[MOC] Space Police Ship

[Spirit]

Here's a MOC I did for the "Starfighter RMX Challenge". In this game, one designs a spaceship and the others make their own version of it.

(It's **way** less photoshopped than it looks like )

Don't ask how they do when the want to turn left.

I know there's little love for the bionicle/hero factory parts, but I like quite a few of them.

There's a drone in the hold.

The interior is tight but functional.

And of course, it has the mandatory SP1 prisons.

The album of the original and other versions are visible here:

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

Wow what a great spaceship!

The first picture is amazing ...very nice background!

[Spirit]

Thanks. :)

I'm really happy with that picture too, especially considering the light effects are original and not shopped. Aside from the drone I added separately and the (technically simplistic) background, there's only a little soft effect and a very simple halo visible on the right side of the picture.

[TheJiral]

I like asymetrical spaceships and this is certainly a a very sleak and beautiful one.

[TheLegoDr]

Very interesting. I used to love Space Police when I was a kid. I was unable to get into Space Police II for some reason. I just never got the sets, but I liked them too. But part of me wants to build Blacktron 2 MOCs and include Space Police I instead of SPII to capture them instead of capturing Blacktron I.

Either way, I like the ship. It has a good combination of official color scheme. The design is well thought out. I really like the engine. I hadn't considered using those pieces but they do add some heft to it. (Granted I'm not a traditional spaceship designer, so a lot of pieces aren't in the forefront of my mind).

[Spirit]

I was never much into SP2, didn't like the colours.

But anyway, it would make sense to have Space Police I and Blacktron 2. There was a minifig pack with 2 M:Tron, 1 Space Police I, 1 Blacktron and 2 Blacktron 2. Besides, Blacktron 2 were introduced before SP1 were removed from the catalogues.

Edited May 8, 2016 by Spirit

[SpacerSteve]

What an awesome build. Lots to look at. Love how that drone deploys. The space for the crew is well done. I also like the classic holding pod.

Edited May 8, 2016 by SpacerSteve

[Spirit]

Thanks. :)

Yeah, I grew tired of minimalistic cockpits. Unfortunately, there are very few big windscreens and windows to make large interiors. Not even talking about the lack of different colours for the few shapes available.

[soccerkid6]

That is a sweet spaceship Great use of those large trans red windscreens, and the whole thing is well detailed and fits perfectly in the Space Police line

Good to see you included an interior as well, and neat detachable drone

[Umbra-Manis]

I love this design! Especially how you combined those two windscreens, and put that little drone in there!

[CP5670]

Excellent model. The spring-loaded wing is really clever, does it fold down? I especially like the flower pattern in the wheel as well. The engine's gray color is a little out of place with the rest of the ship, but I see why you did that as many of those pieces don't exist in black or blue.

Edited May 14, 2016 by CP5670

[Paul F]

I really like the prototypes too, plus I think the bionicle parts make that engine

Plus asymmetrical ftw!

[Spirit]

Thanks guys. :)

I had been trying to put those two windscreens together for so long I felt lucky when I managed to align them well enough. About the drone, I originally had a smaller spaceship with a pilote there instead, but then I realised I'd have to make a corridor between the cockpit and the hold, making the whole thing much bigger than I wanted it to be. ^^'

@CP5670: The wing does fold down, but of course it springs back to its original position immediately. It's stable between that position and a straight position though.

About the grey, I don't really see the need to paint a spaceship's engine (not that painting a spaceship is really useful either), so I chose a light ( essentially metallic/pearl) grey already visible on the Space Police logo (which also has red). I guess that definitely turns it into some neo-SP1 though, which is always more personal than a canonical colour scheme.

[Gahrian]

Awesome build! Pure inspiration in this. It's time for me to build another SP moc

[Spirit]

Considering the current evolution of your ships, this one would be a small ship in the fleet.