Wurger49 Posted January 20, 2025 Posted January 20, 2025 The ARC-170 has 3 windscreens and round engines pieces, that’s enough for me to start on another Republic Gunship after doing the Z-95. The Midi gunships have been my most popular designs. I started with the idea of doing the stepped canopy layout like the actual Gunship, but ran into problems with the height generated and didn’t have enough plates for the wings and fuselage. I had to scrap that idea and restart with a flush canopy layout like the F-14 Tomcat. The cockpit is very spacious with pilot at the front and wizzo at the back with different controller slopes. 4 clone troopers can stand inside the cargo bay. I played with pin hole plates to get the right angles for the frame of the gunship. The R4 astromech is a permanent member of the ship as it acts as the support column among the technic beams and bricks. Go R4! For easier building, I have broken the whole thing down into 11 manageable sections: 2 missile launcher wings, 4 side panels, a 2-seater cockpit, a back ramp, a spine, and a base. Snapping them together on studs is a breeze. The back ramp does open, but the R4 astromech standing tall blocking the entrance. The wings are connected on technic axles and held in the right angle supported by slopes. In terms of handling this model, I would recommend picking it up from the spine and swooshing it around holding the cargo bay floor or front side panels. If you would like to hold it on the back panels, have the pressure points on the area where they connect to brackets. Do not try to pick up from wings and the cockpit area. This gunship packs a punch. There are two posable nose mounted laser cannons, the swivel plates are perfect for small scale models. There is a missile launcher on each wings, I tried a few different layouts before settling on the final design. This gunship is an evolution of my different gunship alternate builds from different sets, it’d be a fantastic addition to any LEGO Star Wars collection! Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/208423 Quote
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