[MOC] TIE Interceptor

[Magmafrost]

Hi Eurobricks

My first MOC here ever, and its this weird TIE cockpit I've had lying around for months, with boring TIE Interceptor wings glued on it. The idea of a TIE cockpit like this (6x6 dishes on either side, with the 1x4 bowed bricks in between) was originally by Yub Nub, although the means of accomplishing it is my own. TIE fighters have had such a range of sizes over the years that I'm sure this is minifig scale relative to one of them...

Ultimately I can't say I'm too happy with it, its not very strong, and while it can (barely) fit a pilot, it can only fit the old style, and they sit too high. What I am happy with, is that I managed to get the window in the back (or according to the guy drawing the Darth Vader comics its a thruster) to actually be a window, and that I found a way to get the canons on the cockpit (in a perfect world, there'd be a short length of red flex tube in there, rather than the green stud. But I dont have any, and this thing isn't worth a bricklink order). It took an entirely new piece coming into existence to figure that one out.

I also threw together a regular TIE Fighter with the same concept, although its an older design, before I figured out the front canons. It does demonstrate how it looks in light grey though.

Edited October 11, 2016 by Magmafrost

[kibosh]

I like it!  Very spherical.

[Leonardo da Bricki]

Very nice! It looks much more spherical now, like in the movies.

[LEGO Train 12 Volts]

5 hours ago, kibosh said:

I like it!  Very spherical.

I agree ...this TIE looks incredible and fantastic!

[Surox]

Very Spherical indeed,almost to the point of it being kinda weird for me 0.0

Pretty good otherwise

[kingodacheez]

Oy, Mate!

This is a great technique for creating the spherical shape.

Any chance of a partial teardown for building reference?

I couldn't quite get it from the Flickr pics.

I'd also like to see how the "wings" are put together.

Edited October 13, 2016 by kingodacheez

[kibosh]

33 minutes ago, kingodacheez said:

Oy, Mate!

This is a great technique for creating the spherical shape.

Any chance of a partial teardown for building reference?

I couldn't quite get it from the Flickr pics.

I'd also like to see how the "wings" are put together.

I'd love to see this as well.

[Magmafrost]

9 hours ago, kingodacheez said:

Oy, Mate!

This is a great technique for creating the spherical shape.

Any chance of a partial teardown for building reference?

I couldn't quite get it from the Flickr pics.

I'd also like to see how the "wings" are put together.

 

8 hours ago, kibosh said:

I'd love to see this as well.

I'll throw something more detailed together, but since I dont have my photography stuff set up all the time, it might take a few days. Until then, this will have to do

[strider117]

Wonderful. You've fit co much complexity and structure into a tiny space in the cockpit and the wings are scaled perfectly. Great job Magmafrost

[kibosh]

13 hours ago, Magmafrost said:

 

I'll throw something more detailed together, but since I dont have my photography stuff set up all the time, it might take a few days. Until then, this will have to do

 

This helps a lot.  Thanks!  Is it pretty sturdy?

[Magmafrost]

11 hours ago, kibosh said:

This helps a lot.  Thanks!  Is it pretty sturdy?

Its not at all sturdy when its being put together. Once its together its only a bit better, and if it does fall apart, it really falls apart. It wont wall apart on its own though. Except the windshield. That'll fall off on its own.