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The Aurora is the latest ship build by the Jr.Marshalate. It has several
scientific instruments on board including a large telescope (white, midship) and
a complex multi-phasic sensor system (grey saucer, aft)
The Aurora has a crew of 18 persons. Unfortunately, 10 crew members must share
bunks, however this is nothing new in the Eastern Block. The Jr.Marshalate has
played with the idea of bunk sharing as a method to maximize crew efficiency
since the EBKD Kalashnikov experiment.
The ship comes with a compliment of four Robriq bots that help in cleaning and
maintaining the ship’s interior and exterior.
-Jr.Marshal Hoffman
Building Notes
This isn’t my best work by far. The general concept of the Aurora is a
continuation of an idea I had on the Duvernay and the Kalashnikov - essentially
using angled walls and corresponding angled ceilings. The Kal using the angled
on both sides, up and down - but only for 16 studs long. The Aurora does it the
whole distance of the main hull. The trade-off is that I’m using a “House of
Plates” concept and I have all those studs. I don’t think it looks bad, but
some do. (Tiles to cover it is not really an option).
The underside is completely undone because 1. this thing aint exactly
swooshable, therefore the underside is essentially unviewable. 2. This is not
gonna last a while. It is going to Fest (hopefully) and then it is going in the
trashbin to become my next ship project. 3. A plated underside would only have
been more fragile, and everytime i touch this thing something falls off, so I
wanted to limit fragility.
The ship breaks into three pieces.. fore, midship, and aft (engines) for ease
of transportation and storage. I built the main hull a long time ago and have
just never finished it til I started working again last week.
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| (...) I like what you did with the engines. The greebling on top is pretty excellent to. The shape overall is cool, very Space 1999, and I like the hatch on top. I think all the studs on the side sort of give it an unfinished look, espeially with (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I saw this on brickshelf last night and am impressed by the consistant design of the hull and sheer scale (you rival Keith!).The largest design flaw I observe is the size of the engines. I know this is a scientific vessel but, all the same (...) (20 years ago, 9-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| In lugnet.space, Leonard Hoffman wrote: Leonard, Hey, this is really neat, a welcome change from the usual naval ships. The shape reminds me of the Eagle from Space 1999. Thanks, George (20 years ago, 10-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| Hey, do you mind making a detour on your way home from Fest over to lil ol Californy so I can see this thing up close? A worthy addition to your already-impressive communist fleet. Clearly not a war vessel... I like details such as the telescope. (...) (20 years ago, 11-Aug-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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