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I have not yet made a parts list, but the key piece is the boat piece for the bottom listed on the first post with a link to Bricklink.

This was one of the first Star Wars Lego sets in the house. Thanks for the blast from the past. Yoda's Hut has never been equalled.

I guess once I add these to the troops from the previous Hoth sets, my army will look as rag-tag as the actual Rebels. Must be wartime supply chain problems.

Nice work with the chainsaw blade. Good way to flip studs.

Oh Lego. Don't you have enough of my money already? "I felt a disturbance in the force, as if hundreds of my not-yet-earned dollars screamed out in terror... and then, suddenly, silence." I am happy to see some smaller sets like the Swamp Speeder and Plo Koon Fighter that keep it simple - vehicle, Jedi, etc. I got into Lego Star Wars the year of the Jabba's Palace sets that you could get one at a time. I like seeing that again in the Hoth sets.

I will see what I can come up with...

The best part is that this mod uses spare pieces from the clone walker battle pack.

I will break the JSF down and get some photos for a follow-up topic.

Very nice minis - I like the hairpiece for the clone officer.

The Forward Command Center was built using two of these. They fit together nicely with some regular bricks to hold them together. For the flooring in the gap I used this.

They loved them. I need a full-time maintenance crew to keep them repaired.

Thank you. By using a few key pieces, I was able to make several while keeping the price low. I was glad to have the pieces on hand - with the economic crunch I used them as Christmas presents for my sons.

Custom Republic Gunship This is my first attempt at a post on Eurobricks. I am a long-time lurker, and it is high time I posted some MOCs. I started on a quest two years ago to build an economic Republic Gunship. I gave the original as a present to my son when it came out, and there was no new Lego model on the horizon. I spent a lot of time on Bricklink looking for just the right parts and began to order components. My goals were minimize the piece count and cost, make the RGS lighter, make a more accurate-looking RGS and take more advantage of the empty space. Here are the results: I studied various sources such as the Incredible Cross-Sections and Episode II to get the appropriate side slopes, wing span and height. I used a single boat piece (http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=30254) as the bottom of the RGS. It was hard to find, but helps achieve the piece count/weight goals. I used a wide arch for the forward section so a minifigure would fit comfortably. The troop section ends under the middle of the wing instead of extending too far back as in the Clone Wars RGS. Above the troop hold, I tried to free up the interior of the RGS for cargo or other purposes. It always seemed a shame to me to fill up all of that space. I paid particular attention to the cockpit. I wanted to make the cockpit functional with a pass-through to the lower compartment as described in Incredible Cross-Sections. The pilot sits on a 2x2 platform at the front, and can squeeze through a 2x3 opening below. There is a removable section at the front that can be used to place troops or supplies in the front section. At some point I may look at redesigning this to function like the Clone Wars RGS with a more elegant opening function. Another feature that absorbed my attention was an attempt to redesign the mass-drivers. Both Lego RGS used a 4x4 cylinder size. I attempted to reduce this using the Horizontal Cylinder 3 x 6 x 2 2/3 (http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=30360). This was readily available in dark red and white, and allows for alternating coloring with the 3x2 cutouts. It sits lower to the wings and tighter to the body of the RGS as in the movies. The rear sports another turret and my non-decal version of the engines. A rear hatch closes near the mechanism for opening the side doors. The mechanism is similar to the new retail RGS. The hatch folds down to reveal another MOC in the form of a BARC speeder. The RGS needed something lighter and more accurate than the Turbo Tank version. The BARC speeder uses the custom pieces from the Turbo Tank model, but is designed to fit the RGS hatch and to be more appropriately scaled to minifigures. A final view of the RGS from overhead: I had enough parts to build four, and here are three complete RGS with some other MOCs: The JSF and Forward Command Center could occupy their own topics, so I will quit while I am ahead. Thanks to Arealight for the awesome custom helmets!