Dameronian

Poe X wing mods: no bands/retractable landing gear/full split wings

Recommended Posts

Hi all, I mocked up a full split wing mechanism earlier with conventional ratcheted hinge plates and retractable rear landing gear, and here's how things turned out. I love the look of the Psiaki wing mods but that's just too fragile for me.

This thing is fully swooshable and doesn't go flappy in either open or closed wing configuration. Closed wing position is nice and gapless and doesn't bend when sitting on the landing gear.

Previous mock up with hinges and landing gear, made with spare parts:

image_zps8anuhbfq.jpeg

image_zpsyhimrl2c.jpeg

And here's how it turned out:

280D15B3-885F-4782-83D0-FB7AFFBB8AB2_zpsyw4ssh3w.jpg

80D80044-CD37-4EF1-873A-E1C8434AC397_zps3bv8pd5k.jpg

9692E41A-16BE-4C83-83AC-307CA748CBC3_zpsgz8dmjar.jpg

5A672AB3-2AA4-424E-9CE9-D7D7B2334509_zpsoc5kabio.jpg

ADE96CDA-7CA1-4C4C-BC53-0283EDC67F6B_zps8wcmnsmf.jpg

044BFE71-FB86-492E-A37F-902F01950CA7_zpsv0zh4ukj.jpg

C6DB95DA-ECA6-44AE-B826-0B89637C751E_zps2ppazn8m.jpg

52A9679E-7944-48D2-8228-9677A11580F2_zpsomgjqvft.jpg

Landing gear retracted:

C255C820-6E42-4AA6-8542-B9328B5EB141_zpsvgwvik55.jpg

72F15746-AB78-43E8-B3CD-31C1AD767776_zpszihfdyiz.jpg

Landing gear deployed:

18863FBC-AB9A-4257-AC54-251F8393E197_zpstr39d1qk.jpg

Edited by Dameronian

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

if Lego had somehow put the rubber band -in the middle- of the wing, not only it would have been concealed & looked better, I believe it would have eliminated the front gap as well

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks guys.

The practical thing about these hinge plates is that the open wing configuration is the first click from the closed position, making adjustments really quick and easy.

D78D01AC-9AE3-440F-AE4B-9FFF7BA12FE0.png_zps42ggbjnw.jpeg

4F8B1628-DF19-47B7-8355-87090E706FB8_zpsmc5creia.jpg

1F2A1307-9D24-435F-96F8-CAD62D1472D0_zpsx18mrevn.jpg

9D813037-A358-482E-965D-929F977E3349_zpsfiwbiyz6.jpg

Last one, group pic with Jek 14s E Wing and a 75105 MF with just light grey plates and thickened mandibles. All have retractable landing gear mods of course, I'm so OCD about that hahaha

F08B11EA-B488-4486-9B30-F129A8752AA5_zpsbisv7rse.jpg

AD0DBC0B-2A7F-496F-8F7F-D05F0B2528C8_zpszdrwhgfh.jpg

Edited by Dameronian

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Last few tiny mods to make me happier.

-Minor mods to cockpit, with side consoles and seat with headrest (forgot to take a pic)

-shorter front landing strut for better alignment with the retractable rears

-bb8 sits lower

-pattern of orange on the wings a tiny bit more movie accurate

-removed the engine intake grills again...(it adds texture but removes the effect of depth in the intake)

346CB3A7-5D1D-46A4-81BF-77122C892142_zpsimosnfnj.jpg

1CC25890-1E4D-4963-9EA6-DF4952034B88_zps5c2uulgc.jpg

DA3C76F2-477E-4F3E-B8D4-8F0AE81C0277_zpsxtzqfbvh.jpg

6E366A5C-54A5-4D3A-8222-2B46D95F858C_zps1ijbgygb.jpg

Ps: you may have noticed that I moved lower wings forward one stud, and the uppers backward, for a more movie accurate overall wing profile

Edited by Dameronian

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Very nice. I love the joint. Maybe I can try your method to mod my wing's joint.

Edited by billyamy

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

if Lego had somehow put the rubber band -in the middle- of the wing, not only it would have been concealed & looked better, I believe it would have eliminated the front gap as well

anothergol, check out my topic: http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=116568

Last one, group pic with Jek 14s E Wing and a 75105 MF with just light grey plates and thickened mandibles. All have retractable landing gear mods of course, I'm so OCD about that hahaha

Dameronian, could you please share some pictures about the Stealth Fighter landing gears MOD?

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Dameronian, could you please share some pictures about the Stealth Fighter landing gears MOD?

Sure. First off, this fighter is supposedly a version of the E-wing, and I moved the engines and wing canons to positions more in keeping with the E wing design. Also, the astromech is carried internally on an E wing, so I removed the droid compartment on top.

Here we have a beautiful ship, a special forces E Wing of sorts, marred by a lot of bulky and unsightly technic pieces under the wings.

With regards to the landing gear mods, I basically removed all the technic and axle parts below the wing, only retaining the wing hinges. To gain more friction in the wing hinges for manual adjustment, I substituted axles with pins. The wings now have to stay in the landing position on friction alone.

Look closely at the rear landing gear: in its retracted postition it acts as a bump stop at the forward hinge for the downward movement of the wings to attack position.

The bottom of the fighter is now also very flat. Very accurate to the original design and devoid of the cumbersome and bulky mechanism required for the move from landed to attack wing positions.

So the landing gear is basically what locks the wings in attack position by not allowing downward movement any further than an E-wing like angle.

This rear landing gear isn't the most elegant in its landing position. But it is nearly invisible when retracted.

Ps: I moved the front landing gear forward, and basically put the taller front of the Poe X wing on this fighter and vice versa (for better allignment on both fighters)

Landed wing and landing gear position:

B22B0F82-2552-4C02-BC65-A6E2C2108471_zpsczt49tlu.jpg

85628CDE-A2D2-40B4-8C9D-C0357F7D4D2C_zpsnyxfgc18.jpg

1ABF96B0-34D1-4527-BD44-3D71FCACD6ED_zpsqxqkn29p.jpg

DFBCBFE9-BB50-46C9-9DA2-D48532D797FF_zpstxahmn7x.jpg

E96E2498-835F-4B5E-8E4F-F9BBE03AF4BB_zps7wr06xjt.jpg

Landing gear retracted (and acting as a bump stop for the forward wing hinge):

FD233202-1D49-45D3-BCCC-C7D2C8A67A6D_zpseuwfthd2.jpg

B1AD5B5E-64BC-450D-A3EC-9239531BB131_zpspjn5gggx.jpg

Gear retracted, wings up:

33A2AA9C-E7C9-4C4D-B2EA-DDDC1F2498DF_zpslvpkkuwh.jpg

2010FA88-1F17-4D4F-BDAE-AB3169CB9EAA_zpshimqmhb6.jpg

C3E6FE5E-7696-4D47-BC3C-AE46E8A2E34E_zpsiqlht5x4.jpg

Wings moved to attack position, a beautiful E wing fighter, which we'll probably never actually get from LEGO, and in a spectular color scheme to boot:

36070573-1AA5-4591-8137-6AA41867960E_zpsluklfoay.jpg

A821C7AB-3BB9-4B1A-87B6-8A2A00FD5FFF_zpslwkoia6v.jpg

F9AE73BC-442F-4589-B5BA-43BEE7A0A6B1_zpspycfjaxv.jpg

86C4C672-3952-40F5-B346-59941E3F4E5E_zpsecm4vjps.jpg

C2BD3F90-F608-44EA-9BC8-F95E073818F9_zpsfoelygw5.jpg

0DECAFA7-A06E-49CC-97C1-9636E70B6696_zpsxtfnacec.jpg

These are the E wing proportions I tried to approximate:

E3504619-7F8C-4E6E-8272-BB723BEA8744_zpszft15avt.gif

Edited by Dameronian

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

How did you do the landing gears for the MF?

I've done the small mod to make the four fixed landing struts retractable, a mod many had already done on the older 7965. I've added a fifth central strut at the front for a bit more accuracy.

C27AED10-036F-416C-B6BD-6F0DAB0059C6_zps3qcx4clc.jpg

7D97A5FD-55C1-46B8-AB06-FDD1A107DCF5_zpsprwahmfm.jpg

55C207A1-5CE5-4D7C-8FBD-EE2DBD912D70_zps6r2moazf.jpg

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Latest mod, after looking at some stills from the trailers as well as the Hasbro toys, I realize that the wing underside has more or less the same orange pattern as up top.

Some swapping of internal invisible orange parts yielded enough extra orange plates to do this to the under side of the black upper wings:

AC740CD4-69B4-421F-BEC9-086BA78F4A29_zpsax0gy6kp.jpg

The top:

6E366A5C-54A5-4D3A-8222-2B46D95F858C_zps1ijbgygb.jpg

Edited by Dameronian

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Thanks for the Stealth Fighter landing gear explanation, Dameronian.

The fuselage looks indeed way better now, without the wing moving mechanism.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Final tweak to wing alignment. Wings almost perfectly flush, and therefore beautifully thin in closed position .

5FC0CCF8-09E0-4333-918F-EEF3A9CB63D1_zps22tsftsd.jpg

07D1ABB4-FD64-4D99-AC27-500FBB5BDDE1_zpsnhd0kpyn.jpg

Underside:

7E1B0474-9FD4-4643-96F7-604797D654AB_zpsifi0xbhe.jpg

Edit: added pic: canons now close as tight as physically possible on top of each other

3E4CF054-5818-44FE-9D86-11C26CF69700_zpsz8xpwven.jpg

Edited by Dameronian

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Final mods, and I'm 99% certain I'm not fiddling with this set anymore, I'm satisfied.

- color pattern on wings and from the rear more accurate, with closer match top and bottom;

-front landing gear recessed (flush when retracted);

-engine intake cowling now uniform all around the circumference, without the original straight black slopes on the lower insides.

7A362259-6C4A-4CC9-BD03-7E8C8433DA66_zpsoxpjd7pa.jpg

ADE84D12-AD9E-4B8F-9D65-F5A11741420B_zpsmxsvtkym.jpg

F1D4BA3C-4D24-4CBE-85A7-BB8B636E73A9_zpstgquw2oo.jpg

FE8A84A9-C177-47AD-8CA7-5334FFA79806_zpsxhhn4ldx.jpg

E005CEFD-D3B1-453E-BCBE-5D234D54C94F_zpsfjfxeqrf.jpg

F7609C27-74CB-484F-AA5F-1796CDA6F0C2_zpsvemsxqcl.jpg

F0725DCC-790E-44E7-A986-61B643045E33_zpstn3mk38j.jpg

F705DFA8-3346-4A80-A1F0-60E1470BB72B_zpsho1ulya5.jpg

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Well done ! One suggestion I would make for the rear landing gear would be to use the 1x2 modified plate with male ratchet hinge on top instead of the 1x3 modified hinge tile. It looks like the 1x3 hinge piece poke out a little bit when retracted.

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Well done ! One suggestion I would make for the rear landing gear would be to use the 1x2 modified plate with male ratchet hinge on top instead of the 1x3 modified hinge tile. It looks like the 1x3 hinge piece poke out a little bit when retracted.

Thank you atlas, for the excellent suggestion!

This is how the landing gear looks after that mod, it is now indeed truly flush when retracted:

BB94FF0E-F379-4C8A-91AD-7D0DDC4CD941_zps4kuputrc.jpg

C81FAF28-477E-43EA-B828-E21662796A0A_zpsz7895jx4.jpg

A509942C-B5A2-4E2B-AE55-6055F7F12ED0_zpsuthlevi0.jpg

65247F48-CF7E-4B9E-9C77-9EEB35B34C66_zpsyuocz094.jpg

Share this post


Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    No registered users viewing this page.