Babylon 5 Starfury Micromodel

[Legostein]

Hello everybody!

Finally I am able to present another model from the science fiction media to you. It's the Earth Alliance Starfury starfighter from the Babylon 5 TV series. Although I have to admit to never have seen the series, there are many challenging starship designs worth to be bricked. So let's start with a small starfighter. The cockpit block is a SNOT construction to attach the cockpit windows and the chin guns on the underside. The wings are the choice out of many tested possibilites to get the weird shape and angles right.

>>> Click here for building instructions <<<

That's it for today. If you'd like to see more craft from science fiction movies, feel free to have a look on my "About Me" page where you will find a summary at the bottom.

Have a great sunday,

~ Christopher

[Siegfried]

Babylon 5! I'm actually a huge fan and you've done an excellent job considering the size. Even so, why did you use the head piece rather than the cone for the engine fronts? If you changed that I think it'd look a lot closer.

[harakiri]

Wow! This is nice, I love B5

Getting the instructions now. But I am probably missing some parts ....

Edited September 25, 2011 by harakiri

[Fugazi]

Beautiful build Legostein! Instantly recognisable, especially for someone who loves B5 like me. I considered building one myself in a bigger scale but never got around to it. I look forward to any other B5 universe creations you may have in the works!

And sorry for the OT, but there are (again) rumours of a B5 motion picture in the talks, perhaps this time it will happen?

[simonjedi]

I'm a huge fan of B5 so it's nice to see it getting some LEGO love at any scale. It looks great as always

Will you be doing any more ships? The Earth alliance stuff is easy enough, but the Mimbari would be quite difficult.

[lightningtiger]

Thanks 'Legostein' for an AWESOME space craft from one of my favorite TV shows ever, though aren't Starfurys mean't to be dark colours/tones though ?

Anyway, a fantastic build and you gotta love those four big pulse cannons eh ? (perfect to attack the Shadows with right ? )

Brick On !

[Gryphon Ink]

Hello everybody!

Finally I am able to present another model from the science fiction media to you. It's the Earth Alliance Starfury starfighter from the Babylon 5 TV series. Although I have to admit to never have seen the series, there are many challenging starship designs worth to be bricked. So let's start with a small starfighter. The cockpit block is a SNOT construction to attach the cockpit windows and the chin guns on the underside. The wings are the choice out of many tested possibilites to get the weird shape and angles right.

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Nice job, and it's great that you included instructions for it. But whaddaya MEAN, you've never seen the series? It's only one of the very best science fiction TV shows EVER.

(Now waiting for a White Star model, and goes off to download instructions.)

[Princess Muttonchops]

Awesome MOC Legostein, really, that's unmistakably a Star Fury. Ah, it's great to see B5 get some love. I personally prefer the design of the Earth Alliance ships, particularly the ones featuring rotating sections, although I'm also quite partial to Narn cruisers (just a shame they almost always get blown up on the show ).

[Si-MOCs]

Man that thing looks so swooshable!

:)

[Leo-J]

Very nice!

[Legostein]

Hello again everyone,

and thank you for the nice comments! I am glad we have a constructive discussion here, and I will gladly give more information to answer your questions.

[...] why did you use the head piece rather than the cone for the engine fronts? [...]

I chose the slightly bigger elements because the wings are relatively thick in the model, and I wanted the engines to be clearly thicker than the wings. Hence I went with the heads instead of the bricks.

The Earth alliance stuff is easy enough, but the Mimbari would be quite difficult.

It always looks pretty easy once you see the finsihed model. But it's really harder than it looks to come up with a good result when you have nothing yet.

But whaddaya MEAN, you've never seen the series? It's only one of the very best science fiction TV shows EVER.

Well, yes, that might be true. I just haven't found the time yet with all the other scifi series I am involved.

Thanks everyone for your interest and comments! My curiosity about Babylon 5 is now much greater than before, so you can probably expect more ships from the series.

See you around,

Christopher

[Gryphon Ink]

I'm just teasing, Christopher. I don't expect everyone who loves science fiction to watch B5, especially given its relative obscurity compared to things like Trek, SW, BSG and Doctor Who. But if you ever get the chance to watch, it is a really, really good show that paved the way for modern SF sagas on TV. Before B5, nobody ever expected televised SF shows to have a plot with a beginning and an end. B5 has a great unifying story and a lot of good characters who actually change, grow and occasionally die. I just have to tell you, though, that when you watch it you SHOULD watch the first season, but keep in mind that the show's true greatness only kicks in during the second season. Season One is just laying the foundations, establishing characters and such.

[Legostein]

I'm just teasing, Christopher. I don't expect everyone who loves science fiction to watch B5, especially given its relative obscurity compared to things like Trek, SW, BSG and Doctor Who. But if you ever get the chance to watch, it is a really, really good show that paved the way for modern SF sagas on TV. Before B5, nobody ever expected televised SF shows to have a plot with a beginning and an end. B5 has a great unifying story and a lot of good characters who actually change, grow and occasionally die. I just have to tell you, though, that when you watch it you SHOULD watch the first season, but keep in mind that the show's true greatness only kicks in during the second season. Season One is just laying the foundations, establishing characters and such.

Thank you for the motivating information. The series is definitely on my to-watch-list. Meanwhile, I'll continue with some ships maybe?

Cheers,

~ Christopher

[Darth Nihilus]

I have never heard of Babylon 5, is there a wiki page for it? But exellent MOC anyway, it is bieutifully done, and it looks accurate to the reference. Are you planning to do any more MINIs from this series?

[jmupton2000]

I have never heard of Babylon 5, is there a wiki page for it? But exellent MOC anyway, it is bieutifully done, and it looks accurate to the reference. Are you planning to do any more MINIs from this series?

Try here:

http://babylon5.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Other B5 resources are also available.

I have to admit having acquired a couple of what I later determined to be Lego dinosaur tails in black I did have an idea about trying to recreate a shadow vessel!!!

[nexus2019]

How long will LEGO be releasing STAR WARS kits?

[Legostein]

Hello,

and thanks for the ongoing discusssion.

Are you planning to do any more MINIs from this series?

I think I already answered the question twice.

[...] My curiosity about Babylon 5 is now much greater than before, so you can probably expect more ships from the series [...]

[...] Meanwhile, I'll continue with some ships maybe [...]

Cheers,

~ Christopher

[Tanma]

Interesting vessel, what part was used for the guns/blasters? I think I have seen the part before, but I don't recall it's purpose.

[Legostein]

Interesting vessel, what part was used for the guns/blasters? I think I have seen the part before, but I don't recall it's purpose.

Hello,

these are wrenches. They're part of the tool wheel.

Cheers,

~ Christopher

[lightningtiger]

I always though they only had four pulse cannons, but six I discover now....ah, well you learn something new everyday.

Hey, 'Legostein' going to post that Earth Alliance Hyperion Heavy Cruiser of yours I just discovered also on Brickshelf ?

[Legostein]

Hey, 'Legostein' going to post that Earth Alliance Hyperion Heavy Cruiser of yours I just discovered also on Brickshelf ?

Hello!

I guess it's difficult to hide something from you. I did not expect BrickShelf to update that quickly this time. I planned to post it somewhere in the middle of this week to not post all new stuff at once, but now that you already revealed it...

Cheers,

~ Christopher

[Tanma]

Hello,

these are wrenches. They're part of the tool wheel.

Cheers,

~ Christopher

How did I miss that, either way it has a nice design, I am fond of symertircal ships, especially vessels that are reflections of many sides.

Edited October 4, 2011 by Tanma