The Goose
I'd had the idea to make a starfighter that "slid" open like
this for a while and never liked the mechanisms I'd come up with to
accomplish it. Recently I came across a part I thought would help and
it was perfect. The only thing is that the ship got a lot bigger than
I wanted. So it became more of just getting the opening mechanism
housed than making the ship the way it looked in my mind. At first I
called it a Corsair, then the "Brick"... for obvious
reasons, and finally, after I added the cockpit, the Goose. It also
has crazy tiny chicken-leg-like
landing gear. It's real solid though, you can grab the thing with
one hand and swoosh it all around.
It slides open with friction. I used a 1x1 technic brick with axle cutout, but probably didn't need anything... once it was complete it had twice the friction from the surrounding pieces. The double man cockpit allows for one pilot (rear) and one weapons controller (front).
Originally, I had the area with the hoses all greebed out, but it
looked way too busy so I replaced them. The front "beam"
where you can see the darkbley technic bricks was greebed too... and
it was too much.
It ended up looking like a goose because I built the body first, then
the cockpit, then decided how to connect them.
A few more pics.
Comments and faves
nnenn (44 months ago | reply)
Nice.
peterlmorris (44 months ago | reply)
Oh man yes. More, please. This looks freakin' sweet! I like the concept behind it, too.
Kiolden added this photo to their favorites. (44 months ago)
Alec ^0^ (44 months ago | reply)
very nice !
curtydc (44 months ago | reply)
Everything about this is awesome. Seems very practical, wings in for landing (especially in tighter spaces) and casual flying, wings out for combat and quick agile maneuvering.
Brainbikerider added this photo to their favorites. (44 months ago)
Commander Raptor [deleted] (44 months ago | reply)
I am in awe. Amazing!
kidthor (44 months ago | reply)
Great job.
bermudafreze (44 months ago | reply)
Well detailed, good colors and color blocking, has a cool action feature and looks good in both modes--this is really nicely done.
jerain added this photo to their favorites. (44 months ago)
Uspez Morbo (44 months ago | reply)
I think you're way too concerned with this looking like a 'brick'. It actually turned out really sleek. The wing idea rocks and the fact that it's swooshable is a respectable achievement indeed!
ExoBuilder added this photo to their favorites. (43 months ago)
legovaughan (41 months ago | reply)
Vader's heavily modified Y-Wing? Awesome anyway.
jonosmicht added this photo to their favorites. (40 months ago)
bowlda [deleted] (40 months ago | reply)
...wow... great work!
The Sci-fi Nerd added this photo to his favorites. (37 months ago)
The Sci-fi Nerd (37 months ago | reply)
fantastic
Victor Zuylen, The Grandpappy, and bald_gye added this photo to their favorites.
JonHall18 (28 months ago | reply)
This would be brilliant even without the sliding mechanism! Really like the look of this ship- the colours make it look suitably metallic and serious-looking, if you know what I mean! Also, always nice to see a bit of assymetry in a ship.
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