Lock

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  1. Posted

    16 hours ago, LegoMark2022 said:

    I’m sorry but for £700 this set is shocking, the internal technic structure is great, but the Lego panels that fit around is are loose and not well secured, you wave a hand and a bit falls off. Lock: your mods are great, it’s Lego that have created a fragile set that is not what I expected.

    I understand what you mean, it’s not an easy set for people not used to “get their hands dirty” with complex mods. It’s nobody’s fault, everyone of us has their limits and tastes. Keep in mind this is a set for display, not for play; so it’s normal it’s not very sturdy.

    But, besides that, it can give great satisfaction, despite the fact you can end up with one or two bricks left in your hand when you handle it. :)

  4. Posted

    3 hours ago, Lego Carl said:

    This is how my Falcon is looking atm... Got a lot of inspiration and designs from this thread. Really want to thank @Lock, @bdestena and @Thatguymax for their amazing designs that made this 10x better!! Did a bit of a redesign of the back hull to get rid of those really big lego exhaust vents... Settled on the design used by MarshallBanana and got the talented ThrawnsRevenge to do some greeble work... Some small things still left to tackle but I'm pretty happy with how it looks right now... 

    You’re welcome!

    And you’ve made a great job. :)

  5. Posted

    38 minutes ago, LEGODrongo01 said:

    I don't know if anyone's mentioned this, but it seems Lego's finally making 3x3 macaroni tiles in light bley, which means they could be used to make the 6 vents at the back of the Falcon more accurately sized, since they currently use 4x4 macaronis which make the vents too big. Probably not ideal currently since you need 24 of them and the most any one store has on Bricklink is 12.

    It sounds interesting. :)

  6. Posted

    On 3/10/2021 at 5:28 PM, Friedie said:

    Yes, I think there are about 15.000 pieces. The Panels are fixed like in the UCS Version. I think I could put it on an angled stand if I wanted to, but I already have a nice shelf to put it in.

    It’s really marvelous. You should make a video about your Falcon, as it has so many details it’s very hard to get the complete picture of the internals. :)

  9. Posted

    @Neophyte_brickie, I really appreciate you efforts and, despite being the 8 sides less appealing than 10 one, I like the great ideas you come out with, every time. :)

    Unfortunately I still didn’t have time to open Stud.io and have a serious look at your projects (it’s a really busy time for me) but, among all the docking ring efforts (including the original one by Marshal Banana) I’ve seen so far, this is the one I’d like to apply to my Falcon, once we’ll finally find a definitive shape. :)

  11. Posted

    On 1/17/2021 at 10:47 PM, Neophyte_brickie said:

    It’s just occurred to me that the above problem is probably not fatal; I suspect the flexibility of the link chain, and the fact that the attachment points for the round corner plates are only at the two opposite points of the docking ring, might allow the gap to be eliminated. The trade-off would be that the docking ring would be forced into a slightly ovoid, rather than circular shape.

    It's what I was thinking. :)

    Do you have, by chance, the LDD or Stud.io project? I really like it and I'd like to study it a bit.

    Not sure if that old chain can be still found on Bricklink at a decent price, thu. :)

  12. Posted

    11 hours ago, Neophyte_brickie said:

    Your idea is a really ingenious use of the link treads to achieve a sloped docking ring wall.  I agree the diameter of the structure is just a little too small.  It was my dissatisfaction with the gaps between the outer tiles in the concepts that used 2x4 tiles for the outer walls that sparked the idea to use wedge plates underneath them.  Unfortunately it doesn't get rid of the gaps entirely, and I'm not entirely convinced that the overall look is right.  The other caveat I should mention is that I haven't really tested the size of my latest concept against the part of the ship it is meant to attach to - it's possible it might be too big. I posted it here not because I think I will adopt it myself, but to inject some novel ideas into the discussion - see if someone else wants to run with it and improve it.  It's been fun playing around with different ideas and solving the challenge of how the Marshal Banana docking ring is put together, but to be honest it's also eaten up too much of my time; I think I've gone far enough down the rabbit hole for now! 

    Eh eh, I agree with you. Maybe there will never been a perfect solution for that and my bulldozer wants its pieces back, so I'm going to disassemble the test. :)

    Btw, I love your last solution, but I fear it will be too big, as the internal round plate is already 8 studs large.

    There are plenty of ideas on this thread about docking rings, so I'll keep following it in case someone will come out with a new solution. For the moment I'll stick with the original design. :)

  13. Posted

    @Vouatch Wow, your front module is wonderful. I especially love the "front engine", like a car. :)

    The only reason I'm not building it is because the MF would become longer than my table. :(:

    You're right, the ring is a bit smaller than original one:

    IMG-1358.jpg

    Maybe I could add another plate below the tiles, but I fear the gap will become bigger. Or maybe @Neophyte_brickie solution of his last experiment, as I see he also uses 10 sides. :)

    The funny gear you posted seems interesting but we have to see if it's possible to put the tracks around it. :)

    @Onecrazy95civic You can check this page. After the list of pieces required for the build they show a list of extra pieces:

    https://postimg.cc/K1r0RJBF/467eb81d

     

     

  14. Posted · Edited by Lock

    In the last weeks I've followed with interest the evolution of your dock rings and, while I'm still not convinced I want to change the default ones (I don't think they're very bad), I've decided to give it a try, so here's my idea. :)

    First of all I'd like to celebrate with one minute of silence my loved 856 Bulldozer (I guess in US it has a different number) because I had to mutilate it in order to get some piece. :P

    Dock-ring-01.jpg

    Second, please forgive me for the bad images (my iPhone 6S is getting really old) and for the rainbow color of the pieces: I didn't have the most I needed so I had to improvise with what I had.

    Ok, let's start:

    I went with a 10 sides polygon. Not because I wanted exactly 10 sides but... well, it's what came out after one hour of efforts:

    Dock-ring-02.jpg

    While the construction is very delicate, once mounted it's quite sturdy (but still not good for play). What I really cared of was to have the inclined plates.

    The gap between the ring and the "body" can be minimized adding some plates or rings; I didn't change the original Lego design at all (forgot). :)

    Dock-ring-03.jpg

    Here you can see the wheel of the bulldozer. :)

    I've chosen this method to leave plenty of space for the inside greeblings of the ring. Later on this topic.

    Dock-ring-04.jpg

    This is the heart of the concept. Here's how it works:

    Dock-ring-05.jpg

    The light tan is the plate, the dark tan should have been 1x3 but I didn't have, so ignore it. The gap between the 1x2 brick and the rest of the structure is to keep it anchored to the tracks. Also ignore the 1x2 brick with hole, it's not the correct piece, but it's a pic from a previous version. The correct pieces are two 1x2 plates, as you can see in the previous image.

    Dock-ring-06.jpg

    Anyway, this way the 1x3 plate goes "inside" the track and it's kept secured by the rear brick (plate).

    Dock-ring-07.jpg

    Here's the result, seen from behind. Very colorful! :)

    The inside (front) part of the ring can be connected in various ways, for example here I'm using an axle:

    Dock-ring-09.jpg

    I didn't work on this detail because I think @Neophyte_brickie solution, that I love, could be adapted without any problem.

    This is just (a part of) the original lego inside ring, as example:

    Dock-ring-10.jpg

    Of course a round plate could (and should) cover the parts below the external plates.

    I think it's also possible to implement the nice "corner plates" as in the rendering of @Vouatch, to make the external ring more similar to the real thing; unfortunately I didn't have any of them.

    Well, maybe it still need some small improvements here and there (and a wise choice of colors to minimize gaps) but I think it's not bad. Should I change original ones I think I'll go this way; or something similar. :)

  17. Posted

    On 12/1/2020 at 10:55 PM, Neophyte_brickie said:

    I have to confess, this relies heavily on some illegal techniques.

    It looks very nice. Honestly this is the main reason why I’m not attracted by this mod, but it’s clear there aren’t many other alternatives as good as it. :)

  18. Posted

    Just now, LEGODrongo01 said:

    Good to see someone finally replicated the Marshal docking rings. I posted about it a while ago in this thread and got no response. If I had money to spare then I would buy the pieces to make them, any idea how much it would cost?

    If you load the file in Stud.io, you can upload the list on Bricklink and check for yourself the total price with shipping to the place you live. :)

  19. Posted

    I've got the same warning from Gmail when I've received the file from Vouatch. Maybe Stud.io saves projects as a zip file with a different extension. Anyway you can ignore it; there's nothing to extract, just open it in Stud.io.

    No idea why you ended up with a .zip extension. Maybe your Mail program was fooled by the archive and added thet extension. :)

    40 minutes ago, eddmont said:

    Already ordered the parts for this mod. Looking forward to the end of the week now.

    It may be a stupid reply, but remember to order 2x. :P

  21. Posted

    2 hours ago, Vouatch said:

    Your work was really appreciated (by me anyway), Come on, the falcon squadron need you again lol

    Ahah, I see you have brilliantly solved the problem. :)

    It's always a problem to share files online. If you haven't a dropbox account, you can send me the file (raccspam@gmail.com, it's the spam email, eh eh) and I'll share a link for everyone from my blog files directory.

  23. Posted

    It’s nice to see that, after more than three years, this post is still alive and kicking. Great job guys! :)

    Personally I’m ok with the stock dock rings, but I’ve seen some worthy tries in this thread. I can’t help you because there are so many pages and I’m writing with an (old) iPhone with a tiny screen; but, if you start from the beginning (with a lot of patience), you should find some useful hints.