<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">LL-605 almost didn’t exist. The ship started out as a rough <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38509565@N00/3113240777/">work-in-progress</a> which, when posted on Flickr, recieved a suprising amount of positive praise. My good friend (and fellow Spacer) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctorsinister">Doctor Sinister</a> actually threatened to kill me if I didn’t finish it, so I gave the ship some attention.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I spent around fourteen hours stripping everything off the sketch model, and replacing it with better things. I bought five copies of a <a href="http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8163-1">new racer set</a>, so I could get hold of a decent number of blue 1x4 curved slopes. A lot of time was spent making sure everything looked cool. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I had a good time greebling LL-605, and may have reached a new level of underside detail with this one. Hinge tops and certain brackets can almost be used as ‘anti-tiles’ - giving a very pleasing effect down there.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Marauder </em>is the sturdiest Neo-Classic Space ship I’ve built so far. All the internals and structure points are reinforced, to prevent embarrassing incidents at public events. She's definitely a ship for swooshing.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thanks to Ian for the photo editing.</span></p>