Swan Dutchman

Looks like it comes straight flying from the series. You did a splendid job making this in bricks!

Very nice TIE Fighter! Anyway, I am this 'guy' Rubblemaker keeps going on about and reading this discussion was quite amusing. Anyway, what really happened is this: some people thought I made copies of Jerac's models which I didn't. And only the X-wing was available as a free download for a short period of time. Those who have my version and purchased Jerac's version must notice it's a completely different build even though it might appear to look the same (well, yeah, it's an x-wing). And yes, I did take it down on request by brickvault. Why? Because I was tired of getting accused all the time... and apparently I still am getting accused after almost 2 years. It made me leave the Eurobricks community. And please don't believe a word about brickvault or other parties taking legal action against you. Unless BrickVault has a license to sell instructions based on IPs like Star Wars they themselves and their builders can be sued by the IP-holder (which is Disney).

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Great explanation about the wobbling! I would like to add a few pointers I used in my model: 1) Not sure what you mean here. Do you mean the movement of the axles caused by pressure on the gears? I solved that in my model by adding a 'stabilizer' that connects the point where all 4 axles come together inside the gear 'box'. That way the the pressure on the gears has no effect on the wobbling. 3) In my model I reduced this effect significantly by using bigger gears vertically. I used the 20 tooth part instead of the 12 tooth part.

A great take on the X-wing! Well done!

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Oh wow! I have just seen small fragments of the show, but these ships seem to be spot on! And even if they are not, I still think they look amazing. You did a splendid job on all six. My favourites? I would say the green en the red-white ones.

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I like the progress you have made! I am just wondering though, have you considered using this part for the corners?

Thank you very much CopMike! The minifigures are excellent!

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I think Yoda would be the perfect Santa! Do you want to build Santa Yoda as well? You can download the LDD file from my Brickshelf: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/swandutchman/StarWars/christmas_santa_yoda.lxf Thank you CopMike for organizing the Xmas Raffle again this year! I always enjoy coming up with a new Christmas build.

I tried it yesterday evening and today and both times I just get the OOPS-message. Apparantly not everyone is affected because for 1 part I could only select seven this morning, while the evening before I could select a lot more. It's a real shame since there so many nice parts in the inventory. The most frustrating is that it takes a lot of time entering all parts and not being able to save it.

Such a surprise to see my name on day 24 prize F! And a great start of the holidays! Thank you so much CopMike for organizing this fun raffle every year. And thank you fellow Eurobrickians for building such fun and cheery christmas trees.