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(Crossposted from my blog)
Studless, smooth, and sleek, this racer, known as “Scarlet Mayhem,” was the
winner of the first annual Earth to Mars race, which tests a ship’s performance
in atmosphere, interplanetary, and reentry situations. The two-man crew take
turns flying the craft, similar to the Le Mans car race.
The scoops on the tops of the wings provide air for the engines when running
inside the atmosphere in scramjet mode. It has a lot of SNOT details - the
bottom of the fuselage is mounted studs-down, and covered in tiles and slopes so
that no studs or undersides of bricks are showing. The wings are studs-out, made
of bricks, and the only conventional part of the ship is the wingtips which do
show their undersides. Because of the studs-down bottom, there are no studs
inside on the floor for the minifigs to sit on (to add a studs-up floor would
require the roof to be higher, ruining the lines, or removing too much interior
space for the minifigs). As a result, the minifigs are sitting on 2×4 plate
“sleds” which slide into the ship and sit loosely. The cockpit canopy is hinged
on the sides.
This model was built mainly using parts from the Enzo Ferrari 1:17 set,
borrowing parts from Prehistoric Power and Speedboat sets. Why such a limited
source of parts? I’m on vacation in the east coast away from my LEGO collection,
but I bought the above sets at the LEGO store during BrickFest 2006.
It’s a little strange to be building LEGO away from home, and with an unfamiliar
and reduced palette. Still, I got a lot of great new parts which I look forward
to combining with my collection at home when I return.
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| (...) Very nice, Bill! I would like this model, even if it wasn't a limited-parts build. Give yourself five originality points for the engine intakes. Ladasky Home Solar, Inc.: blowing sunshine up your power grid since March 24, 2005. Fiat lux! (...) (18 years ago, 2-Sep-06, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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