UCS B-wing mods

[Wonderpants]

Got this tonight, and already made a couple of mods. Planning on redesigning the cockpit in the long term, but for now gaps above and below the engines have been closed up, and the stand has been altered so it now holds the bottom gun pod clear of a table surface.

Edited August 10, 2015 by Wonderpants

[H_Solo]

Very nice!

Good work on the stand... Looks much better this way!

[Frostyfeet]

Very nice.

I'd really like that model.

When I get my ucs models built again, I plan on modding them all.

Any chance for some illustration if what you changed.

Edited August 11, 2015 by Frostyfeet

[dljbae]

Nice.. how did u close up the gap?

Ps. I spot the imperial shuttle?

[sandtrooper]

Great job on this! Really like the way it looks on your stand.

[Wonderpants]

Thanks all :)

These are pretty simple mods. I moved the technic beams supporting the arms that the b-wing sits on up two holes, and took off the 1x8 flat plates below the engine pod, as they pull the front apart to create the gap. You could probably replace them with a 1x2 and 1x6 smooth piece if you wanted.

The 1x4 flat plates above the engine pod can also be removed, although it doesn't solve the gap problem. Instead, you may need to use a pair of 2x6 plates with holes through in place of the regular 2x6 plates, and some 2x2 round plates, with a 2x technic axle to hold them together, as shown below (at some point I'll swap out the white and maybe the black pieces for grey)

Edited August 11, 2015 by Wonderpants

[LegoPercyJ]

Cool MOD!

[fibiggnm]

Great job on this! Really like the way it looks on your stand.

Edited August 12, 2015 by fibiggnm