Lego Space Ships

Here is the first ship I've built in many years. It called Blue Ship One (BS1)...

This is the perfect commuter ship: it is fast (capable of reaching some seriously improbable speeds), yet very maneuverable (ideal for the city); its engines can be folded up for parking tight spots. When cruising at low speeds its canopy can be opened, for a great wind in your face feel. Please note that the on board computer will only allow the canopy to open if the outside atmosphere is present and breathable and if the pilot asks politely.

For somewhat easy access, the entire body can be lifted up. Of course, in most cases, the user will just use the on board transporter to beam herself in and out of the BS1.

Enough chatting, here are a bunch of pictures and one animation(1.7MB in size):

Construction notes:

• This model is very SNOTy (Studs Not On Top, i.e. a lot of bricks are on their sides).
• The canopy is one of the largest transparent element ever made by Lego. The hole ship was built around it.
• Originaly, only the canopy was supposed to open, but I could not come up with a simple way to attach the side walls to the front ofthe ship, so they ended up hinged...
• The engine pods are built around a Lego technic air tank.
• The ship is blue because it is the only color in witch I have enough tiles and round pieces.
• It took me a really long time to finish the back. I ran out of blue angled studless beams which is why I had to use some black ones.
• The ship does not have a landing gear: instead it uses a force field (or just sits flat on the ground)...

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