Post by Big Brother on Aug 29, 2007 17:21:50 GMT -5
As some of you know, I have recently been cleaning my room. Part of that process involved cleaning up and re-organizing my LEGO collection for the first time in a decade. Having all the pieces neatly put away for once has made it easy and oh-so-tempting to take them out again and start building stuff. After warming up with a series of "Lorpymobile" spacecraft designed to be flown by the blue-suited figurine that had been named "Little Lorpy" for reasons too complex to go into right now, I decided to name other figurines after members of this forum and the associated chatroom regulars. One of the first vehicles to be designed around this expanded cast of characters is the Chatplane Mark I, which is actually a whole playset of vehicles and figurines.
The main vessel is a 4-engined, 3-seat bomber/transport aircraft. It has a bomb bay with working doors, and the bomb and missile racks can be removed from the bomb bay, converting it into a cargo bay that can carry any one of four associated parasite vehicles. The four vehicles are a mini-tank, a stealth infiltrator fighter, a hoverbike, and a mine clearance/mineral prospecting ground vehicle.
Side View of main aircraft with parasite vehicles:
Front View of main aircraft with open cockpit:
Front Close-up:
That's Little BB in the pilot's seat, with Little Mlle Bienvenu sitting behind him in the bombardier/navigator seat.
Underside of main aircraft with bomb bay filled with 8 bombs and two heavy air-to-ground missiles:
Rear view closeup of tailgunner position of main plane:
That's Little Amber in the tailgunner's seat.
The Mini-tank, driven by Little Lorpy:
The Mine Clearance/Prospecting Vehicle, driven by Little LassyD:
Note the Winry Wrench hanging from the left rear of the vehicle.
Unfortunately, I don't have pics handy of the other two vehicles, the Stealth Infiltrator flown by Little Raven, or the Hoverbike flown by Little Lolua.
The main vessel is a 4-engined, 3-seat bomber/transport aircraft. It has a bomb bay with working doors, and the bomb and missile racks can be removed from the bomb bay, converting it into a cargo bay that can carry any one of four associated parasite vehicles. The four vehicles are a mini-tank, a stealth infiltrator fighter, a hoverbike, and a mine clearance/mineral prospecting ground vehicle.
Side View of main aircraft with parasite vehicles:
Front View of main aircraft with open cockpit:
Front Close-up:
That's Little BB in the pilot's seat, with Little Mlle Bienvenu sitting behind him in the bombardier/navigator seat.
Underside of main aircraft with bomb bay filled with 8 bombs and two heavy air-to-ground missiles:
Rear view closeup of tailgunner position of main plane:
That's Little Amber in the tailgunner's seat.
The Mini-tank, driven by Little Lorpy:
The Mine Clearance/Prospecting Vehicle, driven by Little LassyD:
Note the Winry Wrench hanging from the left rear of the vehicle.
Unfortunately, I don't have pics handy of the other two vehicles, the Stealth Infiltrator flown by Little Raven, or the Hoverbike flown by Little Lolua.
