[MOC] Deep Space Nine

[dysnomia]

 

Built by the Cardassian Union this space station had a key role in the Dominion war.

I wanted to make a build that was not too large but was still recognizable. It uses a total of 404 parts. Originally I wanted the entire station to be dark bluish gray with dark tan accents, however, some of the parts were not available in dark bluish gray so I made them light bluish gray instead and removed the dark Tan.

I feel it looks closer to the mirror universe version of the station, because of the dome brick used at the top. Ideally, I would have used the 2x2 cone piece used for R-5 droids in Star Wars, but that it does not exist in dark bluish gray and I felt it didn't look good in the lighter colour.

If you're interested, I've also uploaded the MOC on rebricklable (with free instructions).

[Man with beard]

This looks good, dysnomia! Everything looks sturdy enough for an IRL build, so hopefully some Deep Space Nine fans will find your model and have fun building it! Nice job with the instructions too.

[dysnomia]

On 2/9/2021 at 10:18 PM, Man with beard said:

This looks good, dysnomia! Everything looks sturdy enough for an IRL build, so hopefully some Deep Space Nine fans will find your model and have fun building it! Nice job with the instructions too.

Thank you for your kind words!

The build is indeed possible in real life (I built a prototype with some part and color substitutions to adjust to what I had to make sure). I don't think anyone will be building it tho, becasue apparently the 6x6 dish in DBG only came in one set all the way back in 2004, but It's good to have something to share with the community.