Some New Photos

I kinda liked the shadows of the chain. Pity it was the last shot on the roll, so I couldn't play around. The original un-cropped one is here for reference.



The one below was actually taken last summer, despite the autumn colours. It was about 115F that day, and I was wilting. Taken in Pinnacle National Monument. Strange, the prints turned out better than the CD, and Photoshop Elements has fallen off my laptop!

Steampunk Duplo Entry

So here it is, the "Flying Crossbow".

Front View

rear view

This was a quick, fun build. Sure, not Victorian colours, but hey, they not only had compact steam sources in the Steampunk Era, they also found new pigments and dyes.





There is the upgraded long range version, the "Sky Fighter", suitable for the Empires forces.



When you consider the wing assemblies (Technic, Bionicle and Star Wars - Sail barge, and Duplo plank) come to 24 pieces each, you can see why this upgrade is not being entered for the Steampunk Impulse competition.


Parts list?

Lego - Window (police station), 4@2x2 with hinge, 1@8x2 brick, baseplate from castle/police station, 2x2 ball and socket. 9 pieces.

Duplo -
1 - Construction Technic chassis/cab
2 - safety cage
3- Exhaust pipe
4,5 - 2@ wheel
6 - baseplate
7,8 - 2@Shield
9 - Flame
10,11 - 2@8x2 plate
12 - 8x2 plate
13 - 4x2 plate
14 - Crossbow
15 - Piratical Pilot
16 - Pressure suit for high altitude flight (Knight)
17 - Space Helmet

Total 26 pieces

Red Wing Flier

This was my first reaction, after the over-sized top heavy dirigible. A natty little flier. If I could only enter one design, it would be a toss up between this in the flapper. I think the flapper is more fun, but this one is more resilient to impact.

The Technobabble

This agile little flier is based on the Phosphonic drive. A strong phospherecent, light source (glwydium found in Welsh coal mines) is combined with a photo resonating material (Chestertonium XIII), that is light causes vibration. The vibration can heat a liquid, say liquid sodium, which then passes through a heat exchanger making steam to drive the turbines.

THe bulbous nose houses a gyroscope.

In Flight Movie

I never got good in flight video for this one, but here is what I have...

Parts

Only 24 bits. The chunk of Bionicle helped with reduced part count. The studded pins go one up for the pilot's "neck" and two down to fix the body to the cannonball. The red grid was just me being lazy, not looking for a 2x1 studless plate.