LET’S BUILD TOGETHER
Space lander
21 pieces 8 steps · Print instructions
A little before you begin
The four legs are fixed. The model is for tabletop landings, not dropping.
You need two 4 × 8 plates for the deck. Check the support connections before lifting the finished model.
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A LITTLE PREPARATION
Gather your pieces
Match the shapes and quantities. The pictures show our colours. Colour names in the steps refer to the pictures; keep useful contrasts, such as a light belly against a dark body.
21pieces in total
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STEP 1 OF 8
Set out four orange square bricks at the corners of a square. Leave four empty stud columns between left and right feet and four empty rows between front and back feet.
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STEP 2 OF 8
Put a white square brick on each orange foot.
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STEP 3 OF 8
Bridge the left pair of legs with a white 4 × 8 plate. Put another beside it across the right pair. Their edges meet in the middle.
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STEP 4 OF 8
Join the deck halves with a white 4 × 6 plate, centred left to right and one row in from both the front and back.
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STEP 5 OF 8
Put two white 2 × 4 bricks side by side in the middle of the white plate. Leave one white row clear at the front and back.
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STEP 6 OF 8
Add two white squares at the back of the cabin and two blue squares at the front for the windows.
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STEP 7 OF 8
Centre the white round plate on the cabin. Add the orange cone in its centre as the landing beacon.
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STEP 8 OF 8
Put a yellow round tower brick on the right side of the deck, halfway between the legs, as a removable survey canister. Add an orange cone in the matching space on the left as a marker.
