I don’t know if I’ve ever featured a LEGO airplane before, but this baby is too beautiful not to share.
LEGO airplane
Built by mrutek, this LEGO airplane looks like a scale model at first glance. There is a lot to note in this MOC:
- I count 25 exposed studs. Amazing!
- The graceful lines, and curves, on the fuselage and the wings.
- All that dark green!
The only thing that disappoints me even slightly is the non-functional landing gear.
This model is simply elegant. Design wise, I would not change a think. If this were offered as a kit, I would certainly buy it, and display it proudly.
I think the Naboo Starfighter canopy really made it possible for MOC builders to build LEGO airplane models like this.
What do you think? Any other excellent LEGO airplane builders out there?
I am an Adult Fan of LEGO (AFOL) and an active member of the Michigan LEGO User Group (MichLUG). I have loved LEGO for as long as I can remember. I am currently working on the following models:
– UCS Millenium Falcon
– Emmett’s Apartment Building
– Gringott’s Bank
I have both the official lego sopwith camel models (brown and dark green) but this is much more elegant. I reckon tough as well as most of the dark green slopes are from the emerald night train and as you said the canopy isnt cheap either.
Ive never tried planes really beyond 747s when I was a kid and wouldn’t know where to start!
Huh. I wonder how many Emerald Nights were canibalized to create this?
Maybe you could luck out and find one or two suppliers on bricklink but I dont think the 1×3 green slopes have been in very many sets other than emerald nights