{"id":27782,"date":"2016-10-28T09:55:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T13:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=27782"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:09:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:09:07","slug":"designer-spotlight-vincent-meens-space-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/designer-spotlight-vincent-meens-space-models","title":{"rendered":"Designer Spotlight: Vincent Meens – Space Models"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vincent Meens\u2019 Shapeways store<\/a> is totally out of this world — his designs are all intricately detailed parts for space models. Vincent works for the French Space Agency and has actually given his models to a number of museums, so he definitely knows his stuff (his completed Apollo 11 model is below).<\/em><\/p>\n

\"meens<\/a><\/p>\n

How\u2019d you link your passion for space with 3D design?<\/em><\/strong>
\nTo answer your question, the link was not just with 3D printing but rather between space and modeling.<\/p>\n

Since childhood (December 1968 actually with the flight of Apollo 8, the first men to orbit the moon) I have always been interested by the exploration of space; the 60’s and 70’s being my favorite years with the culmination of the Apollo flights to the moon. I started building space models when I was a kid and I have continued this hobby until now.<\/p>\n

In the 60’s and 70’s there were a few space models available like the Gemini, Vostok or Apollo spacecraft, but if you wanted to build something different (for instance a lunar rover or a large lunar module) you had to scratchbuild these models. I eventually became quite good at it, having now a couple of models displayed in museums. A large part of scratchbuilding is research to design parts with paper, wood or styrene. When 3D printing appeared, I said to myself that maybe all this available research could be used in designing parts in 3D and printing them.<\/p>\n

\"meens<\/a>

Meens’ A10-FUD-Descent Stage for a 1\/32 model of the Lunar Module<\/p><\/div>\n

Seems like you\u2019ve been very successful with the 3D printing approach to your models.<\/em><\/strong>
\nScratchbuilding requires a lot of research to find the good measurements but it also takes time. Imagine you designed a tiny thruster which take you about half an hour to build and you have 16 of them. 3D printing comes as a very interesting tool, not only your part will be more precise but you can also reproduce it. It also saves time and frustration if you lose a part.<\/p>\n

Your models have been displayed in museums, tell us how that came about.<\/em><\/strong>
\nMonogram released many years ago a model of the Apollo spacecraft at 1\/32. Unfortunately the lunar module was never released at that scale. Having previously built a large 1\/24 lunar module (scratchbuilt) I used my research to design the missing 1\/32 LM. I knew this would certainly be a hit among space modelers and it was, being largely promoted on space modeling fora and on my web site where I explained all the intricacies of this model built. As of today it is the only 1\/32 lunar module plastic model available.<\/p>\n

For the 1\/32 lunar module I already designed a few years earlier a 1\/24 model which I gave to a museum. All the research was already done and it was just a matter to design it in 3D and print it. Not only it was fun and quicker to build than the 1\/24 one but I could offer it to other space enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

\"Designer<\/a>

Designer Vincent Meens of Space Models<\/p><\/div>\n

We encourage you to check out Vincent\u2019s Shapeways shop here<\/a>, he has detailed instructions on assembling his model on his website for any of the models you\u2019re interested in building.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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