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The Scorpion ABS (armoured battle station) is a mobile ground unit with a frontal plasma cannon and a super heavy rail gun turret. Created to carry a squad of marines in to any situation and form a heavily defended position behind enemy lines but with the capabilities of a tank and apc rolled in to one. Inspired by Crimso Giger and his contagious building and by his theme moth Febrovery. In transport mode with the main armament stowed The Scorpion can carry a squad of 6 and requires a 2 man crew consisting of a driver/engineer and a gunner/strategic operations manager Thick ablative armour shrouds a hardened plastanium core minimising both the impact from beam weapons and high velocity missiles. Unlike most ground units the Scorpion creates an adaptive energy shroud as a first line of shielding this further reduces the chance of being susceptible to supersonic projectiles and sneak attacks. Armed with a forward firing plasma cannon and its quad lance rail cannon the Scorpion is as well armed as it is guarded. With its main armament of a quad lance rail cannon, capable of launching rounds at hypersonic speeds with pinpoint accuracy, this Scorpion certainly has a sting in its tail.

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I have used a system simlar to this many times and while you have the basic arangement right you have missed one thing that I have found is very important to the smoothness of the mechanism. Where you have the rack element across the top of the door being driven by the small gear, you need to add more of these small gears that are undriven and will rotate freely to stop the door from trying to pivot upwards and reduce the friction on the powered small gear. I normaly build my airlock doors in this style with a width of 2 studs, one half has the rack elements on it while the other has long tiles, the door is then held in its runner by the long tiles and the driven gear and its undriven counterparts. I hope this explanation is of some use.

If you are looking for a proper scale model solution look in to produts like water effects, while these are used for creating areas of realistic looking water in model railroad and scale model diorama they are also good for creating fake ice. Here is a link to someone using them for creating a water fall and various other things:- http://www.stormthec...ter-effects.htm For ice you could buy some mould release spray and a rock mould:- http://www.anticsonl..._1_1833207.html and then cast using the water effects. Another option would be to look in to clear two part resin, and then create a mould in a suitable material and cast it using the clear resin:- http://www.metalclay...esin-300ml.html Otherwise you could look in to replica ice products like these:- http://www.trengoves...es/aboutus.html The top two ideas are the least expensive but have a wider range of possible uses, they both will require some skill to use and get the finish you desire. It is also worth mentioning that using resin is quite messy and can be somewhat dangerous due to the exothermic reaction that the resin creates as it cures. From looking at the images in your post It looks like they originaly used a clear resin and some good quality moulds.

Hey fella, thanks for your kind words and I am truly sorry for the lack of images. This situation has developed thanks to all of the changes on Flickr . I had originaly used Flickr to host my images for posting on other sites because I scratch build sci-fi space craft, sculpt figures, produce all kinds of sci-fi artwork and various other creative things like that, using flicker as a hosting site made it posible to post high res large images on websites and forums that had no image hosting ability and to help promote my trade and get business. Over the past 6 months Flickr has made so many changes to the site that my images were in a constant state of flux, I was getting repeated emails about the disappearance of my pics. Every few weeks I would have to go on a mission to find a new way to post the same images that had been taken down. It had got the point where I was having to use log in to Flickr in a forigen language just to be able to use the site as it was originaly intended, then checking 6 or 7 other sites to make sure all the links still worked. Some times this process would take up to a week and in the end I began to think why am I doing this?? When I am scratch building I use various tools and each of them has a specific purpose, if that tool becomes old or broken I will get rid of it and buy another... bad tools only make things look o.k, if you want to produce something that looks amazing you have to use a good tool. Flickr is a tool that is broken and has made my work look shaky and my logging of it time consuming and overly stressful. The two worst things are that when Flickr decides to change something there is no prior notification and no option to opt out, then there is the chance that you can't go back and remove or alter the images. Not a huge problem with crap selfies and pics of the family dog but for things that are your interlectual property (IP) and crafted from your imagination for resale then things get a bit dodgy, the sites copyright spiel was always pretty bad and the constant changes made the situation financially dangerous. The Lego images I had posted on there had already highlighted how easy it was to use other peoples images without permission when several of my MOC's were used in various blogs and sites around the world without permission, kinda cool with Lego but not if it is uncredited IP artwork and sculpture. I am sorry for the huge explanation but I had considered starting a new topic about this but wasn't sure where to post it. This is a situation that effects a huge part of the community because Flickr is the biggest resource for Lego builders to meet and show there work on the internet, I have met hundreds of builders from all over the globe on there but the constant changes are making that community harder and harder to access. I have deleted my images from Flickr because of the above reasons and the Lego images because I dont want the hassle of having to check the links still work every few months (it's a big job!). I have been uploading my Lego builds to Ipernity but they wont allow free hosting, so if you want to see my stuff you have to go there http://www.ipernity.com/home/sioka I am hoping to find a better solution to this but I have a mountain of work and that is more important at the moment, I have not deleted my Flickr account because that gives me access to the forums - for the time being - If anyone has info on good alternative image hosting sites they would be very much appreciated.

This has been the best thing on Eurobricks so far! Thanks for sorting this out Bob D! The quality of all the builds was top notch and it made trying to pick ones to vote for especially hard. The best thing about this was watching the forum to see the new builds every day - and hoping I hadn't gone and built the same as one of the other participants. I love how different every Moc was, it truly showed that every builder here was a Masterbuilder! Well done to both Disco86 and Yanakin your Moc's were superb. Also well done to every one that took the time to enter and those that voted, without you this wouldn't have been the huge amount of fun that it was.

Category A 18 - 2 points 19 - 2 points Category B 17 - 2 points 18 - 2 points

As MKjoshA said so much to love here! loads of cool details and a very clean build, I like the way you have used the studs as a detail too. Very Blade runner.

Some great parts use here Yanakin and a very clean and modern vibe, I get a strong Oblivion vibe from the shape of the structure (this is good). Given the view you would get from Olympus Mons the massive windows would be amazing and provide you with a breathtaking view of Mars. The use of the classic space cockpit for the rover is a nice touch too.

This reminds me of all those classic sci-fi movies that were on TV in the early evenings as a child, I grew up watching stuff like Forbiden planet and Invaders from mars. I love all the stylistic details you have added such as the canopies used for a bay window and the curved edges on all the corners very 50's retro. Also you built a starfield backdrop in brick! very original and way cool.

This is brilliant! The Hydrogarden is spot on also I love your nod to one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time Silent running.

Thanks guys, the vehicle lift was the start point for the build and something that I had built several times before in different forms but never used in a finished MOC. This time it got to be one of the most important parts of the construction and also one of my favourite play functions in the Mercury hab. The lift is fully working, powered by two medium PF motors piggybacked together using bevel gears and feeding in to worm gears to provide non slip torque to the lift. While its not very visible there are all sorts of greebles and wiring around the edges of the lift well and big gas tanks in the bottom of the well too. Thanks dude! I had some luck on my side because I had just finished sorting my collection so there wasn't too much hassle with finding parts just a lack of bricks and time! In some MOC's I try to use all one colourway like old bley or new bley but othertimes it helps to use a mixture because I feel it adds a sense of realism and texture. Thanks Carson, I wanted to add some greenery to the idea of living on a lifeless planet and one of the recent sci-fi films 'Last days on Mars' had a line about missing green and being homesick for Earth so the arboretum was a must. I might try taking some better pics of this build now I'm back from the land of no internets, it was a bit rushed before.

Hello again folks! Here is my entry for the Home sweet home contest. This is the home of two young pioneers on the planet Mercury, the hab is subterranean apart from the vehicle airlock, main airlock and the comms tower. Building the hab like this protects the occupants and equipment from the blazing heat during the Mercurian day and the dangerous radiation thrown out by the sun. The pioneers live here to work mining precious metal and minerals that are found in dense deposits in the planets crust, some of the material is found only here in the solar system. Many pioneers retire after a 4 year Mercurian mining career and live fat on the money made from trading in the minerals and precious metals they have collected. The hab is split in to 4 levels. Level 1 ground floor- Access to over ground, airlocks and external coms array. Level 2 sub level- Command and controll centre. Level 3 sub level- Workshop and storage bays, upper balcony for the arboretum. Level 4 sub level- Living quarters. Arboretum, kitchen, lounge/diner and bedroom. euro house12 par sioka sculpting, sur Flickr euro house14 par sioka sculpting, sur Flickr euro house13 par sioka sculpting, sur Flickr euro house15 par sioka sculpting, sur Flickr This is by far the largest single MOC that I have ever constructed! My deadline for this build was for today because I will be unable to build or use the computer for the rest of this month, looks like I just made my deadline by the skin of my teeth! I apologise for the bad photos but this is all time has allowed, also if you leave a comment please do not take it personally if I can’t respond for a week or so due to lack of PC. All the other entrees for this event have been amazing and it’s been good fun seeing everybody’s take on this theme. Thank you Eurobricks for setting this challenge and giving us something interesting and fun to build. Images hosted by Simplest Image Hosting - http://simplest-image-hosting.net/

Ice trawler Polynya... Not so SHIPtember by sioka sculpting, on Flickr This is the ice-trawler Polynya, a vehicle used to tow space bergs from the Oort cloud and Kuiper belt to the Neptune way station for processing in to fuel. Constructed by the Sevmash exo division at the Alpha Centauri Bd Severodvinsk orbital dockyards, the Polynyas keel was laid down in 2382 and released from dry dock for fitting on 14.4.2384. Polynya became operational on 12.11.2384 and after successful trials was delivered to its new owners Kuiper Chemicals at the Triton orbital yard. Ice trawler Polynya... Not so SHIPtember by sioka sculpting, on Flickr Propulsion Liebherr Sub-light drive is a focused particle accelerator system (particle ram). The drive uses advanced superconductors with an open plasma bath to focus the reaction, with four exhaust nozzles linked to the eight loop acceleration device For faster than light travel the Polynya uses a lensed Gravitation Wormhole Drive (LGWD also known as a Lygwid drive) this also generates the external void shielding that protects the ship from micrometeorites and other space debris Ice trawler Polynya... Not so SHIPtember by sioka sculpting, on Flickr Work areas and dry dock The Polynya is equipped with a dry dock, this is used for any ship to ship crew transfers and for resupply. This also gives the Ice trawler the ability to dry dock service any of her vehicles while in deep space. Polynyas rear work bay and deck form the business end of the Ice trawler, complete with two GMeg rigger utility vehicles, holding space for two mobile temperature control units and the Snow ball winch and trawl apparatus. This area is the centre of operations for the preparation of equipment passed up from the main hold to be used by the trawling work gangs. Above the work bay is the work area command bridge, manned by the Saddle manager (saddle is a slang term for the work area command bridge) and his crew of operatives. Crew Flight crew 8 Support staff 6 Saddle crew 4 Ice workers (rough necks) 10 Support vehicles 2 Meru Berthon life rafts Meru Berthon life raft by sioka sculpting, on Flickr The Meru Berthon is the life raft used on many non military vessels, although many of the military groups have made requests for a navy spec Berthon raft, Meru simply state they do not wish to trade with the butchers of war. Each raft has 20 fluidic grav suspension booths with a 200 year life support system, room for an additional 10 people with no suspension provided, triple layer void shielding, partial AG systems and WH f.t.l beacon. This raft is batch oxidised in the Sol interplanetary treaty rescue colours (introduced after the Ganymede civil war 2276 SID) 2 GMeg rigger utility vehicles GMeg rigger utility vehicle and Polynya by sioka sculpting, on Flickr GM's RUV is operated by one person sitting in the 'cab' of the vehicle, the life support systems can handle another 4 passengers but its short range make this only suitable for tasks such as inspection duty. The pressurized cab enables the pilot to work in a shirt sleeve environment. At the front of the RUV is a pair of manipulator arms combined with multifunction adaptors for multiple tasks from simple pick and place to complex welding and joining. 1 Surface to space transport shuttle

Thanks guys glad you like it, I'm sorry that I haven't replied to this thread sooner but I am not well (I suffer from A.S and also have a degenerative disc for added fun). There was a long delay to get this completed from my initial W.I.P shots because the pony truck had me stumped for a while. I wanted to try to get a good balance of detail and functionality to the build but trying to get the squat appearance to the cow catcher and front steps took a fair amount of head scratching, in the end some sneaky snot work took care of it. I did a total rebuild on the tender to reduce the brick count and some of the weight and also to make it look more like one of the original coal burning Challengers as opposed to the oil? fuelled restored version that is currently running. Thanks mate, she runs quite well but has the occasional tantrum like most steamers tend too (normally when the battery is getting low). I had some trouble getting the drive to run well in the initial build because of the placement of the turntables on top of the driver bogies, originally the power was only going to one pair of the flanged drivers per bogie and this was causing problems with the drive rods binding. In the third rebuild I managed to solve the space issue for mounting the pony truck to the front driver bogie so that now the power comes in to the driver bogie and is split so that both pairs of flanged drivers are geared together. This has made her much more reliable, I also use a small amount of Pronature high performance grease on the gearing and inner areas of the technic axles to further reduce friction (this is a grease used in RC car gearboxes so is perfectly suited to Lego).