Build date: 2022-10-02
It’s the weekend, so it’s Lego time again! Bag 5/17, and we’re starting on the Space Shuttle proper! Wings and undercarriage.
My co-pilot is appropriately themed.
Loads of interesting pieces to construct the landing gear. Solid as a rock once assembled. Hats off to Lego’s design engineers.
As usual, lots of non-typical blocks here. All with a structural function.
Looking forward to seeing how the shock absorbers integrate later on in the build.
An hour and a bit later, we’re done! You can see the beginnings of a pivoting mechanism.
The undercarriage drops down when raised, but not connected to anything yet. Pegs prepared to connect the front half of the shuttle. I’m impressed with how solid the construction is, given the number of small pieces.
This post is part of a series. You can read about the backstory behind this pet project of mine and navigate all the posts via an index on Lego Space Shuttle Mega-Build.