(SSS: this model uses over a quarter of a million bricks…) But even afterward I kept thinking how I could build a BoP with real bricks. You can find the WIP journals here and the finished rendered pictures as well here, including stats etc. By February 2008 I had only finished the “head” – it took me two full years to complete the digital model. Kevin: Five years later I started on a virtual rendition of the BoP using POV-ray software. So I rejected the project and a good time passed before I was ready to try again. As you can see it was quite big… and, as I would soon learn, far too ambitious and expensive for me to actually finish. The pictures below show the underside, with doors for a hangar in the upper sections of the ship as well as gaps for landing gear. A year later I decided to build the Pheonix II, and this time I used blueprints of the BoP to get the outer shapes as good as possible (for a 13 year old boy…). Walter: Since I saw it on screen for the first time during my childhood, building a LEGO Klingon Bird of Prey (BOP) has been my dream! I immediately started building ships that looked more-or-less like a BoP, the first of which was the Phoenix built around 2002. : I think I read you were working on this model for 6 years?!? Can you clarify? He’s recently achieved that goal and the results are astounding so rather than just write about how mindbogglingly awesome his model is, we decided to ask Kevin a few questions about it. Walter, who has spent the last 15 years trying to build a perfect LEGO model of the Klingon Bird of Prey from Star Trek. But believe me I’ve got nothing on Kevin J. ![]() This model kit makes an ideal gift for any occasion! THE PERFECT PRESENT: Don't know what to get the Trekkie in your life for their birthday? Or maybe you know an avid hobbyist or collector.Skill level 2 – Suggested for modelers age 14+. This kit also features metal landing gear parts and rear loading ramp parts, dome base, water-slide decals and all new packaging. ![]()
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