Pioneer-74 deep space explorer - 60227 / 60349 inspired MOC

[Murdoch17]

Led by enigmatic eccentric Dr. Victor Strangebuild, the crew of Pioneer-74 is on a long-running quest to document the mysteries of deep space. Their goal is to explore unknown worlds, encounter fantastic creatures, and meet brand-new civilizations. Thus, they boldly venture forth into the great final frontier, never looking back towards home. THIS IS THE STORY OF PIONEER-74!

So I built this spaceship Halloween in about two hours. I call it Pioneer-74 because I like naming things after old space probes (Pioneer, Odyssey, Voyager, etc.) while the "74" part of the name is because that's what year it was launched. (It has a certain retro look to it, almost like it came from Space: 1999) The brick separator solar arrays and engines have been built IRL for years with nothing interesting to tack them onto, so finally doing something with them makes me happy. The rest is heavily inspired by two CITY space sets (60227 and 60349, respectively) in orange for the LEGO Universe-inspired space theme, the Nexus Force.

Pioneer-74 is completely modular, so it can be extended if I wanted later on. (This should also make transportation easier when built in real life.)

A look at the vessel from above.

NOTE: two figures are missing from the above picture... and it seems one of the finished ones has to get his head in the game as well!

Credit where credit is due: @jan kusters ongoing space epic inspired this build, and to my brother for the two awesome renders!

UPDATE 12/7/22:

It's done!

Sorry for the cruddy picture, it was the best I could do. It's far too long for my normal picture taking places! More pictures to come as soon as I can!

Thoughts?

Edited December 7, 2022 by Murdoch17

[Murdoch17]

I added another solar-arm section and a new nose made from an airplane fuselage instead of the small shuttlecraft I had there before. The spacecraft is now over 100 studs long, and thus is now a SHIP.

Thoughts?

[Murdoch17]

Two renders of the finished model have been made by my brother and uploaded into the first post. All LDD missing parts were added by him wherever possible.

[Horlack Bricks]

nice concept !
in the past, I had built ideas quite similar
Maybe in my ideas/concepts, you will find some, to improve yours.
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[Murdoch17]

Thanks for stopping by @Horlack Bricks, your models are awesome! I gave you a follow over on Flickr as well.

Small update: the crew of the ship Pioneer-74:

Led by enigmatic eccentric Dr. Victor Strangebuild, the crew of Pioneer-74 is on a long-running quest to document the mysteries of deep space. Their goal is to explore unknown worlds, encounter fantastic creatures, and meet brand-new civilizations. Thus, they boldly venture forth into the great final frontier, never looking back towards home. THIS IS THE STORY OF PIONEER-74!

*cue music*

(NOTE: two figures are missing from the above picture... and it seems one of the finished ones has to get his head in the game as well!) 

Edited November 6, 2022 by Murdoch17

[Murdoch17]

The remaining parts for this vessel (that I didn't already have) have been ordered as of yesterday. This is my second SHIP and comes in at under $80 dollars for everything. (not including S&H)

What you see is (almost) everything that was ordered.

Edited November 8, 2022 by Murdoch17

[Murdoch17]

It's done!
Sorry for the cruddy picture, it was the best I could do. It's far too long for my normal picture taking places! More pictures to come as soon as I can!

Edited December 7, 2022 by Murdoch17