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Starship Troopers Dropship, DR-4 Viking (Vanilla)

Vanilla 1:1 replica build of the dropship from 1997 movie Starship Troopers. The DR-4 Viking is famous for its appearance in the Klendathu drop sequence, seen hauling thousands upon thousands of troops from corvettes in orbit to planetside to fight the Arachnid threat.

I tried to remain as faithful towards the movie version, but since I saw at least 3 different models in various stages of the scenes some disparities will be present, most notably the blister covers on the landing gear which are absent in the film (at least on the foreground models). Opted to include them to hide the otherwise hideous thruster arrangement in this build ;) (I also prefer that look...)

No need to disable thruster damage, tested in creative. Also tested in survival, the thing is horrible with fuel economy and adding more tanks and whatnot to already very limited space would've ruined the aesthetics so it is not too feasible. Will happily take you down from orbit, but it doesn't have enough to ascend again on 1-g worlds. Someone more experienced might manage to cram enough in but it ain't me sadly.

Hope you guys enjoy! It's one of my favorite all time films so I'm definitely in the mood for these builds... maybe not Rodger Young though, might be stretching it ;) Whatever comes next... Would you like to know more? ;)