Whenever we get the chance to feature Lech Kulina we get a clinic on fantastic LEGO building techniques. Lech has built amazing model of a fictional near-future space capsule, named for Sagittarius the centaur, that could transport astronauts around the inner solar system. With a build this detailed, you might have expected Lech to make good use of stickers, but he’s elected to use official LEGO bricks for everything. That means that all the red and black outlines around the hatch, viewports, and “4’s” are made from panels and brackets.

On the bottom we can see all 24 main thrusters that can really make this baby schmoove; maybe even faster than a SpaceX Dragon. You need a lot of delta-V to sail the solar system, but the nozzles made from minifigure bowls have got you covered.

These next two photos show off the crazy building hidden just beneath the heat shield. There’s a main trunk of the capsule covered in 2×2 brackets (only introduced 5 years ago and already in over 400 sets). There’s too many pieces to name – you could study this thing for techniques for years – but Lech has kindly color-differentiated all the pieces to make them easier to spot.

And here’s all the plates holding the panels on. It looks like a huge amount of this is held together by clips and bars of different types. This must give Lech a lot of fine control over the placement of each individual panel (I must find out if Lech is mathing this all out or building by feel). Now that you’ve seen its insides, I want you to tell me which you think is more complex; the Sagittarius capsule, or a real life rocket?