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Hello,
I’ve finally gotten around to posting pictures of my entry for the space P-38
contest.
(click the pic for post mod b-shelf folder)
This craft is an attack fighter/light bomber. Similar to the A-10 attack
aircraft of ancient Earth, this ship is designed to be survivable. The widely
spaced star drives make it very unlikely that a single hit will take out the
ship’s propulsion systems. The main fuselage is heavily armoured and the twin
tail booms are loaded with all sorts of ECM gear. The large tail planes serve
as radiator surfaces helping to keep the ship’s heat signature away from the
main fuselage.
This prototype is equiped with two high-output pulse cannons alongside the main
fuselage and 4 light blaster cannons on the wing tips for straffing against
lightly armoured targets. The two spam-antispam torpedos are capable of
acheiving a mission-kill against heavy cruiser class capital ships. Smaller
destoryers or corvettes are often destroyed outright.
The ship is capable of flight in zero-g and atmospheric environments. The
VTOL-vents and vectored thust flaps on the underside of the engine pods can be
activated in flight to increase maneuverability.
builders notes:
I was trying to follow the classic p-38 lines as close as possible. This ship
incorporates many schliem building techniques to achieve its shape. I tried to
minimize the exposed studs as much as possible. I also worked very hard to come
up with some original landing gear that folds completely away when not used.
Another cool feature that I tried to work in is a completely sealed cockpit
while having the canopy hinged. The only thing I don’t really like is that the
cockpit is very deep and the pilot can barely see out. However, if I boosted
the pilot’s seat the canopy wouldn’t close. Also, the cockpit less detailed
than I would have liked but using the pre-fab lower cockpit piece didn’t give me
alot of options. As usual, I also stuck with a very classic-space-esque color
scheme to pay homage to my favorite theme. One last thing, I should give credit
to Dan J. for the engine-glow idea and overall engine pod design ideas.
Overall, this MOC was very fun to build, and Jon P. must be commended for
originating this extremely inspiring contest. There have been so many great
entries so far; I would really hate to have to pick the winner.
Hope you all enjoy,
drc
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 | | Re: P-38 Contest Entry: SA-380 Dragonfly MOC
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| Hi Douglas, I went on BrickShelf to check it, it's a very nice P38 you designed. It is almost studless, SNOTed (MORVEd :-))everywhere. I especially like the use of the blue 1x3x12 slope on the sides. Among the contest entries, I think this is one of (...) (21 years ago, 26-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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