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Step aside, kiddies, the BLOCK is BACK!
With the growing threat of 3vil, Dr.Terrible, the 3GA, and Space Hippies, the
Jr.Marshalate recognized the need for a reasonably cheap, easy to produce a
shuttle with long range capabilities and enough fire power to take down most
foes that larger ships, such as the
Kalashnikov were unable
to deal with.
The result is the Zhukov Class Assault Shuttle.
It carries a crew of four (one Komandant, and three Lejtenants), all of whom are
trained in all functions of the shuttle (pilot, navigator, 2 gunners). Armaments
include four large laser-cannons and four nuclear-tipped torpedoes. Engines are
a main Volelov Class III and two Volelov Class IIb thrusters. The Power supply
comes from three multi-level Lithium sub-fusion reactors in the Engine section.
The Zhukov is not meant to land, and features a brand new Eastern Block standard
portal that a smaller shuttle can dock with for crew transfers.
-Jr.Marshal Hoffman
Building notes: inspired by Adrian’s secret SHIP project and Soren’s
Mephistopheles. I really like the ‘squareness’ of the Meph. which is what I
tried to replicate in the bridge section. I was playing with the idea of making
the neck part hollow to allow a fig to travel through so they can fix the engine
area, but that concept will have to wait til my next SHIP moc.
the entire thing is modular and breaks down into small componenents: bridge
section, neck section, engine section - for ease of transport. i will take
pictures of how exactly i do this later.
the neck is made using technic beams and some tricky snot to get studs on all
sides. i spent quite some time figuring that out. also, when i was editing
pictures for this, my computer BROKE and so i had to do this all on my wife’s
work computer. hehehe
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| I like this one! Recently I build a boxy kind of space ship front head looking very similar to yours, but had a huge lack of inspiration for the body / engines. Hmmmm it looks a little bit like a shoe-box-with-a-dart...-and-fins. I guess somewhere (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Nice work Lenny. I'm not a fan of the space wheels as nozzles, but the fins and angle plates give the engine a great look. The placement of the guns on the wing pylons plays with my brain, though - I would have preferred them being placed (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Good stuff Lenny! I think the design of the bridge is perfect for the EB theme...very angular and emminently 'practical'...and the permanent frown of the front viewport is sufficiently menacing. The underside use of SNOT greebling is excellent (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) Got EBKD! (say it fast with a miniscule pause before the KD part;-) (...) Ah, yes, the ever-insidious threat of peace. I do think those 'wings' are just calling out for some decorative 'painting' on their vast monochromatic expanse... but that (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) I like it! The bridge and engine portions are quite perfect. Definitely Blockish. To be honest I'm not feeling the giant fins. It's no fault of your building or the colors you used, I just feel they look wrong somehow. It's not the stair-like (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| Lenny, I really like this one. Contrary to others' posts, I think the thick, sawtooth-edged fins work with the design. To me, it brings back memories of way-overbuilt Soviet aircraft. Like the designers discovered the fins weren't strong enough, so (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| I don't usually like to endorse the work of a Commy-pinko nation, but since your stated mission involves the destruction of the disease-spreading, parasite space-hippies...I'll make an exception. This is nice work as usual Lenny, one of the things I (...) (20 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| (...) (HACK SLASH BURN PILLAGE SNIP) Cool. I could name the stuff I like, but everyone else has covered most of that. What I like best about this model is the depth of the design: every weird choice you made makes absolute sense :). I really dig the (...) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-04, to lugnet.space, FTX)
| | | Zhukov - Now featuring better pics of the Interior
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| (URL) with my new camera/studio area, which is very nice. yes, very.. very nice. as we can all see, the interior features four bunk beds, four lockers, a off duty table featuring playing cards, a toilet for peeing and pooping in, and the duty (...) (20 years ago, 5-Apr-04, to lugnet.space)
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