eazy1

Hey ScottishDave, I just finished building your MOC last night, and I actually only bought this set after seeing this thread. As someone who just got back into Lego a few months ago, it was pretty challenging to use LDD, though your design was great. I love the overhaul you've given the transporter, and it's funny to look at the original build afterwards. Speaking of LDD, do you have any tips for using it more efficiently? I'm fairly certain I built the entire thing top to bottom using the "build" instructions - which was very difficult, and had to take huge sections off when I realised the differences between your pictures and the LXF. I also kind of randomly inserted the technic pins in the adjacent technic beams in the back, and I probably also added a few more random plates to balance things out inside. Also, I needed more pieces from BrickLink than in your spreadsheet file, but this could be my fault for not checking everything properly. And as you said, it was fun matching your pictures with the LDD build as I noticed a good number of changes just on the surface, some of which look better in the LDD (like the wedges at the back roof). In the end though, this was my first ever Lego build outside of the original stock instructions, and it looks awesome. I even got my 3-year-old's help to fit 20 stormtroopers (a nice mix of FO and OT) into the thing, with Captain Phasma at the helm and Kylo Ren in the little pop-out seat! Thanks for the great build, and inspiration!