Very interesting design! By the way, I like your house :)

This is great... maybe you'll build the antonov an-225 one day??? i know i would if i had enough bricks 32 tires for landing gear... 6 massive engines. i imagine the cargo area would have to be atleast 16 studs wide. probably 20 would be more realistic though so it could easily fit 2 6-wide vehicles inside. anyway awesome plane i am looking forward to seeing it done and loaded up with cargo

It convincingly conveys that burly, beastly feel of large cargo planes. I don't think there is a problem about not finishing it. There are plenty of real world projects that get canceled too. This MOC could just be thought of as being about one of them. Love the flaps above and below the wings.

WOW! Thats awesome! You are great! This thing is huge... Nice job! =D Can't wait till more mocs from you! 5/5 ~Flare

Ha Ha you got me there i may have an idea for your nose design but i have been sitting here looking at the nose and when i come to think about it it kinda grows on you bahaa.....i am uploading some pictures of my heavy frieghter the gargamel! so when you have time just swing by thanks Tony.H

Hey Tony, thank you! I'm glad you like it. The nose is a question of taste. I´m gonna adapt at least the very tip of it. In general, I like it rather pointy, though. Just looks more interesting to me. And I admit I don´t really know how to imitate a really round nose cone yet... Steffen

Ha ha now i know why your so popular i got to hand it to you thats pretty impressive not to sure on the nose design but thats my opinion i am most certainly going to watching this page GOOD JOB Tony.H

That is a fantastic airplane! Truly amazing!

That is amazing!! I just can't believe that that aircraft (in real life) can fly. It's so big! And now you have made it in lego! Well that is just fantastic. It feels well that there are people who have the skill to build something like that.

I can only picture you taking the time and patience to do this! :P

omg that was excellent

Whoa.. its huge, Good luck finishing the fuselage...

I see you too struggle with the scourge of yellowed white bricks?

I changed the names of my new guys the jet is A-6 peacemaker and P-1 cherokee!

ok steff the plane is uploaded ill upload my others later look at them and comment!!!!! -kade-

Okay Kade, just let me know when your MOCs are uploaded! I´d love to check them out.

Ill upload pics tommorow and also steffen I made two new planes today a prop plane named the A-1 a private jet called the A-6 fairchild and thats it I have two new Co.'s with GCM (groh cargo manafactures) I have GPJ (groh private jets) and GP (groh props) please look at my channel when my pics are uploaded tommorow se ya! -kade

Ill upload pics tommorow and also steffen I made two new planes today a prop plane named the A-1 a private jet called the A-6 fairchild and thats it I have two new Co.'s with GCM (groh cargo manafactures) I have GPJ (groh private jets) and GP (groh props) please look at my channel when my pics are uploaded tommorow se ya! -kade

I AM SOOOOO HAPPY MY C-6 is finished! ill upload pics tommorow on my page!

Of course you can borrow ideas - if I wanted to keep secrets I wouldn´t post stuff here:)= And you know, if you think it´s something special - just say where you saw it - at least that´s what I always do when I borrow ideas from other builders. 12-studs-wide fuselage sounds nice - that´s a good size for a larger Lego aircraft IMO. After the C-3, I might make some smaller plane again, too - to substitute the C-2 which will be dismantled in the nearer future:)... Can´t wait to build again, but I´m gonna keep up the Lego time-out til December. Then, if everything goes well during the next couple of weeks, I´ll have my Master`s Degree and be mostly free until I find a real job. Now, I just have a student job.) Steffen

sorry for not looking :( but the c-6 is still being built mine is 12 studs wide! wish me luck I had to wreck the whole thing! the nose was too big so I am getting fuesalage ideas from yours wish me luck man! -kade- P.S. do you if I get ideas from yours? I will be pleased if I can thanks.

Didn´t you see the pics further below, Kade? For the most part, the fuselage still needs to be built. Also, the tail rudder (rudder of height/altitude control) needs to be integrated. Then the landing gear might undergo some changes... No,no, it´ll still take some time. Best regards, Steffen

If you did not finish it what did you not finish tail spoliers yoke flaps balown flaps? engines? nose? anything??

If you did not finish it what did you not finish tail spoliers yoke flaps balown flaps? engines? nose? anything??

No, no - I didn´t finish yet. :( Maybe the comments below were confusing. Nope, I´ll be able to continue in December with a little bit of luck. Best regards, Steffen

Wow, you finished! This really is a beautiful piece of work, congratulations...

Hey Kade! Thank you for the nice comment! It´s loosely based on a couple of my favorite cargo aircraft and incorporates some of my favorite feautures of all of them: Ilyushin Il-76, Antonov An-124, Boeing McDonnell Douglas C-17. I wanted the nose to be rather pointy like on some Russian aircraft, high wings and a T-tail as well as a low lying fuselage. Some larger windows in the cockpit for better visibility, etc. What makes the plane different from all the above (real) aircraft is the angle of the wings: They´re only slightly backswept, which results in increased lift and a little slower airspeeds... But speed is less important than lift capacities, which is why I went for the current wing design. I´ll maybe remodel parts of the aircraft a tad, too. To the pieces: I have a big collection from my childhood of which I benefit a lot. I sometimes buy little sets, order pieces online or go to a Pick-a-Brick store to accomplish the collection. You can also order from Lego directly online - cause in the stores, they often don´t have what one currently needs... Steffen P.S.: Have you checked out the C-2 already? You might like it as well.

Quote me steffen but it might take a looooong time to finish the C-6 ill upload it when im done wish me luck the century is still in its GCM working hangar lol so wish me luck I dont break it before the pics! -kade- P.S. I also need to fond new stuff for my engines wish me luck!

quote me steffen but the century is gonna have to wait I need to buy more engine pieces for it its in its GCM hangar waiting for engines and I also am making the body I will make gear and other deatils so wish me luck on this! -kade- P.S. I hope I dont break it before the pics! lol. wish me luck! ~signed~ kade

steffen I must ask you this but you should make a plane with a nose that opens with a ramp in it like the an-124 I know how to make the ramp nand nose but yet I need more pieces to do it so I can wait and please accept the invite I gave you for my group please join

steffen once I get more pieces for me to make cargo plane's can I get ideas from yours? thanks -kade-

I will thanks for answering me steffen see ya! P.S. your a good aircraft builder

Quote me please steffen but is this a comparison with the C-5 or An-225 mirya or the russel? anyway can you tell me where I can get the plane elements for my cargo's? pick a brick brickshelf? please answer this I will be please and answer the comparison too -kade- P.S. nice aircraft I will comment them later.

Hi Kenneth, I´m a huge fan of cargo aircraft. They look much more special and appealing to me than airliners. So I´ll rather make cargo planes in the future as well I guess. Another reason which adds to it, too: playability is just much better if you have a huge ramp in the belly of the plane (driving vehicles like trucks etc. in and out is so much fun!:):)) And I like to play as well:):):) I might use the standart Lego 8-wide fuselage parts for a smaller passenger aircraft, though! Best regards, Steffen

Awesome! Can you make an airliner next time please? :)

This is amazing. I've never seen like it; I really wish TLC would make things like this... You are clearly better than a lot of their set designers. 10/5

Thank you Sietse:) I indeed do spend insane amounts of times on my planes... I´m glad you like my upcoming, third cargo aircraft - I think it might become my best so far. But I have some great plans for more already:) Best regards, Steffen

this is about what i should like to build. i love it, but do know that you take your hobby way to serious. :D

Well it looks like YOU'VE been quite busy in my absence! Good luck . . . it's going to be a beauty as if it isn't already.

That thing is gigantic! I have many plane pieces here in France(Im on vacation) and plan to make one. I like the SNOT on the nose and the air brakes.

Thank you! I know, I love cargo planes, too! They are so awesome, and everytime I see one at work, I´m utterly excited:). The nose and cockpit section was actually a lot of work and difficult to work out, mainly because of the SNOT work on the the lower front fuselage and the retractable and securable/fixable front landing gear (there´s a retractable strut going through it [right behind the gear´s main strut] that can fix it - I´ll show the openable "playability"-shaft of the support strut later on the finished model). It was quite hard to figure out and the gear is a bit tricky to get out again after you retracted it, but it works.

I really love the curved nosecone! Iwould love to see this thing flying in real life. Cargo planes are Awesome!

This is so Cool! A very big, and Nice Aircraft! Btw, i got a little bit of inspiration by you in my Cargo Aircraft, so i hope you could like it. -Christian

Crikey thats a beast of a model. Firstly the wings look strong and well built. Always important to have good strong sturdy wings. Good big engines also... You can never have engines that are too big (aka 777). Good undercarriage aswell. I look forward to seeing the completed model!

Wow man this plane is amazing ! I really like the cockpit, the door and all the trucks ... Really cool creation man CONTINUE LIKE THIS !!! :D

steffen, we NEED you as a judge in "flyin' stuff" for our stealth contest.

impressive!

speechless except for two words..... Simply epic

"Fertig mit dem Studium" hat so nen schoenen Klang!! Ich drueck Dir die Daumen, dass alles nach Plan laueft. Bei uns dauert es noch ein Paar Jahren, vor allem da ich jetzt in Bulgarien mit der Uni weitermache und hier werden meine alten Klausuren aus DE kaum anerkannt. Aber na ja, so schlimm ist es auch nicht - solange wir noch Zeit/Geld fuer LEGO haben! Schoenne Gruesse aus Sofia, Asya & Bobby ;]

Hey Steffen, was für eine Schönheit ist denn das hier!!! Ganz ehrlich muss ich sagen - diese ist ohne Zweifel die beste Frachmaschine, die ich aus LEGO jemals gesehen hab! Und das wirklich beste dran - die ist ja im Minifig Maßstab!! Genial, mein Freund :) Übrigens, warum kannst du bis Juni nichts mehr bauen? Arbeit? Hoffe, alles läuft gut für Dich!

UUUUUHHHHH..... WOW!!!!! HUGE!!!!! GREAT!!!!!

'Giant' is the right word. Hope you'll can finish it because it's a beautiful beast !

Wow this is looking amazing so far, I can't wait to see it all complete! Its going to look incredible!

Hi Josh:), how are you doing? Thank you for your very kind comment! I know, I havn´t been very active here recently other than writing a few comments every now and then... It´s because of my "Magisterarbeit", which is the old German equivalent to a Master's Thesis in English speaking countries. I´ll have time until June 15th to finish it, so I decided to not build anymore until after that. I really miss building though, it´s very hard to see the giant plane over here on the table and not continue... I´m sorry, I´m really bad with MSN... I usually don´t go online there cause once I start, it´s hard to stop chatting with friends... BTW, have you changed just your name or the entire account on MOCpages? Best regards from Neu-Isenburg, Germany. Steffen

Very nice Steffan, I can't wait to see the final product. I don't think I could wait until June to finish such an amazing product. Matt L.

Hey, thank you very much Michael! I think it´s mainly my English that makes it a bit confusing and hard to understand... If you could show me some pictures that describe what you mean- that would be awesome! I know a little bit how some real ones work, but doing it in Legos seems kinda hard since you´d have to compress so many special technic pieces in a small space(I think each single pair of wheels of an Antonov-124 turns and then folds in... - quite complex stuff). Of course I could just build it so it looks neat while standing, but I want it to really retract somehow... To the nose: I kinda like it like that, but just to have an alternative I might build one out of thin plates etc.- I guess that´s what you and Ralph meant? I don´t want to make the entire nose pointier anymore - I like it and it was actually a lot of work to shape it like that and integrate the working front gear. The main gear is the hardest thing for me I must admit. Thanks again for all the advice! Talk to you soon, Steffen

WOW.... der ist ja mächtig.Aber wie sagt man,"böse geil".... Ich denke,das ist mit Abstand das beste Fluggerät,welches hier auf moc rumfliegt. Gruss Patrick

Wow. Beauty and the Beast all rolled into one. A few critisisms - I'm not completely sold on the very tip of the nose. If it was me I'd either try and make the entire nose a little more pointy, or round the very tip. As for landing gear, a look at the main gear on Spencer R's Space Shuttle Discovery might be handy. One point that might be helpful to know: A lot of our landing gear isn't so 'retractable' as it looks, its more 'dismantleable' and 'hinged' simultaneously. I usually have an accurately-hinged main strut, and a support strut that detatches and tucks away to hold it in place when the gear's down. So it's like this: |/ The first strut is hinged accurately, the second detatches and folds independently. Don't know if that helps, or if it just makes everything more confusing... maybe I should take a few shots of what I mean and post 'em somewhere... All-in-all, this is an awesome and ambitious build that seems to be coming along quite nicely. I'll be looking forward to the finished result!

Hey Steffen! I agree with most of the other comments that this is shaping up to be your best creation yet! I love all of the functionality, it gives it a really nice sense of realism and detail. Speaking of detail, there is so much for such a large aircraft. I don't know how you managed to make it this large, knowing your lack of pieces. I don't think I even have enough white bricks to build just the wings or the bottom of the fuselage! The look from the front makes it very intimidating and the size of the engines just makes it seem even more powerful. Congratulations on all the positive feedback you've gotten, and good luck with the rest of it! Talk to you later - Jeffery Smith

Thank you Jeffery:) Half a year ago, I coudn´t have built this plane how I´m doing it right now. Briefly before last Christmas, I got my brother's Lego collection for 200 Euros - he didn´t care anymore. So my collection was all of a sudden enlarged quite a bit:) It is true though: an aircraft of that size is incredibly part-consuming. I´m gonna come up with a cool black&white color pattern so I don´t have to build it "all white": I think would have enough white normal bricks for the fuselage, but the thin pieces have almost all been used for the giant wing... I have a small box with some more white thin pieces, the white "Heavy Hauler" I could dismantle as well as the mixed-colored yellow and white semi&trailer. Other than that - that´s it (I don´t want to dismantle the C-2 yet). Don´t know if it´ll be enough, so I was already thinking of a cool black&white scheme:)... That should be fine then.

i like the side windows, the people inside can be like "sup" to the fighter pilot, ... then he launches a missle and kills them all. :0 :)

Finaly done! I rely like it! :) i think its the best creation you got!

Truely amazing and it's not even done yet.

This must be one of the best airplanes I've ever seen, and it's not even finished, great job, the cockpit is perfect, keep it up

Hey Ralph, thanks a lot for your advice! Those windows, I must admit I really like them. I could maybe try out a different design of the radome built with little plates - that would make it a tad "studier" but could look nice. To the main landing gear: Adding maybe 1 or 2 of these wheels might work, to give it the look you mentioned. Bigger wheels - hmm - I don´t know how to integrate them well in the fuselage. Even those little ones need an enlargement of the fuselage in width that is quite considerable... The problem here is that I wanted the fuselage to sit rather low. And I must admit that I don´t really know how to make better landing gear that folds in differently (mine would just folds in to the side and closes its "cage" from the side. How do you get wheels (especially bigger wheels) folded into a smaller "cage" and still keep it stable (cause the weight will be quite considerable later)? Landing gear is always the biggest problem for me. And then, the fuselage held low for the unconventional side ramps also makes it somewhat hard to integrate functional landing gear. I wish you could actually help me there. Steffen

Thank you guys for all the great feedback!

Wow! This is just amazing, the control surfaces, the engines, and especially the rudder. I'm not totally sold on those windows below the cockpit, I would try replacing them with something else.

Gasp!!!....and its not even finished!!!

I was wondering how this was going. Looks great so far! I love the winglets, they really add a nice touch of realism. The rudder is excellent too. Great job, good luck! Peace - Patrick

it allready looks exelent!

Ahhh. I see your making progress on it, i didnt like that preview that just showed the engine :(

From just the engines to this monster. Great job!!

So, here it is, becoming biger and better! it's just fantastic, it seems that it takes you a lot of time to be done... I'm working on a big project too, and it will take me a lot of time too, may be at summer it would be done (I hope)... but I need some extra parts than I have... any way great work pal.. can't wait for the final project, hope to hear from you soon >>> peace.. Fofo :)

WWWWWOOOOOWWWWW! amazing. my fav plane of yers!

One of the best creations I've ever seen. I'm not lying, this thing is incredible!

wow. concentrated amazing. the one thing i don't like, though, is the stairs. other than that, amazing!!!

What the F&%$¨#?????... Steffen, This is big as the sun, functional, playable and that rudder is the huggest lego moving control surface I´ve ever seen. And problably more money than I could ever pay. :). the cockpit is just huge, but sleek at the same time, It looks just...menancing. I think it can carry all my Moc collection is one travel. Bruno

Sieht ja schon super aus! Das Fahrwerk gefällt mir ganz besonders, auch das Cockpit sieht toll aus! Freue mich schon auf das fertige Modell!

By the way, the aircraft is loosely based on some of my favorite real cargo jets, of which the Ilyushin Il-76, Antonov An-124 and the Boeing C-17 can be mentioned as rather influencial for this creation. The C-3 here doesn´t exactly look like anyone of them, but incorporates my favorite features of all of them. For instance, I wanted the nose to look "Russian" in terms of engineering - pointy and longer than on most Western aircraft...