we are building the lego nasa space shuttle discovery set today。 one zero two eight three。
this is a 2021 new release made up with 2 354 pieces and zero minifigures。 the set is made up
with two main parts which is the space shuttle and the hubble telescope. the first section we
will build is the hubble telescope. this is only the small part of the build with three out of 16
we have now finished building the hubble space telescope part of the build. it's actually quite
substantial in size, bigger than i expected. we've got an information plaque for the telescope. very
simply structured and also very stable. it's not a print. it is a sticker applied on the plate. the
telescope can be displayed on the stand which is slanted on a very nice angle yet very well
balanced and stable. the body of the telescope is colored with the metallic silver pieces.
so very very shiny, apart from a few gray piecs such as the 1x2 slopes here and strangely the
printed brick at the bottom with the nasa logo on it. if you look on the edge,
you can tell it is actually a light gray brick but with a metallic print on top. i think emerges in
relatively well anyway. a few more gray pieces at the bottom you can see here. but overall
definitely very very shiny. it's a very smooth cylinder. it's achieved mainly covered with these
two by four slope bricks. looking at this end of this telescope. looks like some sort of
controlling handle here with a rubber wire. also silver metallic studs and a pearl gray 2x4 plate.
we don't have any moving parts at this end though. the other end of the telescope has a lid which can
protect the telescope from sunlight just like the real thing. the two solar panels on either
sides of the telescope made up with gold foil sheets. they can both be rotated and adjusted.
the gold foil sheets are secured by the pearl gold flower studs, a very clever use of this piece.
also we've got a communication antenna on the top and bottom of the telescope, which can both be
adjusted. this is actually a very complete and substantial build on its own. i think it can
almost be sold separately as its own little set. now we're moving on to the next section of the
build. which is the main build of this set. the space shuttle discovery. that's going to be the
this is our completed lego space shuttle discovery. it's a very substantial build.
you can see how big it is if i put both my hands near it. firstly, as you can see, very smooth
finish. we don't have any obvious or unpleasant gaps on the build. a very accurate representation
of the actual space shuttle in my opinion. let's start from the tail section of the space shuttle.
we've got the speed brakes on the tail which can be adjusted. the two parts next to the tail can
also be adjusted. i'm guessing that's the engines of the space shuttle. we've got a bit of a moving
feature on the tail tube. these two flaps can be moved up and down by twisting the engine knob
at the back. the tail just below the engine is also adjustable. which is also a moving feature.
so if we push the tail in, there we go. our landing gear is deployed. the landing
gear doesn't automatically reverse back by pulling back the tail flap. so we have to
actually manually push all the wheels back in. there is however a justification for
this feature, as the landing gear on the real thing is only designed to be used once too.
looking at all the patterns on the body of our space shuttle. most of the patterns are
actually prints, including the united states usa flag towards the end of the space shuttle.
the pattern on the cockpit windscreen and the nasa discovery united states
prints on this side of the space shuttle. there are a few stickers used, including the little
nasa logo on both sides of the space shuttle discovery, and also the discovery sign on both
sides of the cockpit that are also stickers. the lid of the cockpit can be removed, it is
only slightly attached to the windscreen piece. this is a unique piece to this particular set,
a new mould and a unique print on the windscreen. looking at inside the cockpit, we can see a lot of
prints on the back and the front dashboard. there are four little seats for the astronauts.
it's very clear that this is not minifigure scaled. you can see how big the minifigure will
look inside the cockpit. taking the first layer of the cockpit off, we've got another
layer under it with an extra astronaut seat. the patterns you can see here are all prints too.
another new piece used in this set are these quarter circle pieces on the top of the cockpit.
something also worth mentioning. the payload bay can be opened, you can see the inside layer of the
bay door is super super shiny. however these are all stickers. given how many stickers involved and
the curved surface of the door it's actually quite hard to apply them and make sure they're on as
straight as possible. it does look very very slick though. the payload bay doors are made up with
eight pieces of these curved connector panels. which is a new lego piece made for this set. and i
think they're perfect for making these very smooth cylinder shape. looking at inside the payload bay,
we don't have a huge amount of details. we've got four cameras all together. one two three four.
inside the payload bay with the very shiny silver one by one tile. and it looks like an antenna
inside. other than that we don't have a huge amount of details inside. we've got a rod here
that's more used to secure our telescope. so we have this gold foil solar panel pieces on
each side of the telescope. however, there is an option to replace it with
pearl gold rods. which represents the rolled up version of the solar panels. this will allow us
to secure the telescope inside of payload bay. so we've made this stand on the last section of the
build. this will allow us to stand the telescope inside the space shuttle discovery. so all we need
to do is slot the stand in and slot the telescope onto the stand, and these white rod can be used
to secure it further. so this is one option to display it. there are a few more options
to display this set. i think it looks really nice kind of display them individually given they do
have their own description plaques and stands. or we can display the space shuttle discovery
on the landing gear or having telescope attached to the space shuttle which is the way we've
set up now. as part of the build we did make a display stand for the space shuttle which
is also slanted on a very nice angle. and a large information plaque, which is definitely
a sticker on it. here we go this is what it looks like having them displayed individually. this is
probably my preferred way of displaying this set. i think both items look complete enough
to be displayed on its own. overall i think a really really nice build it was a lot of fun
putting it together. it's a very smooth finish and definitely a very sophisticated looking set.