75218 X-wing MOD

[Paul11283652]

With a new X-wing coming I thought it was time to share my mods of 75218.

Modifications are:

1. Extend the front of the engines.

2. Lengthen and lower the rear engines.

3. Add new pieces for a sloping front fuselage.

4. Moving the wings closer by 1 plate.

5. Shorten the nose by 1 stud.

6. Different rubber band design at the back of the wings.

Also added better landing gear and changed the colours of a few parts around.

Feedback welcome.

 

[Daddy_Stardust]

Superb work, what pieces did you use to curve the noise?

[Sucram]

Good job, however I suggest adding a couple pieces to the laser cannons to make them look better, try looking up the 9493 set and see what they did there. It will look a lot better i reckon.

[Paul11283652]

9 hours ago, Daddy_Stardust said:

Superb work, what pieces did you use to curve the noise?

Thank you. Just 2 of 6035405: Brick With Bow 1X10 and some bracket pieces with cheese slopes. I decided to just try them there as I wasn’t satisfied with my previous solution and they looked surprisingly good. A straight slope would be ideal though.

6 hours ago, LEGODrongo01 said:

Good job, however I suggest adding a couple pieces to the laser cannons to make them look better, try looking up the 9493 set and see what they did there. It will look a lot better i reckon.

The cannons are still a work in process. I’m not sure if I have the right pieces to get them where I want at the moment.

[mcphatty]

Great mods, your X-Wing’s looking excellent! The engines look much improved and the curved nose is great, I’m gonna have to see how that looks on mine :)

[Paul11283652]

Updated the nose and cannons. I think I’ve had enough of modding for now.

 

[Vouatch]

effectively your nose is better like this good job!!

[Makin Bacon]

do you have any instructions for that nose mod?