Vader`s tie advanced modification of UCS Set

[pablogdv]

Hello to everyone. This is my first post in eurobricks, and I want to share the modification of the UCS 10175 Vader`s tie advanced. 

I have been collecting the and bricklinking UCS sets in the last three years, but this set was really disapointing for me. When I assembled the sandcrawler I was amazed by the planning and analysis of the model. However on the Vader`s tie advanced there were some details that were not taken care of. For example:

1. The cockpit is a huge problem. First of all the Light Bluish Gray Dish 6 x 6 Inverted (Radar) with SW TIE Advanced Hatch Pattern is a unique part that makes it very expensive. On set 75082 there is a similar 6 x 6 one an looks really great.

tie front by pablo gutierrez

 

2. Trans-Clear Windscreen 10 x 10 x 4 Canopy Octagonal with TIE Advanced Pattern is the same as set 75082 and ithe octogonal cockpit has nothing to do with the circular pattern of the cockpit like set 8017

3. On the back you just see a plain gray pattern with no details. Some light bluish gray and dark bluish gray parts to simulate a flat surface. The TIE Advanced x1 featured a Sienar Fleet Systems I-s3a solar ionization reactor and paired P-s5.6 twin ion engines like the original TIE Fighter and is supposed to have extra power. So I expected more details on the engine and there are details on the sides where should exist a space next to the wings and another one smaller in the back (look at the model).

tie back by pablo gutierrez

model tie advanced by pablo gutierrez

4. The back of the ship is another example of lack of details. There are just two Light Bluish Gray Flag 2 x 2 Square pieces. 

5. The seat of the cockpit looses when you put the ship on the pedestal.

COCKPIT by pablo gutierrez

Here are some modifications of the set. 

1. Modified it form the similar 6 x 6 one of set 75082 that looks really great for me. Is an inexpensive solution, keeping the tie pattern and also allows to see inside the cockpit.

TIE ADVANCED MOC ENGINE DETAIL by pablo gutierrez, en Flickr

2. I replaced the U$160 octogonal cockpit by adapting the 75082 frontal part of the ship. It looks similar to the original model and respects the tie fighter aesthetic.

TIE ADVANCED MOC FRONT by pablo gutierrez

3. I created a thicker back. I used Light Bluish Gray Brick, Round Corner 10 x 10 with Slope 33 Edge, Axle Hole, Facet Cutout of set 8017 fitting perfectly on the sides. 

TIE ADVANCED MOC BACK by pablo gutierrez

4. I created the spaces on the side with access to the lateral part of the engine.

5. In the middle part of the engine I included more details on hoses and some color to the set, it`s too gray.

TIE ADVANCED MOC ENGINE DETAIL by pablo gutierrez

6. The back of the ship was modified with a pattern similar to the model and with a pattern that represent the exhaust of the engine of a interstellar spaceship.

TIE ADVANCED MOC BACK by pablo gutierrez

TIE ADVANCED MOC BACK by pablo gutierrez

7: Included the patterns included in set 8017 on the motor and wings

TIE ADVANCED MOC PATTERNS by pablo gutierrez

 

Hope you like it!

 

Pablo

Edited January 5, 2017 by pablogdv

[VaderFan2187]

Nice, but wrong subforum.

[StarWars8Spoiler]

Would also be nice if we got a pic of the whole ship, not just close ups of it.