H_Solo Posted July 1, 2015 (edited) After bricklinking my UCS Millenium Falcon last year I was really hooked... to LEGO Star Wars, to UCS-Sets and after reading on and about here in the forum at last to MOC-ing... As I went on and thought about placing the MF into a nice setting of course I stumbled on this excellent work here: http://hudecity.de/?p=2464 ... and again was hooked... this was a really great creation and such a wonderful setting to present the MF properly! I showed it to my wife, who said I was crazy, but thats nothing new to me... so I started collecting parts since the beginning of the year. I found this excellent rebrickable site: http://rebrickable.c...-for-ucs-falcon And downloaded the parts-list and instructions... some very hefty piece-counts are in there... almost 3000 black tiles, over 300 6x2 bricks in DBG... CRAZY!! After half a year I had about everything ready to go now, but this week I finally got a little free time, so I started the project! I went to the hardware store to get a nice baceplate for everything... (117x91cm in total) 18mm strong multiplex wood should be strong enough not to bend under the weight of about 13.000 LEGO bricks...(Hangar + Falcon) As you might see, I did not cut the big gray baseplates in half as with the original rebrickable instructions... I just inserted another small green plate to the middle so elongating the hangar to make even more room for the Falcon... this brought several problems I'm facing right now, but more about that later... I had everything neatly bagged and tagged... Starting of with the first lines of tiles: After a few hours I already had half an Energy shielded doorway... This is where the fun began... the backwall was really delighting to build with lots of great techniques and clever designs After another few hours my son could just barely look over the wall... This is what I got yesterday evening: The wall is now almost finished... but due to the longer baseplate array I wasn't able to close the walls or finish the control building entirely... I had to heavily imrovise elongating the backwall and so I finally ran out of bricks... even if I got about 350 6x2 and 330 4x2, they are all gone now... I'll need to BL some other bricks soon, to get the missing parts done. I decided to finish other stuff around the hangar and start tiling the floor today... just to get a better oversight what I am missing right now... And here's what I have right now... I still got a good bag of black tiles so they should close most of the gaps on the plates... Well, thats all for today... hope you like it as much as I do... (even my wife said, it looks "most impressive!") I'll keep posting as I advance further with my own personal Hangar Bay 327. Edited July 2, 2015 by H_Solo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StarWars8Spoiler Posted July 1, 2015 And here I am wishing I could have room to assemble such a monster build. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sandtrooper Posted July 1, 2015 Congrats on your build! I thought about doing this as well but there are so many elements in the build. Very nice work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
All in the Reflexes Posted July 2, 2015 Its cool enough when people bricklink a 10179 but making the hangar for it as well? You sir are epic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H_Solo Posted July 2, 2015 (edited) Thank you very much! Here's the first update already... I put in all the black tiles I had at home and have just a small piece of the floor missing now... funny, the missing tiles now add up to almost 250... plus some other 80-100 Bricks... Got to do some BL-research later on... Well, heres what it looks like now: I couldn't wait and got my Falcon ready to fly in... Now, that's what I wanted... the hangar kind of dwarfes the Falcon, it doesnt' look out of place or too big inside it...just about right! I also got the crew and some Troopers out, to get ready for action: More updates to come, when I got the missing bricks and can take some real quality pictures of the whole thing... Thanks for looking! Edited July 2, 2015 by H_Solo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lobot Posted July 2, 2015 That's already looking amazing H-Solo, great work! Are you going to add the LEDs to it? I'm almost tempted to build one..... Cheers, Robin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H_Solo Posted July 2, 2015 Thank you, Robin. I don't have plans to light this set, as I'm not so much into electronics. There also would be Lego parts to be drilled-trough and I wouldn't like that... Perhaps I'll build a cabinet to set it on into my dedicated Star Wars room, where there's better lighting. Right now its just sitting on the desk in the guestroom waiting for completion... (I already got all the missing parts in just two BL orders and I'll get the missing tiles on my next visit to Legoland...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Man Posted July 2, 2015 Impressive build, and a fantastic way to display the Falcon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Werlu Ulcur Posted July 3, 2015 Whoa, it's coming out great! Really impressive, congrats! The thing is so huge you can use it as a photo studio . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob De Quatre Posted July 3, 2015 That would make a great coffee table Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NordahlDK Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) Hi all - and especially H_Solo :) Congratulations on your build. I have done the same about 4 months ago, however I did not expand the size of the hangar like you did, but I must really say it looks impressive. Mine hangar is around 99*109 cm I also build a table. I will not be used as a coffee table as I did not get permission from my wife to place it in the living room... So instead it stands in my son's room, where he can use it as a playing table, like for example to build Lego on ;) I bought hardwood back plates (2 times 2.6 cm), and ordered hardened glass (8 mm thick) online from a supplier nearby, and glued the glass together with loctite glue designed for glass. Hope you can see the result in the picture. At the picture the table has just been put together - can upload a picture of the finalised result later. I am really glad for the home build result, and really glad about the scenery / display - and the fact that the MF is being protected from dust ;) BR Michael Edited July 4, 2015 by NordahlDK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H_Solo Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) That looks great! I've been thinking about getting an acrylic glass cover done for the whole thing... The baseplate is 1cm wider around the whole scenery. so a cover could easyly be placed over it. But for now I'll just protect it from dust with a plastic rain cover for garden furniture... Edited July 6, 2015 by H_Solo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RussianArt Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) Wow!It's fantastic!That looks really cool!) Edited July 6, 2015 by RussianArt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaxSupercars Posted July 7, 2015 Cool Idea with the Table... Very nice... :) Max... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chills Posted July 7, 2015 Brilliant!!! That is an amazing MOC. Not just the immense size, but the attention to detail. I've never seen a UCS Falcon in person, but I know they are really big. And to create a hangar that is the perfect scale... wow! Are you going to put in the area where the droids hid while our heroes were being chased? What about the control room right above it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H_Solo Posted July 7, 2015 Thank you, Chills! The details are amazing, but I can't take credit for it, at least not for the normal sized Hangar designed by the brilliant creators I mentioned above in my first post. I just put in two more wallparts at each end... The control room and hideout for the droids would be in front of the scene, so unfortunately there's no room to put it in. I thought about putting in a wall at the right side to add stability to the back wall and close the scene. But right now, I just want to finish it up as it is... Got the missing bricks in the mail today and hope to finish it tomorrow... Just missing the black tiles now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H_Solo Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) So, after getting the missing parts in the mail last week and a visit to Legoland yesterday, I can finally show some pictures of the finished thing. I'll let the pictures do the talking... As I was on it I did a quick shot of the LEGO Star Wars collection so far... Hope you like it... thanks for looking! Edited July 12, 2015 by H_Solo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azrielsc Posted July 12, 2015 Amazing!! Those shiny black tiles... so many of them... :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottishDave Posted July 12, 2015 Totally, insanely amazing. I want one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Puvel Posted July 13, 2015 Damn, that is one of the coolest things ever! Congratulations, well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lynx Posted July 13, 2015 Stunning! And I love the idea of putting such a display into a glassy table. It takes care of limited space and dust alike! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H_Solo Posted July 13, 2015 Thank you very much! After making the hangar longer the tile-counter went up quite a bit... Must be well over 3000 tiles now... Totaling the hanger to over 8000 pieces... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hallonsylt Posted July 13, 2015 So god damn impressed by builds like these, a true scenery! Job well done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
