ZCerberus Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 I built this little ship from parts acquired from clearance sets at Target and Walmart while on vacation with my in-laws. It is inspired by the neo classic space display I saw at Brickworld and the dragonflies my father-in-law likes to catch and document, the biggest and most prized of all being the fierce dragonhunter. I will admit it is more neo than classic. I used bley and dark bley and there is no bumble bee stripe- but hey, I still think it looks pretty sweet. There are quite a few sets I parted out, so I can't say for sure where all the parts come from, though I know 2 Benny's Space Ships, a Milano Space Ship and 4 Kashyyyk troopers sets were involved. Profile view Front view Rear angle Hatch open After the ship was done, my 2 year old son wanted to play with it, so I had to construct something to keep him busy. Hence the refueling tanker was made. He loved to call it "my tankerr twauk!" Refueling begins! Quote
___ Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 I like the car design, basically modern neo-cs clone of the vehicle from LEGO 483-1. Quote
PaddyBricksplitter Posted July 22, 2015 Posted July 22, 2015 Thats a good job getting all those builds from a few sets. The look great too. Quote
SpacerSteve Posted July 24, 2015 Posted July 24, 2015 I really like it. The tankerr twauk is neat too. Quote
FonsoSac Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 I love it. I like the Dragon Hunter design, the refueling tanker is a nice complement. Quote
Lady K Posted July 26, 2015 Posted July 26, 2015 Very nice! Both the Dragon Hunter and tanker truck are Awesome! Quote
Coren Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Great build, reminds me of an ornithopter from the 1984 Dune movie. Tanker truck is a nice addition, but does iT really run on fossil fuel? ;) Quote
Jim Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Great work! Very nice little spaceship with lots of details and greebles. Quote
ZCerberus Posted July 31, 2015 Author Posted July 31, 2015 Glad you liked it Jim! It really is a different type of build for me, but something I plan to venture into again! Quote
Jim Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Glad you liked it Jim! It really is a different type of build for me, but something I plan to venture into again! Looking forward to see what you come up next Doesn't whether a space ship is huge or small, I like it when the designer pays careful attention to the color scheme. Usage of duotone, or one or more colors combined with grey elements tend to work out nicely. Quote
___ Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Doesn't whether a space ship is huge or small, I like it when the designer pays careful attention to the color scheme. Usage of duotone, or one or more colors combined with grey elements tend to work out nicely. Ehm, of course it works as this color scheme was developed many years ago by TLG itself as you probably know as we all know...ClassicSpace forever! Quote
Jim Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Ehm, of course it works as this color scheme was developed many years ago by TLG itself as you probably know as we all know...ClassicSpace forever! This comment might be superfluous, but I meant implementing a certain color scheme in general. Wheter it's blue with grey, or white with dark red (and grey), etc. And as a designer (ZCerberus in this case) you still need to implement the chosen color scheme in a good way, which he did. Quote
___ Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 This comment might be superfluous, but I meant implementing a certain color scheme in general. Wheter it's blue with grey, or white with dark red (and grey), etc. And as a designer (ZCerberus in this case) you still need to implement the chosen color scheme in a good way, which he did. Yes, I agree - I just wanted to say he cannot go wrong as he completely reused the CS color scheme principle (like, for example: 70% blue, 20% gray, 10% trans-yellow)... Quote
Kristof Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 This is just great! I'd love to swoosh this around :D Quote
ZCerberus Posted July 31, 2015 Author Posted July 31, 2015 This is just great! I'd love to swoosh this around :D I'm not saying it would pass Lego review for official set status- but it is stable enough to be swooshable by anyone over the age of 7. The rear landing strut is a bit fragile though. A wrong angle can cause collapse! Quote
___ Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) I'm not saying it would pass Lego review for official set status- but it is stable enough to be swooshable by anyone over the age of 7. The rear landing strut is a bit fragile though. A wrong angle can cause collapse! BTW has it any modularity (like canopy opening, some doors that can be opened etc.)? EDIT: Sorry, I did not noticed first time the picture with opened canopy door...eh! Edited July 31, 2015 by bublible Quote
ZCerberus Posted July 31, 2015 Author Posted July 31, 2015 Great build, reminds me of an ornithopter from the 1984 Dune movie. Tanker truck is a nice addition, but does iT really run on fossil fuel? ;) Ornithopters should have beating wings though, right? No fossil fuels here! These Eco-friendly future space people use spent cooking oil to power everything. Duh! BTW has it any modularity (like canopy opening, some doors that can be opened etc.)? EDIT: Sorry, I did not noticed first time the picture with opened canopy door...eh! Besideds the doors, the landing gear moves and the VTOL engines rotate. The engines can be tilted downward a little too if you are careful. Quote
___ Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 No fossil fuels here! These Eco-friendly future space people use spent cooking oil to power everything. Duh! Ah, carcinogenic then - not much better IMHO: what they save on nature they use for self-destruction...kind of nihilistic future, isn't it? Quote
ZCerberus Posted July 31, 2015 Author Posted July 31, 2015 Ah, carcinogenic then - not much better IMHO: what they save on nature they use for self-destruction...kind of nihilistic future, isn't it? Who says? You don't know much about the future and future otherworldly cooking oils man! Totally healthy. Quote
___ Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 (edited) Who says? You don't know much about the future and future otherworldly cooking oils man! Totally healthy. That is actually true, but logic of things is telling me they come to solution for the fosil fuels polution like at least 50 years before they solved out how to use used cooking oil without contaminating themselves with carcinogenes..."totaly healthy" way, of course. Therefore there is no difference for them if they use fosil, used cooking oil, dinosaur petrified eggs or anything else anyway. And who says? They themselves...we were chatting in CS channel last century or so...I think it was Benny himself, but not 100% sure of. Edited July 31, 2015 by bublible Quote
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