Nom Carver Posted October 12, 2014 Posted October 12, 2014 I know it is nearly pointless to post a topic about a MOD but I will do so anyway , I have always liked mid range attack vehicles, chopper like vehicles such as the republic and droid gunships, when I saw this one on the shelf I had to get it but once it was built it had a couple issues, it looked nice while "flying", but when it was landed it looked pretty awful (which is most of the time), I dont know if those flaps that fold in to the bottom are actually the landing gear, but since there is nothing else to support the ship while on the ground, it has to be and it does a terrible job, it also bothered me that the "chin" or the bottom of the cockpit always touch the ground and moves the central canon, and last but not least, the missiles that were supposed to be rockets are now drop bombs and they are only six, I would have prefered to have more rockets even if they were not meant to be a play feature, but this is a toy and it is supposed to have those and since it's also a building toy all these issues can be easily fixed. It looks almost identical to the official vehicle. P1010005 by Nom Carver, on Flickr Its "cheeks" and the height of the cockpit are reduced by one plate. P1010017 by Nom Carver, on Flickr It has this improved landing gear. P1010007 by Nom Carver, on Flickr P1010011 by Nom Carver, on Flickr P1010034 by Nom Carver, on Flickr P1010036 by Nom Carver, on Flickr P1010037 by Nom Carver, on Flickr And those old dreaded flick fire missiles came to be pretty handy here, it gives it that play feature instead of the drop bombs and it also allows to store more missiles. P1010041 by Nom Carver, on Flickr P1010044 by Nom Carver, on Flickr Thanks for watching . Quote
Only Sinner Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Although I still have zero interest in this vehicle, I seems you have been very successful in adding these much needed improvements. Nice mods! Quote
Nom Carver Posted October 14, 2014 Author Posted October 14, 2014 Thanks guys, It certainly isn't the most amazing SW vehicle, but its one of the best of these late releases and it was a good addition to my nearly nonexistent CIS army. Quote
LucasLaughing Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 Nice work! I think almost all official sets can benefit from a little modding, and it's fun to make them more your own. Quote
Smitty500 Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 Nice work! I think almost all official sets can benefit from a little modding, and it's fun to make them more your own. Most the sets these days are darn near perfect and hard to mod any more.. They have become so complex compared to earlier sets. But I know what you mean. I personally never thought the need to change the underbelly missiles, I thought it was neat how they could drop, those flick fire missiles are hard to shoot anyway. To each is own, I guess. The rest of your mods look great! especially the landing gear. Quote
Nom Carver Posted October 15, 2014 Author Posted October 15, 2014 Nice work! I think almost all official sets can benefit from a little modding, and it's fun to make them more your own. Sure, all sets can be improved to fit to our personal taste, that's what I love of lego. Quote
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