This was my [http://www.flickr.com/groups/sci-lug/discuss/72157612015205997/72157612585852088/ entry] into the [http://www.flickr.com/groups/sci-lug/discuss/72157612015205997/ SCI-LUG 2nd Contest: Small Starfighter Build] on flickr.  The idea was to build a starfighter that would fit inside a box 14 studs by 14 studs by 5 bricks tall.  There have been a huge number of entries; the judges are going to have a time of it.

The 14145Y-B was widely maligned by carrier crews for scraping the paint off the ceilings of the carrier hangar bays. Pilots of smaller craft despised the "yella-jacket" for the scratches it inflicted on their craft when in an adjacent bay.
But with high maneuverability due to its dual-engine design, and more than double the firepower of most carrier-launched starfighters, the pilots of the 14145Y-B loved the starfighter dearly. On the carrier HMS Grimace, it is said that the pilots chose to repaint the hangar ceilings -- and pay the expense of the paint -- rather than relinquish their precious fighters. After the decisive battle of Urasthmis in which the HMS Grimace lost every starfighter except the 14145Y-Bs, the hangar crews chose to sandblast the paint off the ceiling once and for all.

Here for posterity are the instructions on how to build my little starfigher.

[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/final-1.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/final-2.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/final-3.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/final-4.png)]]
== Greebles ==
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-0-1.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-0-2.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-0-3.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-0-4.png)]]
== Engines ==
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-1-1.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-1-2.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-1-3.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-1-4.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-1-5.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-1-6.png)]]
== Frame ==
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-1.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-2.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-3.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-4.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-5.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-6.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-7.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-8.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-9.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-10.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-11.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-12.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-13.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-14.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-15.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-16.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-17.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-18.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-19.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-20.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-21.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-22.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-23.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-24.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-25.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-26.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-2-27.png)]]
== Belly ==
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-1.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-2.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-3.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-4.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-5.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-6.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-7.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-8.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-9.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-10.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-11.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-12.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-13.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-3-14.png)]]
== Right wing ==
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-1.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-2.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-3.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-4.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-5.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-6.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-7.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-8.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-9.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-10.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-11.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-12.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-13.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-14.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-15.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-16.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-17.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-18.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-4-19.png)]]
== Left wing ==
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-1.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-2.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-3.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-4.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-5.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-6.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-7.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-8.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-9.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-10.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-11.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-12.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-13.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-14.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-15.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-16.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-17.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-18.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-19.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-5-20.png)]]
== Starfighter ==
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-6-1.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-6-2.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-6-3.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-6-4.png)]]
[[Image(source:/lego/trunk/starfighter-14145Y-B/step-6-5.png)]]
