1989 space police inspired build

The last few posts have been born of my love for the LEGO Group's Classic Space era. While watching, with my sons, some YouTube videos showcasing the various subthemes from the era, they commented on the original Space Police subtheme from 1989 and told me I should build a spaceship inspired by that theme.  Well, with the gauntlet thrown down and needing little excuse to build a Space themed project, I embarked on that endeavor. 

Space Police I

 I began by searching for bricks through one of my many bulk brick tubs.  I segregated some blue, black and trans-red bricks to mimic the primary colors of this subtheme.  As I often do with my builds, especially those inspired by a theme or color palette, I arrayed out the bricks that I had gathered and began the build.  I find that laying out the pieces and seeing how many different pieces that I have and which ones I have pairs or more of really helps. Of course, I also have many other segregated pieces in various bins.  The ones that I lay out are usually the specialty pieces like less common slopes, windshields, windows, round pieces, interesting pieces for greeblies or other features, etc.  Basically anything in the color palette that catches my eye as I sort through bulk bins.  You can see the selection below.  I engineered what I think will be a nifty little mechanism for this build. I will plan to reveal it on the PittBrickyard YouTube channel in a few more days when it is done.