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[MOC] T-47 airspeeder

Started by Lars , Jun 29 2009 05:52 PM

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#1 Lars

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Posted 29 June 2009 - 05:52 PM

Going back to building Star Wars again with my absolute favorite from the galaxy far far away. The T-47 airspeeder, commonly known as the snowspeeder.

Even though some of the official snowspeeder iterations were decent, I don't think they ever truly captured the essence of this beautiful vessel. Making it in white was a big misstake IMO. It made it look way to shiny and new.

This Moc on the other hand has a mix of every grey/bley color available. That's a conscious descision on my part and I think it's a sadly underused method to achieve the right weathered look when MOC:ing SW stuff.
The stickers are custom made, but the front pattern is of course largely based on the official printed pieces.

The Moc is the second version I make with the same basic premise. A lot is different this time and you can take a look at the previous one at my old Brickshelf gallery for comparison if you like.

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Posted 29 June 2009 - 05:54 PM

So..many...greebles! :cry_happy:

This is one of your best ships yet! The interior is detailed, and the shape is perfect! :thumbup:

Amazing job.

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Posted 29 June 2009 - 06:05 PM

Very nicely done. This has many details and sure is movie accurate. :thumbup:

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Posted 29 June 2009 - 06:07 PM

1 word: AWESOME!

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Posted 29 June 2009 - 06:12 PM

Another stunning piece of work Lars :thumbup:

I must say that I am envious of your skill at MOC'ing. :blush:

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Posted 29 June 2009 - 06:15 PM

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Posted 29 June 2009 - 06:34 PM

Amazing work. This is one of my favourite ships too. Your weathered effect looks great IMO :thumbup:

. You have also scaled the model well :thumbup:

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Posted 29 June 2009 - 06:40 PM

This is an excellent snowspeeder.

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Posted 29 June 2009 - 08:45 PM

Great work Lars, and a very successful update of your original too!

I love your attention to detail, such as the tiny intake, greebling around the engines/cannons, the harpoon cannon and cockpit - all very nice and very authentic. You're definitely an MoC'er to look out for! :wink:

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Posted 29 June 2009 - 09:34 PM

It's a beauty :wub:

It looks very compact, looking at the cockpit. And highly detailed wings/lasers as well.
A comparison picture with the old models would be awesome if you'd find time for it. :blush:

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Posted 29 June 2009 - 09:50 PM

Wow this snowspeeder is absolutely stunning. I saw this up on Flickr and immediately fell in love with it. Lars you continue to stun me with your work. Keep up the great work!

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Posted 30 June 2009 - 04:28 AM

Amazing details you've included, Lars.
Can't wait to see more of your creations. :classic:

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Posted 30 June 2009 - 06:50 AM

This is very well done. I love it. You created in Lego form one of my favourite ships from Star Wars. I agree with your comments about not using white pieces. The weathered look is much much better.

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Posted 30 June 2009 - 11:49 PM

I love it very much ! Couldn't even find a thing that I didn't like.

Good pictures also and a nice comparison shot at the end. Hopefully you will add a bottom or exploded view as well. Would be nice to build one myself as I haven't been able to capture it's beauty as you have. Very good job :)

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Posted 01 July 2009 - 05:09 AM

Very good work the only bad thing about it is the lack of white. :sceptic:

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Posted 01 July 2009 - 02:37 PM

Now I've added the requested comparison pic where you can see my snowspeeder MOC together with two of the official ones.
There's a couple of new pics added so you can have a look at all of them here

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Posted 01 July 2009 - 03:40 PM

Thanks for adding those pictures :thumbup:

Yep, the new one(s, two!) definitly look smoother and more realistic. :cry_happy:

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Posted 02 July 2009 - 09:41 AM

Future74, on Jul 1 2009, 07:40 AM, said:

Thanks for adding thos pictures :thumbup:

Yep, the new one(s, two!) definitly look smoother and more realistic. :cry_happy:

That's really nice! Are you planning on doing build instructions like you have with some of your other models?

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 04:32 AM

Sorry if im reviving this topic but WOW Lars this is Amazing!! :cry_happy:

I have to say this is the best T-47 Airspeeder ever! :wub:

I love the Greebles :cry_happy:

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 06:55 AM

Beautiful!
Since I cannot remember what the correct colour of the snowspeeder is, I'll go for what you said and MOCed; grey. And grey certainly is better that white!
Great work.

Keep MOCing!

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 08:39 AM

This is really an amazing Snowspeeder Lars!
I was just thinking of how big it was in comparison to the "official" one.
The size is reallt great with a lot of nice details.

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 01:38 PM

All we need now is the crashed version just prior to the AT-AT stepping on it.

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 03:29 PM

This is really really well made! :thumbup:

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 05:36 PM

I never saw this before. But this has to be the best Snow Speeder in minifig scale I've ever seen. Excellent work on this.

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Posted 21 October 2009 - 07:04 PM

Star_Wars_Rules, on Oct 21 2009, 01:38 PM, said:

All we need now is the crashed version just prior to the AT-AT stepping on it.

Thats what I was thinking. :tongue:

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