[BL] Gold 1 - Rebel Snowspeeder 10129

[Midlife-crisis]

Good evening,

when bricklinking the rebel snowspeeder in 2016 you come across with ridiculous part prices for the canopy and the orange parts.

I finished it a few weeks ago white - old gray - old dark gray - yellow and a mild colour mix with light bluish gray especially for the technic pin connectors.

Different to TLG Model is also a 360degree display stand which allows to show it different angles and different angles of inclination

For the canopy i used light-blue glasses all over, yesterday i ordered some different trans black parts for the front.

From what i see the best substitution for the windshield is part:

72475 Windscreen 3 x 4 x 4 Inverted

this is imho the only canopy in form and dimension which would and be a good substitute.

But what about the roof hinge, so far i use a white one, it could be decorated with "trans-black tiles 1x2" or and this is what i decided, i use 2x tile hinge part:

30350c Tile, Modified 2 x 3 with 2 Clips in trans-black colour

I´m open for any recommendations.

[jhaelego]

Nice! Can't wait to see it with the canopy finished. It's a shame the orange parts are so expensive.

[Hold0511]

Hi Midlife-crisis,

I did the same thing last year - initially I swapped the hard to get canopy parts for the trans-blue and white options, but then decided it looked pants and swapped for a revised build - see this link below.

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=112347&hl=10129

I went for the two trans-black clips - works well imo.

Cjd223 did the swap with the 72475 but after trying it I went for a different combo, and added some flat tiles to smooth it all out a bit.

[Midlife-crisis]

Ah this looks also nice, i like the tiles in front of the windshield.

For everything else, i try to leave the optic similar to TLG version.

[Hold0511]

Be good to see yours once your windscreen pieces arrives. That stand looks good - could you share a shot of just the stand?

[Midlife-crisis]

sure,

it´s a really simple construction with a Lego technic rotation joint to adjust the angle.

[Hold0511]

Neat - I like that.

[Midlife-crisis]

got the parts today, nearly finished. Had to rebuild the whole front section a bit. The roof is one stud shorter now, and the windowfront is 2 studs wider on the base.

All i need now are 8x part 3023 in trans black to close the remaining space.

for the meanwhile i´m really satisfied with the result, i think its close to the original when considering the different part size.

this could be an alternative mod with 2white and 8 trans black 1x1 slopes. But for me i stick to the first version.

[Artizan]

how about this windscreen? http://alpha.brickli...&O={"color":13}

edit: oh you already made it, neat.

Edited March 30, 2016 by Artizan

[Regimus]

Nice, I always wanted to bricklink this and use those windscreens. Do you have an image of the entire model with the new parts?

[Only Sinner]

Looking good, man. Are you going to pair this up with the supposed new UCS snowspeeder? It would be interesting to see the the comparison.

[jamie75]

Looks good.

I was going to do this, but, ran into a good deal on for a real one.

This was what i was going to do. I had a LDD file for it too.

Jamie

[Midlife-crisis]

Hi Midlife-crisis,

I did the same thing last year - initially I swapped the hard to get canopy parts for the trans-blue and white options, but then decided it looked pants and swapped for a revised build - see this link below.

http://www.eurobrick...112347&hl=10129

I went for the two trans-black clips - works well imo.

Cjd223 did the swap with the 72475 but after trying it I went for a different combo, and added some flat tiles to smooth it all out a bit.

BTW, the LDD picture in your Link from Cjd223 looks nice but its impossible to align the Parts with real Lego. At least with "legal" connections. (Edit: oh i didn´t noticed the changed height of the cabin - y it´s possible like this.)

Sure, will make more pictures when the windscreen is totally finished.

No Idea if a buy a new UCS one? How sure is a rerelease?

Edited March 31, 2016 by Midlife-crisis

[Hold0511]

Looks good - yup Cjd223 changed the height to made it work, but your fix looks really good - excellent job.

[Midlife-crisis]

Good evening,

too dark right now, and my photo skills are limited, will try to make a nice picture in the daylight.

The Front window is finished :)

[Midlife-crisis]

Got some parts yesterday - and changed a few remaining dark bluish grey parts to dark gray.

Still waiting for the stickers, but as it is a beautiful day i made some pictures in the sunlight.