The new and re-named "The Really big ship contest"

Post by **Natalya** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:18 pm

Sorry to hear that J+B. :[

@ROC:

Yeah, the SW hinges are weak but technic frames can do the job. They are just more parts-intensive.

Post by **Dr. X** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:33 pm

I built a 33-stud long ship..

Post by **RagnarokRose** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 6:59 pm

With no size comparison, i can't tell how big it is. Don't think it's long enough, though.

Post by **Dr. X** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:34 pm

I don't either. Oh well.

Post by **Natalya** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:27 am

That's not a frigate. That's a small transport.

I love it but you srsly need to ditch the intake stickers on the front.

Post by **james+burgundy** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:59 pm

well my lust for legos took over at 11 pm and i reconfigured my legos to fit in the closet so not i do not have as much build space but i might be able to get a ship up if i can get some ideas any way the main point is i might not be out of the ruunning

Post by **Gorchek** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:45 pm

I can't compete with Natalya or RoC77 for quality, so I tried something more unusual. So, here is the GXS - Tour d'Argent.

The Tour d'Argent was designed to serve either as a command ship for small planetary defence fleet, or as a light destroyer in larger fleets.
It's most notable features are the twin Reverse-Gravity Generator set above and below the vessel.

They provide for the ship's movement (as reaction-less thrusters), defense (with gravity shield), offence (with a gravity variation of a railgun), and they provide the artificial gravity for the crew. That leads to a peculiar quirk of the desing: the "down" for both deck is the center of the ship.

The Command Deck holds the engine room, the armory, the brig, and the bridge.

The Cargo Deck holds the cargo hold (with two airlocks), the infirmary, the crew bunks and the captain's quarter (actualy just a bunkbed and desk, but an unusual comfort in such a small vessel).

The engine in the back actualy serve as a back-up propulsion system and energy supply, used when the RG generators are offline.

As it's expected to serve as a command ship (and to compensate for the distorsions caused by the gravity shield), the Tour d'Argent has one of the best compact sensor array availlable.

It's weaponry includes the twin Grailgun mentionned above, two large turret mounted laser cannon, ten missiles, and eight automated laser turrets used as point defense.

Normaly, it has a crew of seven, including the captain and medic.

You can see the full gallery here.

Oh, and I'll let you guess the reason for the name for now...

Post by **pesgores** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 8:27 pm

Oh. That's something.

▲ job.

Post by **piltogg** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:54 am

well, my ship I was just about to post got pwnd <a href='http://tinyurl.com/y42zurt'>alot</a> just then, so I'll just be makeing a crapton of revisions to it now.

Post by **RoC77** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:45 pm

Great ship. I really like the duel deck design, very original. I also like the look of those gravity generators.

Post by **Adean** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:36 pm

pesgores wrote:Oh. That's something.

▲ job.

You know, given that the origin of the triangle job was the result of someone misspelling "terrible", doesn't that mean that saying something is a triangle job is just a garbled way of saying terrible job?

Post by **Gorchek** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:03 am

Personaly, I just gave up on figuring what it might mean.

Post by **DavidP** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:47 pm

can I enter this ship ? http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3017923

I know I didn't take the picture but it is my ship and my design.

hey JP if your lurking could you please confirm

Post by **Shaeph** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:51 pm

woah, thats pretty nice.
except what is the peice in the front?

Post by **DavidP** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:26 pm

The piece is from the highspeed train set 7897 you get to of them.

And it turns out I need to check my BS folder more carefully as I did
take some pics before I moved.

there still boxed up.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=320643

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The new and re-named "The Really big ship contest"

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