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<a href="/builder/pete-reid">Pete Reid</a> and <a href="/builder/nnenn">Nnenn</a> have colaborated to bring us the <a href="/registry/ll-989-wildfire">LL-989 'Wildfire'</a> Starfighter...
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<span style="color: #000000"><i>An unusual prototype from Mars University, </i><i>Wildfire is a nimble, one-man fighter with experimental drive-jamming technology. </i> </span>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38509565@N00/3334178022/"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/ll989-boxart-medium.jpg" alt="LL-989 Box Art" width="500" height="399" /></a>
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The guys have come up with an amazing design, with its four distinctive panels at the back. Are they soler sails, warp field generators or some other means of propulsion? Pete's cockpit is also an amazing piece of work, making use of a tran-yellow corner piece in a way its designers almost certainly never considered.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38509565@N00/3333272443/"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/ll989-solarsail-medium.jpg" alt="LL-989 getting a boost from an alien sun" width="500" height="428" /></a>
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<span style="color: #000000">Pete notes... <i>I’ve always
admired the beautiful shapes and lines Nnenn creates. A while ago I
asked him for a sketch that I could try and build from, to try and
learn from him. He sent me several designs, and I chose the one I liked
the most. He also provided the registration number, which is a stroke
of genius.</i></span>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/38509565@N00/3334177726/"><img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/lll989-sketch-medium.jpg" alt="LL-989 and original sketch" width="500" height="379" /></a>
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<i><span style="color: #000000">His drawings
were vague enough to provide the guidance I wanted, while leaving me
free to add detail on my own. Once the cockpit was established, LL-989
was a quick and easy build, and I felt a special connection with Nnenn,
despite never meeting him, or even knowing his real name.</span></i>
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<img src="/sites/neoclassicspace/files/u3/lll989-above-medium.jpg" alt="LL-989 from above" width="500" height="327" />
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