Asp Explorer

This is the Asp Explorer spaceship from the video game <a href="https://www.elitedangerous.com/" target="_blank">Elite: Dangerous</a>.

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 &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game)" target="_blank">Elite</a>&quot;, and lives on with style in the 2014 reboot &quot;Elite: Dangerous&quot; and &quot;Elite Dangerous: Horizons&quot;.

More images and info on the Asp Explorer <a href="https://google.com/search?q=asp+explorer+elite+dangerous&amp;tbm=isch" target="_blank">Here</a> and <a href="http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Asp_Explorer" target="_blank">Here</a>.

Features

<ul>
	<li>Retractable underside boarding ramp</li>
	<li>Stock &quot;blue-with-white-stripes&quot; paint job</li>
	<li>12 thrusters</li>
	<li>Dual main drives at the rear</li>
	<li>Dual retro drives either side of the cockpit</li>
	<li>Quad landing gear</li>
	<li>Twin side heat vents, twin rear heat vents, and dorsal heat vent along the spine</li>
	<li>Twin dorsal fins</li>
</ul>

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 <a href="http://ideas.lego.com/projects/134382" target="_blank">Scarab SRV</a> 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 <a href="https://ideas.lego.com/projects/134382" target="_blank">Scarab SRV</a>, thanks.

Asp Explorer - Elite Dangerous

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