Churchill Posted November 26, 2011 Ah, I think I see it now. The fin/stabilizer is attached via a technic pin to the round piece used in the engine. The part on the wing is a 2x2 plate with a circular tube on the bottom to accept a pin. Boy, this would be easier if I was more fluent in piece names. I never thought to do it this way. I tried various hinges, which helps get the angle, but it always raised the stabilizer off of the body too much, giving a less than satisfactory look. This still gives you a 90 degree angle. But, I have that anyway with the brick built versions (vs. plate built). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hollander Posted November 26, 2011 Ah, I think I see it now. The fin/stabilizer is attached via a technic pin to the round piece used in the engine. The part on the wing is a 2x2 plate with a circular tube on the bottom to accept a pin. Boy, this would be easier if I was more fluent in piece names. I never thought to do it this way. I tried various hinges, which helps get the angle, but it always raised the stabilizer off of the body too much, giving a less than satisfactory look. This still gives you a 90 degree angle. But, I have that anyway with the brick built versions (vs. plate built). Correct. I first tried a circular tube without the technic holes in the sides, but after I encountered that the 2x2 plate with circular tube (don't know the name either ), I decided to go for the circular tube with technic holes in it, even though those holes would be visible on the sides, which makes an less accurate A-wing. That's another advantage of using LDD; you can just inspect all the lists of pieces till you find the one you need. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Yogi Posted November 26, 2011 This looks great. I really like the way you achieved the thickness to give it the right shape. Great job Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eric W. Posted November 29, 2011 This is a beaut! I really love the techniques used to get the shaping in the front correct. It's very clean and has all the detail you can shake a stick at! I too use LDD to pre-build things when I do not have the parts available at the time. I built the wings for my TIE advanced on LDD to figure out all the kinks and because I had a nearly unlimited amount of parts to choose from. Not too many people have 156 1x2 black grille bricks in their collection. I actually completely built my next project on LDD which you can see here. Just need to order up all the parts from Bricklink and tweak it as I go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fallenangel Posted November 30, 2011 This is a beaut! I really love the techniques used to get the shaping in the front correct. It's very clean and has all the detail you can shake a stick at! I too use LDD to pre-build things when I do not have the parts available at the time. I built the wings for my TIE advanced on LDD to figure out all the kinks and because I had a nearly unlimited amount of parts to choose from. Not too many people have 156 1x2 black grille bricks in their collection. I actually completely built my next project on LDD which you can see here. Just need to order up all the parts from Bricklink and tweak it as I go. You should probably make a new thread for this, but in any case, it’s looking good. Granted, the proportions and shaping in some areas don’t resemble any TIE/ad I’ve seen, but I suppose that much leeway is permissible with Expanded Universe TIEs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fallenangel Posted December 1, 2011 (edited) Great job! This spam has been reported. EDIT: My apologies to the Mods. I'd like to make this post count, so I hope Hollander won't mind me asking how the bits on the side would be illegally attached if this model were built with real bricks. EDIT2: Sorry, plamen1466. But in the future, I encourage you to say a little more in your post so the original poster can really get a feel for what you think. Edited December 20, 2011 by fallenangel309 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walter Posted December 1, 2011 That is simply beautiful! Congrats on making such an amazing build! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bonaparte Posted December 1, 2011 This spam has been reported. Reporting a post is ok, but no need to reply to it and create additional 'spam'. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites