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This heavy star fighter is a multipurpose starship, primarily used for intense battle and longer deep space missions.
This Corellian ship is mainly inspired by @fordrockwell design, the Chaser.
I did enjoy building something not really “in-universe”, while at the same time, maintaining the falcon aesthetic!
Like a blade in the night, this nimble little fighter is just the thing to break through those pesky blockades.
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Having done the Original Trilogy TIE Fighters I wanted to do updated versions as well. One would think the new TIEs are just a simple recolor, but no, it is far more complicated. They are wider, engine layout is different and most importantly, there are - in fact - two different designs! I didn't realise that until I was looking very closely at stillshots from the movie and had some odd discrepancies... So: The one on the left, with red stripe is a Special Forces TIE Fighter and the one on the right is your standard single-seater mookmobile.
These builds are commisioned and available at BrickVault: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JxQnjlg_tc&t=252s
The USMF's elite pilots (those given the rank of Paladin) are a tough breed whose exploits are well known across the galaxy. Though qualified on a wide array of different craft (including ones not used by the USMF) most Paladins operate solo or in small groups; often great distances from allied bases or capital ships and thus have found great use in one-man fighter craft with FTL capability.
Miniaturizing FTL jump drives is a complex and costly process, but the benefits of a faster-than-light starfighter are numerous. For years, the USMF Paladins utilized the AX-20 "Katana" in this role. While a sturdy and fast ship, the Katana's production foundry was completely destroyed in the beginning stages of the Dimension Wars, and as such, it's service numbers dwindled further from the already small amount (in comparison to non-FTL fighters in the fleet).
Starcom Solution's answered the call for a "faster-than-light jack of all trades" by introducing the "Tekkan" (a name of Japanese origin inspired by its spiritual predecessor "Katana"). Starcom Solutions, living up to it's name, conquered the complex issue of small FTL jump drives with a unique solution; the drive systems were built at the capital ship shipyards on Saturn and then shipped to Neptune where quantum technology was used to shrink the units down to a smaller size.
Impressed by the originality of Starcom Solutions' engineering prowess, the USMF quickly requested a Tekkan for immediate trial runs. The first Tekkan produced (which was painted red with white markings as tribute to the Katana) passed its tests with flying colors (no pun intended) and was assigned to Paladin Kira Janus.
The Tekkan features twin heavy repeating lasers (much like those found on Hyperius Industries' "Scorpion"-class heavy fighter) and twin "Mjölnir"-type lightning cannons, which fire thunderous bolts of energy across great distances. These weapons pack quite the punch and require no ammunition, but require a great amount of charge time. If safety protocols are bypassed, the capacitor banks can overcharge and result in a devastating chain reaction.
NASA's Andromeda Fighter was designed as a defensive and offensive space fighter that could be launched from earth and return on it's own power. The craft was also designed to be launched in groups of 4 not unlike the traditional Space Shuttle. The Andromeda is manned by a crew of 3 and it's weapon systems include guided rockets which launch from the port and starboard pods as well as 30mm rocket cannon.
This was done for Tromas's Real World Starfighter Contest.
Finally acquired a couple of these Nexo Knights windscreen elements and decided to build a nice little Ice Planet fighter to showcase one of them. I'm calling it the "Winterspike" because most of the other names that seemed appropriate (Ice Dagger, Snowhawk etc) seem to already be taken.
I set myself the challenge of making a completely brick built tri-fighter. There are parts that exist that can be used to provide some extra details, but I like the challenge of replicating the effect in bricks.
I’ve always had a soft spot for this model- I was always quite impressed with the 2005 version that used the click hinges to create the semi-circular ‘wings’ which seemed quite unconventional back then. LEGO traditionally includes a buzz droid minifig with their version, so in that spirit, I asked MisterShramp if he could design a buzz droid to accompany my design. And he really stepped up to the challenge!
I originally thought about using bionicle shoulder armour parts to create the central sphere, but I settled on this design after experimenting with a number of other spherical parts.
The next challenge was to find suitable parts to recreate the semi-circular wings. I went through a number of different ideas- but many of the parts I could find didn’t have the right radius to match the original design. In the end I used bricks with studs on 4 sides with a rigid hose through the middle. The curved tiles help maintain the shape.
After tackling those two challenges, all the other details were pretty intuitive, and the build is surprisingly sturdy too.
The colour scheme also went through a few revisions. Each illustration/ concept art/ scale model I could find had some variation of blue and grey. In the end I went for this pretty subtle pattern. Any thing busier tended to draw attention to the (unavoidable) gaps in the construction of the semi-circles.
Check out MisterShramp's flickr
and instagram if you haven't already- he's got a bunch of really interesting ideas and instructions for his builds too!
After completing my F-105 and F-106 Century Fighters I got a fair few suggestions on what to build next. One of the most interesting ones and an aircraft that I'd already been thinking about, was the General Dynamics F-111.
My friend Ed Diment (aka. Lego Monster) had an excellent model of an F-111 a few years ago, and it was one of the inspirations.
Rather than the overall grey colour that F-111s wore in their last years in service, I decided to give mine South-East Asia camouflage. This made the build a lot more complicated, but also adds visual interest (and makes mine look less like a copy of Ed's model).
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter
A jet, inspired by the YF-23, the coolest fighter jet never built. Built after watching the OG Top Gun in anticipation of the new one.
Alias: The Mystery
Real name: unknown
Gender: male
alliance: hero/vigilante
Backstory: The Mystery always dreamed about being a hero. He loved reading comics about them. When he saw the Flickr Fighters, he felt inspired. The crime in his city was high, and nobody seemed to care about it. Someone needed to do something, so he went on the street. First he started out small, with beating up street thugs and simple robbers. He wanted to stay anonymous, so he called himself The Mystery. When trying to stop a bigger criminal, an accident happened. This accident gave him the ability to read others mind. Shortly after that he made some arch-nemesises. Later on he joined the flickr fighters, one of his biggest dreams coming true.
Personality: smart, quiet and a bit shy, when feeling comfortable more talkative then usual, serious when needed.
Powers and weaknesses: The Mystery has psychic powers, so he is able to read somebody's mind and keep them busy in there own head. But this costs him a lot of concentration which makes him an easy target when he uses it. He just got this powers so he doesn't know yet what his strenghts, weaknesses and limits are. Because of this he doesn't use them very often, and prefers using his staff and fighting skills. Later in time he might be able to use mind control. Also when in battle he sometimes lets his emotions take control.
Well this is my Flickr Fighter, hope you guys like it! Tell me if anything is wrong with him, like too OP or something else.
Enjoy!
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II Jet Warthog 244 USAF 80-0244 Blacksnakes Indiana Air National Guard Fort Wayne 122nd Fighter Wing Painted in Anniversary 100 Years Indiana Air National Guards
The A-10 was designed to drop bombs, fire rockets, missiles, and its 30 mm Gatling gun at enemies on the ground
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2022
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I was a bit surprised to find that it has been seven years since I last took a picture of my "Teen Fighters", i.e. the F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon/ Viper and F/A-18 Hornet.
A Bristol F2 Fighter at the Aerospace Museum in the Bristol suburb of Filton. It was produced during the First World War where it proved it could hold its own against opposing fighters and when the war was over it became the RAF's standard army cooperation machine. The designer of the aircraft was Frank Barnwell.
The USMF's elite pilots (those given the rank of Paladin) are a tough breed whose exploits are well known across the galaxy. Though qualified on a wide array of different craft (including ones not used by the USMF) most Paladins operate solo or in small groups; often great distances from allied bases or capital ships and thus have found great use in one-man fighter craft with FTL capability.
Miniaturizing FTL jump drives is a complex and costly process, but the benefits of a faster-than-light starfighter are numerous. For years, the USMF Paladins utilized the AX-20 "Katana" in this role. While a sturdy and fast ship, the Katana's production foundry was completely destroyed in the beginning stages of the Dimension Wars, and as such, it's service numbers dwindled further from the already small amount (in comparison to non-FTL fighters in the fleet).
Starcom Solution's answered the call for a "faster-than-light jack of all trades" by introducing the "Tekkan" (a name of Japanese origin inspired by its spiritual predecessor "Katana"). Starcom Solutions, living up to it's name, conquered the complex issue of small FTL jump drives with a unique solution; the drive systems were built at the capital ship shipyards on Saturn and then shipped to Neptune where quantum technology was used to shrink the units down to a smaller size.
Impressed by the originality of Starcom Solutions' engineering prowess, the USMF quickly requested a Tekkan for immediate trial runs. The first Tekkan produced (which was painted red with white markings as tribute to the Katana) passed its tests with flying colors (no pun intended) and was assigned to Paladin Kira Janus.
The Tekkan features twin heavy repeating lasers (much like those found on Hyperius Industries' "Scorpion"-class heavy fighter) and twin "Mjölnir"-type lightning cannons, which fire thunderous bolts of energy across great distances. These weapons pack quite the punch and require no ammunition, but require a great amount of charge time. If safety protocols are bypassed, the capacitor banks can overcharge and result in a devastating chain reaction.
Foo Fighters @ Pinkpop Festival 13-06-2011
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A fun little build. A Fredoichi-inspired fighter with Don Solo's Neo-Ice Planet color scheme.
Enjoy!
The tail of a F-16 Fighting Falcon belonging to the 176th Fighter Squadron, part of the 115th Fighter Wing, on display at the 2021 Oshkosh Air Show.
I created the TIE cockpit design based off the Lowell Sphere back in 2011, originally for a TIE Interceptor. I then made this TIE Fighter, and have been occasionally revisiting the designs of the two since. I decided it was time to finally take some pictures and post them online.
Star Wars is what kept me into LEGO from my childhood into my adulthood, so (although I rarely post anything Star Wars related) it's my first love with this hobby.
I wish LEGO produced the pieces to make the TIE in sand blue, but I really prefer the dark grey to light grey, plus some key pieces are only currently available in dark grey.
Originally started as a commissioned build for BrickVault, but ended up being a complete redesign of an older MOC. The model is scaled up to fit a minifig inside and still have that spherical-ish design of older 2014 design.
In addition, I have created instructions available at BrickVault: www.youtube.com/watch?v=webxi_LxdIA
I'm not hiding it, this is a fighter design I adore. It works in any medium, from Lego to various scale models and even graphic silhouettes like the one in this poster.
A little over a year ago I made some Star Wars spaceship posters (album here), some with Lego, some with scale models. I added two more Lego posters to the series.
I will have to see if we have more of these models as I think they make swell subjects for things like this.
No instructions planned for this one but I felt it has some techniques worth sharing - Enjoy!
Cockpit bubble heavily inspired by TWP'st brilliant design.
Redesigned version of the Republic Fighter Tank. More organic looking, beefier engines for speed, better cockpit visibility. I've kept the épée parts as antennas from set 75342 but angled them back. More pictures to follow.
My version of Ryan Wood's fighter for the Starfighter Telephone Game. Check out the .gif of the wing animation below.
13 yr old Natasher Pratt who suffered terrible injuries when a stolen vehicle crashed into her fathers car on Aigburth road in South Liverpool, she is seen with cage fighter Paddy "the baddy" Pimblett who attended a special fund raising event at Liverpool Marina to raise funds for Alder Hey Hospital in recognition for their dedication to Natasher during her treatment.
VL-400 Quimera
The Vila Disparador VL-400 “Quimera” is a single-seat, single-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet multi-role strike fighter originally developed for the Imperial Lego Air Force to replace the Freelancer fighter/interceptor. Fast, agile and extremely maneuverable, the Quimera was also operated by the Imperial Lego Naval Aviation, usually from the 130 000 tons Imperial Aircraft carriers.
The plane is considered today the very first “Strike Fighter” operated by the Lego nation, the project evolving from a high-speed interceptor into a fully multi-role capable (for both ground attack and air-to-air missions) fighter.
Featuring the highly advanced R-323 long-range radar, the Quimera was the first plane to employ the Fire-Dragon Air-to-air missile in combat and for many years was also the only fighter capable of firing 4 individual missiles against four different targets at the same time.
The Quimera nine weapons stations (including a small internal bomb bay) had a capacity for up to 8500kg of various weapons, including ground attack guided and unguided missiles or bombs, rockets, air-to-air missiles and other stores. Two 30mm ENA-60 auto-cannons are also carried on the sides of the frontal landing gear.
Despite the dimensions and heavy weight of the fighter, the very powerful V-475 jet engine and the variable geometry wings allows it to achieve a maximum speed of Mach 2.7, with four Firedragon missiles under the fuselage. To help maintain the control at those very high speeds, two movable fins deploy under the fuselage once the plane retracts his wings.
As soon as the Quimera entered service, it started to replace the older but still highly effective “Freelancer” fighter. Pilots found the new aircraft as docile as the previous one, thanks to the new wings and the advanced avionics. Before the Quimera, to perform a certain special role (like Wild Weasel), it was necessary to build a completely new plane for that role or to modify extensively an existing one. The VL-400 was the first multi-role plane, being capable of perform different missions without extensive modifications. On that role, it survived until the VL-27 Flanker fighter appeared.
For info about the construction of the MOC, visit this photo: www.flickr.com/photos/einon/12812165785/
Video about the MOC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSjsqCfJPOE
Hope you like it!
Don´t forget to visit my Flickr page for more pictures and other surprises!
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General characteristics
•Crew: 1
•Length: 17,8 m
•Wingspan: 16.7 m
•Height: 4,5 m
•Wing area: 57.2 m²
•Empty weight: 12,247 kg
•Max. takeoff weight: 31,430 kg
•Powerplant: 1 V-475 jet engine dry thrust -> 87.9 kN; 180 kN in afterburner;
•Maximum landing weight: 21,706 kg
Performance
•Maximum speed: Mach 2.7 at 40,000 ft (12,190 m)
•Cruise speed: 920 Km/h
•Combat radius: 1250km
•Ferry range: 3,800 km with 3 external fuel tanks
•Service ceiling: 21 000 meters
•Rate of climb: 230 m/s
•Takeoff roll: 800m at 23 480 kg
Landing roll: 920m at 19,256 kg)