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In the waning days of the Galactic Republic, Kuat Systems Engineering produced a series of compact luxury yachts.
The starship was marketed towards the wealthy businessman who liked a bit of piloting action himself.
It had the agility and speed to keep up with even the better starfighters of that time. While still providing the comfort one might expect from a luxury yacht.
(There used to be a jacuzzi on board).
To make all of that possible the craft is propelled by three rather large engines, one integrated in the tail and the other two mounted one on each side.
The fuel consumption however is ridiculous.
Naturally, achieving the performing stats of an X-wing on a craft that weighs at least 4 times as much comes at a cost…
However, somewhere around the forming of the Galactic Empire, this particular ship found its way into the hands of a bounty hunter (probably stolen).
To suit the profession better the ship underwent some serious modifications.
These mostly involve adding armament and removing unnecessary features.
(such as the jacuzzi mentioned earlier).
A dorsal mounted cannon allows for fending off pursuers, a considerable part of the living space behind the cockpit was sacrificed to fit a military grade deflector shield generator in order to be able to withstand some serious enemy fire and the rear observation segment was filled with various tracking equipment and a cloaking device, making it well-capable to make itself invisible to most scanners.
Seems like KSE is a most suited supplier of bounty hunter ships.
This MOC is actually the successful marriage of two WIPs I had laying about.
I’ve been wanting to do some more starship building and was looking into renovating this previously build ship. But I soon realised it was in such a bad shape that I might as well start over again. So I did.
I had a lot of features I wanted on the ship and not all of them made it.
No functional boarding ramp alas but it does have all the flaps, vents and greebles I like.
The diamond shaped opening looks like space ship.
I can also imagine it as a mouth where the 2 eyes are above me.
Stephanie Calvert ~ Starship Featuring Mickey Thomas
(Playing the music of Jefferson Starship - 'We Built This City')
Pompano Seafood Festival ~ Pompano Beach, Florida U.S.A.
(three more photos 'from this local festival' in the comments)
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_7pYZ-R7Rg (medley)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsRqFSDrIro
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx2Dq7KtDfc
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_%28band%29
www.pompanobeachseafoodfestival.com/dailyschedule/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Thomas_(singer)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Starship
Interview www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVRU_bii1yE
Shot and edited with an iPhone4;
Apps used: ProCamera and BlurFX
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Hamelin / Lower Saxony / Germany
Album of Germany (the north): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157712098...
Added the USS Voyager to the display.
Go to www.BricksWithWings.com for these instructions and models.
Bonus Prize winner for the LEGO Ideas Contest: Join the Mission to Take Us from the Moon to Mars
ideas.lego.com/challenges/a289cd61-c960-4364-a1a8-42da645...
A sad sight, to see such a futuristic looking aircraft decaying in the sun, I believe that only 2 Starships are still flying in the world.
Let me say I'm not a photographer, so please forgive my amateur quality pictures. I just wanted to capture as much of the detail as possible
New this year are these delivery robots started showing up as a contract with Purdue. I quite like these guys, so when it snowed last November, i got a few shots
The Profile of the Radon Class battleship.
Thanks to the incredible strength ot the material and the agility under fire, this ship is a must in a space warfare.
For this shot I was very thankful to be shooting with the 14-24 2.8. I was backed all the way up against the fountain and as you can see had just enough range to fit it all in. As usual, this one has stars so view on large to check those out. Thanks for looking!
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