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In microscale: a replica of the hero ship Liberator from the 1978-81 BBC SF
drama “Blake’s 7” (sometimes
spelled “Blakes7”).
The BrickShelf gallery includes reference pics and numerous prototypes. The
final version must wait until I acquire necessary parts in white and/or grey.
(OTOH, with the parts I have now I could do an 3vil-themed version in red and
black.)
I made a few compromises in this model:
- The nacelle pylons are tapered in the wrong direction -- to actually duplicate their angles would require a larger scale, which I attempted in some of the prototypes.
- The cylindrical nacelles each have a 10-sided collar, which is nicely implied by one type of hard-plastic tire (as seen in one proto) -- but that element is too big for the smaller version.
- The obvious elements for the green-glowing aft globe thingy would be a pair of 4x4 faceted domes, but there’s no way to mount them base-to-base; so instead, I use a single dome and a pair of Bionicle tooth pieces to imply the tapered lip.
The small version’s nacelles rely on the droid-body part. Longitudinal strength
for all four hulls relies on 12-long axles (and if they existed, even longer
ones would be handy).
The completed version will be appearing in the SF-themed MOC display at the
Philcon SF convention this December.
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