Richpepperell Posted October 4, 2015 Now, I'm not saying this is particularly big or clever, but I thought I'd try it out as I haven't seen it anywhere else - swapping the original x-wing canopy for the new (and definitely improved) version that comes with 75102). It turned out it wasn't a straight swap either. The astromech socket need to be moved back by 1 stud, the back of the ship needed to be lowered, and a few other little changes were needed too. I decided to raise the pilot's seat, and the extra room created by the sloping back of the canopy allowed for the introduction of a targeting computer too. Maybe more controversially, I've also added the stud shooters (from Rey's speeder) as although I won't be firing them, I actually like the way it looks! Comments appreciated! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kristof Posted October 4, 2015 Well done! I was expecting to see these mods like mushrooms after rain as soon as Poe's X-wing went available but to my big surprise, nothing till your post. Thank you for that though - as one may expect this looks waaay better than the original. I love this canopy and I'm surely getting several of them for further x-wing builds. Regarding those shooters, I don't think it's controversial at all. These pieces represent ion canons (or proton torpedos or whatever these shings are :D ) really well, although I'm not sure about adding the actual stud in them - looks more like a light now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GuyDudeMan27 Posted October 4, 2015 Looks great! I'm currently doing the same to my X-Wing, as well as a ton of other mods. I made the decision to leave the astromech socket where it was, and just made it so that only the head of the droid would show. This gave me an extra stud for greebles, as I'm gonna do a complete overhaul of those. I'm definitely going to consider making a targeting computer similar to that, seeing how much room is left over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BJM Posted October 4, 2015 This looks great and is good to see that it is so doable - although not straight forward. This leads me to a frustration - it makes sense for TLG to want and encourage us to mod things and play with the lego, and yet we cannot buy the cockpit piece from pick a brick, when we can buy everything else of the ship (i understand minifigs not forming part of this). Please TLG, why not let us buy multiple cockpits? Is the only way forward Bricklink??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulPrime Posted October 4, 2015 Great, it looks much better now. I like the addition of the stud shooters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richpepperell Posted October 4, 2015 (edited) This looks great and is good to see that it is so doable - although not straight forward. This leads me to a frustration - it makes sense for TLG to want and encourage us to mod things and play with the lego, and yet we cannot buy the cockpit piece from pick a brick, when we can buy everything else of the ship (i understand minifigs not forming part of this). Please TLG, why not let us buy multiple cockpits? Is the only way forward Bricklink??? I actually got this canopy piece direct from TLG customer services. Although it doesn't seem to be visible in any of the photos, there's actually a scratch across the windscreen that was there when it came out of the bag. I emailed them and they sent a replacement through the next day. I totally agree with you - why not sell them directly to us... they'd be raking it in! Edited October 4, 2015 by Richpepperell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FTG Prime Posted October 4, 2015 Awesome !! I'm doing the same & a ton of Heavy Mods Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kristof Posted October 4, 2015 pick a brick, when we can buy everything else of the ship Are you sure that every other brick for x-wing is available on pick a brick? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BJM Posted October 4, 2015 Are you sure that every other brick for x-wing is available on pick a brick? No - absolutely not unfortunately. There's about 80% of most sets, all the more common bricks that range across multiple sets that are available that year or so are easy to get hold of, but some colours are a bit more scarce - but who wouldn't want that new cannopy??? I do love Poe's x-wing a lot though and wondered about the back and side greebling for modding further Richpepperell's version as above. Things like the stud shooters again as above, I think look great, but Poe's needs these better looking wing cannons from the last version. It is funny that new is not always better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kristof Posted October 4, 2015 ^ 80% of most sets... huh I'd very much doubt that. Whenever I need some parts I check PaB first and in most cases it fails to offer that part. You can hardly expect lego to sell these special pieces (printed windscreens included) - not only that such pieces are more difficult to make, thus more expensive. It's also very likely that lego run limited production batches and lastly these parts increase the value and popularity of some sets. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LegoPercyJ Posted October 5, 2015 This looks great! Well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YellowCorvette Posted October 5, 2015 Nice MOD, but the stud shooter that act as torpedo launcher should be in White, not in Dark red. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nom Carver Posted October 5, 2015 (edited) I would recommend removing the clip brick in front of the stud shooter and keep the "cheeks" how the looked in the official set and try to lower the R2 unit one plate. Edited October 5, 2015 by Nom Carver Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
