Neo Classic Space

<p> Next on our road trip through the Neo Classic Space Federation is <a href="/registry/ll-138-scanning-craft">LL-138</a>, <a href="/builder/tim-goddard">Tim Goddard</a>'s scanning craft. </p> <p> <i><span style="font-size: 10pt">Outfitted with a bewildering array of scanning technology, the LL138 is one of the first ships to arrive in newly discovered systems. It features spectrophotometers, gravimeters, atmospheric and climate sensors, to name but a few. It also has a cockpit designed to allow great views of new planetary surfaces and carries equipment for some more direct measurement of local geology such as the scorpion autonomous scanning robot and a rock penetrator sonic drill.</span></i> </p> <div style="text-align: center"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40182896@N00/3329687190"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/ll138-orbitmars-medium.jpg" alt="LL-138 Orbiting" width="500" height="356" /></a> </div> <p> We really love the unique and distinctive shape of the ship, and the up-sude-down construction to give the pilot/surveyor a clear view of everything below. Here he is doing a close-up inspection on an alien world. </p> <div style="text-align: center"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40182896@N00/3329687400"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/LL138-1-medium.jpg" alt="Ground analysis from the LL-138" width="500" height="344" /></a> </div> <p> Tim explains how the model came about. &quot;The LL-138 just sort of evolved in front of me, I had a few ideas of details I wanted to get in but the shape and design just sort of happened. Free-form building often doesn't work for me but this time I'm happy with the results. Only using old grey and not being able to find the yellow cockpit I know I've got somewhere helped, finding solution within certain constraints was a pleasant challenge.&quot; </p> <div style="text-align: center"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40182896@N00/3328850185"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/LL138-4-medium.jpg" alt="LL-138 front door" width="500" height="350" /></a> </div> <br />

<p> Next on our road trip through the Neo Classic Space Federation is <a href="/registry/ll-138-scanning-craft">LL-138</a>, <a href="/builder/tim-goddard">Tim Goddard</a>'s scanning craft. </p> <p> <i><span style="font-size: 10pt">Outfitted with a bewildering array of scanning technology, the LL138 is one of the first ships to arrive in newly discovered systems. It features spectrophotometers, gravimeters, atmospheric and climate sensors, to name but a few. It also has a cockpit designed to allow great views of new planetary surfaces and carries equipment for some more direct measurement of local geology such as the scorpion autonomous scanning robot and a rock penetrator sonic drill.</span></i> </p> <div style="text-align: center"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40182896@N00/3329687190"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/ll138-orbitmars-medium.jpg" alt="LL-138 Orbiting" width="500" height="356" /></a> </div> <p> We really love the unique and distinctive shape of the ship, and the up-sude-down construction to give the pilot/surveyor a clear view of everything below. Here he is doing a close-up inspection on an alien world. </p>

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