First pictures

Here is an initial render of the the first 4 planets in our solar system, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars:

Note that these planets were designed on a logarithmic scale, and are not depicted actual size.  Here is the next four - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune:

I am still not complete with developing the rings for these, and all four planets have ring systems.

Here is a render of an inital arm gearing mechanism I was considering, that ultimately will change in my final model as there are better and more elegant solutions:

In my next post, I'll get into the details of this project so far, and why I would like to undertake such an endeavor.