Olive Speedster (Not inspired for a name!)

[Chase The Cop]

So I was goofing around on the internet, looking for ‘space’ things; ships, artworks, pictures.. and found this nice sketch:

.. by Dwayne Vance, whom you can find more about here: http://mastersofchickenscratch.com/

And here is my version of it in Lego; rather faithful other than the scale (I see it more as a little speedster); It had me dealing with the limitation of parts available in olive green

Like ALL my space MOCs it had to have a hose and some clunky/homemade looking weapons. Oh and an antenna. I preferred additional weapons to stickers on the “wings” for now. Though it’s probably my first MOC where I would really fancy a few stickers for detailing.

I’m quite proud of that exhaust pipe I have to say

The landing gear started as a small display stand, and ended up part of the ship.

Fairly spacious cockpit actually, with controls of all sorts and space behind the seat for a coffee mug. Hard to see on my crappy pictures but there are some clips there at the back to hang stuff – here a wrench, a lightsaber and a big baddass gun.

Thank you for looking and C&Cs are welcome – and appreciated!

[mediumsnowman]

That's a really cool ship- the color scheme is beyond awesome.

If you want to stay completely accurate to the source material, I might lengthen the front by a few studs.

[Umbra-Manis]

I really like this interpretation of the source material! The slightly squished proportions don't take away from the main design and details, especially that cool engine!

[Space Police XVIII]

This is really awesome. Great color scheme and shape.

[HorcikDesigns]

Awesome shape (I appreciate the studless "belly" section), but I would change the engine - that big wheel looks too bulky.

[Chase The Cop]

Thank you all for your comments!

Mediumsnowman: Yes I did hesitate between the current design and a couple of studs longer. I was afraid it may look/ feel too long, especially with the minifig scale. I may try this one of these days.

Gzzig: I found the engine on the original sketch too small!...

[Vorkosigan]

Really nice ship. Reminds me a bit of The 5th Element. I wonder though, given the British flag on the original if the color was meant to be British racing green, in which case I think dark green would be more accurate. Not to slight your interpretation, just a thought.

[Chase The Cop]

Here it is a couple of studs longer – one of each side of the front engine. I took the opportunity to make a few small changes, mainly on the front side/ ‘nose’. I prefer it like this, and obviously do does the lil guy there, so thank you for your suggestions

[davidroberts01341]

This looks great. The stretched nose definitely gives a sleeker, faster look to this muscle car of a spaceship. Nice blocks of colour and a good cockpit too.

Edited June 20, 2016 by davidroberts01341