[MOC] Micro Zenith - Old Republic escort Cruiser

[Bob De Quatre]

Almost exactly six years ago, I built a MOC, the first non-digital one since I get out of my Dark Age... And the Assemble the Fleet Contest on Flickr was the exact thing I needed to pay hommage to that MOC I like so much.

So I started thinking how to scale down a 160 studs long spaceship fit into 32 studs. I tried to keep the shapes, the colors and details as much as possible, and it was no easy task. Of course some compromises had to be made in some areas. I also corrected the one thing that bothered me for all these years: adding hangar bay doors on both sides.

 

Micro Zenith Class Cruiser by BobDeQuatre, on Flickr

Micro Zenith Class Cruiser by BobDeQuatre, on Flickr

 

 

[1980SomethingSpaceGuy]

This is awesome! Very good job with the details and color.. And I like the idea that this one is actually affordable. 

[Kristof]

 I have not much else to say. It's gorgeous!

[Toa_of_Shadow]

Oh cool it’s the predecessor of the hammerhead corvette. Neat

[Midlife-crisis]

Beautiful!

[Ellisss_2]

Very impressive, you've managed to maintain a lot of detail for the scale!

[Bob De Quatre]

Thanks everyone 

On 2/19/2020 at 12:36 AM, 1980SomethingSpaceGuy said:

This is awesome! Very good job with the details and color.. And I like the idea that this one is actually affordable. 

Yes I managed to scale down the cost by far more than 5!! 

I'm considering making free instructions for it...

[m4st3rt3ch]

Love it!

[Bob De Quatre]

Micro Zenith structure by BobDeQuatre, on Flickr

[MacaroniAndCheez]

I really like the way you design the front, everything else here is amazing!

[Mr_Good2]

I lovee the hammerhead front!

[Jerry McGlade]

I like the mini build a lot!

[matheus]

Omg, how can i get the instructions of these beautiful ship

[furiothecat]

Excellent build, you can see the in-universe design influence this would have had on later craft like the Nebulon-B and the Hammerhead Corvette, and I love the creative use of newer triangular pieces and the Nexo Knights's shields.

Just a note, the UCS-scale one is still being sold as a kit by a someone on Aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000181220387.html

 

Edited August 7, 2020 by furiothecat

[Bob De Quatre]

On 8/7/2020 at 2:30 PM, furiothecat said:

Excellent build, you can see the in-universe design influence this would have had on later craft like the Nebulon-B and the Hammerhead Corvette, and I love the creative use of newer triangular pieces and the Nexo Knights's shields.

Just a note, the UCS-scale one is still being sold as a kit by a someone on Aliexpress: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000181220387.html

 

Yep, I'm aware of this, bu nothing I can do...

[Bob De Quatre]

Free instructions are now available on Rebrickable.

[sandtrooper]

Thank you for sharing instructions for this MOC!

[sovietxrobot]

great build, very elegant for such a small structure.