MontyPython Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) Andromeda's Gates, Challenge II, Category B: TundraClassic As I recently signed up, I was soon given a first mission: "Make a first trip with one of our new ships." It sounded easy, but when I saw the ship I was given to drive, I changed my mind. It was a old TundraClassic freighter, used by the early colonists, when they were discovering frozen worlds. It had a really old driving system, with old-school steering wheel and it was very slow. But it was my guilt that I got this ship. In my application form I wrote: "I can drive anything, try me!" and they took it for real. Our engineers were ordered to build a lot of new defense ships, so they quickly started building them. They also modified some of the older ships and that one, I was driving was one of them. It was really old but in quite good shape so it didn't need a lot of work. They turned it into a small sized freighter with small engines, light protection and enough place for me, the pilot, two soldiers, two radio-operaters and a small vehicle. At first I wasn't really excited about it, but after some time I started to liking it. It was really easy to drive and had enough space. Because it has really small protection, only a small cannon, we were followed by some starfighters, in case of pirates. After some time we safely returned into hangar. Superior officer was pleased with me and granted me more ships to drive. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ I'm really sorry for horrible presentation and those extremly bad photos. I first saw this challenge yesterday and today I had to get an idea, find the right pieces, build the ship and I almost ran out of time for photos and posting this here. Thanks for watching and I hope you like it. Edited August 31, 2015 by MontyPython Quote
mediumsnowman Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 Cool! This has a great WWII battleship feel to it. Quote
shmails Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 That is pretty impressive for a one day build! I really like the vents on the sides. Quote
LittleJohn Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 Great work, for one day! The shaping is really cool and I like the interior Quote
Commander Turtle Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 Very nice! I like that there's a little buggy on board too. As of my post, there's about 13.5 hours until the deadline so if you're able to get up daylight-lit pictures I'm sure it would really show off the details Quote
Blackhawk STX Posted August 30, 2015 Posted August 30, 2015 Great work for your first Kawashita build! You're already a credit to the team! At least Monty made out better for his first mission than Blackhawk did! Still gotta get Aera back for that... Quote
MontyPython Posted August 31, 2015 Author Posted August 31, 2015 Thank you very much for your kind comments, I'm really happy you like my modest contribution. So far, I'm really enjoying AG and I hope I'll be able to give you more builds in the future! Quote
mccoyed Posted August 31, 2015 Posted August 31, 2015 I really like the "boat" feel of this one. Looks like a fishing boat, almost, and perfectly suited as a freighter. I also like some of the inventive ways you break up the smooth exterior, the vents and the way you did the cockpit windows. Quote
A Gallifreyan Cat Posted August 31, 2015 Posted August 31, 2015 It literally is a space "ship". Quote
MysticModulus Posted September 1, 2015 Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) Well done for such a short period of time! Nice to see a retro-ship. Edited September 1, 2015 by MysticModulus Quote
Andromedas Gates Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 The judges awarded you 6 points. Quote
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