[MOC] Y Soser Hedfan

[davidroberts01341]

Y Soser Hedfan by David Roberts, on Flickr

Y Soser Hedfan translates into English as The Flying Saucer. It was used as a single-seat space racer, suitable for operating in planets' atmospheres and deep space.

Millennia after alien space pirates had terrorised the galaxy in ships such as The Jaws of Death, their blue and yellow striped spacecraft were famous as some of the fastest space racers. These ships would race both in and out of planets' atmospheres at incredible speeds. In those days, men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

The requirement for atmospheric performance led ships in this category to be streamlined and have lifting bodies and/or wings. Other examples included ships such as the Furias and the Tangerine Dream. This led to vessels being very smooth and free of the "greebles" much beloved of spaceship spotters, floating around in their zero-g anoraks.

Y Soser Hedfan by David Roberts, on Flickr

By the time of

, the aliens had been in contact with the spacemen of Classic Space for many years. They had begun to adopt many of the spacemen's habits, including a love of tea and biscuits. Inevitably this led to the consumption of items such as rich teas, custard creams and even garibaldis in the cockpit. After a terrible crumb triggered pilot induced oscillation, it became normal to hoover out the pilot's position after each flight.

This last photo shows a dejected Crumb Removal Operative (Vacuum 2nd Class), setting off for his second task of the day: cleaning out the stalls of the kidnapped cows. The high suction power of the hoovering machines often led to horrific accidents, with the mangled bovines being returned to Earth.

FOURTH WALL

This is the first MOC that I've posted onto Eurobricks. I think that I've read the various posting rules and tutorials but I've committed any faux pas, please do let me know.

[soccerkid6]

Fun color choices with the yellow and blue The removable panels are great, and I like the bits of machinery you can see inside when they're open

[davidroberts01341]

Fun color choices with the yellow and blue The removable panels are great, and I like the bits of machinery you can see inside when they're open

Thank you! I'm often inspired by 1970s book cover art by artist such as Angus McKie, Peter Elson and Chris Foss. In this case, the pattern of the stripes was partly dictated by slope bricks I had to make the edge of the saucer. I like opening panels too and wish that I could have fitted more into this ship, without compromising its structure.

[Space Police XVIII]

I really like this thing, great job on the curved hull plates.

[hunpeter12]

Great build, and I love the Hitchiker's Guide reference

[davidroberts01341]

Thank you both. I think that these curved structures might be a theme for me for this summer. I'm still working out what I can do with them and have just bought a load more 1x2 bricks!

Hitchhikers is a constant theme in my backstories. I love Douglas Adams' absurd view of sci-fi, which is a genre that can take itself far too seriously at times.