Star Flower

[A Plastic Infinity]

Cliché Rodian bounty hunter Ronnagond Jarra doesn't always like her starfighters flowery and

pastel-colored, but when she does, they have big guns.

This is the first of three ships I made for the 14x14x6 Starfighter Contest.

The contest's basic premise, for those too lazy to follow the link, is to build a minifig-scale starfighter that

is capable of fitting within a box with a volume of precisely 14x14x6 studs (not bricks high, studs high).

I chose to engineer folding spacecraft rather than super small ones (chibi scale) that would just fit right in.

Observe:

Fully capable of fitting into my fancy box, without the stand, of course.

I actually had to redesign this one after I thought I had finished because the big gun was originally placed

horizontally (that is, with the two-stud-long side flush with the ship's belly) with a technic pin so it could just

swivel 180 degrees out from the bottom when in compact mode, effectively doubling the ship's length.

However, I overlooked that this nonnegotiable detail boosted the height just over 6 studs (darned tall cockpits)

and I was unwilling to reconfigure the cockpit, as you may have noticed that it flows nicely into the medium

azure angled slope piece behind it.

I eventually came up with the droid arm-and-T-piece solution, which allows it to sit in the box at a steep

enough angle to keep the cockpit just at the height limit. The new gun solution doubles the ship's length as

before but also increases its height by approximately 30% all while making it...wait for it...20% cooler.

Obligatory detail shots:

Left side.

Head-on view of the front. You know the gun is big enough when it evades your camera's focus!

The right side.

The backside, showing the propulsion output array.

There's a hyperdrive in there somewhere...

I don't build much Star Wars stuff and in all honesty the only reason this is here, rather than in the Sci-fi

forum, is because the pilot is a Rodian, but hey...

It kind of looks like a letter, right?

Oh, wait...it doesn't... not really...

...and I just realized that if Ronnagond is a bounty hunter, how in the name of ponies is she going to stuff any bounties she captures into this tiny thing...?

Oh well, I tried.

More on Flickr and I hope you enjoyed!

[markus1984]

A nice Little MOC.

I love the colours what you take for the ship.

markus

[plew2000]

This is very well done, and it looks very sturdy. even the stand it is on looks awesome!

[M<0><0<DSWIM]

Oh, this is soooo purty! Love the color scheme and asymetrical design. And, if she captures any bounties, she can just tie them to the back of the ship!

[Retro]

I think this is one of the nicest sci-fi ships I've ever seen. It's so nippy and zippy. Imagine having one of these in real life to pop out to the shops in. I want one! That's one lucky Rodian.