Christopher ([info]cjdoyle) wrote in [info]legos,
2005-08-09 15:02:00
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Latest MOC Project: Serenity

Realized I never told the community about this...

My latest MOC is an attempt to build Serenity (the ship from Firefly). I had originally started it at minifig scale, but had to move back to 1/2 minifig due to lack of pieces. As it is, I've had to order special bits several times. It's not done yet - probably have another couple of weekends to go at a minimum. But you get the idea.





(Click for a bigger view of this shot.)

I've had to make some concessions to my original vision - this thing is far too huge to ever "swoosh" about the room without a 120% chance of dropping and shattering.

So - I've built it for easy sectional disassembly. The engines are removable at the rotation joint, and the engine section slots into the cargo area. The "light ring" has yet to be built - the red bricks you can see above are actually part of a 4" or so gap where that'll go. And of course the bridge is still missing, but you can see where the light is/will be.



Here's a few from the rear, with the engine covers closed. The gap isn't as obvious from this angle. (Click for a bigger view of this shot.)



Same angle, engine covers open. The rear section lights up on a separate battery pack from the lights in the cargo/bridge area.

Click here for a really huge view from the front quarter. You can also make out the light in the cabin area if you squint.



There are more teaser photos here: http://www.reasonablyclever.com/lego/firefly/

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[info]lossrockhart

August 9 2005, 19:20:35 UTC 6 years ago

Wow. And your minifigs rock! Amazing.

[info]ligaa

August 9 2005, 21:03:34 UTC 6 years ago

That's amazing. Oh man, I'm excited about the movie all over again. :P

[info]sangheili

August 9 2005, 23:16:43 UTC 6 years ago

thats pretty good!

[info]sangheili

August 9 2005, 23:18:32 UTC 6 years ago

would you consider it scale size?

[info]cjdoyle

August 9 2005, 23:24:07 UTC 6 years ago

Well, I'm doing my best to match it to schematics - it'll be about 3.5' long when finished, and Serenity is 150' long according to my sources. So it's roughly 1:43 scale.

[info]sangheili

August 10 2005, 01:00:56 UTC 6 years ago

thats really cool!
Have you seen the movie yet?

[info]cjdoyle

August 10 2005, 10:55:01 UTC 6 years ago

Nope - I wanted to finish this before I saw it, strange as that seems.

[info]chocotaku

August 10 2005, 00:24:20 UTC 6 years ago

[bette midler]Did you ever know that you're my hero?[/bette midler]

That's freakin' awesome...

[info]mr_teem

August 10 2005, 16:31:46 UTC 6 years ago

Totally awesome.

[info]enochfallax

August 10 2005, 20:22:26 UTC 6 years ago

Holy moly... I want one! :D

[info]greyhat

August 10 2005, 20:54:49 UTC 6 years ago

spread the lego/Firefly goodness!

Can you post this (or a link to this entry) to [info]fireflyfans? If you can't or don't want to join, can I post a link there?

[info]cjdoyle

August 10 2005, 22:22:23 UTC 6 years ago

Re: spread the lego/Firefly goodness!

Go ahead and post a link if you'd like - I should have a "final" product ready for show in a couple of weeks though, if you'd rather wait for an "official" unveiling....

[info]chronovore

August 11 2005, 02:07:48 UTC 6 years ago

This MOC rocks. It is more distracting that Jayne getting nekkid.

[info]old_schoola

March 28 2006, 15:04:42 UTC 6 years ago

You the man
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