Search the Community
Showing results for tags 'tie bomber'.
Found 8 results
-
[MOC] Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1, Alternate Build for 75347 TIE Bomber
Wurger49 posted a topic in LEGO Star Wars
2023 is the year of LEGO Star Wars TIEs, TIE bomber has returned after 20 years, and the TIE Interceptor has returned after 17 years, both great models worthy of picking up. The last minifigure scale TIE Advanced x1 was from 2017 which I don’t have, I was itching for an TIE Advanced to go with my 2018 Solo Tie Fighter. For 75347, there is a Darth Vader figure included in the TIE bomber set, very strange choice to be honest but that’s the impetus for me, its bent wings and double fuselage gives me more pieces to work with. Recently, Amazon was doing a sale at $71.20 AUD, I decided to buy two sets. I built the bomber first to learn the techniques before disassembling to rebuild. Tie Advanced X1 v1.2_3 by Richard Yao, on Flickr The solar arrays are the easiest to modify, moved the black tiles one stud from the edge so the whole support frame is one stud from the solar panels. Ideally, I would like to have 8 additional 1x2 black tiles to go in below the triangular tiles. The solar power converter has been thinned to 2 studs wide like the main support strut, the wedge plates are needed elsewhere. I thought about reducing the height of the bent panels, but decided against it as the original TIE Advanced has wide panels. Tie Advanced X1 v1.2_7 by Richard Yao, on Flickr The wing spars are made longer by 2 studs, using the mainly sloped pieces to create the bulky angular shape. I used two 1x2 slopes to have the opening to show the deflector shield generators on the front. The smaller 4x4 cockpit dish has no bar handle, and I really wanted to make sure Vader can get inside the cockpit, so the official LEGO designed opening is kept. I turned the horizontal laid hinge piece to the vertical plane to keep the cockpit as round as possible. IMG_3663 by Richard Yao, on Flickr As I was designing the hatch of the eyeball cockpit, the first few attempts were the same tubular design of the official set, definitely not what I wanted. I then tried out the round corner bricks, they looked great from all views, and I flipped the 1x2 slopes so the wider side is facing the round bricks, reducing gaps between the pieces. The newly printed 6x6 inverted radar with two Ingot bars acting as upper viewports formed the access hatch. IMG_3666 by Richard Yao, on Flickr Now I moved to the back where the hyperdrive is located, supported by the disc like structure which houses the power cells and the stabilizing field projector bars. I used two 6x6 round plates as the basis for the shape. After trying out many different methods of connecting them to the cockpit and wing spars; my design used two 1x10 tan plates and two 1x6 black plates to sandwich the two 6x6 round plates, all four plates connect back to the cockpit and supported the entire back section with no wobble. I designed this section without wings, after I put on the wings, I realized the disc structure was too narrow, and had to widen it by two studs on both sides. I had to use white and dark bluish grey plates to support the pieces, leaving a messy looking underside. For the round edge of the disc, I tried multiple combinations of four wedge pieces and two curved slope pieces, decided to separate the wedges pieces as side by side they form a straight edge, I prefer to show the round shape of the 6x6 plate from the top view. Tie Advanced X1 v1.3_4 by Richard Yao, on Flickr The two pairs of red ion engine exhausts are attached by 1x2 brackets, I managed to put them on the same location above and below the back disc. There are not many parts for greebling on the Hyperdriver, two grille pieces for the thermal radiator ports and two roller stakes to fill in space. Tie Advanced X1 v1.2_4 by Richard Yao, on Flickr On the earlier versions of this ship, I left the two laser cannons on the side of the cockpit as the official set, after which I have mostly finished up, I wanted to see if I can move them below the viewport. After placing the two 1x1 light attachment plates on the bottom of the cockpit, the 1x1 round pin tiles don’t fit as their placement is too close to the inverted slope. I had to use long technic pins from the actual drop bombs, push them though the ring attachment. The inverted curved slope means the cannon attachment is one stud back from the edge, so Vader lost his lightsaber hilts to trade for long Ion cannon barrels. I know the cannons meant to be embedded inside the cockpit module, I haven’t figured it out with the pieces available from 75347, though my end product does look like aircraft gun pods. Tie Advanced X1 v1.2_9 by Richard Yao, on Flickr I am pretty happy with the end product, it’s a very solid swooshable model that uses 453 pieces. Please let me know your thoughts on the comments below. Instructions are available on rebrickable.com. https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-146501/wurger49/tiead-advanced-x1-vaders-fighter-alternate-75347/#details- 4 replies
-
- darth vader
- tie advanced
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
As a follow-up to my custom Z-95 Headhunter, I immediately built it a worthy adversary. The First Order is seriously lacking TIE variants, most notably a bomber (that hologram shown by DJ in The Last Jedi doesn't… doesn't count.) The official First Order TIE bomber may be just rehash of the Imperial model, but I was inspired by YouTuber E.C. Henry's own take on the craft, along with a digital model he made here (video link). The only thing I changed is add a red Special Forces livery, as this is a heavy bomber with more guns. Perhaps the official TIE bombers are the all-black regular TIE bombers, just like the TIE-SF fighter is different from the First Order TIE fighter. The cockpit module was inspired by Jerac's TIE Bomber MOC, and I also studied his TIE Advanced and TIE Interceptor for the building techniques on the solar wings. I am quite proud of the hexagonal parts and all the simple greebling on it. There are more pics on the flickr album. Lastly, here it is facing off against some Z-95 Headhunters who have discovered a huge secret...
- 13 replies
-
- moc
- custom design
-
(and 2 more)
Tagged with:
-
A long, long time ago I started working on a micro scale Millennium Falcon. To begin with all I wanted to do was add detail to the Microfighter but I kept tinkering and before I knew it I had a growing collection of micro Star Wars freighters and fighters, and here they are! Instructions for all these little builds are on my Rebrickable page. Since this all started with that Falcon Microfighter the cockpit piece (a light blueish-grey 2x2 truncated cone) became my yardstick for scale. Luckily trans-black 1x1 slope pieces work as fighter cockpits at the same scale so all the ships are, and will continue to be, as close to scale with each other as I can manage, at least based on these pieces and whatever reference images I can gather from Google. My Blockade Runner (April 2021) is the last ship on my micro Star Wars to-do list, although it’s hardly micro! The size and weight were a new challenge for me, I’ve never had to worry about a moc falling apart under its own weight before, but I enjoyed the challenge and managed to make it pretty easy to pick strong. I’ve put together instructions for the Tantive IV as well as the Liberator from Star Wars Rebels, which I couldn’t resist building for myself. Rather than doing new posts for each new ship I’ll edit the very long post below. All the instructions are on my Rebrickable page and there are photos and Studio renders some photos of the ships in this post, plus a few more on Flickr and Instagram. Thanks for looking!
- 36 replies
-
- otana
- vaders castle
-
(and 75 more)
Tagged with:
- otana
- vaders castle
- delta-7
- hoth
- at-st
- at-at
- castle
- vader
- tri-fighter
- droid escape
- grievous
- soulless one
- moldy crow
- vulture droid
- tie fighter
- millennium falcon
- naboo
- tie advanced
- n1
- micro
- x-wing
- b-wing
- star wars
- hyena bomber
- a-wing
- virago
- y-wing
- slave 1
- razor crest
- eta-2
- starfighter
- imperial shuttle
- v-wing
- studio
- interceptor
- laat
- tydirium
- arc-170
- instructions
- republic gunship
- jedi
- outrider
- u-wing
- resistance i-ts
- tie bomber
- tie interceptor
- utilipede
- fleet transport
- tie striker
- galaxys edge
- tie defender
- fang figher
- tie echelon
- tie reaper
- ryder
- prototype
- ghost
- rebels
- phantom
- ebon hawk
- tie
- solo
- rogue shadow
- stinger mantis
- first order
- upsilon shuttle
- nubian
- sith infiltrator
- scimitar
- resistance bomber
- sentinel
- zeta
- bespin
- freemaker adventures
- blockade runner
- tantive iv
- liberator
-
Next TIE craft in the line! The Bomber is one of my favourite designs in the lineup. Interceptor is nice, the standard T/F is somewhat boring and featureless, but the bomber is visibly a workhorse of the fleet. It is heavy, rugged and pragmatic as possible, with no regard placed when it comes to its look. In the end you get a ship which is totally distinct and what is rare in Star Wars world, assymetric. Who wouldn't like such a design? What was surprising for me was how heavy the ship is compared to other TIEs. It uses almost twice the part count to the standard T/F, and yet it is similar in size. The build was fun but not super challenging, there were just few complex areas: coning shape of the hulls' fronts and bottoms, engines, bomb bay, center hull joiner, having the hulls proper diameter.... okay, perhaps this is few things to consider :D Lets get to that which matters - the design! I hope you like it as much as I did the design! ...and there is a video, too! :D The ship is a commisioned build and as such, has instructions available! https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/all
- 30 replies
-
Hi with a big nod of recommendation and inspiration to Carnage717 with his work on his Tie Bomber using 75150 rebels set vaders tie fighter / a wing & 75154 tie striker so I got 2 tie strikers (with no figures for less that 1 complete tie striker) and the Vaders tie fighter /A-wing set when it was half price and set about building my own Tie- Bomber with some guidance from Carnage717 many thanks again for your help I had to buy a few extra bits so please feel free to click on the link to my flicker album and pass comment https://flic.kr/s/aHskWnbnsa hope you enjoy
-
- tie
- tie bomber
-
(and 3 more)
Tagged with:
-
Here is a TIE Bomber MOC I made a while back. It's too large, I know, but I made it a while back, and I wasn't as good at accuracy or stability back then. This was originally supposed to fill in the gaps in the LEGO Star Wars lineup, but the way the modules are joined, it's far too weak to be made in real life, let alone made into a "set". Anyway, here it is: It needs stands to stand up (no pun intended) Here is the cockpit. It's very similar to the TIE Striker's one. There's a bombardier compartment at the back behind the cockpit: Fold open the other side, and you see the rapid stud shooter. It is activated by turning the engine behind the module, which I forgot to take a screenshot of Here is the wing detailing: C&C Welcome! I may update this topic with a pic of the engines when I have time. VaderFan2187 out!
-
Hi there, it's been a while, but i would like to present my latest moc, this time a star wars moc of my favorite imperial ship, the tie bomber!! it took me a while to complete, and i had to make a few bricklink orders for it, but i think it was worth it. i took some inspiration from other mocs out there, but mostly worked from pictures of the real thing. i hope you enjoy it! comments and criticism much appreciated:) Toni (ps. the interceptor is rebel builders design: check out his you tube channel!!) Tie bomber moc by toni lynam, on Flickr Tie bomber moc by toni lynam, on Flickr Tie bomber moc by toni lynam, on Flickr Tie bomber moc by toni lynam, on Flickr Tie bomber moc by toni lynam, on Flickr there are also more images on my Flickr page. @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/125494760@N04/
-
Hello everyone, A couple months ago I posted my TIE-Bomber MOC, but now I've decided to put it on LEGO Ideas. Because I didn't want to necro my old post I decided to go a head and make a new topic, for those who haven't seen the original I've put a short summary and all the pictures below. If you would like to support my project click this link: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/141973 Front view of the build (Cockpit windscreen needs to be the special TIE-Variant). Top view of the build, I decided to go with just a little greebling on the top. Back view of the build, the Twin Ion Engines came out pretty good. Inside the cockpit, there is room for both the pilot and the gunner. And lastely a size comparison between the official TIE-Fighter set and my TIE-Bomber.
- 6 replies
-
- Lego Star Wars
- TIE Bomber
-
(and 2 more)
Tagged with: