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As someone who is working on a large Castle MOC at the moment to, I can appreciate just how much work and thought went into this spaceman76! Thank you for sharing! A couple of details things that I'm very impressed with for your build: - You got the angled facets of the main towers to seam-up so perfectly, well done! + I also like the detailing of your parapets, crenulations and windows for those main towers. - Lovely use of SNOT building in so many places for example the patterning on the gatehouse, and for your detailed walkways. - Very outside the box thinking to use sprue parts for your gate hinges and detailing above the gate. A nice touch and good to see something new. - And finally your rock-work/greenery is on point!! Particularly with how well you've integrated it with the rear walls. I'm wresting with the base for my build at the moment, it's not easy to get Lego parts to look random and yet flow and seem organic.

Hi Celeri, having just built JB70's modified version of the Bugatti I can safely say that's almost impossible to easily implement all of his changes without having to fully disassemble the set and start-over following his alternate version of the instructions. You can, with a bit of careful study of his instructions and some disassembly: do the door locks, HOG lever for the rear air-brake and possibly the HOG steering. But the remaining mods are all deep in the structure of the model and relate to the drive-train, suspension and gearing. I've published a video on my build of JB70's version of the Bugatti; and I also fitted-off a lighting kit to the model. In my opinion I feel like the mods were more 'subtle' for this time and only improve it slightly over the standard design of the model. In comparison, JB70 did an AMAZING job with his modified version of the Porsche GT3 RS. The mods he included in his instructions for that set dramatically improved that model! I created a second follow-up video to the one above, which is a showcase video of the model (no talking), shot in 4k with details of the mods and model features highlighted:

Thanks LDitial, I really appreciate that. I'm certainly working on hard it, and I have several videos planned over the next few weeks that I think will do well. Like building & showcasing JB70's modified Bugatti Chiron and a 'Custom vs Lego' video on the recent Probe Droid. Sounds good, I hope you and your son enjoy modifying your set!

Rick & Morty is my favourite animated series of all time, so much weird goodness. I'm looking forward to the next season! In terms of this model, I highly recommend it, it looks great in person.

Because my original video was terrible! ...I made on update type video on these mods (still using some of the footage from the original video). It may be of interest to anyone who's still interested in modifying their A-wing with these changes. Cheers, Simon!

I know this MOC has been out for a while, but I had a lot of fun building this model recently so I thought I'd share the video I made on it + a few pictures. This MOC was designed by Jack from BrickVault and instructions are available from his webstore. There is an issue one key step in the instructions/build to be aware of. I talk how about how to fix the issue in my video. It's an easy fix! Enjoy! Photos of the completed model are available here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/160655025@N08/albums/72157719038400947

Hi Neroart - I've not been on Eurobricks for a while and I just saw your post. How did you go with the Tie Advanced Build? ...like you I am a big fan of Jerac's work. I recently built his Claptrap and Rick's ship models, and love them! I also have the parts for his: Y-wing, Tie fighter and A-wing models but finding the time to get them built is tough. I've built his Tie Bomber which is superb, I'll feature that on my channel at some point! All the best to you with your builds, especially for the Razor Crest!

This model is superb! One of my favourites build from the BrickVault collection. I did a video showcase of the model on my channel and also talk about several things I'd recommend you do when building this model to make the build easier and to get a better finished model.

It's been good to read this thread and to see this MOC built with official Lego parts. I recently built CaDa's version of this MOC, which was endorsed by Eric / released in collaboration with him. I can say that the quality of CaDa's parts is not on par with Lego parts so the end result of the CaDa kit feels slightly sub-par (to me). But it was a good build, the end model is highly functional and I enjoyed the experience of trying out a 'non-Lego' product for the first time. I've published a video about the model that you can watch if you like: Photos of my finished model are available here:

If anyone is interested in seeing a video that showcases not only these stickers but also several other modifications to this set, see here:

I'm using one of the WickedBrick clear acrylic stands for my modified model. The stand has a flat 4x4 top plate which is sitting 1 stud back with reference to/from the centre of the hole that the standard Lego stand seats into. Dragunov2 may be able to comment on what he did with his modified model using the standard Lego stand.

THAT LOOKS AWESOME! : ) (You've just got the 4x1 double curved slope parts in Dark Bluish Grey at the engines to go.) + Your 2x3 white printed parts with the grey swatches on them look clean and neat - mine were mis-printed badly! Thanks for posting this up!

Hi there! That sounds good! I actually did not use glue (although sometimes I do) - I used very small amounts of Blue Tac. That way there's no mess and I don't runt he risk of possibly stuffing up my work or parts if the glue runs. https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/bostik-blu-tack-removable-adhesive-75g-bo060968 You may have a similar product in your country. It's the stuff you would use to stick posters up on a wall.

That sounds good! Post up a photo of your modified model when you are done!

I absolutely understand what you mean lowhead! I also much prefer building detailed and complex well designed custom MOC's these days versus standard Lego sets! I still do like the UCS models though, but can't help but tinker with them to fix glaring issues like with the A-wing engines & tail fins/stabilisers. Hi again - everything looks as it should per your photo! I can't see what the issue is. Perhaps if you are still concerned or stuck just send me a message here on Eurobricks and I'll see if I can help you further.

Hi there - yes that is correct, there won't be a perfect fitment, but as you see on the next page in my instructions in the photo for those torpedo tubes, everything is covered up by the hull plates. If you want you can swap out the 1x2 tile for a 1x1 tile in step 13, but up to you. Cheers, Simon

Hi Dragunov2 - my reasoning for the cosmetic change to the 'battle damage' was that the sloped pieces in my set with the grey printing on them were miss-printed and looked terrible. Several other people had the same issue. So I wanted to represent the battle damage using a combination of light blueish grey and white pieces only - not relying on the printed parts at all. But that's just my choice. If you want to do it differently you should! That's the great thing about modifying Lego sets, you can do what ever you want! Enjoy!

That's good to hear Naixin. I think you posted up a photo of your modified A-wing Rebrickable? Thanks for that! I haven't built that set yet, but I will keep an eye out for visible multi-coloured parts when I build it. It is good that Lego are also replacing the ugly matt black panel on the roof of the model as well. I believe if you own the model you can contact Lego customer service and ask for replacement parts. https://www.brickfanatics.com/this-is-why-lego-has-changed-the-roof-of-76139-1989-batmobile/

Hi Naxin, sorry it's been a while since I've logged on and I only just saw your post. Yes the rear of the model would be heavier with the additional parts so the model may not sit level on the standard Lego stand without mods to the stand. I didn't have this issue as I was using the Wicked Bricks acrylic stand not the Lego one. Did you come up with a solution / modification to the display stand? Excellent! ...yes doing these mods when building the model from scratch is easier than doing the changes retrospectively.

I just finished building this model - I highly recommend it and well done Raskolnikov on producing such a well designed and good looking MOC! If anyone wants to see videos of this model I've published a series of videos for this build, video 3 in the series is where I complete the model: I have also published several photos of the completed model on my Flickr: Enjoy!

What a superb review, thank you! I'm particularly impressed with your photography and all the work you put into creating each shot, from organizing the parts for each build step to the detailed Minfig shots. We really get a good and accurate sense now of what we are getting with his set!

Hi Naixin, yes absolutely! Just remove the original tail fins from the model (which is easy to do) and then in instruction set part 2, that you can download from my MOC for this on Rebrickable, do steps: 14, 35-50, 53 and then 85-100. You'll also need to add the 1x8 tiles to the underside of the model as I've shown in steps 3 and 64 (and shift the 4x6 plates around as shown in those steps too). The parts list covers parts for all of my mods (cosmetic, engine and tail fins) to this model so you will have to look over the instructions and only order the parts you need for the tail fins. Should be easy to do by uploading the parts list to a wanted list in BrickLink and then deleting the parts you don't need. Simon I completely agree, the flimsy plate-built tail fins just don't look right. In person proper brick-built fins seem to make the model look more robust and well proportioned.

Was anyone else slightly disappointed with the UCS A-wing? Don't get me wrong it is a beautiful and striking looking model but (in my opinion) flawed with a few issues. In particular the loose/wobbly engines, large stickers and flimsy looking tail fins. I modified mine to fix these issues and I've published free instructions of these mods on Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-45277/Simon Lenz/ucs-a-wing-starfighter-modifications/?inventory=1#comments To see more photos of this model see my Flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/160655025@N08/albums/72157714732198646 What do you think?

As someone who's built both Mirko's U-wing & Tie Silencer models I'm very much looking forward to building this new model! Mirko your K2-SO looks superb as well, I'm extremely impressed!