7263 Playability Mod

[Fallenangel]

I've always thought that the way The LEGO Group's TIEs had the entire front half of the ball cockpit flip up for pilot access was rather excessive, so I made a few small adjustments to 7263 that, among other things, allowed him to get in through the back:

I originally wanted the pilot's seat attached to the back as well (in the style of the old Kenner toys, which featured the pilot and the entire rear half of the TIE as one large piece with a handle you could pull out), but I couldn't make that happen due to my relative inexperience with LDD. Actually, now that I look at it, I also forgot to connect the black 1x3 plates on top with the hatch area (without this, the set would fall apart when picked up).

Any thoughts on this rather simple mod would be welcome...

[Mr Man]

It's a nice idea. A good idea that will mean you could make the front without that big ugly BURP type canopy.

[Brickdoctor]

Nice mod, Fallen. But doesn't that hatch flip upwards?

[Fallenangel]

Nice mod, Fallen. But doesn't that hatch flip upwards?

Hence "Playability Mod".

I think that if I wanted the rear hatch to open more accurately, I would have to have pretty much just the 4x4 inverted dish flip up, something that I couldn't figure out at the time. Looking at it again, though, I think I could just as easily have had the hatch flip upwards. Guess I'll have to incorporate that into a TIE MOC sometime.

[Brickdoctor]

Hence "Playability Mod".

I think that if I wanted the rear hatch to open more accurately, I would have to have pretty much just the 4x4 inverted dish flip up, something that I couldn't figure out at the time. Looking at it again, though, I think I could just as easily have had the hatch flip upwards. Guess I'll have to incorporate that into a TIE MOC sometime.

Clips and bars or something akin to what was used on 4479 would work.