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Hi ! Here's a few mods I've made to 75188 Resistance Bomber in the last few days. I first changed the engines to blue (I swear it seems like blue and orange are ALWAYS reversed on Star Wars vehicles!) I'm not a big fan of stud shooters in most contexts, so I switched the rear cannons out for display ones. I also wanted them to rotate together, which took some figuring out. I couldn't find a way to use friction pins to hold both cannons so I put another axle in with a little gear system like in Slave 1. I went through a few different iterations but this was the most compact solution I could find. I transferred the stickers in the bubble canopies to clear 2x2 slopes, and switched the brackets and tiles for a little more visibility. Shorter wings to be a little more in proportion. The interior was already great, but I tiled over the floor and added a weapons rack. I added a small ladder up to the gunner position and added in some more details and stickered controls by the gunner's hands. You can't really see them in this picture, though. The exterior of the turret is mostly the same but it was a great design to start with! For the cockpit I used a bunch of stickered elements from 75105 (getting slowly disassembled in preparation for the big one!) Snap is piloting for the moment, until we find out what the whole crew will be (probably not a bunch of X-wing pilots !) The rest of the changes are just minor cosmetics all over the hull, but I've already made this too long so here's just two more pictures. I didn't capture everything, of course ! This is a really great set! It looks beautiful and is so much fun. As an AFOL I tend to just display things but it's impossible not to fly this around the room ! Thank you :^)

She definitely meant an actual image but maybe it was some fake somewhere. This list^ is the only thing I've been able to find, so I'm pretty skeptical too.

A customer today said she'd seen (as in images) a leak of a set with Ewoks and Scout Troopers - I guess that's the one on the list, but I can't find anything anywhere. Anyone got any more information about that?

Asked my manager about this and she confirmed all of these are coming out in the first winter release. You also get a box of 500 clone troopers when you spend over £35 / $50.

I definitely am, the cockpit is a real let down.

Thank you!!! Nothing as fancy as a tilt shift, just a regular ol 50mm :)

I've never made a parts list but I've put together an LDD file of how I made it. Hope that will help you if you take it apart digitally! Thank you! :) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_rv63gxSOg9Q_wyJUcTKnh-9LSv-WFQh/view?usp=sharing

This is so nice!! The only thing bugging me is that minifigures won’t be able to sit on those seats in the war room ?

Hello ! This is my first topic so I hope I got everything right in terms of format and stuff ! I'm working on a first draft of the Resistance's Crait speeder with my super limited parts collection. This isn't final (I've already changed up the cockpit since these photos) but I was hoping someone could give me advice about how to construct the hull surfaces around the technic beams connecting the 3 sections ? I don't have much experience using lift arms in builds but wanted this MOC to be able to bounce around and drop on the ground without falling apart ! Thanks !

Looking back it really was too long, huh! It didn’t stay built but I may put together a similar version, because I really loved that scene and the official one just looks way too big ? I’ll post on here if I do make one! Thank you !!!

Thanks for clarifying! It would be everyone’s dream, I think ! ?

I’m pretty sure I read (on Ideas somewhere?) the license actually prevents them from making people packs because it covers building toys and not figures.

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Yeah ! It's just so fitting for the universe. If I could paint well I'd be onto that so fast!

My store has it displayed nearly vertically but the stand is custom made and behind a perspex screen. They recommended shopfittings.co.uk but I don't think that would have anything particularly specific... I'm sure someone will start producing them for consumers soon enough.

This is incredible!! Really stays true to the aesthetics of the original films, and there's such wonderful use of colour and detailing :) That last shot surprised me with how sleek it is, which also feels very Star Wars. I can just picture a McQuarrie painting of this!

What's the age range for this site again ?

I've added a couple more photos for you ! I really recommend it. It channels all my favourite parts of Star Wars design.

This was very enjoyable to watch ! I love the door technique so much ?

No worries ! check out the 2018 rumours board if you're interested in what's coming up next year !

My store's getting a couple more on Monday but have had a lot more interest than stock! Wondering if I should go when they open, even though the delivery won't be til after 1pm :/

It's coming early next year / December this year

My store just said they'll be getting plenty of stock between the VIP release and the wide release. I think they've gauged interest fairly well

Yeah, not sure about the short fringe and long sides, if only we could get l-loyd's in black!

Thank you for photographing them!! That's a good solution, accurate to the source material too :)