Heinlein's Gay Deciever - In LEGO® Bricks
And here she is. Miss Gay Deceiver - in full LEGO®-y goodness. (You can click on all the images for larger views.) In the end, Gay was revealed to be a very compact ship - but with enough space that I was able to add in all the detail I could reasonably include. (LEGO® has thus far not released pieces for working lasers or radar. More's the pity.)
Let's begin our tour by taking a look at the exterior. Gay is no convertible - her cabin is fully enclosed and able to be pressurized.
Shortly after that toast Zebadiah pressure-tested Gay Deceiver's shell - four atmospheres inside her and a pressure gauge sticking out through a fitting in her shell. - page 73
The deck of the ship is even with the bottom of the front windscreen - the space below is used for the retractable wheels. In this mode, the wheels barely protrude. This is Gay's "roadable" mode - she's a duo - able to perform both as a ground craft as well as an atmospheric one. Her wings are fully retracted and she's two studs wider than the front windows at her waist.
A view directly from the side shows the matching door/window combo. When seated in the rear passenger seats, there is a direct line of sight through these windows to the ground below. There are a couple of places in the story where the people in the back seat talk about seeing out of side windows mounted in the door, so I had to include it.
"I looked down through my door's port, saw a pair of legs and a swagger cane - inferred a torso." - page 245
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