Legostein Posted December 27, 2009 Hello everybody! I hope you all had great holidays. Today I only have a single model. Over the last weeks I was overhauling some older models, and among these was the Nebulon-B Escort Frigate. Finally I ended up in completely rebuilding it from scratch. The new one is much more accurate and detailed. It is approx. scaled to the UCS Star Destroyer (set 10030) and looks nice next to the big model. The new frigate consists of 204 pieces which is quite a lot for a mini model. But the design is very "greebly" and hence needed many small details. The Nebulon-B Escort Frigate is built by Kuat Drive Yards (who also manufacture the Star Destroyer) and is introduced in the movie "The Empire Strikes Back" with the Redemption, one of the Rebels' medical frigate. A Nebulon-B Frigate is a typical ship for escort duties although it also serves as line and picket frigate. It was built primary for the Empire, but several ships got hijacked by the Rebel Alliance over the years. So the ship can be found in both fleets. Normally a Star Destroyer does not need an escort and thus will probably found in the picket line. Let's start below with a rendering file before black background. Following this image you'll find several other images which are all links to the BrickShelf gallery with more images and angles as well as the instructions to build it. In only 36 steps you can build your very own escort frigate! More images can be found here: Mini Nebulon-B Frigate on BrickShelf That's what I've been working on the last week. Have a great week and see you soon! ~ Christopher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
L-space Posted December 27, 2009 Thanks mate. This will make a great addition to the fleet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forresto Posted December 27, 2009 Sweet and that really is to scale with the ISD! Wow I am impressed by this. Do you have the UCS ISD and if so could you take a photo of both of these together? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drdavewatford Posted December 27, 2009 Nice - like it ! I'm surprised that it's to scale with 10030, however - it looks smaller than I would have expected. Cheers, Dr. D. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legostein Posted December 27, 2009 (edited) Hello again! Attached below is a shot of the Nebulon-B (300 m) together with the big ISD and its small captured Corvette (150 m). And actually it is a bit too long, not soo small. Nebulon-B Frigates are mid sized ships of the line. They're 300 meters in length. Other ships from the line are for example the Lancer Frigate (250 m), the Carrack Light Cruiser (300 m), the Star Galleon (300 m) and probably the Strike Cruiser (450 m). But let me clarify that I usually don't build my models to scale with each other. This requires that some are bigger than Mini size, while some are too small to be built at all. I pay more attention to shape and detail instead of scaling among all models. Although both approaches have their advantages. Cheers, ~ Christopher Edited December 27, 2009 by Legostein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Forresto Posted December 27, 2009 Incredible just incredible. Yet again I have to hand it too you Legostein, that you are a genious when it comes to minis! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
commdr_neyo Posted December 27, 2009 Very nice! It looks just like the real one. Can it fit an mini Millennium Falcon? I don't know if you made one, but that would be great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Cam Posted December 27, 2009 I just watched the family guy rendition of ESB and that was in it, you nailed it on the head, looks very accurate! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Legonater Posted December 27, 2009 You have a MINI Tantitive IV? Sweey! Could you post instructions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CommanderFox Posted December 27, 2009 Amazing Mini Legostein! It looks Great among the destroyer and the mini Lego Corvette. Really nice job with this one. If you take requests......then perhaps could you try a Homing spider droid (I think you did one before, not to sure though) and a Tri Droid? They would be Great in Mini format. Can't wait to see more! CommanderFox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legostein Posted December 27, 2009 (edited) Hello and thank you for the comments everyone. Very nice! It looks just like the real one.Can it fit an mini Millennium Falcon? I don't know if you made one, but that would be great! An YT-1300 transport would be two studs wide in that scale. As I wrote above, I pay more attention to detail rather than haviong all 200 mini models in scale with each other. I recommend Roguebantha's or NetBus' BrickShelf gallery if you want ships to scale with each other. You have a MINI Tantitive IV? Sweey! Could you post instructions? Err well, yeah. It comes together with the 10030 set. It's official, not fan-made like mine, and like the small SSD comes with the Death Star. Cheers, ~ Christopher Edited December 28, 2009 by Legostein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jony Skywalker Posted December 27, 2009 Wow, that´s one of the greatest Mini-Mocs, that I have ever seen! I think, I will buy the pieces to build it for me! I´m amazed about your other mini-mocs, too. They're also real good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sok117 Posted December 28, 2009 um, I know you are very busy legostien, but could you attempt to make a millennium falcon to scale with your nebulon B and maybe allow it to dock onto it like it does in episode 5 to drop off Luke and Leia? But otherwise, very good job on this, Its one thing to make a mini, its another thing to make it to scale. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LEGOscum Posted December 28, 2009 Lovely. It's quite possibly the most faithful design I've seen yet. I'd love to build one but I've got my fingers crossed for a Midi-scale Frigate from LEGO. My only criticisms are the engines, which are a bit bland, and lack of colour (possibly mix some other greys in). Jeremy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legostein Posted December 28, 2009 Hello! Thank you again for your comments and tips! They're highly appreciated! By the way, this is an Imperial frigate. We don't allow Rebels to dock at it. Cheers, Christopher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Legonater Posted December 29, 2009 Err well, yeah. It comes together with the 10030 set. It's official, not fan-made like mine, and like the small SSD comes with the Death Star. Stil, could you post some instructions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legostein Posted December 29, 2009 Sorry, I am no instruction service for official models. But maybe you want to check the official instrcutions which are available free at Peeron? http://www.peeron.com/scans/10030-1/221 ~ Christopher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Legonater Posted December 29, 2009 Sorry, I am no instruction service for official models. But maybe you want to check the official instrcutions which are available free at Peeron? http://www.peeron.com/scans/10030-1/221 ~ Christopher Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RileyC Posted January 2, 2010 Great work as usual Legostein! Its nice to see some MOCs other than little minis. This is at a really good scale with the ISD and I feel it would look really cool with the rumoured midi scale ISD coming out this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
