Enterprise Bridge from Star Trek: The Original Series LEGO BUILD
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Category Misa Nikolic
This craft is based on the original concept sketches by Matt Jefferies, which were abandoned due to the cost of constructing complex curves on a TV budget. First designed as a digital model in 2010, it was built in 2019 with minor changes to fit the scale of the boxy Class F shuttle (and to fit on the landing pad). The cabin accommodates five with a clamshell hatch, and the roof can be removed for access. Unlike the Class F shuttle there is no bathroom or engineering bay, but a much larger warp core and impulse manifold, providing greater delta-V and better atmospheric handling than other shuttle types. I chose the livery based on the “DaVinci” shuttle that appeared in the remastered episode “The Menagerie”.
Misa Nikolic
Below: Matt Jefferies Original Series Concept Design
This is the Spacedock Tug / Orbital Shuttle first seen in Star Trek III in 1984. I first made a version of this craft in 2013 in Lego Digital Designer, but completely revised it in 2019 for a real-life build. It is a challenging model to capture accurately in bricks, given the many complex curves. It is minifig scale (about 1:39) and, given its small size, totally swooshable with one hand (sound effects optional). With two custom figures it is 322 pieces, measuring 28 studs in length (about 8.8″ or 22 cm).
Misa Nikolic
I have been designing Lego science fiction models for about 12 years, mostly in Lego Digital Designer, but in the last two years I have been building real brick models. Most of it is Star Trek with a smattering of other themes.
Today I am showing my largest model to date, the Moonbus from 2001: A Space Odyssey. I first designed it in 2016 and finally built it this year. The model is about 17″ long with over 1400 pieces (53 studs long, 24 studs wide). The scale is a bit bigger than Minifig scale, maybe 1:35 (normally I stay strictly to 1:39, so 1 stud=1 foot). The roof lifts off in two sections and the ramp stows neatly in the floor.
Misa Nikolic
