Re: Planet 'Terrain'

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>So, what I'm going to do is the following:
>
>Glue a half sphere to the center of an old (crappy) vinyl record. Then
paint
>the whole thing black.  Splash some paint on the planet and finish off
by
>painting a ruled orbit in white so when a starship gets in orbit the
player
>merely moves the starship around the painted ring.
>
>You won't need to measure the distance to the center of the planet
everytime
>you're close enough to hit the atmosphere either.
>
>Comments?...
>
>Pete

Another idea would be to mount a spherical planet on a wide base, as
suggested above, which would give you both an orbit line AND a nice
"whole"
planet.

Schoon