Federation Commander

marcus_aurelius · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:30 am Post subject: SFB/FC in LEGO

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djdood · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:50 am Post subject:

Very cool. It would be neat (but expensive!) to get the bricks to actually build one. Cool

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terryoc · Captain Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1384

Too cool. Thanks for posting that, Marcus.
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pinecone · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject:

Think you've got time to do a feddie?

Mike · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:48 am Post subject:

I remember my son trying to make a Fed CA out of real Legos many, many years ago. The nacelles kept falling off.

marcus_aurelius · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 2:51 am Post subject:

Thanks!

They have reinforced internal skeletons so they could
actually be built, placed on stands and hold together under gravity.
You can see the stand holes on the bottom of the Kzinti.

It would be very expensive, TOO expensive. About $425 for the Kzinti through the Digital Designer / LEGO Factory. I might be $250-300 if the
bricks were ordered individually. I was bummed about that.

I haven't seriously tried Federation. I have seen many Enterprise models
on the web. I will probably try a serious attempt someday.

I have a half-completed Gorn model (the saucers were rather difficult).
If I get the time to finish it I will post it too.

pinecone · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject:

At brick world in downtown disney you can get a lot of pieces. I built an Enterprise (Class, not ship), Miranda, Oberth, Excelsior, D7, K'tinga, and Bird of prey for both Klinks and Roms there.

DKeith2011 · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:30 pm Post subject:

I vote for a Hydran Overlord or an Andomedan Intruder next!

Steve Cole · Site Admin Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 3807

I said in the other BBS that if anybody wants to offer a list-and-instructions for building such ships so that people can order the parts and build them, you have my permission. I don't see a way for the company to profit from such things (or stop them) so knock yourself out. But if anybody builds a real one, I want a photograph.
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marcus_aurelius · Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:19 am Post subject:

Steve,

If I ever do build one in real bricks I will be certain to provide
hi-res photographs to you.

I give it a 50-50 chance that I might try to build the Kzinti BC/CC
since it is one of my favorite ships in the game.

marcus_aurelius · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject: Gorn BC Added

I have added a Gorn BC now.

The Gorn was was the most difficult to create by far
because of trying to approximate the saucer sections.

Here is a link to the gallery.
You can click on the thumbnails to see the full size images.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=385795

pinecone · Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:04 pm Post subject:

Please keep this up. I'd love to see a Fed, Klink, or Lyran!

OrangeCat · Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:10 pm Post subject:

Your Kzinti ships amuse me. Very Happy

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baofengyu_lang · Ensign Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 7

Here is a link to a guy who is serious into Lego modeling. He has done some Star Trek Models, mainly Federation from the movies, TNG, DS9, Voyager, and Enterprise. You should take a look at the different Fleets he has on display.

http://www.brickcommander.com/BC-SpaceFrameset.htm

Rob