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  1. obijon
    Hi again everyone This week I present another new model from EP. VIII, the yacht stolen by DJ, the Libertine. This model has turned out to be quite an expensive little model with various bricklink orders for rebuilds, rare parts (looking at you those white tree palm pieces in particular) and the DJ figure. I have tried to keep this as sleak as possible and I think it looks quite cool. It helps when the source material looks good to begin with and it was certainly nice to build something in a colour other than grey! To keep the sleak look there are a few hidden technic bricks and bricks with studs on the sides inside the build to hold it all together so the model does not become too tall. The engines and front pylons are all held together with umbrella stand pieces. It is also studless to give the sleak look. I am really happy with how this little model has turned out. I spent longer on this one than I normally would as I really liked the source material. and finally on display planets style with DJ carrying his reward for selling out our heroes. Let me know what you think. Jon
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    Thanks again. I suppose when you can use cgi it does not cost any time or money to replace.
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    Looks great in red. Nice to see other people enjoying and building my models.
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    Thanks guys. That is the fun of building in this scale when you realise a certain part is perfect. Building at this scale limits your options somewhat!
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    Hi all I have tinkered a little bit with this model. Not a huge amount but it does look a lot better in my opinion. I have removed the 1x1 round plates which acted as the turrets and added some tiles on the surface to give the effect of the seam. This leaves 26 whole studs visible on the surface, and apparently according to wikipedia there are 26 surface turrets on these monsters. Good enough for me! I have also changed the front slightly so I could taper off the wedge plates using 2x4s all the way back for the bottom part. There were 2x3s at the back previously. All in all it looks cleaner. Completely new models soon. Jon
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    UPDATED MODEL IN NEXT POST HI again all Following on from my Supremacy I present another capital ship from The Last Jedi, the Dreadnought. This is another simple build, it is just a flat triangle after all. I played around a bit with the two planetary bombardment cannons underneath but finally settled on using the stud shooters after building a Batman set with my son and realising they would do nicely. They are just attached using a clip plate, nice and simple. I have used some round plates for the surface turrets, I know they are a bit "large" but the model just looked too plain without them. I also quite like the use of the turntable base for the "hole". Let me know what you think. Jon
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    Yes, the lipstick piece would be better for the purists and I must get myself a few of those. Very useful for mini building. I must admit the only pieces I have ever cut were the technic hoses. Nice looking model. My only suggestion would be that the trans blue parts for the engines maybe look a bit "tall". maybe taper down using the 1x2 curved slopes top and bottom and have a 2 plate high engine in between or 1x2 jump plates to have a thin blue line for the engines.
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    Thanks for the nice comments guys
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    Certainly have. Definitley not my first Rodeos: I went thorugh a bit of a Dark Age before EP. VII came out. Brickshelf (lots and lots of old models in the "REAL" folder - I am aware these could be updated with newer parts which were not available at time of building): http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=obijon
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    A few more than I have judging by this: https://aminoapps.com/c/star-wars-clone-wars-rp/page/blog/snokes-new-command-ship/08Ex_wXSkuKLJR82gd6xnzoDqd0d0qkV8m Looking at the pictures I am going with 28 vs 14 on mine. Including them all would be a much bigger model!
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    anyone else experiencing this? They are working for me if I am not signed in.
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    See replies in this thread for NEW models - I have consolidated all models from Ep. VIII from other topics in to one thread (I had time on my hands during lockdown!) Models in this thread - SUPREMACY RESISTANCE BOMBER TIE SILENCER MANDATOR IV SIEGE DREADNOUGHT LIBERTINE SPACE YACHT CANTO BIGHT POLICE SPEEDER SKI SPEEDER XI-CLASS SHUTTLE RADDUS MC85 CRUISER NINKA BUNKERBUSTER SUPREMACY A nice simple model this time. Supreme Leader Snoke's massive starship from Ep. VIII. The only slightly tricky part was getting all those engines on without the model becoming too high. I managed to get 14 engines on to this little model by staggering the brackets but it is still not enough to be completely accurate. Overall a nice simple build which gets the message across. How tricky can a flying wing be? Hope you like it. Jon and on display planets stye with Snoke himself:
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    thanks very much guys. So much tinkering but worth it in the end!
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    Hello all I have finally got around to updating this little model. I have updated the wingtips, cockpit, hatch and engines. I have actually tinkered on more than one occasion with the cockpit and thought i was done on numerous occasions and was about to post updated pictures but different ideas kept entering my head. I think i have finally settled on this version. Anyway, let me know what you think of the finished model. Jon
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    Option 7 does use that jumper technique.......great minds and all that. I just have that on top with a 1x2 black cheese slope underneath just for the flow and shape of the overall model. I had it all in trans-red but it was just too much for the size of the MINI. I would have posted a pic of the MOD but I do not have all the pieces i need in black (yet). The main body of the ship will look the same but due to how the cockpit will now attach with bricks and a 1x2 bracket instead of a 2x2 bracket I have had to rebuild how all the plates etc interact and I am missing some pieces. It does not look right at the moment with white placeholders! i am hoping the pieces arrive over the weekend so I can finish this one off (and the last few pieces for Supremacy and Mandator-IV Dreadnought I am working on ;-) ).
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    I think I am going for option 7! None of the above...........
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    How about this for the tunnel and cockpit. Nice and simple
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    Very nice indeed. I can see LEGO putting out a small polybag version of the MF which will obviously be smaller and not look as good as this!
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    So while I am trying to find the 1x4 tiles on some of my other models (or bricklink!) to finish this little bad boy off I have been tinkering with different cockpit designs and would like some feedback on what you guys think is the best one: The original cockpit (option 1) is obviously not the best option. I am leaning towards Options 2,5 or 6. They look the best as the others I think have too much trans-red. Sometimes you have to go for looks over 100% accuracy. ;-) Anyway, let me know what you all think and I will incorporate in to the final model. Jon Option 1 (Origina)l: Option 2: Option 3: Option 4: Option 5: Option 6:
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    Good idea with the tile. The technic pins were a late edition to make it longer. I just wanted to use the 1x1 round plate with bar for the guns but it was too short. may well be an update soon......
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    Thanks for the compliments . yes the guns were deliberately used to make it look longer. As I said if only there were longer wedge plates. jon
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    See reply below for updated model. HI again everyone This time I present the new Tie from TLJ - the Tie Silencer as flown by Solo Jr. The main problem with this ship was the long thin panels. At first I used a clever technique with horizontal hinges and an upside down 2x4 wedge plate but the panels ended up being too close together (as the straight edge of the wedge plate is lower than the tile in the pictures below). I then moved the attachment of the wings further apart for the top and bottom but that just made the whole model look too tall. Not to mention that the wings looked too thick. In the end I admitted defeat and just used 2x4 wedges for the front of the panels. Hint to LEGO - can we have some 2x6 wedge plates please! ;-) Anyway the final model looks pretty sleak and streamlined and looks pretty cool (i think anyway!) all in black. Let me know what you think. Any comments welcome. Jon
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    Yep that’s it. With 1x1 bricks with studs on sides to hold the lift arm in place
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    Hi all I have taken a few of the comments on board and made a few slight changes. I was not going to change anything but while building a CITY set with my 5 year-old boy I came across this piece: This solved the problem of having to use the bracket to attach the cockpit and how the wings would be held in place. This let me also change the top section using the bricks with the curved top. I have also added a couple of bricks to the fin while not overall any wider it just does not taper off so quickly. I have also added a turret on the top. Here is the updated model: More new stuff soon. Jon
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    Building in such a small scale compromises need to be made. for example the engines. There is no smaller way to get 5 engines in a row so they will not “stick out”. Making them not stick out would involve making the fin wider which would then make the hull wider to match and you then have a much larger model. the design of the hull is determined by the way the fin is attached and that is why round bricks have not been used for the tube. Using cheese slopes would also make it more angular. The body is also roughly the same length as the fin as the first picture shows. You cannot take one part of the model in isolation in this scale. Every part needs to interact to get the overall shape. jon
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