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A long, long time ago I started working on a micro scale Millennium Falcon. To begin with all I wanted to do was add detail to the Microfighter but I kept tinkering and before I knew it I had a growing collection of micro Star Wars freighters and fighters, and here they are!

Instructions for all these little builds are on my Rebrickable page.

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Since this all started with that Falcon Microfighter the cockpit piece (a light blueish-grey 2x2 truncated cone) became my yardstick for scale. Luckily trans-black 1x1 slope pieces work as fighter cockpits at the same scale so all the ships are, and will continue to be, as close to scale with each other as I can manage, at least based on these pieces and whatever reference images I can gather from Google.

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My Blockade Runner (April 2021) is the last ship on my micro Star Wars to-do list, although it’s hardly micro! The size and weight were a new challenge for me, I’ve never had to worry about a moc falling apart under its own weight before, but I enjoyed the challenge and managed to make it pretty easy to pick strong. I’ve put together instructions for the Tantive IV as well as the Liberator from Star Wars Rebels, which I couldn’t resist building for myself.

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Rather than doing new posts for each new ship I’ll edit the very long post below. All the instructions are on my Rebrickable page and there are photos and Studio renders some photos of the ships in this post, plus a few more on Flickr and Instagram. Thanks for looking!

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Edited by mcphatty
Updated 21/4/2021 with new ships

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The catch up...

Micro U-Wing - August 2019

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Micro Rebel Starfighters (X-Wing, A-Wing, Y-Wing & B-Wing) -  December 2019

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MIcro Millennium Falcon - December 2019

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Micro Resistance Starfighters - December 2019

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Micro Moldy Crow - February 2020

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Micro Slave 1 - February 2020

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Micro Imperial TIE Starfighters (TIE FIghter, Interceptor, Bomber & Advaced) - February 2020

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Micro Virago (Star Viper) - February 2020

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Micro Imperial Shuttle Tydirium - March 2020

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Micro Outrider - March 2020

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Micro Razor Crest - March 2020

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Micro Naboo N1 & Vulture Droid - May 2020

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Micro Republic Gunship (LAAT) - May 2020

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Micro Separatist Droid Starfighters - May 2020

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Micro Home One, a mini version of set 7754 - May 2020

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Micro Darth Vader's Castle, a mini version of set 75251 - June 2020

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Micro Droid Escape, a mini version of set 75136 - June 2020

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Micro Assault on Host + AT-AT & AT-ST, a mini version of set 75098 with some extra walkers. Follow the link to see renders of the whole set.

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Micro Galaxy's Edge - August 2020

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Micro TIE Reaper & Striker (Rogue One) - August 2020

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Micro Star Wars Rebels, unique and recoloured starfighters from the show - August 2020

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Micro Ghost & Phantom - August 2020

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Micro Otana - September 2020

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Micro Ebon Hawk - October 2020

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Micro Mos Eisley Cantina, an A5 sized version of set 75290 - November 2020

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Micro Rogue Shadow - January 2021

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Micro Stinger Mantis - January 2021

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Micro First Order TIE Fighters - January 2021

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Micro Battle on Takodana, including Kylo Ren's Upsilon Shuttle - January 2021

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Micro Solo Millennium Falcon - January 2021

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Micro Nubian Royal Starship and Sith Infiltrator - February 2021

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Micro Resistance Bomber and Blue Leader - February 2021

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Micro Imperial Sentinal Landing Craft - February 2021

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Micro Zeta-Class Cargo Shuttle "Rogue One" - February 2021

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Micro Bespin Duel - February 2021

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Micro Freemaker Adventures - March 2021

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Micro Blockade Runners: Tantive IV and Liberator - April 2021

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Edited by mcphatty
Updated May 4th 2021

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OMG, this Razor Crest is soooo cute!

Most impressive how you managed to build all those details in this scale, proportions are also great, awesome work!!! Thank you for providing the building manual.

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@Midlife-crisis Haha thank you! Your build helped more than you know :) And you’re welcome, if you manage to cobble a micro Crest together I would love to see it next to your MOC.

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@Midlife-crisis Wow, that puts your ship in perspective for me, it’s a lot bigger than I thought! Thanks for the photo, glad you liked the micro but yours is a stunner, there’s no comparison. I can’t wait to see yours with the Mandalorian and the Child inside!

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Really good work on these ships. I'd like to use the Slave 1 for my upcoming Empire Strikes Back Series. Do I have your permission to use it? (I will give you credit for sure)

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Thanks for making these. Just completed the razor crest today. Great model.

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Just a quick post to show this off.

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I’d been staying away from the Animation tab in the Studio render menu, assuming my creaky old PC would just spend endless days achieving very little, and then I read someone talking about reducing the samples. 32 was the magic number to get this done in just a few hours.

And @Airking, you’re very welcome and I’m glad you like it :)

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Tensegrity MOCs seem to be a thing at the moment, so I tried to incorporate my Slave 1 into the floating frame. You can’t see the supporting string clearly, maybe a B-Wing, STAP or tiny Bespin, would work better for that, but the wobble is very satisfying!

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On 4/2/2020 at 6:39 AM, mcphatty said:

I’m having a lot of fun creating at micro scale, it’s quite fast and satisfying and makes good use of those tiny spare parts you always get with retail sets, so if you like what you see then why not have a go yourself! I hope you enjoy these little builds and thanks for stopping by :)

Great models. I don't understand why Lego doesn't believe in microscale aside special occasions, a consistent line of microsets like yours or related to iconic models of classic themes could be a gold mine, entry-level prices, great visibility in bookshelf dimension, both nostalgic fans' and new customers' potential markets. Win-win for everyone.

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This is my first attempt at a diorama - Escape from Jakku, my favourite scene from the whole saga! I’m terrible at building settings so definitely need some practice, any tips or suggestions would be very welcome and I hope you like it.

In the mean time I’ve made my Micro Millennium Falcon instructions free as a little Star Wars day pressie, May the Fourth be with you!

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Since this seems to be the year of the clones I thought it was time to jump down my to-do list to some prequel ships, so here are my micro Republic Gunship, Naboo N1 and Vulture Droid! 
 

As before I’ve put instructions up on Rebrickable:
https://rebrickable.com/users/ron_mcphatty/mocs/
 

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This little Gunship has been in the works for a long time, the front end has given me so much trouble that I’ve been avoiding tackling it.

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I’m fairly happy with it now, the overall shape seems to work and despite a few one-stud connections the wings are strong enough.

I’ve had these Naboo N1 and Vulture Droid Starfighters finished for some time, just a couple of pieces that didn’t exist held held me back!1280x726.jpg
Last year I settled on a couple of 1x2 curved slopes with notches on the sides of the N1, in yellow, and thanks to the Speed Champions Audi Quattro they’re now real! Not the cheapest but hopefully more end up on BrickLink to bring the cost down.1280x625.jpg
The Vulture Droid was nice and simple, I’ve also done a version in blues and greys which I’ll combine with some Seperatist Starfighters in the near future.

I’m also nearly finished with some Republic Starfighters, just a few kinks left to work out.

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Separatist Starfighters this time, including another Vulture Droid, Hyena Bomber; Tri-Fighter and General Grievous’s Soulless One. They were a quick project which I’ll probably need to revisit, Soulless One, but I want to crack in with documenting my TIE MODs and taking some photos of micros so I can tidy up this post! Enjoy :)

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Micro Home One (a tiny set 7754) - May 2020

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I threw this together this morning in a few hours, I’ve longed after this set and finally have a desk-friendly version for real! If anyone has any suggestions for miniaturised playsets with vehicles I’d be happy to give them a try, I’m terrible at lego dioramas so this kind of this will be good practice :)

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