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!!!!! WARNING !!! This post uses Illigal connections, real actual LEGO was harmed in the proces and even a few parts were glued !!!!!!! Well , as the title does suggest, here is my LAAT-I project. About half a years worth of planning building , replanning and rebuilding. I build this one specialy for the Brickmania shows for my Lug , Belug . Once a year a mate and I show our stuff there at a meeting. But I stray from the subject : my LAAT-I ( Low Altitude Assault Transport - Infantry ) For starters I took the famous 7676 and the newer 75021, although I had the idea for the canopy's slighter faster than LEGO did, but I'll give them the credit for looking into my mind . Starting at the bottom I used some SNOT technique to get the slopes right side under , did some illigal technique for getting the right kind of inward degree. ( I used a 1x6 and a 1x8 , connected them with 2 1x6 plates and reversed them , getting them to stick was a bit of a problem, but fairly simple in the end ) The nose was done by cutting 2 pieces of 1x1's with a round thing on them, using only the rings ( they're a plate thick, so that's just great ) I found the solution for not getting enough friction, combined with a 1x1 with 1 stud on the side, they work great ! ( Almost done with dismembering LEGO guys ) Further Up the nose I used a few arch bricks to get a more sloped front, and I glued a 1x1 brick and plate together ( studs out ) just to get the right kind of reinforcement and overall sleekness ( I tried them without, doing that inside, but that was to bulky and troublesome ) The whole of the cockpit section is 1 big illusion , it's hinged at the top, and the model was filled up for the gaps , getting a great feel of that sleek, sharp looking model. Almost done, bubble turrets , see it ? Like it ?? great, they were the least of the problems, just 1 keeps popping up : the bubble isn't a bubble, it takes the form of an egg after a while, so pressing them back into shape is a constant trubble .... oh well small price to pay for so much awsomeness !!! . Wing turrets were sized down, tried to get as much a bubble feel , not perfect , but better than putting a Clone Trooper on a wing !! As you can see the doors do not open in any way, I wanted the doors to be sleek and slender, and to have the slots in the door... and that takes me to the last LEGO-mutilation of this model , I took 2 tiles 2x4 , stuck them together, ( actualy that took me about 3 days , gluing, filling cutting ) cut them to size, and placed them on the model. Well , without further adoe Here is the set on Flickr, Feel free to give me feedback , I know I'm not perfect My thanks go out to my mate Junkstylegio for taking the effort of making the photo's. Ohw, just for the heck of it, I've build 8 of these suckers !! right now there's 7 in storage, waiting to be shot ! ( not so litaral )
