Liftoff Rocket: Riding the Flame

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Liftoff Rocket: Riding the Flame

Two seconds after ignition.

218 parts · ~24.5 cm · 7 colours · ~18 h

White · 123 gDark Grey · 80 gLight Grey · 79 gBlack · 22 gRed · 12 gOrange · 11 gYellow · 7 g
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Build guide 221 steps

Build guide (PDF)221 steps, parts list and print notes · 19.8 MB
  1. 1
    • 1× Plate 16x16 with Underside RibsDark Grey
  2. 2
    • 1× Brick 2x10Light Grey
  3. 3
    • 1× Brick 1x12Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x12Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x12Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x10Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x10Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x4Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 2x8Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 2x4Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x3Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x4Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 2x4Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x2Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x1Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x2Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x1Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x1Light Grey
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    • 1× Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite
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    • 1× Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite
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    • 1× Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite
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    • 1× Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x2White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x2Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x2Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x2Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x2White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x2White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x2Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x2Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x2White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x2Light Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x2White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 2x6White
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    • 1× Brick 1x4Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 2x2Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x3White
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    • 1× Brick 2x6White
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    • 1× Brick 1x2White
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    • 1× Brick 1x10White
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    • 1× Brick 1x6White
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    • 1× Brick 2x4White
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    • 1× Brick 1x2Light Grey
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementWhite
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    • 1× Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite
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    • 1× Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementWhite
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    • 1× Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite
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    • 1× Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementWhite
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    • 1× Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x2White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1White
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    • 1× Plate 1x1 Round with Swirled TopWhite
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    • 1× Plate 1x1 Round with Swirled TopWhite
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    • 1× Brick 2x6White
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    • 1× Brick 1x3White
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    • 1× Brick 1x2White
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    • 1× Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite
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    • 1× Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite
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    • 1× Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1White
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1White
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    • 1× Plate 1x1 Round with Swirled TopWhite
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    • 1× Plate 1x1 Round with Swirled TopWhite
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementOrange
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementOrange
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementOrange
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudOrange
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudOrange
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    • 1× Plate 1x1 Round with Swirled TopYellow
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    • 1× Plate 1x1 Round with Swirled TopYellow
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudOrange
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudYellow
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    • 1× Plate 1x1 Round with Swirled TopYellow
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudYellow
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    • 1× Plate 1x1 Round with Swirled TopYellow
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudYellow
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    • 1× Plate 1x1 Round with Swirled TopYellow
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    • 1× Plate 1x1 Round with Swirled TopYellow
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementYellow
  112. 120Sub-assembly

    Sub-assembly, shown upside down: join these parts first

    • 1× Plate 2x4Dark Grey
  113. 121Sub-assembly

    Sub-assembly, shown upside down: join these parts first

    • 1× Brick 1x1Dark Grey
  114. 122Fit sub-assembly

    Flip the sub-assembly and fit it as one piece

    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementOrange
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementYellow
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    Sub-assembly, shown upside down: join these parts first

    • 1× Plate 2x4Dark Grey
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    Sub-assembly, shown upside down: join these parts first

    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudDark Grey
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    Sub-assembly, shown upside down: join these parts first

    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudDark Grey
  119. 127Fit sub-assembly

    Flip the sub-assembly and fit it as one piece

    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementYellow
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    • 1× Support 2x2 x 8 GirderDark Grey
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    • 1× Plate 2x4Dark Grey
    • 1× Brick 1x1Dark Grey
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    • 1× Support 2x2 x 8 GirderDark Grey
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    • 1× Plate 2x4Dark Grey
    • 2× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudDark Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x4Dark Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x2Dark Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1Dark Grey
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    • 1× Brick 1x1Dark Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1Dark Grey
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    • 1× Slope Brick 45 2x1Dark Grey
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    • 1× Plate 1x1Dark Grey
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    • 1× Tile 1x2 with GrooveDark Grey
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementLight Grey
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementLight Grey
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    • 1× Plate 1x3Black
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    • 1× Plate 1x3Black
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    • 1× Plate 1x4Black
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    • 1× Plate 1x4Black
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    • 1× Plate 1x4Black
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    • 1× Plate 1x4Black
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    • 1× Plate 1x4Black
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    • 1× Plate 1x3Black
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    • 1× Brick 1x3Black
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    • 1× Brick 1x3Black
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    • 1× Brick 1x3Black
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    Sub-assembly, shown upside down: join these parts first

    • 1× Brick 1x3Black
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    Flip the sub-assembly and fit it as one piece

    • 8× Plate 1x4Black
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    • 4× Brick 1x3Black
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    • 1× Brick 1x2White
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    • 1× Brick 2x4White
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite
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    • 1× Slope Brick 33 3x1Black
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    • 1× Brick 1x2White
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    • 1× Brick 2x4White
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    • 1× Brick 1x2White
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite
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    • 1× Brick 1x2Red
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudRed
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    • 1× Brick 2x4White
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite
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    • 1× Brick 1x2White
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    • 1× Brick 2x4White
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite
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    • 1× Brick 1x2White
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    • 1× Brick 2x4White
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    • 1× Brick 1x2White
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite
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    • 1× Brick 1x2White
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite
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    • 1× Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite
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    • 1× Plate 4x4Red
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    • 1× Cone 4x4 x 2 with AxleholeWhite
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementWhite
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementRed
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    • 1× Brick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementWhite
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    • 1× Cone 2x2 x 2 with Hollow Stud OpenRed

Parts 218

  • Brick 2x4, Light GreyBrick 2x4Light Grey×2
  • Brick 2x2, Light GreyBrick 2x2Light Grey×1
  • Brick 1x2, Light GreyBrick 1x2Light Grey×3
  • Brick 1x1, Light GreyBrick 1x1Light Grey×3
  • Brick 2x10, Light GreyBrick 2x10Light Grey×1
  • Brick 2x8, Light GreyBrick 2x8Light Grey×1
  • Brick 1x4, Light GreyBrick 1x4Light Grey×3
  • Slope Brick 45 2x2, Light GreySlope Brick 45 2x2Light Grey×6
  • Slope Brick 45 2x1, Light GreySlope Brick 45 2x1Light Grey×9
  • Brick 1x3, Light GreyBrick 1x3Light Grey×1
  • Brick 2x2 Round without Reinforcement, Light GreyBrick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementLight Grey×2
  • Brick 1x10, Light GreyBrick 1x10Light Grey×2
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  • Brick 1x12, Light GreyBrick 1x12Light Grey×3
  • Plate 1x1 Round with Swirled Top, WhitePlate 1x1 Round with Swirled TopWhite×4
  • Brick 2x6, WhiteBrick 2x6White×3
  • Brick 2x4, WhiteBrick 2x4White×8
  • Brick 2x2, WhiteBrick 2x2White×1
  • Brick 1x2, WhiteBrick 1x2White×15
  • Brick 1x8, WhiteBrick 1x8White×1
  • Brick 1x6, WhiteBrick 1x6White×1
  • Cylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked Stud, WhiteCylinder 2x2 with Dome Top with Blocked StudWhite×12
  • Slope Brick 45 2x2, WhiteSlope Brick 45 2x2White×7
  • Slope Brick 45 2x1, WhiteSlope Brick 45 2x1White×13
  • Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow Stud, WhiteBrick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudWhite×24
  • Brick 1x3, WhiteBrick 1x3White×2
  • Brick 2x2 Round without Reinforcement, WhiteBrick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementWhite×5
  • Cone 4x4 x 2 with Axlehole, WhiteCone 4x4 x 2 with AxleholeWhite×1
  • Brick 1x10, WhiteBrick 1x10White×1
  • Brick 2x4, RedBrick 2x4Red×1
  • Brick 1x2, RedBrick 1x2Red×2
  • Plate 4x4, RedPlate 4x4Red×1
  • Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow Stud, RedBrick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudRed×4
  • Brick 2x2 Round without Reinforcement, RedBrick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementRed×1
  • Cone 2x2 x 2 with Hollow Stud Open, RedCone 2x2 x 2 with Hollow Stud OpenRed×1
  • Brick 1x2, Dark GreyBrick 1x2Dark Grey×1
  • Brick 1x1, Dark GreyBrick 1x1Dark Grey×2
  • Brick 1x4, Dark GreyBrick 1x4Dark Grey×1
  • Plate 2x4, Dark GreyPlate 2x4Dark Grey×2
  • Plate 1x1, Dark GreyPlate 1x1Dark Grey×1
  • Slope Brick 45 2x1, Dark GreySlope Brick 45 2x1Dark Grey×3
  • Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow Stud, Dark GreyBrick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudDark Grey×2
  • Support 2x2 x 8 Girder, Dark GreySupport 2x2 x 8 GirderDark Grey×2
  • Tile 1x2 with Groove, Dark GreyTile 1x2 with GrooveDark Grey×1
  • Plate 16x16 with Underside Ribs, Dark GreyPlate 16x16 with Underside RibsDark Grey×1
  • Plate 1x1 Round with Swirled Top, YellowPlate 1x1 Round with Swirled TopYellow×8
  • Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow Stud, YellowBrick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudYellow×3
  • Brick 2x2 Round without Reinforcement, YellowBrick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementYellow×3
  • Brick 1x3, BlackBrick 1x3Black×4
  • Plate 1x3, BlackPlate 1x3Black×8
  • Plate 1x4, BlackPlate 1x4Black×8
  • Slope Brick 33 3x1, BlackSlope Brick 33 3x1Black×4
  • Brick 1x1 Round with Hollow Stud, OrangeBrick 1x1 Round with Hollow StudOrange×14
  • Brick 2x2 Round without Reinforcement, OrangeBrick 2x2 Round without ReinforcementOrange×5

Modules

  1. 01Base16×16 dark grey launch pad.
  2. 02Smoke cloudThree stepped lobes of light grey and white bricks, with slopes and domes that billow over the edge of the pad.
  3. 03Flame columnOrange-to-yellow flame tongues around a hidden round core that carries the rocket's weight.
  4. 04Launch towerLattice tower with a torn-off service arm, a dangling cable and debris on the pad.
  5. 05RocketWhite body with red bands and nose cone, black engine section, four swept fins and grey nozzles. Lifts off the flame by hand.

About

Two seconds after ignition. A red-and-white rocket rises on a column of orange and yellow flame, bursting out of a billowing smoke cloud, while the scorched launch tower beside it has lost its service arm. The twist: the flame is not decoration. It is the spine of the model, and it carries the whole rocket. 218 snap-fit printable bricks in 7 colors with no AMS needed: one color per plate. No glue, no supports.

The idea

Most rocket models stand still on a pad. We wanted to freeze the most dramatic second of every launch: the moment the rocket clears the tower and the exhaust turns the pad into a storm of smoke.

The hard part was making a rocket float. A brick rocket can't hover, so the fire has to hold it up. The flame column is built around a hidden 2×2 round core, four rows tall. The load path runs from the base, through the smoke cloud, into the flame core, through the engine nozzles and into the rocket's engine plate, with four studs engaged at every joint. The flickering flame tongues around it are pure show; the core does the work.

What's in the box

  • Base: 16×16 dark grey launch pad.
  • Smoke cloud: three stepped lobes, light grey below and white on top, with domes and curls that spill over the pad edge.
  • Flame column: orange outer tongues and a yellow core, narrowing as it rises, with yellow swirls for a glowing tip.
  • Launch tower: a lattice tower with a torn-off service arm, a dangling cable and debris scattered on the pad.
  • Rocket: white body with red bands and nose cone, black engine section and four swept fins, grey nozzles.

The rocket lifts straight off the flame, so it doubles as a standalone rocket you can hold and "launch" by hand.

Size

  • Footprint: 16 × 16 studs, about 12.8 × 12.8 cm.
  • Height: about 24.5 cm from the pad to the nose tip. The rocket alone is about 16.5 cm.

Color palette (7 colors)

White, light grey, dark grey, black, red, orange and yellow. Every brick is a single color, so you print one color per plate. No AMS and no filament swaps mid-print are needed.

Printing

  • 218 bricks, all on a 0.4 mm nozzle, no supports.
  • The snap-fit was tuned on real Bambu Lab A1 test prints: studs grip without glue, and the bricks have thin inner walls on the underside so small parts stay put on the build plate.
  • A few tall, narrow parts get a small brim, already set up in the 3MF.

Build

Five modules, bottom to top: base, smoke cloud, flame, tower, rocket. The step-by-step guide adds one brick per step, and the assembly video shows the whole build.

Licence

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Free to print, share and remix for non-commercial use, with credit, under the same licence.

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