Wurger49 Posted January 24 Posted January 24 The LEGO ARC-170 has an ingenious technic system for its S-foils, while I can’t hope to design another mechanism like that, it may be possible to design a folding wing Republic Attack Shuttle. The shuttle left quite an impression on my younger self when I first saw the angular nosed ship on Clone Wars. The Nu-class was a faster, long-ranged supplementary design to the LAAT gunship, designed by Cygnus Spaceworks. The class had heavier armor and shielding from the dorsal fin, it also housed a hyperdrive for long distance travel. As it performed the role of an armored transport, it had seats for up to 30 clone troopers, while lacking the missile launchers of the LAAT gunship. It was designed with fold-down wings, similar to fighters like the V-19 Torrent and it was the predecessor to the famous Lambda-Class. Its boarding hatch was located at the nose of the shuttle, right below the cockpit. My alternate build is Midi scale to sit a single pilot in the cockpit, unfortunately the passenger cabin is just a shell with no flooring, no trooper can be seated inside. I had to use the plates for other parts of the ship. There are 2 swivel mounted laser cannons on the cheeks of the cockpit, plus 2 fixed laser cannons on the front of the wing joints. The cockpit is one heavy module hanging off the pin hole hinge, achieving the angled cockpit effect. Folding wing mechanism is achieved by technic beams, axles and connectors. A round connector is used on each wing to limit the angle which the wings can fold down, and a 1x2 slope is used to limit the angle which the wings can fold up. You can pick up the model from the dorsal fin and swoosh it around holding the technic beams underneath the passenger cabin. I would recommend using your hands to soften the movement of the wings folding down, as they had snapped off in my prototype designs. I have reinforced the wings in the released version where they didn’t snap off from playing, but better safe than sorry. As the attack shuttle comes to land, the wings fold up smoothly and I built 4 landing gears using more technic pieces. While it’s unfortunate that this model has no troop-carrying capability, I think I captured the essence of the Nu-class very well and it is a perfect addition to the Grand Army of Republic’s fleet of spaceships. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/208832 Quote
codyaner Posted January 24 Posted January 24 That's an awesome Alt-Build! Always surprised what you're pulling out Quote
Wurger49 Posted January 24 Author Posted January 24 On 1/24/2025 at 9:58 AM, codyaner said: That's an awesome Alt-Build! Always surprised what you're pulling out Expand Cheers, your Shuttle looks amazing too! Quote
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