Ultimate Minecraft Full Size 1701-A Project

[publiusr]

Maybe Lego is looking at this.

[blssdwlf]

That's coming along extremely well! Those side corridors in the hangar bay were suppose to curve in following the hull but the version that made it to film didn't have that. Probert does have an illustration on his site where he corrected that curvature though

[Wee Bairns]

This is very, very cool. Looking forward to every update.

[DanGovier]

I've taken a break from detail recently to focus on final scale. This has largely come about because I've had issues fitting various on-screen sets into the dimensions of the outer hull. From what I've read on this forum that seems to be a common problem

I also have some issues with Minecraft's block size. Each block is supposed to be 1 metre cubed, but if I scale my model to the canon dimension of 305 metres long it looks like this...

For a start you only get 6 usable decks in the saucer. Granted the 1m thick floors are a contributing factor, but it's still way too squished...

(The red blobs are person-sized)



It just doesn't work, the Bridge is ridiculously small...



So, rather than focusing on the canon dimensions I will instead focus on fitting in the appropriate amount of decks. As such, and in order to fit two full height decks in the rim of the saucer, the model needs to be 478 blocks long...



The general Bridge dimensions also look a lot more reasonable at this scale...



The challenge now though is fitting in all the cabling for the lighting and other bits and pieces. Thankfully, the Redpower addon does allow you to run power cables through 'frames', and I reckon it will work out ok...





What I like about using the Redpower frames to construct the decks is the little bit of authenticity it brings to the build. Anyone attempting to build this beast for real would undoubtedly have to start with a big metal frame... and that's exactly what I'm doing

[Albertese]

Nice work! It's been a while since I played around with Minecraft... those frames blocks are new to me.

--Alex

[publiusr]

That is a real work of love. The side view cut-away of that refit saucer is to die for.