In the original 'Star Wars' film, many of the effects miniatures such as the death star, and imperial cruisers, were cobbled together with hundreds of pieces from plastic model kits like aircraft carriers, battleships, etc..
I wasn't very clear, but in advocating use of 3D Warehouse in producing an online graphic sci-fi story, that's what I had in mind.
In other words, if I were creating a Lunar ice mining facility, or an Earth-Moon L2 station, or a main belt asteroid mining outpost, I would sketchup the macro structure myself, but wouldn't create every airlock hatch, heat exchanger, shock absorber, and mechanical arm from scratch.
I'm modeling this old hotel in western Pennsylvania, and all the windows, frames, mullions, cornices, dentils and ornamental details are scratch drawn.
But, I found an articulated double french door w/side lites, on 3DWH, which I hacked down to a single, closely matching the original. I will also use 3DWH models for all the 6-panel interior doors, door frames, and other more or less standard architectural details.
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