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Asp Explorer

This is the Asp Explorer spaceship from the video game Elite: Dangerous.

Made from over 1400 parts, this model is built to 1:219 scale. It has a nice chunky tactile feel.

The iconic Asp featured in the classic 1984 space game "Elite", and lives on with style in the 2014 reboot "Elite: Dangerous" and "Elite Dangerous: Horizons".

More images and info on the Asp Explorer Here and Here.

Features

Retractable underside boarding ramp

Stock "blue-with-white-stripes" paint job

12 thrusters

Dual main drives at the rear

Dual retro drives either side of the cockpit

Quad landing gear

Twin side heat vents, twin rear heat vents, and dorsal heat vent along the spine

Twin dorsal fins

So what is the Asp Explorer?

Manufactured by Lakon Spaceways, this medium sized multi-crew craft is a firm favourite, particularly among galactic explorers, thanks to its ability to travel long distances. But it has also proved itself as a great general-purpose vessel for traders, bounty-hunters and pirates too. The spacecraft size is 56m/51m/19m.

Although a single commander can successfully pilot the Asp, the double-decker cockpit is optimised for a 2 person crew. The Asp is ideal for mapping star systems from space, and then landing on alien worlds to deploy a Scarab SRV for detailed surface exploration.

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This was a really fun project. It is a challenging shape to recreate, with all the awkward angles! I tried to get as much detail in as I could, and use the Lego parts in interesting ways. I ended up with fewer exposed Lego studs than I was originally intending, but I like the sleek, contoured feel that this approach gives.

Also please support my previous Elite: Dangerous themed Lego project, the Scarab SRV, thanks.