WIP: Dark red Microspace freighter

[Dr. X]

Just today I finally got my Bricklink order in the mail. I could finally start building the microspace freighter I was planning, so I got to it.

The order consisted of hinge plates, 1x4 SNOT bricks, a bunch of lime pieces, and some dark red 2x3 wedge plates. I already have a giant bag of 1x2 dkred tiles. A little later I came up with this, which is more or less the core frame of what I was planning:

A bit later, it looked like this:

And now comes the long, boring part: putting on all the dark red 1x2 tiles. Across almost the whole thing.

After that, here's what it looked like. As you can see, both ends are still completely empty, so the thing is just a shell.

I experimented a bit and found out that from one end to another it was 9 studs wide, so I built this little round thing, 9-wide, and it fit perfectly. I made a reverse one for the back too.

That's all for now. Remember, it's only a WIP, so it will look a lot different once it's done.

Any suggestions for the front and back?

-Dr. X

Edited October 25, 2008 by Dr. X

[Tim Bit]

That looks so cool. the olny thing its missing is a bridge/area for someone to drive at and maybe some engines.

Other than that that looks perfect.

[Dr. X]

UPDATE: It is now finished. Yes, there is a bridge area now, and engines, and a front, and more stuff... so ya. Will post later today when I take quality pics.

[zero1312]

I can't wait.

[Guss]

huh ho, you have a lot of 2x1 tiles of the same colours^^

that's nice! I can't wait to see the final result too ! I don't really have any suggestion :/

Edited October 26, 2008 by Guss

[Tim Bit]

OOHHH Can't wait for this!