Fits within a 14×14x5 brick framework when landed and folds out to twice that size – and with a 32 studs long railgun! Apparently I forgot to write a post about it, so here it is with a month delay.

The small starfighter contest was incredibly inspiring, because

a) the size constraints meant that most people would have time and parts enough to finish an entry
b) the size constraints really begged folding functions and
c) the box-configuration was a an excellent excuse for me to experiment with more boxy shapes - something that I’ve wanted for a long time, but somehow my stuff always end up streamlined and roundish.

A total of 84 people entered the contest, and my fighter didn’t even make it to the “honorable mentioning”-list - I might have counted too blatantly on a combination of a large underslung gun and the “biggest moc always wins”-effect ;)

After I posted the moc on CSF, Tony ‘Halfhead’ Haffner asked me for an mlcad file of the moc, so he could try to create an animation of the unfolding process (would look really cool on a starfield background, still waiting and hoping for it!).

Afterwards, I added the file to my instruction page, so everybody can download it and check it out. To my surprise a few people actually build it in real bricks: Nathan Proudlove made a really cool black copy with tan and sand green stripes, while Mark Sandlin created a compact version from the pictures alone (I got to have some of those canopies!).