# Rocketeer finishes a model: Spaceliner "Aventine" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 11, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366 "2017-05-11T15:48:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/21 "2017-05-12T20:05:57Z")
> [@Rocketeer2](#): > > [this model](http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/Demoness/file_zpsb4514559.jpg) That totally fucking rocks! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/22 "2017-05-12T22:34:48Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Also, you’ve gotten the one thing right most people get wrong about rockets—they’re not like ocean cruisers, but rather, like tall buildings, because when accelerating, the ‘down’ direction will point towards the drive section. It’s a detail and easy to handwave, but I like that you paid attention to it. \*\* TRIVIA QUESTION:\*\* At a constant acceleration of 1g, how long will it take the ship to reach the speed of light relative to its point of departure? **ANSWER:** Very close to one Earth year. My Astronomy professor in college actually did the math. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/23 "2017-06-13T04:52:26Z")
A postscript: I took _ **Aventine** _ to Wonderfest, the big yearly fantasy & sci-fi model show in Louisville. A couple friends and I rented a minivan and drove, which allowed us to bring a whole pile of models to enter. _ **Aventine** _ turned out to be a bit of a battery hog; all those LEDs used up batteries lickety-split and I had to replace the batteries three times. Despite that, it did very well in the competition. It got a Gold, and won three special awards. (Special awards are sponsored by a person or organization, and they can give them to whoever they please.) _ **Aventine** _ won Best Starship (huuuuuge impressive trophy); Best Example of Something We Like; and Best Scratchbuild. For the next 14 1/2 hours, I was the happiest guy in Louisville, and then I was the happiest guy on I-70 for about a day, and then the happiest guy on I-64, and… :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/24 "2017-06-13T05:07:57Z")
Congratulations! I would say well deserved. I like the name of the award; “Best Example of Something We Like” One year I won the “Second to Last” trophy at a kinetic sculpture race. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/25 "2017-06-13T13:36:03Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > … > I like the name of the award; “Best Example of Something We Like”… You’ll like the group’s name, then: COlorado Modeling Militia IntErested in Sci-fi, “COMMIES” for short 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/26 "2017-06-13T14:08:23Z")
Congrats and dare I say, well deserved! ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/27 "2017-06-13T14:16:11Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > A postscript: I took _ **Aventine** _ to Wonderfest, the big yearly fantasy & sci-fi model show in Louisville. A couple friends and I rented a minivan and drove, which allowed us to bring a whole pile of models to enter. > > _ **Aventine** _ turned out to be a bit of a battery hog; all those LEDs used up batteries lickety-split and I had to replace the batteries three times. Despite that, it did very well in the competition. It got a Gold, and won three special awards. (Special awards are sponsored by a person or organization, and they can give them to whoever they please.) _ **Aventine** _ won Best Starship (huuuuuge impressive trophy); Best Example of Something We Like; and Best Scratchbuild. For the next 14 1/2 hours, I was the happiest guy in Louisville, and then I was the happiest guy on I-70 for about a day, and then the happiest guy on I-64, and… :D:D:D I will be most disappointed if you don’t take all of your trophies, deconstruct them, and use the parts to build one fabulous mega-trophy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/28 "2017-06-13T14:44:26Z")
Congratulations, **Rocketeer**! Well done! ETA: I don’t know how many models you build each year (not too many if they all take 3-4 months), but I wouldn’t mind if there was a Great On-Going Model thread for you and anyone else to post in. Your work is amazing; I’d love to continue to see projects that you and others worked on. Anyone else think such a thread is a good idea? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/29 "2017-06-13T15:08:40Z")
I wish I could see the photos, but the site wants my ad blocker turned off. Not gonna happen. Dammed shame. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/30 "2017-06-13T15:33:05Z")
Thanks to you all for the kind words! > [@RobDog](#): > > I will be most disappointed if you don’t take all of your trophies, deconstruct them, and use the parts to build one fabulous mega-trophy. 🙂 Heh heh 🙂 > [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > I wish I could see the photos, but the site wants my ad blocker turned off… Yeah, Photobucket has turned into Pop-up Central these days. Maybe it’s time to investigate other photo-hosting sites, preferably free. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/31 "2017-06-13T15:34:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **steatopygia** : > > I like the name of the award; “Best Example of Something We Like” Yeah, it reminds me of John Campbell’s definition of science fiction: “Science fiction is that which is published by science fiction editors”. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/32 "2017-06-13T15:51:02Z")
Nice job, Rocketeer! As a young man, I bought a tabletop miniatures game called “Sky Galleons of Mars”, from GDW’s _Space 1889_ line of stuff. I am still enchanted by that kind of Jules Verne, steam-punk kind of setting! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/33 "2017-06-13T16:03:02Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > …Four months later, here’s the spaceliner _ **Aventine** _ as it passes Phobos… Very cool - well done! You may be interested to know there’s a non-_Star Trek_ canon starship, the USS _Aventine_: [USS Aventine | Memory Beta, non-canon Star Trek Wiki | Fandom](http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/USS_Aventine) ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/34 "2018-10-27T06:02:08Z")
Here’s an album of [_ **Aventine** _ photos on Flickr.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/150559382@N07/albums/72157682608406463) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/35 "2018-10-27T08:56:33Z")
It’s still gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/36 "2018-10-27T11:54:08Z")
Very Russ Manning-ish! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/37 "2018-10-27T14:54:34Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > Here’s an album of [_ **Aventine** _ photos on Flickr.](https://www.flickr.com/photos/150559382@N07/albums/72157682608406463) > [@Quartz](#): > > It’s still gorgeous. Aye; this is still my favorite of all of your models I’ve seen, **Rocketeer**. The detail work is just incredible and the you really nailed the overall “look”. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/38 "2018-10-27T17:37:41Z")
Thanks, guys! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/39 "2018-10-28T01:58:47Z")
Thank Goodness for Flickr! ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366/40 "2018-10-28T06:08:51Z")
Damn, son, that’s incredible! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366.md?page=1)