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The Regent is an attack cruiser in the Space Force fleet
About this creation


A funny thing happened on the way to the scrap heap when I was painfully taking apart Gibraltar in early fall 2001. I had the sudden inspiration to whip together an attack cruiser, sort of "Gibraltar Lite." So after much recycling, Starship Regent joined the Spaceforce fleet.

This ship was built on the fly and didn't open up or have any interior details. I built it to fit in with the fleet at the time, like an escort cruiser for Gibraltar. The basic design would resurface with Dragonstar.



Enlarge image 		   The sides of Regent were the largest recycled sections from Gibraltar. The wings got a extended by a few bricks and I added reverse thrusters in front.



Enlarge image 		   A rear view showing the propulsion systems. The reactor vent in back was particularly greebly. The "V" tail in the back would later appear on the Dragonstar.



Enlarge image 		   A head on view of the business end--the forward torpedo launcher.



Enlarge image 		   A shot of Regent with one of Gibraltar's fighters for scale.



Enlarge image 		   The conning tower from the starboard side, complete with the airlock from Gibraltar. I made the Regent's bridge 4 studs narrower and 6 studs shorter than Gibraltar's so that it wouldn't look so oversized.



Enlarge image 		   This shot is just aft of the conning tower on the starboard side. I threw in the minifigs for scale. Note the same escape pods as Gibraltar.



Enlarge image 		   The port side of the conning tower features the ship's antennae array. Note the Classic space wall panels/vents (in light gray). These would later be featured on Dragonstar.



Enlarge image 		   The main engine. On future ships, I would use trans bricks as opposed to solid colored.



Enlarge image 		   A quad-cannon from Gibraltar with minifig for scale. The one thing I didn't like about that design was the way the whole unit tilted up or down, rather than just the barrels.



Enlarge image 		   Elwood "Sparky" Farnsworth, always spacewalking too close to the reactor vent.



Enlarge image 		   The ventral cannon. This was my first attempt at building a detailed underside for a cap ship. My previous ships couldn't feature details because I used baseplates underneath. When I redesigned Dragonstar, I abandoned baseplates for a fully detailed underside.



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Aron M.
  August 15, 2010
Cool! It's like a mix of the Gibraltar and the Dragonstar! :)
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hayden balmain
  June 12, 2010
Brilliant.Absoulutely Brilliant.I was literally speechless when i saw it.5/5.Nice Work!
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Jake Savage
  May 21, 2010
Wow, a truly beautiful job. Your level of detail is stunning, and your other ship which was scrapped is amazing as well. One of my favorite parts of this model is the bridge, it fits perfectly!
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Drew the Sk8er
  May 21, 2010
Beautiful! I am extremely fond of your work.
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SunStorm .
  May 21, 2010
This is one of the most amazing starships I've seen!
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Joseph Gaynor
  May 21, 2010
This is amazing!!! :)
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Sgt. Squirrel
  May 21, 2010
the pic of you holding it is questionable, it looks somewhat shopped. and if it is, your a good photoshopper.
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Sgt. Squirrel
  May 21, 2010
the pic of you holding it is questionable, it looks somewhat shopped. and if it is, your a good photoshopper.
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Craig Shipaila
  May 21, 2010
I'm shocked it wasn't MOC Of The Day a long time ago.
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rich .
  May 21, 2010
nice.
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E.K.O (now mad because he was eliminated from the SWLC tournament!)
  May 21, 2010
WOW! thats huge!
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Kyle Bartley
  May 21, 2010
Nice work. It is interesting to see how large ships have developed even in the last 10 years. I build in much the same style as you (see my Enterprise carrier and Firefly class cargo ship) but I have been trying to learn from the likes of M Kelso to build more interesting shapes.
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Christopher Wood
  May 21, 2010
That cruiser is AWESOME! Wish I could build something like that.
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Christopher Wood
  May 21, 2010
That cruiser is AWESOME! Wish I could build something like that.
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El Barto !
  May 21, 2010
Congrats on MOC of the day!
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Siddhart Jaipal
  May 21, 2010
Yeah! I had the same thing when I dismantled my Red Sabertooth pickup truck, so I know how you feel about it. I like your scal model very much! Congrats with being MOC of the day!
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Mike C
  May 21, 2010
Amazing build! I love all the detail work.
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Ultramarine .
  April 24, 2010
Amazing, great job! Really like the turrets on this!
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Aidan Bryant
  April 24, 2010
Wow, that is a really awesome classic cruiser!
Daniel Jassim
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Wyatt Meckler
  January 1, 2010
5/5 nicely done btw have you ever made or considered to make a "building station" kinda like a drydock station from star trek for your uncompleted ships?
Zachary Smith
  December 25, 2009
Your creations are AMAZING!
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Alex Potratz
  December 4, 2009
Very nice probably my second favorite after the Dragonstar. btw i feel the quad guns are perfect for that ship. escort ships and frigates are meant for taking on fighters and lighter capitol ships, such as a pirate might acquire and the quad guns come across as that sort of weapon to me.
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Spas Gerov
  September 19, 2009
great cruiser
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Martin Steenbeeke
  November 29, 2008
i hope you don't mind, but i have "borrowed" your Airlock Design for my Next(3rd ever, first on my new site) big thing. lol, i think i have already commented on this a Shadowscorp (a long time ago in a bedroom not so far away) ~Martin
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bryce yule
  August 24, 2008
OMFG!!!! just like all of your other ships this one is brilliant. I especially love the overall shape of it (mostly because it is completly different from my ships) bravo! any chance you could email me some tips andor tricks? please?
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Alejandro Ivan
  June 8, 2008
..Foxtrot
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Stormleader Storm
  April 22, 2007
OK Great ship,Sort of a "attack Cruiser" What are the round things at the front? They look like Droid Fighters. And if you could e-mail me with some tips for Making Mini-fig scale Cap ships that would be great! Stormy
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Robert G.
  January 2, 2006
how heavy is that about how long did you take pls email me
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Weapon wolf
  October 19, 2005
at the first shot I saw of this I gave it a 6/5. Then I saw you holding it and was even more amazed. I'd sure hate to be you if I dropped it lol. Awesome job.
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alex cattaneo
  April 24, 2005
OMG this is the best ship i ever seen this is you are soo good BIG RESPECT 4 YOU
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Yeti Of the Northland
  April 24, 2005
Wow, I saw this in your Brickshelf and wonderd when you would put it on MOCpages.
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Totalimmortal .
  April 24, 2005
Wow. Hey, If you ever get sick of any of this, you can just send it on over to me. I'll even pay shipping!!;)
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Anthony Alvarez
  April 24, 2005
Outstanding as always. I remember seeing this in the greatest hits folder @ Brickshelf. Still manages to impress and inspire me.
  
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