[MOC] New Republic E-Wing Starfighter - Alternate Build Of 75399 Rebel U Wing

[Wurger49]

Following the successful launch of the Rebel Z-95 Headhunter, I decided to follow it with an E-Wing, as I can make use of designs utilised in the Z-95.
 
The E-Wing was notable for being the first fighter designed entirely under the rule of New Republic, intended to match and exceed the performance the preceding X-Wing in every respect, and replace the older designs in the New Republic service. However, despite being a more advanced design, no starfighter can achieve the same popularity of the famous X-Wing.
 
I started the design with shortening the nose, there is a minimum length that needs to be due to the tapering from hinge plates. The nose cone was reduced to two studs, and the windscreen was moved forward by one stud. Proportionally, the back section, which housed the power and deflector-shield generators should be similar length to the nose.
 
Next thing I worked on is how to hang the two engines on the wings, my initial attempt wasn’t strong enough for my liking, and redesign took more time than I expected. In the end, a very strong four studs connection on brackets was used. Once the connection point was worked out, the rest of the engine pods and wings progressed quickly.

1x4 slopes look great for wing struts, and pin hole plates with a technic pin on top looks like a fake connection. In reality, the wings are connected on two towball sockets each, their angles are set by the studs from the brackets on the fuselage and a 2x8 white plate on the belly of the fuselage to prop it up. The bent wingtips is achieved by a towball connection with a bracket setting the angle.
 
A plate built yellow and black astromech sat behind the cockpit, and twelve cutout slopes are used to create the shape of the back fuselage, with grilles and tiles for greebling. I built a small stand using spare round bricks which is tall enough to stand the E-Wing without the engines touching the table.
 
After putting all the sections together, the wing connections are strong enough to hold the entire E-Wing up by itself. One area of weakness is the connection for the bent wingtips, the overall model is very solid and thus very swooshable, you can hold it anywhere on the fuselage. Its distinctive and battle-worn blend of white, grey, blue, and yellow gave the design a grounded, authentic feel appropriate for a frontline fighter. This cool E-Wing starfighter will make another fine addition to any LEGO Star Wars collection.

Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/220701

 

 

 

 

 

[Mandalorianknight]

Nicely done, the ship is very good but for some reason the astromech really sticks out to me, it's a lot of fun to make a character out of the ship parts.

[Wurger49]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Nicely done, the ship is very good but for some reason the astromech really sticks out to me, it's a lot of fun to make a character out of the ship parts.

haha, thanks, the yellow really pops, you can remove one plate of height, but it gets mostly buried.