Lego Concorde MOC

[slybynight]

Hi folks. I wasn't sure where to post this - I didnt put it in Lego town because its not minifigure scale (I wish)!

Anyway - here's my attempt at the beautiful, enigmatic and sadly missed Concorde.

https://www.flickr.c...57648909864872/

For anyone interested in the finer technical points of this model, I would point out 3 features.

1. Smooth surfaces on ALL sides of the engine pods

2. Strong accurate scale wing composition and shape

3. Round Fuselage

This was achieved by building these substructures in 3 separate dimensions.

1. Engine pods, from the fuselage outwards (X axis)

2. Wings, nose and tail from ground up (Y axis)

3. Main fuselage from rear to front (Z axis)

Seamlessly melding these substructures was overshadowed in complexity only by designing the nose and tail to form asymmetrical cones from a cylinder.

Comments and questions welcome.

Edited November 27, 2014 by slybynight

[lightningtiger]

AWESOME designing there 'slybynight', you caught every element perfectly......Brick On !

[slybynight]

Why thank you! I was totting up the hours the other day - about 200 I reckon. I think if Lego ever did one, they would have to make a new brick for the nose, I've seen lots of Lego Concs and its just impossible to get it right - I had 7 designs for it at one stage!

[Kalais]

I like it. Looks a bit like vintage Lego, which is good :)

[slybynight]

I like it. Looks a bit like vintage Lego, which is good :)

That'll be because I'm of the same vintage!

Edited November 27, 2014 by slybynight

[Zerobricks]

And you even made the cocpit tilt! Awesome model, nice use of different part categories (I spy my lil eye on technic panels).

[slybynight]

One other thing it has the the photos don't show it that not only is the undercarriage hinged to allow it to tail sit, but it is weighted too so that when it is in the air, the rear wheels on the main undercarriage hang lower than the front ones. Also - it is tail heavy, so it naturally tail-sits, but if you want it on all wheels, the technic flap behind the cockpit lifts up to allow you to add a weight - an AA battery fits perfectly!