AN Piranha fast attack frigate

[fredde]

So i have finaly went and done a SHIP well not actually a ship since the piranha only measures at 93 studs. But its still a huge investment in parts for me and adding an antenna or something just to make it 100 studs long seemed unnecessary and would just seem tacked on UPDATE: the piranha is now 112 studs and that qualifies it to SHIPgrade

see the bottom of this page for update details (altough look at the other photos first )

side view

these are the engines i was inspired by the engines on the Daedelus from stargate when i built these

this is the main turret it houses a heavy duty railgun

this is the bridge it seats a total of four minifigs and Im very happy with how it turned out :D

these are the forward firing plasma guns they fire slowmoving plasma balls that are commonly used against ground targets similar to regular rockets

this is the left cargo pod it holds.....

..a little speeder thingy altough the speeder is unarmed there is a energy carbine attached to the side that can be used by the driver

it also holds a pair of binoculars

this is the right cargo pod it holds....

...GUNS!

the guns are from the top to bottom :dual micro smg ,dual heavy plasma guns, anti vehicle laser cannon,rpg with 3 extra mkII rockets

no wonder the minifigs are smiling :D

it opens to reveal the interior lets start with the cargo room.

this is the cargo room it holds...

crates with food and spare parts for the MPT compliment aswell as other supplies

there is also a tool rack with some tools and a broom .because a clean ship is a healthy ship altough the crew seems to be quite bad at cleaning judging by the dust on the floor.

that leaves us with this mystical cabinet what can there be inside?

oh its the main reactor the two greenish domes are power sources for the engines and the internal systems aswell as for weapons and warpdrive. the clear dome is a powered down backup reactor

now lets take a closer look at the bridge :arrow:

this is the bridge with the canopy swung back and the crew seated

now the backrow of the bridge is where the weaponry is controlled aswell as were the ship is steered the front row is were the navigator and the radiooperator are seated

this is the section behind the bridge it has a computer

and a coffetable complete with a food dispenser (think the goo from the matrix only tastier)

also the thing you saw with a few dishes over it is a small kitchen were the food from the crates is cooked this will of course makes you wonder were the goo comes from . it comes from the row of domes on top of the cargo room were a geneticly manipulated plant which is highly nutrious and fast growing is grown in a mixture of soil and recycled human waste since the piranha is meant for long term ahead of fleet hit and run attacks against enemy critical installations and ships it needed

1.a large supply of food which is solved by the plants

2.a means of attacking space targets which is the railgun and the plasma cannons

3. a mean of attacking ground targets and its here the MPTs come in :D

the MPTs (multi purpose tripod) are housed in the hangar they are top of the line mini mecha controlled by an extremely advanced robotic brain

now you may think these are unarmed since they dont hold any guns but no the MPTs have inbuilt plasma repeaters in their arms which are similar

to the tachikomas weaponry in this movie (tachikoma=little blue bot)

linky :arrow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnoAYpD3dHM&feature=fvw

The MPTs are also equipped with a stealth field similar to the one in the movie as well as mkII jumppacks that allows the m to move with unparalled mobility couple that with the wheel feet and you gothe perfect fast moving sabouter unit

awww can you say no to that face?

here you can see a couple of MPTs that have just disembarked trough the side doors attacking a group of jellies. of course if you think arm guns are too small then there are other alternative :twisted:

this is the z-45 heavy plasma accelerator gun it is the definition of overkill

this is the AT-65 anti tank rifle it is not as powerful as the Z-45 but less likely to overheat any rumors saying the Z-45 occasionaly explode when overheated are heh......entirely true

now the Piranha has to have a place to store the MPTs does`nt it?

thats what the hangar is for

here is the door to the hangar

here it is open with an MPT coming out

"please remain seated and put the table in the upright locked position"

a minifig perspective of the hangar (this is one of my favourite pics)

this is a better pic of the engines also you see those ballturrets on the sides those are anti fighter turrets there are 3 of them on the Piranha two that you can see on this pic and 1 on the nose

minifig perspective while walking to the bridge

a few more views of the ship :)

these are all the MPTs i have assembled i hope you like them :D

ah my first ship she is beautiful isnt she?

now all i need is some numbered tiles for my MPTs

MPT says comment and vote in the poll :D

Update!

i have added a couple of gunturrets on the sides for ship to ship combat these turrets also boosted my SHIP to 112 studs of length YES achievment unlocked! well here are some pics :D

well here is an overwiew shot i made t a priority to keep the sleek and clean look i think i succeded

this one of the turrets the interior of the ship is ecxactly the same tho except for the new section

here is the other turret

this is an interior shot its a little fun you see when i was adding the new section the ship which was at critical mass i guess simply fell apart!

so on the Piranha not only this section is new but i also heavily reinforced the bottom and the top of the ship so now she`s sturdy as a brick! well thats all for now :D

I have to add that the reason there is an "update" is because I built the ship took photos then built more but took only a few photos so I didnt have enough photos of the new version so i combined the two. dont forget to comment

[Legostein]

Hello!

Now this is a really massive starship! Its dimensions are impressive as is that huge main gun turret. It looks like on a Navy battleship. Your cockpit construction is very interesting and reminds me a bit of an old police station of the city theme. But you used the elements cleverly so that everything is nicely closed. And what is really good here is the detailed interior of the ship. You provided many pictures so that we almost see every corner of the ship.

Very well done!

~ Christopher

[lightningtiger]

Very nice space battleship 'Fredde' - very 1980's look.

Fantastic detail and weaponary - that's going to hurt !

Every compartment is great (you have been very busy).

Keep up the great work 'Fredde' !

I'm a conformist! !!!

[Darth Legolas]

Now I feel like building something really big. The detail on this thing is awesome! I mean really, that's huge! Larger than any Star Wars cruiser Lego has made! I love the cargo pods and the interior and exterior go perfectly together. Even thoguh the shape is basically square-ish, it works so well, especially covered with that amount of detail!

[fredde]

thanks everyone for the comments

I appreciate them it fills my ego up like a ballon and so forth

Edited January 15, 2010 by fredde

[jmadd58]

That is amazing! Every little detail of it is pure genius! Nice job. The MPTs are nice little mini mechas. Overall, if this set was available in shops, I would pay just about any amount of money for it!

[Darth Hawken]

Wow cool MOC. the ship looks very futuristic and great details and good use of glass

Great ship

[Cakeman]

That's a large SHIP

Oh, I want to build my own now, but I gues it'll be just a smaller version. So, is it a crew of 4 plus the MPT's? Who's manning the mobile guns?

[Mark Kelso]

Very cool! Love all of the attention to detail on both the interior and exterior portions. I wouldn't have minded seeing some rounded surface areas in some capacity, but nevertheless, it's still a really nice design. Thanks for doing a show and tell for us on this one!

[fredde]

That's a large SHIP

Oh, I want to build my own now, but I gues it'll be just a smaller version. So, is it a crew of 4 plus the MPT's? Who's manning the mobile guns?

First thanks for the comment and second yes the crew is plus the MPTs for a total of 7 the guns are manned by an onboard AI

Very cool! Love all of the attention to detail on both the interior and exterior portions. I wouldn't have minded seeing some rounded surface areas in some capacity, but nevertheless, it's still a really nice design. Thanks for doing a show and tell for us on this one!

thanks! a comment from the great mark kelso also i tried to have panels on the sidepods that went from the hull of the ship to the most portruding part of the pod but it ended up to fragile and broke if you looked at it sharply

to everyone since this is an rather old moc you can see the MPTs successor here MPT successor

and thanks for the comments everyone

[Fires-storm]

An amazing ship to be sure! Now I really feel like building one soon, huh, maybe I'll try But anyhow, yours has so much amazing detail, I was truly blown away, it must've taken a long time, I love the design! Great work, and keep bricking!