another space ship on BS

[snefroe]

I thought i'd post another space ship from Brickshelf here, basically just to point out two nice features:

the black-yellow wings. at first i thought he used stickers, but they actually are made with bricks... It looks kinda weird, but i like it

second: the gray cilinder and the sw canopy fit together pretty nicely. sure, it's a SNOT design again and it's probably not very originel, but it's cool

it's not mine, btw

[Kikuichimonji]

I love this thing! The black and yellow stripes really make the ship stand out. The wings should've been more curved as the entire ship is curved. The greeblies look nice, but not spectacular. they get the job done.

I'm not a fan of the 1x1 studs with the round thingy attached to it that he used near the engine greeblies. Sure, it is the easiest way to do an 180 degrees reverse, but it really doesn't match with the smoothness of the ship. Landing gear would also be nice.

[SuvieD]

A fairly unique design. I know I have never seen one like it. The yellow and black give it almost a construction look. A nice little ship to be sure. Very interesting part usage.

Again with the near studless design. >:-( Nice ship, but not a classic now or ever.

[xenologer]

Yeah, i saw this yesterday

Its nice except for a few things that really bug me....

First of all.... the pilot is facing backwards.

If he would put the canopy glass facing the right direction, and in the nose instead of the tail of the ship...

it would look a lot more natural...and less like a SW design

And what Really bugs me.

is the way the yellow/black wings are attached.

From what I can see, the clip points are forming a 5*6*8 plate triangle.

That is not a true Right Triangle, so the clips are actually under stress as they are being streched away from one another.... he's got a 2% error in hypotenuse length. amounts to nearly 1/6th of a plate difference... (is 1/6th a plate within the manufacturing tolerance of a standard brick??)

I'm ok with 'stretching' triangles... so long as the error in side length is less than the built-in brick tolerances....

[xwingyoda]

I just love that ship, its really unique and very well built !!

However, here is another creation made by Legohaulic which I think is way better - a spacepirate ship hehe !!

Check the amount of details of that ship here

*yoda*

[snefroe]

Yeah, i saw this yesterday

Its nice except for a few things that really bug me....

First of all.... the pilot is facing backwards.

If he would put the canopy glass facing the right direction, and in the nose instead of the tail of the ship...

it would look a lot more natural...and less like a SW design

And what Really bugs me.

is the way the yellow/black wings are attached.

From what I can see, the clip points are forming a 5*6*8 plate triangle.

That is not a true Right Triangle, so the clips are actually under stress as they are being streched away from one another.... he's got a 2% error in hypotenuse length. amounts to nearly 1/6th of a plate difference... (is 1/6th a plate within the manufacturing tolerance of a standard brick??)

I'm ok with 'stretching' triangles... so long as the error in side length is less than the built-in brick tolerances....

i agree with your remark on the wings. you can clearly see that the second attatchment is not what we'd call perfectly connected. i've quickly built a replica of it and it seems to me that the pressure is on the bricks, not the clips; it's obviously caused by the fact that the two attatchments aren't alligned as they normally should... in fact, you even see the pressure on the cylinders....

i disagree on your cockpit remark though. The head-on shot in his gallery shows that the pilot has a clear side forwards. Using the canopy backwards, gives the ship a more streamlined look...

I just love that ship, its really unique and very well built !!

However, here is another creation made by Legohaulic which I think is way better - a spacepirate ship hehe !!

Check the amount of details of that ship here

*yoda*

yep, this one is pretty cool as well. you don't expect to see many brown colored space ships in he universe, though. I guess that's the good side about lego's decision to expand on colour range. I think that could be a main advantage compared to the old space stuff. you not only have a higher diversity of bricks, but also colours...

What i most like however, is the engine! that's a very fine engine indeed! 8-