Blacktron Hovercraft Alpha

[u/BRsteve]

Engines flipped to cruising mode

The evolution from Alpha Team Cruiser to Blacktron Hovercraft Alpha

Sneak peak of the craft in my next (still very much work-in-progress) build

I've been working on a new city build in Studio, and I needed a VTOL or hovercraft for a landing pad. So I thought of the Alpha Team Cruiser set 6772, an old favorite, and decided to make some modifications. I took the engines, turned them on their sides, doubled them up, and then ended up completely replacing them anyway...

I was initially just planning on this being a hovercraft, but as it developed it just happened to work out so that the engines can be flipped horizontally to make it more of a cruiser. Sure the intakes are facing each other and it doesn't make that much sense, but whatever. It looks cool.

I also tried to replace the radar dish with a cannon, a railgun, and a few other ideas, but nothing really fit, so I just left that as-is.

I was going to name it the Blacktron Cruiser, but obviously that name is already taken... So for now it's just Blacktron Hovercraft Alpha.

Backgrounds were downloaded from https://www.1980somethingspace.com/# and added through GIMP.

[u/Obeith]

I love it when people create small builds that absolutely nail a theme.

10/10 love it

[u/BRsteve → u/Obeith]

Thanks! Ironically this was created as part of a larger build that's currently around 15k pieces

[u/Monsieur_Greenhorn]

Wow, that's an amazing hovercraft for Blacktron 2—be sure to post it on r/blacktron, too.

[u/BRsteve → u/Monsieur_Greenhorn]

Thank you as always! I'll make sure to do that

[u/Monsieur_Greenhorn → u/BRsteve]

“The Evolution from Alpha Team Cruiser to Blacktron Hovercraft Alpha” is fantastic; I'm already looking forward to more from you.

[u/solartrooper]

Very cool concept