[MOC] Micro Moldy Crow from the Dark Forces series

[mcphatty]

Here’s another micro build, this time it’s Kyle Katarn’s Moldy Crow along with instructions.

She’s not the most attractive ship but back in the 90’s the long, pointy shape was a bit more appealing to me than the other round and body designs. I’ve since seen the light, of course my favourite is the Falcon now :)


Reddish brown has been the least appealing colour I’ve built with, especially because the available pieces are a bit limited, but I think it came out okay.

I’ve got two more ships almost finished and a pile of pieces on order to build them with. As much as I love messing around in Stud.io I’m now looking forward to getting a bunch of my micros together for a photo, and with any luck that’ll include Slave 1 this week.

[Kristof]

Cool little design! And great instructions - Thanks for sharing. The only thing I don't particularly love about this one is the winglet connection - that black bar stud might hold in the open stud of the brown 1x2 just fine, but it just feels a bit on a flimsy side, given the relatively substantial wings.

I'm sure looking forward to seeing the completed models!

 

[mcphatty]

@Kristof thanks! I know what you mean about the wing connections, they look very weak, however the modified brick that the black bar-plates fit into has hollow holes, the bars go all the way through the holes and touch in the middle of the brick. The connection is actually stronger than the modified brick’s connection to the main body. I’ll try to do a render later to illustrate the point, but if you were thinking of building it then you won’t have to worry :)

[Kristof]

@mcphatty No need to illustrate, you explained that perfectly. I didn't realize these bricks are through-hole! As such I am no longer worried about the connection :D

[deraven]

This is a great micro-scale rendition!  Everything is clean and well-integrated, and makes good use of parts.