Brick-Wombat Posted October 13, 2018 Started out wanting to make a mini-scale DBY-827 (The dual heavy turbo on the Venator). Unfortunately, there's no singular source for the proper shape. So, it started out simple. Spoiler And then got a little bigger as I looked at some other sources. Spoiler And even bigger (hopefully more accurate too) Spoiler And then I had to make the ISD octuple barbette. Because.... reasons. Spoiler References. Spoiler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kristof Posted October 13, 2018 ^ Looks good, both of them! The DBY seems slightly larger than the Varszegi-sized Venator scale. Have you ever seen this? It is not very true to the reference from the cross sections book, which I personally also like. I wonder what this guy used, or if its just a creative liberty. Anyway, I think that bigger scale detailed version would make for a great standalone moc! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ellisss_2 Posted October 13, 2018 Great builds, I like how you've shown the stages up to the final model, now you just need a huge Venator to place them onto! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brick-Wombat Posted October 13, 2018 3 hours ago, krisandkris12 said: ^ Looks good, both of them! The DBY seems slightly larger than the Varszegi-sized Venator scale. Have you ever seen this? It is not very true to the reference from the cross sections book, which I personally also like. I wonder what this guy used, or if its just a creative liberty. Anyway, I think that bigger scale detailed version would make for a great standalone moc! Absolutely! Seeing that Venator was the first time my jaw literally dropped with regard to a LEGO MOC. Truly incredible!! Considering how long ago that was built, I wonder if the cross sections book even existed? I'll likely build it IRL with a small fighter next to it for scale, possibly a jedi starfighter such as set 6966 below. Although I might need to make a custom fighter build if the scale isn't exactly correct. On that note, I don't see actual dimensions for the DBY anywhere, so I'd probably have to manually estimate using Venator images. 3 hours ago, Ellisss_2 said: Great builds, I like how you've shown the stages up to the final model, now you just need a huge Venator to place them onto! Isn't that how it usually works? Start out with something simple, and you keep iterating until you're satisfied! And, yes, I'll get right on that. Considering its size w.r.t Varszegi's turret, that be a 10ft+ MOC! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kristof Posted October 13, 2018 @K_W Well the original Varszegis build (the one with almost your DBY size) was likely built before or very close to the cross section book release. But even then, there is no reason to put the cross section as 'THE' one that have it correct. In fact, as far as I can tell, their Venator looks slightly distorted compared to the movie. Nonetheless, i really like their version of DBY :) Anyway, what I was referring is the bigger version of the canon (approx twice as big in each dimension) built by Sylvain Balivet as a part of his truly giant 16 ft Venator project, which sadly seems to have been put aside or scrapped completely. I am not sure about the exact dimensions either, but I think educated guess based of some proportions math from references should direct you well enough. Safe to say that the size to scale well with fighter like you mention will give you very substantial build! :D I would love to see that. In fact I would swear I saw a big canon build which even had some minifig interior, probably not minifig scale but BIG for sure, which basically represented the whole section cutout from the cross sec. book. But I can't find it now even after putting some time into it, so I start to question myself on that :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brick-Wombat Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) @krisandkris12 ah, gotcha. Yeah, that'd be a very respectable standalone MOC, albeit larger than I'd be willing to display. I had no idea he had plans for a 16ft version! That's insane!! Edited October 13, 2018 by K_W Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jedi44 Posted April 10, 2020 Do you have any more views of the DBY-827 TURRET(The last version from above) ie back view,side view top . would be appreciated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brick-Wombat Posted April 10, 2020 @jedi44 this is an oldie! Almost forgot entirely about these builds. Yeah, I can dig around later and find some additional views. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brick-Wombat Posted April 12, 2020 @jedi44 Here you go. Admittedly, it's not quite as polished as I remember, but c'est la vie. Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jedi44 Posted April 12, 2020 Thank you very much ,helps alot,much appreciated.Stay safe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KevinYoung Posted April 12, 2020 That's a very nice design. Well done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
