Proudly Geeky

Just to show off that homemade space shuttle of mine a bit more =p

I tried to build it like a REAL Space Shuttle, based on everything I’d read about it.  So things I knew at the time, and I tried to incorporate as much of what I knew as possible into my Lego version:

• The shuttle was built in component pieces:
  • Crew Module Flight and middeck, Airlock, Cargo Bay, Wings, Engine compartment
• The OMS pods, removable
• There was room for TWO CanadaArms in the cargo bay, even though the shuttle has only ever carried one at a time
  • RMS has a CAMERA on it
• Front RCS pod, Aft umbilical connections, radio antenna in cargo bay, crew hatch (opens to mid-deck)

I put as much detail in until I basically ran out of white pieces to use =p I don’t even remember what set or sets I got the white pieces from, or the hinges, 90 degree bends etc etc.  I didn’t much care what else I took apart, used everything I could find to build this shuttle!

Oh and that big block I used for the engine compartment? =)

Is it any wonder why this was my favourite toy??

Oh all the pieces in the cargo bay were extra parts that I collected whenever I found bits of lego around the house.  I tried to save up as many pieces as possible to use and built more detail into it whenever I could, but I really did just run out of pieces and couldn’t add anything else, like a proper delta wing.

Still, definitely something I’ve very proud of, and now at least it’s immortalized in photos so if I ever drop it, break it or lose it somehow, it’ll be here =)

Now I’ll be able to compare it against the official Lego Space Shuttle Adventure, will post pics of that as soon as it’s done, and I’m gonna TRY put together a time-lapse movie of it coming together too…..key word is try =D