[MOC] Asp Explorer - From Elite: Dangerous

CrashHelmets

Posted March 12, 2017

This is the Asp Explorer spaceship from the video game Elite: Dangerous.

Made from over 1400 parts, this model is built to 1:219 scale. It has a nice chunky tactile feel.

The Asp featured in the classic 1984 space game "Elite", and lives on with style in the 2014 reboot "Elite: Dangerous" and "Elite Dangerous: Horizons".

In-game images of the Asp Explorer Here and some info Here.

This was a really fun project. It is a challenging shape to recreate, with all the awkward angles! I tried to get as much detail in as I could, and use the Lego parts in interesting ways. Particularly the thrusters on the underside which face the opposite direction to the surrounding studs. It has a fairly intricate internal skeleton to hold everything together.

I have added it to Lego ideas. Please do support it. Thanks!