Kdapt-Preacher Posted March 3, 2021 Posted March 3, 2021 The EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigate, usually known as the Rebel medical frigate, Rebel cruiser, or just the Nebulon-B, was originally designed as a warship for the Imperial Navy, but its limited Imperial service was overshadowed by its extensive use by the Rebellion and New Republic. Although the most famous ship of this class, Redemption, was primarily a hospital ship, the frigates were quite capable in combat and carried a small contingent of starfighters (although there's been a great deal of discussion as to exactly where). The Nebulon-B has to be one of the most commonly MOCed ships in Star Wars: I count, at the time of this writing, 18 different versions on Rebrickable. I have three specific points in mind to make mine stand out: First, just to shake things up a bit, it's based on Vanguard rather than Redemption--change the red to gray if you prefer the ESB version. Second, I wanted the anterior antennae cluster to correctly protrude through the outer armor rather than sit in front of it, which is something that most small-scale MOCs (and even the official set!) don't go for. Finally, my Nebulon-B is built at 1:1455 scale, or approximately 11.64 meters per stud, which matches 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer and my other ship models (and any of the huge number of other peoples' MOCs that are also designed to fit with the official Ultimate Collector Series ISDs). Additionally, I do intend to make the armored Imperial Nebulon as well, and I designed this model with that in mind! It will probably be based on Ansel Hsiao's take on it rather than the better-known EC Henry version. Two notes! First, Stud.io predicts two collision issues in the model, under the sloped armor. It's being overcautious; I have built this in real life and it fits perfectly. Second, the Millennium Falcon that's pictured here is the official LEGO one from 77904, which (bizarrely) is actually to scale with this smaller model and not to the set it came in. You can download the Stud.io file and PDF instructions for free on Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-68297/Kdapt-Preacher/11455-ef76-nebulon-b-escort-frigate/ Quote
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