[WIP][MOC] Tie Defender

[dmarkng]

[WIP]

I've seen many nice Tie Defenders and I wanted to give one a shot.

I made the wings with bricks and I'm pretty comfortable with the structure thus far in terms of stability.

The pylons are connected with an axle and another 2 technic pins. I believe this should hold up well enough. I'm probably going to mod the pylons again as I want them a bit wider.

I've done like 5 different cockpits, but for some reason I'm just not satisfied with it. Am still looking around for inspiration =)

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Completed Tie Defender.

I might modify it, would be minimal. All that's left now is for me to make a stand =)

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Revision 1

Made the Defender almost in scale with the UCS Tie Fighter. I think I am off by 3 studs on the wings as I couldn't find a way to cut down the length any more without affecting the shape. 

Also have 2 alternate stand builds. The one with a single pillar stand involves me having to remove a few tiles at the bottom and exposing the internal structure a bit (but only from the bottom).

I also put a tie pilot in for scale.

The Defender now comes in at just over 1700 pieces and 116 unique parts. The stands are each 150-200 pieces.

 

 

Edited December 16, 2016 by dmarkng

[MaxTube55]

This looks really promising so far is it system scale or to scale with the UCS TIE

 

[dmarkng]

 

I couldn't wait to complete it so spent a couple of hours last night finishing up the cockpit.

It has a full interior and accessible from the top hull.

All that is missing are the guns on the front of the wings.

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Its almost on scale with the UCS Tie.  

19 hours ago, MaxTube55 said:

This looks really promising so far is it system scale or to scale with the UCS TIE

 

 

[dmarkng]

Moved up the latest pics to the top of the thread.

[Veynom]

It looks very nice.

However the supports look a bit weak to me and I would be afraid that the wings would bend, particularly the top wings.

[ChiefPie]

Looks good!

[dmarkng]

Thanks for the kind words. The support cones are held with an Axle, and then to each connecting plate that holds the 2 wings, I've another 3 technic pins.

The entire central body is a mess of technic parts.

I am optimistic it SHOULD hold well, but will only know when I do build this eventually.

42 minutes ago, Veynom said:

It looks very nice.

However the supports look a bit weak to me and I would be afraid that the wings would bend, particularly the top wings.

 

Thank you! =)

41 minutes ago, ChiefPie said:

Looks good!

 

[dmarkng]

Made some minor revision and got a stand done =)

[dmarkng]

Got my bricks in today. 

Gonna start building it hopefully this weekend.  And then the hammerhead after =)

if anyone is interested then I'll probably do instructions.

[Ellisss_2]

7 minutes ago, dmarkng said:

Got my bricks in today. 

Gonna start building it hopefully this weekend.  And then the hammerhead after =)

if anyone is interested then I'll probably do instructions.

 

This looks great!, really like the use of SNOT for this build, it adds to the sleekness. I hope your build goes well and you have fun!

Kind regards, Ellis.