[MOC] 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon "Kessel run" cargo pod

[bmerigan]

Every fan by now knows of the "Kessel run" Millennium Falcon which we'll see in the May 2018 Solo movie which has a cargo pod extension between the mandibles. Lego released a midi-scale version (set 75212) early in 2018.

I searched around but couldn't find anybody who had attempted this addition to the 75192 UCS Millennium Falcon, so I gave it a go myself.  There's no list of parts and it is way too heavy, it's just what I could do with the parts on hand.

Here's some pictures:

 

It slots in place with the long plate-with-rail on each mandible sliding into a groove in the side of the cargo pod.

 

 

 

Edited May 28, 2018 by bmerigan
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[LOBOT-OMY]

Superb !

[Jerry McGlade]

No kidding! @LOBOT-OMY

[Lahh001]

very good

[deraven]

Quite nice!  Flows nicely with the rest of the ship, and as a first try with limited source material to work with so far, it's great!  

[r4canine]

Love the new design of the falcon and this only makes the UCS better imo!

[mcphatty]

Brilliant! Great work blending it with the UCS Falcon, it must be a huge chunk to add to the set.

[Smitty500]

Looks sweet. Better flow than the official sets. Wow, I had never even thought of it being a cargo pod just for the kessel run, I thought it was some bs they added to retcon the Falcon. 

[roadstermatt]

nice work looks very well intergrated

[RoleKeeper]

Nicely done.

[Ellisss_2]

Woah, looks amazing!

[AndrewShun]

Are you sure you captured its length right? I does look a bit too long from these angles

[bmerigan]

I didn't think it should be too wide at the front.  I just extended the lines of the mandibles till they tapered down to what I thought was a reasonable nose width.

My other option was a whole 6x3 wedge plate shorter which I felt was definitely too wide across the front. 

I think you might be right by about 2 studs, but... this is the parts I had on hand.  We'll see in May won't we?

 

[Sucram]

this is awesome, i tried to make one but gave up, now will try again later after seeing this

[bmerigan]

Have fun!

I found it an odd width to fit between the mandibles, 9 studs, so everything was 4 + 4 + 1, or 8 + 1. Not neat.

[RoleKeeper]

Does it hold up with the extra weight on the mandables? Do you need to add some sort of extra landing gear on the underside to hold it up?

[Jerry McGlade]

@rolekeeper I tried to replicate it with a semi-solid interior but the mandibles almost fell off, so because of that I hollowed out the interior and it works just fine.

[bmerigan]

I can't see any flex in the mandibles when I slide it into place.  I don't leave it on long term though, pretty sure the weight would have some impact after a few months.

 

I hear about people with flexing mandibles. I figure they have altered the interior and taken away some of the internal bracing.

When building, there's a row of 1x2 jumpers on the body, and after attaching the mandible there's a plate which holds it to these jumpers. That appears to be the main part which stops drooping.