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This makes me want to see a whole series of Classic Space Star Wars vehicles.

I have posted a link to the LDD above.

I like the simple creativity of them.

I friggin love this.

Nice! Very clean looking. I like it! And snooping through your flickr account, I also very much like your TIE Viper design!

Oh THAT 1x4 brick with slide! I probably just didn't have the right side done yet when I took that pic. Sorry for the confusion! Yeah after the mod you won't be able to put it there. Hi BStahley! Welcome to Eurobricks! You did not misread anything! Unfortunately the blue technic snap with stud does have to be removed, which does cause that piece to be a bit loose. But I'm glad you came up with your own solution to it! My mod is definitely not the ultimate in perfection by any means!

No further mods necessary. That part is assembled exactly the same as the original build, per instructions. I just didn't show everything in my step-by-step for the sake of simplicity.

Not bad. I can appreciate your attempt to bring in the fin-like protrusions on the pylons, which is not easy to do well with LEGO, and most people choose to obfuscate. The wing mid-sections definitely look a bit unfinished. I like your use of cheese wedges and plates with slide rails to hold the angle of the outer wing sections in place.

In my opinion the texture you're able to achieve with the shorter curved bricks looks hands-down better than if you tried a smoother look with the taller curved panels. Gives it a real sense of "muscle" and realism. Will look awesome with the printed cockpit dish in place!

Just a 4x6 plate. There are already studs on the nose of the ship to put it on.

I'm really glad you shared this with us despite not making it to the contest! My creation didn't make it either, so I can understand where you're coming from (you can find it under my content, I won't link here as to not distract from your MOC). It definitely was an awesome contest idea, and your creation is a fun take on the concept! Your choice of ship isn't one many would immediately recognize, a bold creative choice as it then becomes harder to get noticed. What stands out the most is the conveyance of size. The proportions and details make it look much larger than it actually is, which is appropriate. The front of the ship, perhaps due to the choices of colors, look a little busy or crowded. It would have been nice to contrast detailed areas with more smoothed areas, giving the appearance of something professionally built to the standards of the demanding First Order. The blue/gray color scheme also seems like a better fit for the Resistance than The First Order. But the shaping of the dorsal fin is really neat, and the cockpit area works really well for a pelican-like transporter. More importantly you seem happy with it, so it passed the most crucial test!

I like the simple coloring of the physical model, and the industrial look of the the side panels, which are partially supported by those technic axles. Does look as though it's flying with its stand still on.

Awesome! I'm glad you found a solution that works for you! I was actually very careful to make sure the L-beams did not interfere with the outer wing panels, but I'm sorry it caused issues for you!

It's an interesting legal grey area to tread, selling a design that is mostly based on an existing TLG model. I suppose it falls under "derivative works", but with it being such a common modification that has been done many times by others, with instructions on those being made freely available in almost all cases, I guess I don't fully comprehend the business sense behind it. But as the saying goes, there's a sucker born every minute. That's capitalism for ya.

So it will always look like it was never finished? :P

The greebling on the back is simply exemplary.

Wooo! That's one hell of a pilot! I like it!

Wow. That's a real-life version of what many a man (and I'm sure a few woman) fantasize about having. Truly awe-inspiring.

Hmmm, they do seem to align a little too well to be mere coincidence. Pretty cool!

Well there's a glowing review if I've ever read one! I'd kill for that kind of detailed analysis on one of my builds!

Beefy is right! That ship looks like it has some serious muscle behind it. I like that you extended the wings back a little bit to improve the accuracy. It certainly makes my small modifications look lazy in comparison! Did you add any controls for the pilot? What did you do to strengthen the cockpit hinge, if anything? The original was notoriously fragile.

If you do away with the bottom winglets (as most people do) that should free up a 4x6 plate that you can place on the face of the ship and build up the red windscreen on top of that.

I do have a couple pics I can show. A close-up of the mod with most of the pieces reattached: The finished ship:

Thought I'd post the wing mod that I finally arrived at. Other mods using Technic joints I've seen were either not illustrated enough, or ended up too wobbly. This mod requires some parts, but in the end it retains the shape of the original model (wings are RIGHT up against the body), and is as sturdy as you can get with Technic joints. I started off from , but it required some changes to actually work. So I can't take full credit for the wing part.Parts Needed That Aren't Included In the Set Some friction pins can be reused, so the ones shown above are what you need in addition (though the set does give you extras--I didn't account for that). Some part substitutions are of course possible, and most of the colors don't matter obviously. Part List Wing Prep I won't tell you how to remove the wings from the stock model, or how to remove plates from the underside of it to get to the Technic innerworkings. Hopefully you can figure that part out. Once you're inside, this part should look familiar. I'm also only showing you how to do one side. It's up to you to figure out how to mirror the process for the other side. Take the two 1x8 Technic bricks and add the pins as shown. Then attach the Technic joints. Attach the Technic angled beams that you took from the wings as shown. Place the assembly onto the wing, lined up with the bottom of the 1x16 Technic bricks. NOTE: You'll remove all four red pins from each wing, since you won't need them. Insert the Technic axles as shown. You'll have to angle the L-beams slightly to get them through, so it's a little tricky. Body Prep You'll want to strip the rear section of the hull almost completely (including the rockets). Then insert a friction pin as shown. Prepare the angled Technic brick with a friction pin as shown. This one is tricky. You'll have to try to leverage the Technic L-brick into position as shown with the blue pins still attached, unless you decide to disassemble the front part of the hull as well (which I didn't bother doing). Partially insert the 3-Axles. Hold the axle connector into place as you push the 3-axles all the way through on either side. It's a little difficult. Add a 1x2 Technic brick with cross hole. Take the L-beam that you removed earlier, strip it of all the blue pins, and insert a friction pin into the elbow portion, then snap into the center hole of the brick. Then add the pieces as shown. Place a 1x2 brick here. Begin reassembling this portion by adding the pieces shown here. And here. Reattach the back wall of the hull. Place 1x4 plates here. The set gives you two red ones to do this but I made one blue to show them apart. Add the 1x4 Technic bricks that were originally there. (It was at this point I realized adding brick outlines would help.) You need a couple studs here, but any shape/color will do as long as it fits. Also a 1x2 brick with a 1x2 plate on top. If you ripped the ship apart like I did, this chunk should be easy to place back on. Assuming you lined everything up correctly, you should be able to put this axle back in just fine. And this axle on the back too. The 1x6 inverted slope piece will have to be removed, and the 4x6 inverted slope will have to be moved one stud towards the center, to make room for the wings to pivot. Put a 1x4 dark blay plate here, and a 2x2 plate here (one should be made available after you've done the previous step). This small chunk goes back on. And then you add everything else back exactly as it was before. That should just about cover everything. Hopefully it's easy enough to understand!

Alright well, here's the progress after two days working at it. It's very rough and unfinished, and I did very little greebling work on it, but it's enough to get the idea of where it's headed. I'm sticking with the "sandwich" wings that I usually do.