[MOC] UCS Y-wing (Clone Wars version)

[starwarsfan66]

I designed the UCS Clone Wars Y-wing Starfighter a couple of months ago, and I thought I'd share some images of it here. They are all over 1860 pieces, so pretty close to the Original Trilogy UCS Y-wing we got back in 2018. 

This starfighter has room for 2 pilots: One in the front, and another as a gunner in the bubble turrent. The windscreen piece behind the bubble turrent can also easily come off to reveal a small space that you can fit a crate in. And there is room for an astromech droid as well. All you have to do is remove the curved tiles which are attached in by one stud each.

39632 by ice chips, on Flickr

39632 3 by ice chips, on Flickr

39632 2 by ice chips, on Flickr

39632 4 by ice chips, on Flickr

 

Heres some more close-up pictures.

cover by ice chips, on Flickr

Clone Wars Y-wing 1_5 by ice chips, on Flickr

I also designed this model to be compatible with the 2018 UCS Y-wing stand. So it will fit perfectly on that stand.

However, this model does need either 2 rubber bands or 2 thin threads. If you look at the 4 long panels on each of the engines, you will notice that there is a 1x1 studded area open. That is where you have to put a white or clear rubber band so that those 4 panels can stay together and not be flimsy. Alternatively, tying a thin thread around that 1x1 studded area and covering it up with some 1x1 tiles would work as well. I couldn't find any other way to connect those parts 'lego pieces wise'. 

I did make instructions as well at https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-55730/starwarsfan66/y-wing-starfighter-yellow-gold-leader-variant/#details

Let me know what you all think of this moc! 

[JintaiZ]

Nice one! I think you could use the canopy pieces from set 8037 so it looks more recognizable.

[starwarsfan66]

5 hours ago, JintaiZ said:

Nice one! I think you could use the canopy pieces from set 8037 so it looks more recognizable.

Thanks! And you're right, the printed windscreen piece would probably look much better than the plain version. I don't know why I didn't think of that.