[MOC] Mon Calamari MC35 Destroyer Escort

[ProvenceTristram]

So, I've been kicking around designing a smaller Mon Calamari cruiser for a while now, but had always held back. For one thing, I don't think MC ships tend to translate well into Lego unless you go almost obscenely large, and I wanted to do something that would A) fit in well with the small fleet I'm assembling, B) occupy roughly the same scale, and C) not be something requiring the mortgaging of property to assemble. This, of course, ruled out the largest of the Mon Calamari ships - the MC80s and above (well-know Liberty and Home One types), but I wasn't totally in love with the smaller options, either. If I was going to stick strictly to cannon or even legends material, I was really forced to choose between the smaller MC30 frigate and the bigger MC40 light cruiser (the latter from the X-Wing and TIE Fighter games), and I didn't feel confident enough working with these fleshy-looking warships yet to to do the MC40, and did not care enough for the MC30 to try (although, looking back on it, the MC40's simple shape would have been easier than the ship I wound up constructing, so I may do one of these later).

Ultimately, I settled on creating a hybrid vessel of my own design - the MC35 destroyer escort. Even though I don't really like the SW: Armada ship overall, I really appreciated the efforts of the MC30's creators to incorporate some exposed details into the more tradition Mon Calamari lines, so my boat would employ these, too, but restrict them to a single compartment - engineering, which would be open to aid in cooling the ship's large hyperdrive. Like with all my capital ships, I did my best to build in multiple interior scenes.

Anyway, this is what I came up with:

Exterior

Interior

Captain's Cabin:

Bridge/Briefing Room:

Engineering:

Obviously it's not perfect, but I feel like it was a pretty decent first effort. Total part count is a little under 1,700 pieces, which makes it roughly 1,000 pieces smaller than my Dreadnaught (though I still consider that the superior build). This isn't too bad considering that they're about the same size:

 

Edited November 7, 2016 by ProvenceTristram

[Littleworlds]

Mon Calamari ships are quite difficult to build in Lego for obvious reasons, but you really rocked it! Looks very proper and that you gave it minifig scaled interior is a very neat icing on the cake. I love it  

 

[ProvenceTristram]

5 minutes ago, Littleworlds said:

Mon Calamari ships are quite difficult to build in Lego for obvious reasons, but you really rocked it! Looks very proper and that you gave it minifig scaled interior is a very neat icing on the cake. I love it  

 

Thank you!

[GalbynZ]

I love it! Very nice work!!!

[Brent and Halfdan]

Great ship with many interior details! The briefing room is my favorite.

[ProvenceTristram]

6 hours ago, Brent and Halfdan said:

Great ship with many interior details! The briefing room is my favorite.

 

6 hours ago, GalbynZ said:

I love it! Very nice work!!!

Thanks! I actually started working on the MC40 last night, so I should release another in the coming weeks.

Edited November 7, 2016 by ProvenceTristram

[Fuppylodders]

I think Mon Calamari ships in Lego being 'quite difficult' is an understatement, Id say it would be really difficult to do one justice. But I see here a perfect representation of it being done justice! I normally find pure curved exteriors to be quite bland, but yours is spot on, and I really like it. I like the section two thirds to the back too, the control tower area looks tidy, and its pretty nifty that you've fitted a nice compactinterior into it. Excellent job! 

[Raskolnikov]

That's nice fleet of playable Rebel capital ships that you're accumulating.  Are you going to build brick versions of all of them?  'Cause we should totally set up a big battle somehow...

[ProvenceTristram]

46 minutes ago, Raskolnikov said:

That's nice fleet of playable Rebel capital ships that you're accumulating.  Are you going to build brick versions of all of them?  'Cause we should totally set up a big battle somehow...

Lol. HOW DO YOU KNOW MY MIND?!

This one will have to wait - I am still receiving parts in the mail for my dreadnaught, and it was really expensive. When all is said and done after Christmas, I hope to have 2 Pelta refits, an out-of-scale Tantive IV, the Dread and possibly orders out for LDiEgo's fantastic Nebulon B. Plus, there's the MC40 WIP I've got cooking - I've already got the hull outline laid out, and am working on fleshing out the form. If I can make it look good and manage to keep the parts count manageable, I will construct that before this, because the MC40's basic shape allows for a LOT more interior space. 

By the way, if anyone wants the LDD for this, just PM me.

Edited November 7, 2016 by ProvenceTristram

[ProvenceTristram]

So the MC40 is progressing REALLY well. I started it last night, and expect to finish it either tomorrow or Wednesday. Ballpark estimate is about 2,500 pieces, though it could be less. So far, it's easily the equal to my Dreadnaught, and may frankly be my best work in Star Wars capital ships. 

[Schneeds]

I really like the engine area.  It's very understated, but looks great.  It would look even better in real bricks!

[Azrielsc]

On 08/11/2016 at 5:18 PM, Schneeds said:

I really like the engine area.  It's very understated, but looks great.  It would look even better in real bricks!

Same here! Love the "exposed" engine internals with all the greebling... Can't wait to see the brickbuilt version.

[VaderFan2187]

Sweet! Really really like it!

And you even fitted in an interior! 

[guest1985to]

The design is awesome! I’d love to use it in a story I writing if you wouldn’t mind. 

[MovieEyeAnimationStudios]

Hey, I really like your model, and it i very rare to find good mon calamari ship models, I am making Lego Star wars stop motions, and working on my Thrawn trilogy adaptopn at the moment. I tried to build up some mon calamari ships on my own but it didn't worked out that good. So I wanted to ask if you could sent me the 3d model, if you want, so that I can animate it into my films, you would be linked of course in the description and everything. I can understand if you don't want to but I just wanted to ask.

Greetings Lukas aka MovieEye 

[FluffyNinja]

Yah this ship looks amazing and I was wondering if you sold the instructions I would love to build this myself if not I understand