MOC: Dawnstar - 1st Fleet

[Topsy Cret]

First MOC I've posted on these forums, so bear with me. Last year I saw, as I'm sure most of you did, Red Spacecat's USS Saratoga. Link:

https://www.flickr.c...cat/8491654079/

Not having built LEGO for some time, I was inspired to build a similar version. I started working on it late August when I found out instructions had been released, thus making my life a lot easier. His inner structure has thus been completely plagiarized in my version, as has the bridge, but the rest is my own imagination. Enjoy!

For those of you that like stats, the build took me somewhere in the region of four months to complete, and cost approximately $400 in Bricklink orders before I was satisfied. The element count is, if I recall correctly, just above 4000 pieces. Luckily, most of these are extremely cheap and readily available, meaning I don't have much incentive to disassemble her. I'm quite happy to keep her displayed for years to come.

[jeffnf]

I like it!

[Only Sinner]

This ship is massive! I really like it.

[Flash]

I like what you've done with the design.

I've got eh LXF file and been playing with it for a couple of months now, thinking about building my own.

Did you say you had instructions too? I haven't seen those.

Thanks

[Topsy Cret]

I like what you've done with the design.

I've got eh LXF file and been playing with it for a couple of months now, thinking about building my own.

Did you say you had instructions too? I haven't seen those.

Thanks

A quick Flickr search for 'lego saratoga' should yield appropriate results.

[Flash]

Yea, lots of pics, and the LXF file but no instructions.

No worries, I'll just make my own once I'm done modifying it

[vynsane]

^ The LXF will generate building instructions by selecting the 'View' menu and switching to 'Building Mode'. I was part of the collaboration to create the LDD file of this build, it's awesome to see it making the rounds. I really like this rendition of it.

[lightningtiger]

AWESOME space battle crusier 'TC'.......reminds me of something from Babylon 5......Brick On !