeblies
- main hull
- triangular hull detail piece
- endcap plate
- main thruster
- thruster heat sink
- 3 bottom thruster nozzles
LIFEPOD WITH LEGS separates into:
- MAIN HULL
- 3 UPPER NOZZLES
- LOWER HULL
- 3 LOWER NOZZLES
- 4 ENGINE CHIPS
- 3 LANDING LEGS
The printed and painted sample showing here was upscaled to 142.37% of default scale.
HOW THEY WERE MADE
Starting with the sketchbook sketch, I imagined the simplification of a Colin Cantwell model and how Joe or Ralph McQuarrie would have detailed the unseen rear areas. In the sketch it looks like they hadn't quite relied on the nibbler cutouts on the panels so I kept that to a minimum and relied on randomness.
I 3D modeled this lifepods in a few different programs, always keeping in mind to eventually segment it at natural separation points to faciliate easy 3D printing and assembly.
LIFEPOD 1
LIFEPOD WITH LEGS
The models were then printed and adjustments made where necessary.
The pods can be upscaled or downscaled as you please. Here they are upscaled and easily printed on a machine as small as the ENDER 3 FDM machine.
Printed at DEFAULT SCALE:
ENLARGED PRINTS AT 147%
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