One-man armed and armored starship with mech bay.
About this creation
Kitsune is a one-man SHIP (Seriously Huge Investment in Parts) equipped with bathroom, kitchen and mech bay. "Kitsune" means "fox" in Japanese. I wanted a Japanese name for the MOC, and it kind of reminded me of a fox, so there you go. The ship is about 106 studs long.
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Kitsune is armed with four point-defense lasers and one large particle cannon. It carries a large cruise missile on either side of the nose, and four medium cruise missiles on the underside, in addition to the missile launchers located between the cargo bay and the powerplant.
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This guy must have to do something to keep up with the payments on this beast. Could be piracy, convoy escort, bill collecting, rescuing the well-heeled from plague zombie infestations, who knows?
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The top and bottom panel sections on the rear are mounted on the big click hinges from the AT-AT legs. They hold the angles well, even with a lot of weight on them.
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The rear panels that flare out to the side are mounted to the center sections with a bunch of those 45 degree technic beams from the blay Millenium Falcon set. I bought a couple of those sets at Christmas when Target had them 2 for 1, so it's nice to be using those parts.
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As usual, I've included one extraneous picture. This is it.
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Thruster shot! I've used wheels for engines, Hahahahahahahahahah!!!!
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Sliding doors on each side open to reveal the mech bay. I did a better job of finishing out this area than last time, mainly tiling over studs and such. I found I didn't really have any room for repair equipment, etc.
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This shot shows the door to the front of the ship open. The mech bay section of the ship is built sandwich-style with the roof and floor pointed "studs in". (Mmmmmm, sandwich...) This made it possible to tile the ceiling of the bay and get the sliding door track to work.
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The mech is a variation on my power suit design. One of my other MOCpages has instructions for the basic frame, it's pretty simple.
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The updated design sports hands I first saw used by Soren Roberts and Jeremiah VanderMark. The arms are slimmed-down, and the ankle joints are improved using the pneumatic T-junction part.
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Kitsune can touch down on its landing skids. Apparently here it's touched down on an ice planet, which explains the wavy white background and the pilot's stylish knit cap. Either that, or they landed on some kind of huge, wrinkled white bedsheet...
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I greebled the underside too. In this shot of the front section you can see the four cruise missiles.
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The underside of the back half. I removed one of the missile launchers and stuck the ship sideways on a stand to get the underside pics.
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Yeah, I'm starting to run out of caption material now.
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Totally at a loss for any sort of non-sequitor movie quote or pop-culture reference.
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This shot shows my weak first attempt at custom sticker usage. Weak, man.
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See, he's got a little screen, and some controls, and everything! (interiors are not my strong suit)
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The bed flips down against the wall when not in use.
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Lower level--bathroom with shower (hard to see), toilet and sink. Entrance to mech bay is on the left.
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Upper level kitchen area. Passage to cockpit is to the right, ladder down to lower level is on the left.
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I designed this to break down into sections to pack in my carry-on to Brickfest. I hope I can get it back together when I get there...
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October 19, 2011 |
Nice design and details. Interesting shape and good color choice. |
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Amazing, looks like a support craft for the Aggressor... |
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I like it |
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May 15, 2011 |
Very cool. Love the way you accommodated the mecha. |
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I like it |
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May 6, 2009 |
It's amazing how many LEGO bits you must have floating around to smush together an awesomesauce ship like that. The version 2 mech is a great addition! |
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I like it |
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May 4, 2009 |
please make instructions!!!!!:) |
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Duncan Life( TSC Knight) December 4, 2008 |
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! |
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I like it |
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June 23, 2008 |
any chances of showing more pics of the new mecha hands?
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I like it |
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June 26, 2007 |
Cool, I saw this ship at Brickworld Kyle. |
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I like it |
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October 27, 2006 |
wow man, all your MOCS are amazing! Ill keep watch for more new stuff! |
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I like it |
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October 8, 2006 |
Favoritist moc evar. |
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I like it |
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July 24, 2006 |
Really nice, this is what I would do to build a SHIP with my size collection. Great. |
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I like it |
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July 23, 2006 |
are you bringing this to Brickfest? see you there
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July 23, 2006 |
Every thing is ace, shape, colour, detail, it has the lot. |
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I like it |
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July 23, 2006 |
Really cool! Mecha is not my thing but it looked cool and having the little launch bay for it is nice as well. |
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I like it |
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July 23, 2006 |
wow!that is just palinly amazing! and the new suit looks awesome! |
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