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Hello! A really nice combination. It looks like the space version of one of the many helicopter transports of the classic city line. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! The boat stud rounds up the nose nicely. And I also like the inverted slope as back fin attached via the side notches. It's a nice technique I also used in the past. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! A great castle! And so colourful! I really like those medium blue windows and the golden slopes on the merlons. The image with the fast turning water wheel in motion is an incredible snapshot! Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Nice briefing room! The 4-wide railings using taps and lightsabre hilts are a good idea. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello and thank you for the comments everyone. An YT-1300 transport would be two studs wide in that scale. As I wrote above, I pay more attention to detail rather than haviong all 200 mini models in scale with each other. I recommend Roguebantha's or NetBus' BrickShelf gallery if you want ships to scale with each other. Err well, yeah. It comes together with the 10030 set. It's official, not fan-made like mine, and like the small SSD comes with the Death Star. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Heh. That's exactly why I like the old ones better. They still look like LEGO®. And not like a standard model toy. But everyone has his own taste and opinion. I also liked this set because it still had printed pieces, not stickers. But please, could you resize those images? They takes ages to load, and one is even 3000+ pixels. It's also important to not only reduce the dimensions of the image but also the physical file size. That makes a good review much more fun to read. All the best, ~ Christopher

Hello again! Attached below is a shot of the Nebulon-B (300 m) together with the big ISD and its small captured Corvette (150 m). And actually it is a bit too long, not soo small. Nebulon-B Frigates are mid sized ships of the line. They're 300 meters in length. Other ships from the line are for example the Lancer Frigate (250 m), the Carrack Light Cruiser (300 m), the Star Galleon (300 m) and probably the Strike Cruiser (450 m). But let me clarify that I usually don't build my models to scale with each other. This requires that some are bigger than Mini size, while some are too small to be built at all. I pay more attention to shape and detail instead of scaling among all models. Although both approaches have their advantages. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! That's a fantastic underwater scene! Normally I find it difficult to get an underwater feeling when looking at the typical official deep sea sets. But here you can feel the water flow around the scene. I am especially impressed by all the lovely underwater creatures you invented. They're very original and contribute much to the scene. The technique for the scraps of sails from the shipwreck is also remarkable. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello everybody! I hope you all had great holidays. Today I only have a single model. Over the last weeks I was overhauling some older models, and among these was the Nebulon-B Escort Frigate. Finally I ended up in completely rebuilding it from scratch. The new one is much more accurate and detailed. It is approx. scaled to the UCS Star Destroyer (set 10030) and looks nice next to the big model. The new frigate consists of 204 pieces which is quite a lot for a mini model. But the design is very "greebly" and hence needed many small details. The Nebulon-B Escort Frigate is built by Kuat Drive Yards (who also manufacture the Star Destroyer) and is introduced in the movie "The Empire Strikes Back" with the Redemption, one of the Rebels' medical frigate. A Nebulon-B Frigate is a typical ship for escort duties although it also serves as line and picket frigate. It was built primary for the Empire, but several ships got hijacked by the Rebel Alliance over the years. So the ship can be found in both fleets. Normally a Star Destroyer does not need an escort and thus will probably found in the picket line. Let's start below with a rendering file before black background. Following this image you'll find several other images which are all links to the BrickShelf gallery with more images and angles as well as the instructions to build it. In only 36 steps you can build your very own escort frigate! More images can be found here: Mini Nebulon-B Frigate on BrickShelf That's what I've been working on the last week. Have a great week and see you soon! ~ Christopher

Hello! Although I am not into trains, I appreciate a good technique when I see it. It seems the entire is studs on the sides, except for the base and roof. In this way you nicely imitated the real train's waving colour scheme, almost without any gap. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Nice change of faces and motions of the figures in this little scene. Well arranged! Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Good modular technique you applied to the house! I like the randomly placed structured grill bricks. They give it a real look. Furthermore the modified 2x8 plate with door rail is in excellent use where you use it. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! It's a very nice city truck as it could appear in many city sets and layouts. Very well done, especially regarding the quite limited variety of pieces. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Gladly I start the second page of comments for this great creation! It's quite tricky to get a nicely rounded shape by using mainly plates and only few slopes. You did a great job and it's very authentic looking. Also the choice of colour is fantastic, as it shows some very rare green 1x1x2/3 slopes. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! You captured the classic look of the vehicle very well. I like the fitting windscreen between the tiles, and also the mudguards are a very nice brick-built solution for this. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello and welcome to these fine boards! Building an embassy itself is already a nice idea. While the images are a bit blurry, the building is pretty nice. I like the balcony construction and especially the flat roof with the tiles. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Nice little vignette here. It's not only fun with minifigures, but also fun with words. Nice pun! Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello there! First, it's a great fighter! The weapon emplacements are well thought out, and the use of dishes all around the engines in very inventive and give a great look here. Also the use of the big arches is an interesting technque and adds to the all-rounded construction. Now speaking of Star Wars vessels, as BigCam mentioned, this does already looks a bit similar to a Star Wars vessel. SPOILERS. Please don't read further if you don't wish to. In eight years after the Battle of Yavin a delegation from the Hapes Cluster (in the Inner Rim) arrives at Coruscant which had recently been recaptured by the New Republic. Their intention is to marry their heir to the throne - Prince Isolder - to Princess Leia. Of course Han Solo is not amused by that, and Han marries Leia herself in the end of the novel. Fortunately. Now back to topic. Prince Isolder flies a very capable combat fighter which is called Storm and is a Hapan Cluster Miy'til Fighter. The crescent wing design of your (Catarino's) design reminded me to the wing design of that ship from the Expanded Universe because that shape usually is not easy to build and more rarely seen Again, great ship! Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! It's a nice mini model! Brown and dark gray goes together well, and you have some really nice greebling techniques here. Especially those minifigure hands go along great around the plates with one centered stud. One thing I don't like are the two clear 1x1x2/3 slopes. It seems they are not connected in any way but instead only loosely placed there. Sliding techniques themselves are good sometimes, but here they prevent the cockpit dish to connect properly as they stand out higher than the rest. I would try two things. First I would remove them and place a brown tile next to the binoculars to complete the tile construction. It looks more smooth then two and closes the gap to the cockpit also a little. Second you could try: Move the binoculars to where the empty stud is next to it. Remove the the rear neighboring 1x4 tile and replace it by a 1x1 and 1x2 tile so you have place for another binoculars two studs away from the moved first one. You have two free studs bewteen the binoculars now. In this gap you place 2 clear 1x1x2/3 slopes to close the cockpit from the sides. Maybe it's worth a try. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! That's a nice futuristic transport vessel of a not so distant future. I like the printed parts for the container and also the inventive light blue stripes pattern. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello there! The two stages are excellently set in scene. It would be great to see an entire movie with those lively vignettes. Marcus Brody is shown is his typical unadequate self-confident performance like in the movies. Great! Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello everyone! Thank you for your many replies! And thanks to KimT for highlighting it. I am glad to serve the community well. Now let me answer some questions by giving some general information. All images are always links to the galleries as written in the original post. The vessel's name is always in bold and also a link. All links point to the corresponding BrickShelf gallery. There you will find more images (usually one from every angle) plus complete building instructions for all models. Thanks again for your comments and have some nice holidays! ~ Christopher

Hello! It's a very detail-rich castle wall and a source for many nice techniques. I especially like the use of the more rare light gray 1x2x3 train windows as an additional castle window frame and size. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! Although I admit of being a bit scared (:skull:), I really admire you snowed tree design. It's clever and an enrichment for every winter scene. Cheers, ~ Christopher

Hello! I will start with something unique from this trailer. The red/yellow colour mosaic works well for thr reflecting stripes inportant for the security for such heavy transport. What I's like to suggest for this heavy haulage is to add more orange/yellow warning lights on top the truck roof and the back of the trailer. These are typical for such transports and make yours more unique as well. Cheers, ~ Christopher