Oilzzz Posted March 8, 2021 Posted March 8, 2021 (edited) Hi everyone. This is my "Queen of the skies" Boeing 747 Cockpit MOC and nearly half of it is made with Technic. The aircraft itself has been produced in 21 different models and I modeled it from the fan favorite 747-400 variant. The Boeing 747 Cockpit is a cutaway model and incorporates all the main features including instrument panels, moving flight controls and sliding seats too. Main features include Detailed cockpit. Linked yokes (joysticks) with pitch movement (both with rotating handles). 4 independent throttle controls as well as flaps and spoiler levers. Instrument panels including main display, center console and overhead console (which in a perfect world would be printed tiles). Sliding seats and moving armrests (seats slide via a hidden channel after using the drop away floor lever - pretty cool). External fuselage matching aircraft contour. 2 pilot minifigures and display panel. 1,873 parts and a rubber band. Technic specifics 80-90% of the roofline is Technic. Entire framework of the fuselage (walls). Nearly everything under the 'hood' is Technic: linked yokes, angled instrument panels, drop away floor mechanism. Pilot/copilot seats This was challenging to design and went through many iterations to work out aesthetics, integrity and ability to build. The ceiling is all joined and solid, though there are two flat plates (hinged with main model) held in by gravity (the technique is used in some sets). The overhead instrument panel was designed to be built in one section and easily installed using axles. I added fuselage in front of the windows else the cutaway model looked a bit weird without it, though I have come up with several alternate noses. I also came up with the concept to add a light pack with translucent tiles to give that amazing lit-up cockpit look. I also added it to LEGO Ideas as well which you can check out here: - Link removed - Edited May 26, 2021 by Milan Removed LEGO Ideas link and images due to excessive promoting/bumping.
Jundis Posted March 8, 2021 Posted March 8, 2021 Although I like the idea, this is not the right sub-forum. @Jim Can you please move this thread to Scale Modeling?
Oilzzz Posted March 8, 2021 Author Posted March 8, 2021 7 hours ago, Samus Aran said: Supporter. Thanks Samus! 7 hours ago, Jundis said: Although I like the idea, this is not the right sub-forum. @Jim Can you please move this thread to Scale Modeling? Thanks for liking! Are you sure? It's half made of Technic and thought it would appeal to the Technic community. Cheers 6 hours ago, caiman0637 said: Nice! The detail is incredible! Supported! Thank you Caiman!! 2 hours ago, JintaiZ said: Incredible! Supported and best of luck. Thanks @JintaiZ it's really appreciated! 1 hour ago, kieran said: Cool, never seen one before Thankyou @kieran
Milan Posted March 9, 2021 Posted March 9, 2021 6 hours ago, Oilzzz said: Thanks for liking! Are you sure? It's half made of Technic and thought it would appeal to the Technic community. Cheers Since it has a good amount of Technic pieces in the outer shell, we can leave it here. We also need a proper presentation of your model, like the one you made for your Ideas page presentation. Right now, this seems like a promo for your Ideas page. Please do not use EB as a platform to boost LEGO Ideas votes. Make a nice descriptive post, and we will tolerate a small link to your Ideas page.
Oilzzz Posted March 9, 2021 Author Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Milan said: Since it has a good amount of Technic pieces in the outer shell, we can leave it here. We also need a proper presentation of your model, like the one you made for your Ideas page presentation. Right now, this seems like a promo for your Ideas page. Please do not use EB as a platform to boost LEGO Ideas votes. Make a nice descriptive post, and we will tolerate a small link to your Ideas page. Thanks @Milan this is done Edited March 9, 2021 by Oilzzz
brickless_kiwi Posted March 9, 2021 Posted March 9, 2021 Given the layout of the eicas and a few other things this is supposed to be a 400 series. Might want to amend some bits... Kind regards matt
Oilzzz Posted March 9, 2021 Author Posted March 9, 2021 Thanks Matt @brickless_kiwi. Not sure how - i thought it's pretty close to the real thing (also had a few 747 pilots commend it from a LEGO perspective). Cheers
Milan Posted March 9, 2021 Posted March 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Oilzzz said: Thanks @Milan this is done Great, looking much better, and more inviting. Thanks for updating it Good luck with the votes.
nerdsforprez Posted March 9, 2021 Posted March 9, 2021 Good submission. Though I think perhaps actually adding more functions would make it more appealing to Technic folks. IMO, the amount of Technic pieces a build has is less important than how functional it is. I think it would be really cool, if it does not make it to an official model, if it were made into like a flight test simulator. A series of pneumatic cylinder connectors with movement might achieve that. I have been inside a flight simulator before. They surely can be as jolting as would be the movement from the fast-acting movement of the Lego Pneumatic system!
Oilzzz Posted March 9, 2021 Author Posted March 9, 2021 7 hours ago, nerdsforprez said: Good submission. Though I think perhaps actually adding more functions would make it more appealing to Technic folks. IMO, the amount of Technic pieces a build has is less important than how functional it is. I think it would be really cool, if it does not make it to an official model, if it were made into like a flight test simulator. A series of pneumatic cylinder connectors with movement might achieve that. I have been inside a flight simulator before. They surely can be as jolting as would be the movement from the fast-acting movement of the Lego Pneumatic system! Thanks @nerdsforprez I considered adding something similar so when you move the yoke, the cockpit would pitch up or down. I don't think it would be hard to do so might look at an update for it! Cheers 11 hours ago, Milan said: Great, looking much better, and more inviting. Thanks for updating it Good luck with the votes. Thankyou
Oilzzz Posted May 25, 2021 Author Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) . Edited May 25, 2021 by Milan Removed promotional post/ideas update.
Milan Posted May 25, 2021 Posted May 25, 2021 @Oilzzz we have agreed that you do not use EB as a promotional tool. Bumping the topic solely to promote it again is against the rules. Links and images have been removed. Again, please do not use EB for that.
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