[MOC] Octan 24 - Space Tanker

[davidroberts01341]

A tanker for liquid methane, built for the Octan company by Llwynwgril Space Systems. You read about the source of the methane in the description on Flickr or MOCpages.

Octan 24 by David Roberts, on Flickr

Octan 24 by David Roberts, on Flickr

Octan 24 by David Roberts, on Flickr

Octan 24 Cockpit Details by David Roberts, on Flickr

[Mr Greeble]

I like how you put the number on the bottom as well as the top. I really like the shaping on this, but I feel it might work better as microscale.

Edited July 23, 2016 by Mr Greeble

[davidroberts01341]

I like how you put the number on the bottom as well as the top. I really like the shaping on this, but I feel it might work better as microscale.

Thank you! I really like brick built numbers, so I had have numbers top & bottom (plus I was running out of green bricks, so the white number meant I used fewer greens!). i know what you mean about this working better at micro-scale. I'd love to have a go at something like Pierre E Fieschi's Homeworld tankers sometime. I have used this technique for a micro scale build: http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/428436 but I ran out of blue 1x2 bricks to fully realise it. This technique just eats bricks!

[StarHawk3]

Cool ship. Turning the windscreens upside down on the cockpit was a great idea.

[davidroberts01341]

Cool ship. Turning the windscreens upside down on the cockpit was a great idea.

Thanks! i was going for the look of a tug boat or small ship on sea for the cockpit and these windscreens fit the bill very well. I seem to use them upside down as often as I use them the right way up! The last two times that I've used them, I've paired them with one the right way up and the other upside down to get big, glazed cockpits and airport control tower type effects.

[Missing Brick]

Great looking tanker. Like the brick-bending hull and the upside-down use of the blue windscreens.

[davidroberts01341]

I like how you put the number on the bottom as well as the top. I really like the shaping on this, but I feel it might work better as microscale.

Your comments got lodged at the back of my brain. I had some spare time today and this was the result. Thank you for the inspiration!

Octan 24 - Desktop Model by David Roberts, on Flickr

Octan 24 - Desktop Model by David Roberts, on Flickr

Edited July 31, 2016 by davidroberts01341

[GeoBrick]

I'd say the big one is impressive, and the little one cute.

Just wondering, but on the big model, what's in the bottom cockpit? There seems to be some kind of machinery inside?

[davidroberts01341]

I'd say the big one is impressive, and the little one cute.

Just wondering, but on the big model, what's in the bottom cockpit? There seems to be some kind of machinery inside?

The layer of bricks at the bottom of the cockpit is there to change the stud direction from upside down to the right way up, so that the crews' seats and controls can be attached. It's just greebles I'm afraid!