mortesv Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) The fleet is "done", but I just can’t stop building. So I found this little ship that didn't make the cut last time around :) The ship is seen a few seconds at the end of The Empire Strikes Back. The ship has no official designation, but I “think” it is a Corellian Engineering UB-820 Heavy Tanker. Sketching it up. I wanted to have the ship in my Rebel fleet (1 : 250), but there is no official record of the ship’s size – or even pictures of the model. The only thing I had to go by is what is seen in the movie. So before I could begin building the ship I had to determine its size. In the clip where the ship is seen there is a camera pan. By watching this continuously I got a sense of its size. I ended up with a ship slightly longer then the Millennium Falcon and I made a sketch in LDD. The Heavy Tanker. The sketch seen above went to a few a few revisions until I ended up with this model. The Heavy Tanker can transport most known materials in either solid, liquid or gas form. The 800 series can even transport plasma and antimatter thanks to their powerful magnetic containment fields. Overview. The two large tanks in front house the cargo. A pipe system can be seen transporting cargo from one tank to the other should it prove necessary. Behind each tank is a large blowout valve where the cargo can be jettisoned in an emergency. The two-person cockpit is placed between the tanks and on the side of the ship are the multi-substance engines. These engines enable the ship to move trough a number of different liquids and gasses and should the material retrieval require it. The end of the ship houses normal hyperdrive engines. Belly of the Beast. Underneath the ship we find the vacuum intakes for the storage tanks. The intakes can work under most conditions and can also perform refuelling duties for other ships. Flying Away. From this angle we can see the Tanker’s hyperdrive exhaust. Finally the Tanker found the fleet :) This was a fun quick little build - please comment :) Edited December 6, 2016 by mortesv Quote
Only Sinner Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 Good looking build, especially for not having much visual material towork with. My preferred tanker would be a tankard; full of alien beer. Quote
Raskolnikov Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 Cool, I definitely have wondered what other blurry ships are in that scene, since we can at least tell that they're not corvettes or transports. I don't suppose there are any clear images of the model(s) used in the film? Since we don't get a close up, I suppose the special effects artists might have used scraps or even coffee cups, for all we know. Quote
ChiefPie Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 Looks nice. Kinda looks like a pod racer. Quote
ProvenceTristram Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 Smaller than I envisioned them being. Quote
mortesv Posted December 5, 2016 Author Posted December 5, 2016 3 hours ago, Only Sinner said: Good looking build, especially for not having much visual material towork with. My preferred tanker would be a tankard; full of alien beer. Romulan Ale perhaps? No wait, wrong universe :) 2 hours ago, Raskolnikov said: Cool, I definitely have wondered what other blurry ships are in that scene, since we can at least tell that they're not corvettes or transports. I don't suppose there are any clear images of the model(s) used in the film? Since we don't get a close up, I suppose the special effects artists might have used scraps or even coffee cups, for all we know. I have been looking at the various film model forums amd there are no known pictures of the model - or event the parts it is made of. I have a feeling there is an old ashtray in there though :) 2 hours ago, ChiefPie said: Looks nice. Kinda looks like a pod racer. My thoughts exactly! 9 minutes ago, ProvenceTristram said: Smaller than I envisioned them being. At first glance I thought was bigger as well - being a bit behind the frigate. But after a few playbacks I could see it is under the frigate, looking comparable to the Falcon. Quote
VaderFan2187 Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 3 hours ago, ChiefPie said: Looks nice. Kinda looks like a pod racer. Exactly what I thought!! Great build! Simple but looks like the movie one Quote
xboxtravis7992 Posted December 5, 2016 Posted December 5, 2016 Wow; I love seeing these obscure ships being modeled and made into MOCs. Quote
Azrielsc Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 Cool! Another rebel ship to add to the growing fleet! Thanks again, Mortesv! Quote
wmxproductions Posted December 19, 2016 Posted December 19, 2016 Do you have the LDD file for this? Quote
Azrielsc Posted February 5, 2017 Posted February 5, 2017 (edited) Finally managed to find the time to "reverse-engineer" this build to add to my Rebel Fleet! Quick shot from my phone. Nice small ship, was kinda surprised that it's only slightly longer than the MF. Kudos to Mortesv once again! Edited February 6, 2017 by Azrielsc Quote
mortesv Posted February 6, 2017 Author Posted February 6, 2017 18 hours ago, Azrielsc said: Finally managed to find the time to "reverse-engineer" this build to add to my Rebel Fleet! Quick shot from my phone. Nice small ship, was kinda surprised that it's only slightly longer than the MF. Kudos to Mortesv once again! Excellent! Looks spot on! Although I have since added a little obscure detail to my model - but it is somewhere it can't be seen so there is no way of telling if it is correct or not :P :) Quote
Azrielsc Posted February 6, 2017 Posted February 6, 2017 5 hours ago, mortesv said: Excellent! Looks spot on! Although I have since added a little obscure detail to my model - but it is somewhere it can't be seen so there is no way of telling if it is correct or not :P :) Haha! I changed a bit of the colour scheme at the back of the ship after posting that photo and am going to build another one, also with a few mods! I guess the Nebulon needs more than 1 tanker, right? Quote
mortesv Posted February 7, 2017 Author Posted February 7, 2017 17 hours ago, Azrielsc said: Haha! I changed a bit of the colour scheme at the back of the ship after posting that photo and am going to build another one, also with a few mods! I guess the Nebulon needs more than 1 tanker, right? Great, the more the merrier :) I put in some obscure greeblies that also makes the made 1 plate thickness longer :) The added length can be agued for or against since the source material is so blurry though :) Quote
gripalda Posted June 15, 2020 Posted June 15, 2020 Is there anyway that you can send building instructions for this ship? Quote
gripalda Posted June 16, 2020 Posted June 16, 2020 Is anyone selling the plans for Corellian Engineering UB-820 Heavy Tanker. Let me know gripalda@hotmail.com Quote
Moppo Posted June 16, 2020 Posted June 16, 2020 You'll have more luck trying to reverse-engineer it than reviving a 3-year-old thread. Quote
jamie75 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Plus mortesv hasn't been on since Feb 14th. I spent about 15 minutes working on this in LDD and while it's not an exact copy. It's easy to figure out. Mine has 102 pieces. Jamie Quote
gripalda Posted June 24, 2020 Posted June 24, 2020 Jamie 75 - The LDD looks great. I'm 15 and just beginning to venture from building the sets My Dad buys to building my own models. I'm really far from building the Nebulon, but getting my feet wet with the UB-820 would be a nice start. If you don't mind sharing the LLD, it would be appreciated. If not possible I'll understand. GR Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.