Once again, I had the small, yellow ship laying around. It was from 9 years ago and uses some interesting parts.
Once I upgraded the stand for another little ship, I thought I should make something for this one too. I had tried this before, using the Technic #3 angle connector with a girder, this time I suspended the whole platform from it. Inspired by the tensegrity stuff from last year I only added the chain at the back to balance the whole thing out. Without the weight of the ship on the front, the platform flips up!
Once I had that figured out it was just a matter of adding a few things to make it a spaceport. The tanks seem obvious but didn’t throw the balance out, some technicians to manage them with a fireman to inspect it all. I found some interesting non-human minifigs and made a walkway for them on the other side. With some more tanks and a ladder, the base was complete too.
Now to see how long the connection holding everything up will last…