About this creation
I don't consider this to be a 'canon' Kelvini vehicle, as it has no backstory, no real place in the country (what need does an isolationist empire have for a long-range supersonic strategic bomber?)
anyway, the story behind it is that I saw, somewhere on brickshelf, a microscale model of the XB-70 Valkyrie. my interest in it was suddenly rekindled, so I set about making a minifig version... I rapidly realized that there was not enough space in my room for such a creation (the XB-70 had a crew of 4), nor did I have anywhere NEAR enough white plates and wings. so it became grey, 2 seats... and I still can't figure out a landing gear system that I can accept >.<
so there it sits, on it's pylons, crew valiantly going nowhere... probably not long for this world, though...
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so, about the landing gear... I wanted to put some in, I really did. what it came down to, though, was that I couldn't fit something in that would look right in context. simply put, the standard lego landing gears just look awful supporting a behemoth like this. I designed some multi-wheel bogies, but I can't fit them in and have bomb bays as well. if somebody can figure out something, let me know.
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"are we there yet?"
"no."
"are we there yet?"
"no!"
"are we there yet?"
"!!! look at your radar screens and stop bugging me, or so help me I WILL turn this bomber around."
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