NathanR Posted February 16, 2019 Posted February 16, 2019 (edited) I've always been a fan of Gerry Anderson's classic 1960s puppet TV series "Thunderbirds", which revolves around a secret organisation using amazingly advanced vehicles to rescue people, so I've set myself the challenge of building all five Thunderbirds out of Lego. The aim is to submit the full collection to Lego Ideas. So far I have designed four out of the five craft, and I'm working on custom stickers for the final CGI renders: Unfortunately, I am a bit stuck with Thunderbird 2 and could do with some help. Calling International Rescue I mean, eurobricks.... Thunderbird 2 is a cargo transport consisting of a thin frame wrapped around a large removable pod and once it lands, the frame is raised off the ground on telescopic legs to allow the pod to unload its cargo. I have a design for the pod and a basic outline for the frame, using the larger bracket bricks to try and keep things secure, and it would be fairly easy to add studs on the bottom and have fully detachable landing legs: Edited February 23, 2019 by NathanR Quote
NathanR Posted February 23, 2019 Author Posted February 23, 2019 Well, I gave up on retractable landing legs for Thunderbird 2. I've taken a plate out of each support strut to make the craft slimmer, I beefed up the engines, and added the tail fin. Really wishing 2x3 tiles were made in green. "Only" the nose cone left to do... Does anyone have any thoughts on the sculpting of the curves, any suggestions for how to improve the design? Quote
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