Tuskano Posted December 26, 2011 Posted December 26, 2011 (edited) Well, even though I have the page on my MOC page, I plan to put my updates here as well. For those who have easily noticed, I like building ships from the now ended online game of Star Wars Galaxies. Earlier today, I had got it in my head to start a project that I have always wanted to start for a very long time. To build a Y8 Mining Ship scaled to Lego Man size. It's a weird shape for a ship, but I have an idea that can work out to allow it to land on the ground that I will eventually get to. For now, I have started on the framework and its skeleton. So far I have only competed the frame of the cargohold, which I have placed my latest competed LDD creation inside to give a good scale to how big this thing will really be. I'll have to stare at my screenshots some more, but I think the cargoholds are about the right size. If you had looked at the wookieepedia site (the second link in the first paragraph) you would see the "head" of it up on the very top. A YT-1300 would be a little over half that lenght. My Sorosuub yacht in the right scale would be about the size of the whole "head". On to what I have so far. The three cargo holds. Each hold would have a large, thick pressurized door on both ends to connect each together. That, and each hold will have alot of headroom. I'll also be building them so they will be able to disconnect separatly from each other. I'll be updating more as I go along. I honestly have never completed anything bigger then my fighters so I think I will be occuping myself with this for awhile. One thing I always hated was that LDD was always harder to build with then real Legos. Anyways, wish me luck. I hope to finish this at least in LDD... or at least try to before it starts to lag out with the amount of pieces. Then I might ahv eto end up trying to build each section and saved separatly. It might take longer to gather up all the parts to build in real life >.<... so at least I will be making the instructions. Edited December 26, 2011 by Tuskano Quote
JackJonespaw Posted December 26, 2011 Posted December 26, 2011 Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww that's a big model you're going to build. Good luck! From the outline, it looks pretty good. Quote
Tuskano Posted December 27, 2011 Author Posted December 27, 2011 Smallish update here. Working on the front part now. Along with that, got where the living section would be that is right over the cargoholds. The engines will be connected to where that box is under the cargoholds... as well as having positioning thrusters underneith it. Quote
Mr Man Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 On 12/27/2011 at 11:33 AM, Tuskano said: Smallish update here. Working on the front part now. Along with that, got where the living section would be that is right over the cargoholds. The engines will be connected to where that box is under the cargoholds... as well as having positioning thrusters underneith it. My God this thing will be huge . Quote
Tuskano Posted December 28, 2011 Author Posted December 28, 2011 On 12/27/2011 at 5:22 PM, Mr Man said: My God this thing will be huge . That's the plan :)... I'm estamating around 6-7 feet tall with real Legos. I would not want to think how heavy the thing would be >.< Quote
Mr Man Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 On 12/28/2011 at 2:37 AM, Tuskano said: That's the plan :)... I'm estamating around 6-7 feet tall with real Legos. I would not want to think how heavy the thing would be >.< 6-7 feet wow, that will waigh about 4-5 stone or somthing . Quote
Tuskano Posted December 29, 2011 Author Posted December 29, 2011 On 12/28/2011 at 1:03 PM, Mr Man said: 6-7 feet wow, that will waigh about 4-5 stone or somthing . Wow... that's heavy. I might end up designing a gap inside where I can install a metal beam to help if I ever build it. That and a custom display stand on wheels lol. I wish they had an option in LDD where you can toggle gravity and see where needs reinforced. Quote
JackJonespaw Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 On 12/29/2011 at 2:23 AM, Tuskano said: Wow... that's heavy. I might end up designing a gap inside where I can install a metal beam to help if I ever build it. That and a custom display stand on wheels lol. I wish they had an option in LDD where you can toggle gravity and see where needs reinforced. *oh2* That things will be like the UCS Millenium Falcon, 10188 Death Star, and the Super Star Destroyer all stacked on each other. The strain! Quote
Tuskano Posted December 30, 2011 Author Posted December 30, 2011 On 12/29/2011 at 5:53 PM, JackJonespaw said: *oh2* That things will be like the UCS Millenium Falcon, 10188 Death Star, and the Super Star Destroyer all stacked on each other. The strain! Never owned the Death Star, I didn't think it really looked that heavy, guess I was wrong. I'd hate to see how flat the pieces on the bottom would be after awhile o.0 Quote
Tuskano Posted January 3, 2012 Author Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) Here is the final update for the framework I had been working on so I could get a general idea on the angles of the ship. With its size, I had to take multiple screenshots and copy and paste them together in one picture. The engines and most of the spherical parts I have not installed... so that's why there is a nice gap under the cargohold. Sometimes pictures don't give a good show of the details... so I had included the LDD file for the frame on its MOC page near the bottom. Enjoy! Edited January 3, 2012 by Tuskano Quote
Huntleyfx Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 That...just keeps growing in size. 2 things spring to mind: 1) What are you using for reference and 2) Good luck. Quote
Tuskano Posted January 3, 2012 Author Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) On 1/3/2012 at 1:01 AM, Huntleyfx said: That...just keeps growing in size. 2 things spring to mind: 1) What are you using for reference and 2) Good luck. Thanks... I think the framework might have been the hardest as well as very repetivive. The main project might take some time and the waits for any updates a bit longer. My references are my many screenshots I took from the MMO it was from as well as my own knowlegde on it as I decorated the heck out of the one I owned. The screenshots are here in my flicker page. Some of the ones I have it over cities and stuff. I might eventually get around to post the interior of it... but the interior is mostly at the top "head" of it as well as the portion over the cargoholds. Everywhere else is either storage or interior machinery and avionics. Though I do plan on customizing the cargohold as it can easily serve as a hanger. That was how I had it on the game... downside was you could not enter the cargohold in game. So I might be going for a big bulky and open look within it... like from Serenity. Edited January 3, 2012 by Tuskano Quote
Mr Man Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 Hmm the lower cargo bay thing looks a little too tall in comparison with the head, looking at the screenshots you linked to it should be maybe a few inches shorter. The guy in the cockpit looks surprisingly relaxed for someone who is missing most of his ship . Quote
Tuskano Posted January 3, 2012 Author Posted January 3, 2012 (edited) On 1/3/2012 at 11:50 AM, Mr Man said: Hmm the lower cargo bay thing looks a little too tall in comparison with the head, looking at the screenshots you linked to it should be maybe a few inches shorter. The guy in the cockpit looks surprisingly relaxed for someone who is missing most of his ship . Hmm... now that you mentioned it, the head does look a tad small. I might do a little tweaking there and raise it up higher. Ahh... yea I see now what you mean. I read it wrong... already am scaling down the cargohold by a few inches. I can also tell that it is too long as well. Thanks for pointing that out :D And yep, that guy is very relaxed... he has his coffee... or whatever that is. So he is cool with the wait lol. Edited January 15, 2012 by Tuskano Quote
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