This is i think...the first weekend i survived without gaming! as in yes i do have the option to choose it, but i chose not to. Reason being, studies. Seriously i am wondering if it will relly help or will i ultimately give in. i really hope i dont. With Lego, i know i wont! =D

welllll after a delay of 1month plus all thanks to the slow process of getting my lego bricks, i am proud to announce that my project is DONE!! =DD but it turned ouot really different as compared to the prototype -.- oh well, due to the severe lack of certain spare parts, i had to improvise A LOT.

The ship was created using only NEW parts, so its like a total brand new lego piece. i didnt want any old pieces in it..so i ordered some simple lego pieces, one lego set and surprisingly, mum bought for me the 650 lego bricks set! so phew! those really helped me to supplement all those gaps man.

some the mechanisms that i created was kept and reproduced from the prototype.
1. The bombing mechanism similar to that of LEGO's actual product from the Venator set.
2. The balancing mechanism. As the front of the ship is totally off the ground. (i had to do some serious balancing to ensure it stays up with maximum weight)
3. The engines/boosters. That was just to add some mechanical detail on the ship.
4. The opening hatch into the ship that extends when opened :P

Mechanism that i copied directly from LEGO's set, emperor palpatine's shuttle:
1. The landing gear
2. The wings (i later improved the design to suit my ship)

Image below is the actual LEGO set for emperor palpatine's shuttle.


okay enough talk, lets get down to the process! :D

My ship was done in 2 days, the prototype took about a week to construct. I only did the LEGO when i had breaks in between my studies. The construction of it was later improvised to suit the pool of lego parts that i have. The constructing process was split into a few parts to simplify matters :) after piecing eveything together, i then improved on the weaker portions and did some mini detailing. The very first part that i did was the main frame xD was damn afraid it would suddenly break apart if i didnt do the main frame.

Biggest project i ever attempted, if i exclude that 3-storey lego base that i did -.-

these are the prototype photos


the ship


bombing mechanism


balancing the ship..


these are all the 'supplement bricks'! phew i was actually short of bricks~saved my life!

http://i721.photobucket.com/albums/ww211/bonesharkie/DSC_0444.jpg
this is the good o' holed plastic bag that holds all the small lego pieces! i still remember those times when i was still small, tearing open one of these and letting the pieces fly~


i was seriously surprised by the numbering of the bags of lego! :D they actually helped to section everything, making life a whole lot easier~ bah i ended up pouring all the pieces together cuz i wanted to see what i could take from the whole pool of legos instead~

thats the wing for my ship! as mentioned above, i actually improved the design later on. its sturdy alright! sometimes my lousy creations fall apart when i drop em. This doesnt!


personally, i noticed this weak point on the wing -.- its like supported by a 2-stud flat piece?! so pathetic. easy to break. True enough, that was the first piece that came off while i fixed the wings onto my ship.

oh yeah my ship was done in a few parts, like actual LEGO products, so as to simply the process. Careful planning was needed though! having a mismatch of parts will defintely prove to be a HUGE problem later on..


this was done in the morning! see if you can spot the half-done ship! :D yupp you are looking at it on top of all those lego pieces that i poured together~i poured all those multi-coloured bricks on the floor instead :P and used a roller chair hehe!


thats the landing mechanism thingy! bahh i had to do some tweaks to it as the centre of gravity was too far in front~ worked out really sweet later on!


ah the wings, the wings. but hey! i decided to do without the folding wings concept because i found it too irritating. you imagine everytime you flip the lego model around the darn wings keep moving here and there? zzzz! plus it made the whole model seem pretty flimsy. Actually it became flimsy. lolol. so thats one of the mechanisms that i threw out!


some pathetic boosters..


1/4 of the engine! :D copied from the LEGO set. oops bad reflection.. X.X

slightly better~


threw out the useless parts -.-


i think i spent like a good 1/4 of the time searching for a particular piece in this self-created mess xD looks like it aint going anywhere eh??

here is the NOT SO FINAL product! :D may add in more details and greebling.. add in more armaments :)

say hi to those orange bombs for the bombing mechanism and say hi to the pilot! thats a medical robot from star wars =.=

will post more and BETTER photos of the close ups of different sections of the ship! for now, all i care about is sleep :P its really late. T.T

im happy its finally done :)

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