LDD Star Destroyer Angled Wings Tips

[GrahamSlam]

Hey everyone, I have always wanted to design a large, but not UCS scale Star Destroyer in LDD, but could never figure out how to angle the wings and still have side greebling. Any ideas? I'd prefer to use common or cheap parts, as I will likely build this in the near future.

[Darth Hammy]

I was like u a few months back, try looking for this guy on Facebook Lego tips &tricks mocs. Or dissect a ldd stardestroyer, that's what I did. 

[NathanR]

It depends what build technique you want to use for the main hull. The most common method I've seen is to build 4 large triangles out of the classic 6x3 wing plates.  In this case, the perfect technic frame to adopt is the one used in the official Lego set 75055.  It's a technic structure (called an A-Frame?), with three crossbeams for strength and rigidty.  A bigger star destroyer can be made by simply extending the frame further backwards and adding an extra support.  

For greebles on the side, I'd suggest making the A-Frame fatter, adding plates top and bottom, so you can attach plates to the technic beams.  If you don't need an interior (like 10030) maybe try and move the hinge mechanism to the inside? This should be possible - 10030 and 75055 both use the same wing plates for the hull, so essentially what you're after is a fusion of the two.

 

[Darth Hammy]

42 minutes ago, NathanR said:

It depends what build technique you want to use for the main hull. The most common method I've seen is to build 4 large triangles out of the classic 6x3 wing plates.  In this case, the perfect technic frame to adopt is the one used in the official Lego set 75055.  It's a technic structure (called an A-Frame?), with three crossbeams for strength and rigidty.  A bigger star destroyer can be made by simply extending the frame further backwards and adding an extra support.  

For greebles on the side, I'd suggest making the A-Frame fatter, adding plates top and bottom, so you can attach plates to the technic beams.  If you don't need an interior (like 10030) maybe try and move the hinge mechanism to the inside? This should be possible - 10030 and 75055 both use the same wing plates for the hull, so essentially what you're after is a fusion of the two.

 

been using and modding this technique to build my arquitens imperial cruiser

 

[Pateras]

On 8/3/2017 at 5:19 AM, NathanR said:

It depends what build technique you want to use for the main hull. The most common method I've seen is to build 4 large triangles out of the classic 6x3 wing plates.  In this case, the perfect technic frame to adopt is the one used in the official Lego set 75055.  It's a technic structure (called an A-Frame?), with three crossbeams for strength and rigidty.  A bigger star destroyer can be made by simply extending the frame further backwards and adding an extra support.  

For greebles on the side, I'd suggest making the A-Frame fatter, adding plates top and bottom, so you can attach plates to the technic beams.  If you don't need an interior (like 10030) maybe try and move the hinge mechanism to the inside? This should be possible - 10030 and 75055 both use the same wing plates for the hull, so essentially what you're after is a fusion of the two.

 

Exactly this. I'm currently working on a custom star destroyer using four massive panels and a super beefed up "A-frame", as you call it. Give the 10030 set a good look.