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The last in the series of posts for my Ridgeback pinnace racing spaceship. Once I'd built the ship, I was in a quandary about how to display it. The Ridgeback didn't look very good, just lying nose-down on the table but there was nowhere to attach a stand.
Using the Technic linear actuators let me adjust the angle of the spaceship. It created a lot of leverage at their bases and so they had to be braced inside with right-angled Technic half-beams.
Decided I could do the original ship from The Expanse more justice by building a larger version than my previous attempt.
I'm mobile again, meet Rocinante, my new workhorse. I don't have Fridays off anymore so I'm going to have to find a new way to get in hikes and still not miss time with Darling Tonia, but somehow, some way my camera and I should be getting more time together soon. If you see this baby comin', get off the sidewalk!
I thought that people might be interested to see what's inside this spaceship and how it's put together. I think that there should be enough detail here for anybody to copy and build their own.
The Ridgeback was an early pinnace class racing spacecraft. The ship was fast and highly manoeuvrable. A focus on performance and weight saving meant that there were almost no concessions to crew comfort. The cockpit was crammed in between the massive main engine and fuel tanks.
Later pinnace racers would have more emphasis on crew ergonomics but when it came to the Ridgeback, its pilots would all say, "You CAN take the Ridgeback! Oh, my back!".
There's a "swooshing" video of this spaceship on my Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidrobertslego/p/DKSIxtNiBih/?img_ind...
Thank you to @glatmocs and @intvlan1shut for putting me onto this idea. I've never seen The Expanse TV series or read the books. This was an adventure in Lego geometry and I would have like the front to be an unequal hexagon, like the Razorback but that didn't happen.
My next post should be a disassembly video to show people how I built my Ridgeback.
Complete rebuild of my 2017 SHIPtember build.
Structural integrity has been improved and details have been made more accurate.
Instructions are available on Rebrickable.com
The Ridgeback was an early pinnace class racing spacecraft. The ship was fast and highly manoeuvrable. A focus on performance and weight saving meant that there were almost no concessions to crew comfort. The cockpit was crammed in between the massive main engine and fuel tanks.
Later pinnace racers would have more emphasis on crew ergonomics but when it came to the Ridgeback, its pilots would all say, "You CAN take the Ridgeback! Oh, my back!".
There's a "swooshing" video of this spaceship on my Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidrobertslego/p/DKSIxtNiBih/?img_ind...
Thank you to @glatmocs and @intvlan1shut for putting me onto this idea. I've never seen The Expanse TV series or read the books. This was an adventure in Lego geometry and I would have like the front to be an unequal hexagon, like the Razorback but that didn't happen.
My next post should be a disassembly video to show people how I built my Ridgeback.
This is Amos the Amaryllis that has been blooming profusely and has a very commanding presense. My husband named it Amos after the character in The Expanse -- which, if you are not watching, you should be. "I am that plant"
This is Amos the Amaryllis that has been blooming profusely and cannot be overlooked. My husband named it Amos after the character in The Expanse -- which, if you are not watching, you should be. "I am that plant"
Fresh from the docks at Luna with a new black and red paint job, landing legs, and a keel mounted railgun
Instructions available on Rebrickable.com
The last in the series of posts for my Ridgeback pinnace racing spaceship. Once I'd built the ship, I was in a quandary about how to display it. The Ridgeback didn't look very good, just lying nose-down on the table but there was nowhere to attach a stand.
Using the Technic linear actuators let me adjust the angle of the spaceship. It created a lot of leverage at their bases and so they had to be braced inside with right-angled Technic half-beams.
The Ridgeback was an early pinnace class racing spacecraft. The ship was fast and highly manoeuvrable. A focus on performance and weight saving meant that there were almost no concessions to crew comfort. The cockpit was crammed in between the massive main engine and fuel tanks.
Later pinnace racers would have more emphasis on crew ergonomics but when it came to the Ridgeback, its pilots would all say, "You CAN take the Ridgeback! Oh, my back!".
There's a "swooshing" video of this spaceship on my Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidrobertslego/p/DKSIxtNiBih/?img_ind...
Thank you to @glatmocs and @intvlan1shut for putting me onto this idea. I've never seen The Expanse TV series or read the books. This was an adventure in Lego geometry and I would have like the front to be an unequal hexagon, like the Razorback but that didn't happen.
My next post should be a disassembly video to show people how I built my Ridgeback.
Truman class dreadought UNN Thomas Prince
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I decided to have a go with stud.io and I must say it works a lot better than last time I tried it out. Initially decided to model Agatha King, but changed the pattern for Thomas Prince.
I don't know how people use software for designing anything. It was fine for replicating a model, but for the minor redesigns I did I still pulled out bricks before putting it in the software.
My old computer barely handled this 8800 piece monster. It was only possible through use of many submodels and making the complete parts invisible. It took more than a half hour to just render this image.
I'll have instructions available on rebrickable once I finish with the the instruction generator.
UPDATE: Instructions are available
This is Amos the Amaryllis that has been blooming profusely and has a very commanding presense. My husband named it Amos after the character in The Expanse -- which, if you are not watching, you should be. "I am that plant"
Happy World Book Day 2021!
Perfect time to reveal my new The Expanse LEGO Bookends! šš
Preventing the books from GRAVITY, but supporting their contents GRAVITAS!
When I made my Rocinante last year, I already had the idea in mind to use it for bookends! The perfect scene to depict was found really quick: The Roci entering for the first time Ring Sphere!
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You can find me as well on Instagram under my username kevin.j.walter or my pictures via #skywalter
Complete rebuild of my 2017 SHIPtember build.
Structural integrity has been improved and details have been made more accurate.
Instructions are available on Rebrickable.com
From seasons 2 and 3 of The Expanse.
This model was a really difficult project to design. The geometry is pretty crazy for what is essentially a flying brick.
Instructions available on Rebrickable.
Martian ship from The Expanse.
This one has the colour scheme of MCRN Scipio Africanus that appeared in Season 1.
Instructions are available on rebrickable.com
Fresh from the docks at Luna with a new black and red paint job, landing legs, and a keel mounted railgun
Instructions available on Rebrickable.com
"Time to bust up some Belter scum!"
United Nations Navy expeditionary fast transport. First of what will hopefully be a series of The Expanse-inspired vessel designs.
The Hokkaido Resource Conglomerate's Maguro is a light, single-crewed vessel tasked with scouting and sampling asteroids for potential future mining operations.
This ship was very much inspired by the Expanse series, as well as classic 70s era sci fi art by the likes of Peter Elson, Angus McKie, Chris Foss, etc. and more recently Paul Pepera (RIP).
Many acknowledgements are due for this build which has been ongoing since late last year. The usual WACKLug cronies for never hesitating to offer an opinion, in particular Jeff for color observations, Zach for the usage ideas for 1x1 tiles w/ clip, and Andrew for inadvertently introducing the seed part in an old Bricks and Beer episode. Most especial thanks to Nick for encouraging me to take my time, not rush things, and making me want to be a better spaceship builder.
Fresh from the docks at Luna with a new black and red paint job, landing legs, and a keel mounted railgun
Instructions available on Rebrickable.com
I have been a fan of The Expanse for years now, the infamous Rocinante was on my to-do list nearly as long as I'm fan of this series.
For it's relative small scale I am really proud about all the details and major shape characteristics I was able to include.
Although I am a fan of the original Tachi print and the new season 4 appearance, the grey color scheme was the best convertible at that scale.
Instructions for the Rocinante & Tachi are available at BrickVault:
www.brickvault.toys/collections/all/products/the-expanse-...
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You can find me as well on Instagram under my username kevin.j.walter or my pictures via #skywalter
The MCRN Tachi, later renamed the Rocinante, is a Martian Congressional Republic Navy corvette featured in The Expanse book series by James S. A. Corey and the Syfy television series.
This model is 306 pieces and was rendered using the LDD to POV-Ray converter.
Reference images for this project were from an excellent article on Artstation about the concept design for The Expanse. If you are a fan of the show or the books, I'd recommend taking a look.
With the opening of the ring gates and the ratcheting up of tensions throughout the solar system, the MCRN quickly determined that they needed a replacement for the Morrigan-class patrol destroyer with greater range/endurance and enhanced self-defense capabilities.
Classified as a scout destroyer, the Samar-class is 40 m long and has a crew of 9 on a standard 3 shift rotation with a pilot, engineer, and a weapon/electronic systems officer on duty at all times. Up to 2 additional specialists may be added to the crew for unique missions.
It is equipped with 6 Nariman Dynamics 40 mm point defense cannons, providing overlapping defense coverage across 4pi steradians, rectifying one of the key deficiencies of the Morrigan-class.
The standard Samar-class vessel carries a modest 8 torpedos, loaded into an 8-cell vertical launcher (VLS). Simulations have shown that firing all 8 torpedos in a single salvo generates a higher probability of hit against large combatants than firing each individually.
The shipās propulsion system consists of a single Epstein drive and attitude control system (ACS) thrusters in banks at the fore and mid-body.
The class is named for the Battle Off Samar, a WWII naval engagement in which a small task force of US Navy destroyers, destroyer escorts, and escort carriers prevailed over a much larger Japanese armada in one of the greatest last stands in naval history.
Credit to Mark Gagliano for the clean engine section on his Rocinante model that I borrowed here.
The last in the series of posts for my Ridgeback pinnace racing spaceship. Once I'd built the ship, I was in a quandary about how to display it. The Ridgeback didn't look very good, just lying nose-down on the table but there was nowhere to attach a stand.
Using the Technic linear actuators let me adjust the angle of the spaceship. It created a lot of leverage at their bases and so they had to be braced inside with right-angled Technic half-beams.
Happy World Book Day 2021!
Perfect time to reveal my new The Expanse LEGO Bookends! šš
Preventing the books from GRAVITY, but supporting their contents GRAVITAS!
When I made my Rocinante last year, I already had the idea in mind to use it for bookends! The perfect scene to depict was found really quick: The Roci entering for the first time Ring Sphere!
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You can find me as well on Instagram under my username kevin.j.walter or my pictures via #skywalter
A fan of the books and the TV series.
The Expanse is an American science fiction television series developed by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, based on the series of novels of the same name by James S. A. Corey. The series is set in a future where humanity has colonized the Solar System.
With Ganymede floating around the bottom. Imagery by the Cassini probe December 3, 2000
I just weighed the model and it comes in at 14.1lb/6.4kg
EDIT: 2021 instructions available rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-74852/Julie-v/rocinante-s1-3/
Just in time for Season 5 Finale I made the last Rocinante color scheme (incl. Landing gear and Railgun) and the Razorback in matching scale!
Instructions are available here:
www.brickvault.toys/products/the-expanse-rocinante-and-ta...
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You can find me as well on Instagram under my username kevin.j.walter or my pictures via #skywalter
MCRN Corvette Class ship, formerly known as the MCRN Tachi from the book/TV series The Expanse.
Built for (pre-) SHIPtember in less than one month
Martian ship from The Expanse.
This one has the colour scheme of MCRN Scipio Africanus that appeared in Season 1.
Instructions are available on rebrickable.com
Martian ship from The Expanse.
This one has the colour scheme of MCRN Scipio Africanus that appeared in Season 1.
Instructions are available on rebrickable.com
From seasons 2 and 3 of The Expanse.
This model was a really difficult project to design. The geometry is pretty crazy for what is essentially a flying brick.
Instructions available on Rebrickable.
Mining hydrogen in Saturn, the vessel extracts gas via the dorsal vents, processes it and fills pressurised cylinders stored in the white forward bulkheads. Robot arms then off load the cylinders onto docks on Ceres station.
Initially she had longer booms but I think it looks better nice and short. And god how I hate trying to take photos and edit them!
Martian ship from The Expanse.
This one has the colour scheme of MCRN Scipio Africanus that appeared in Season 1.
Instructions are available on rebrickable.com
Iām very proud. This is the author of the Expanse books that make the TV serials. Eddie De Cruz is my Facebook alt.
Thank you all for your support
Mining hydrogen in Saturn, the vessel extracts gas via the dorsal vents, processes it and fills pressurised cylinders stored in the white forward bulkheads. Robot arms then off load the cylinders onto docks on Ceres station (see notes).
Initially she had longer booms but I think it looks better nice and short. And god how I hate trying to take photos and edit them!