[MOC] Naboo N-1 Starfighter

[CardinalBricks]

Hey Eurobricks,

I have for you today a MOC of the Naboo N-1 Starfighter seen in the prequels. This is the first of 3 Star Wars ship MOCs I will be posting to the forum today.

Apologies for the photography and cluttered background. I tried my best but I don't have a great set-up at the location I am now.

This is one of the sleekest ships in Star Wars, and I tried my hardest to replicate that quality as best I could without compromising its beautiful shape. As anyone who's tried to design one of these before probably knows, this is a very difficult ship to capture in LEGO, particularly at minifigure scale. After many revisions, this is what I settled on and I think it came out great.

To remark on the scale a little bit actually, it is slightly bigger than minifigure scale. I scaled it almost exactly with the astromech droid head on the top, however, so everything is pretty proportional. This was a good strategy because the cockpit shield piece is huge even at this scale (hence why I pained some yellow over it). I also shortened the back by removing about two 2x2 round bricks because, at that point, it was longer than my x-wing and it didn't look right.

A side and back view

A peek inside the cockpit

Thanks for giving this a look! Any thoughts are welcome in the comments (especially from anyone who have attempted one of these before).

[JintaiZ]

Great build!