[MOC] Mini Outrider

[mcphatty]

Hi everyone. I’ve tried to squeeze the Outrider into a mini scale build based around the cockpit from the Falcon Microfighters. Because the ship seems smaller than the Falcon this was tougher to refine at this scale and I’m not as pleased with it. I’ll probably come back to it a few times to tinker and especially to get some sort of engine vents on the back. Purists are going to hate me, I used a knife to cut an LBG lightsaber to make the turrets and also trimmed the binucular pieces so they fit the cones... sorry!! I’m gonna try to build a few more ships in this scale, my favourites from the old Star Wars games, and since I’ve got one more cockpit cone left I think the next should be the Otana :) Any suggestions for improvements on this build would be great!

More purist rage bait ahead! I had a go at spraying the very old octagonal slope piece I used for the cockpit tunnel on the mini Falcon, here’s the result. Although it doesn’t match the LBG I think it’s a lot better than the original dark grey piece. The colour doesn’t scratch off, the vinyl dye seeps a tiny bit into the surface which is a great result, but sadly it’s not glossy. If anyone’s interested it’s the light grey vinyl dye spray by Brillo. I also sprayed the curved slope parts just to blend the slightly different colour into the build.

[TemjinStrife]

You could probably avoid cutting the lightsaber bits by using some of the lipstick holders.

[stormtroopercaptain]

I always loved this ship. I do think it was supposed to be a little smaller than the falcon. 

Your build is awesome and has great detail for the size. And who cares if you had to cut some parts to make it. It’s your build do it the way you want. 

[mcphatty]

Thanks! I like the size, it’s cheap to build at this scale and a good challenge to make the mocs solid enough to play with (which is what my kids do when I’m not looking!). 

That lipstick piece is great, thanks for the suggestion, I’ll get a few with my next Bricklink order to see if the coloured parts come out of the tube.

[obijon]

Yes, the lipstick piece would be better for the purists and I must get myself a few of those.  Very useful for mini building.  I must admit the only pieces I have ever cut were the technic hoses.

Nice looking model.  My only suggestion would be that the trans blue parts for the engines maybe look a bit "tall".  

maybe taper down using the 1x2 curved slopes top and bottom and have a 2 plate high engine in between or 1x2 jump plates to have a thin blue line for the engines.

Edited March 20, 2018 by obijon