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My personal favourite is the Slave I UCS.

Looking forward to see your other MODs.

Hi, Your models are beautiful! Did you have any parts in the right color? Did you use painting elsewhere?

I do not support "illegal" technics either, but overall your design looks really good.

I like how detailed it is! How are the tiles connected around the ring?

It was a long pause, I knew that someone was still working on the MF! Nice MOD! I'm looking forward to see with LEDs!

Thanks, I'm going to do that way.

One more happy costumer here! :-) It seems to be a long project (at least 6 months) for me to build this. At the moment Bricklink calculates me 620 USD or 550 EUR from 6 stores with mixed parts (new/used), so I think it's achievable, but only in small portions. The problem is, that the many white parts can look weird, if you don't have the same condition for all. With all new white parts the total cost is exactly 1000 USD or 900 EUR... What do you think? How would it look like with yellowed/dirty white parts?

It's good to see, that many of you are working on the Falcon paralel. Keep going!

This model is really cool, much better the official LEGO version! I would be happy to build this if the instructions were available.

I really like your modified internal rooms! It seems to be more challenging as the outside. The location of the corridor is quite accurate to the real Falcon. Someday I will also touch the internal space, but that's going to be a big project I guess. For now, I give the Falcon and myself a little rest. :-)

Just a little update (with mobile phone pictures): Modyfied bottom panel: IMG_20190409_204408 by Gyula Herr, on Flickr Modyfied central connector part: IMG_20190409_204455 by Gyula Herr, on Flickr Side connection area: IMG_20190409_205351 by Gyula Herr, on Flickr There's still a small gap under the engine, but it's mainly due to gravitation, I'm OK with it now!

I don't know the manufacturer name, just bought from a hungarian private seller. I preferred USB connection, but it's not necessary, since I don't use a portable power supply. You don't need RGB light either, I'm using the white light. The "strobe" effect is useful, it changes white light from dark to bright slowly. It looks like this: DC-5V-USB-RGB-LED-strip-SMD-3528-Flexible-Light-Lamps-LED-Light-TV-Background-Lighting.jpg_640x640 by Gyula Herr, on Flickr

Hi Everyone, Sorry for disrupting the conversation about the controlled ramp. I've just finished the engine on my MF and I like to share with you the result. DSC_0388 másolat by Gyula Herr, on Flickr DSC_0361 másolat by Gyula Herr, on Flickr It's a bit angular and has more bluish shade in comparison to the official version, but generally it's much more accurate and elegant. The digital model was converted into real elements and it fitted almost perfectly to the original model with some minor changes. I used only one piece of 4x4 plate at the central connection. One more 1x2 tile was placed on each side on top to fill the gaps. These had to be removed: upper panels by Gyula Herr, on Flickr The 2x2 DBG plates were replaced one stud forward. bottom panel by Gyula Herr, on Flickr Unfortunately, there's still no perfect match, because there's a little tension between the central connector part and the bottom panel's dark red 2x4 plates. Therefore, there's a small gap at the bottom panel, but it's not disturbing, DSC_0380 másolat by Gyula Herr, on Flickr I have a solution for that in my mind (the central connector part had to be 2 stud wide and the bottom panel's darks red 2x4 plates had to be replaced with 1x4 plates), but for now I'm satisfied with the result, I just leave it for a while. Here is the side connection. I'm still wondering, what to do with this area... Just leave it so or cover with some pattern? Any suggestion? DSC_0383 másolat2 by Gyula Herr, on Flickr

Hi, I like the third one, but I find these bucket handles too close to the minifig's torso. I would prefer the pneumantic T pipe on the first version.

My version isn't perfect as well, but I'm satisfied with the result, expecially with the controls, for now I'm leaving it.

We are almost there! :-) It was a lucky coincidence to transform the back part to "backrests". At the beginning I wanted to simulate a frame to the entrance of the cockpit (like the other hallway simulation in the Falcon). That's why I switched the 2x2 DBG corner plates to dark tan. This was my source material: 43253_1 by Gyula Herr, on Flickr I didn't want to emphasize it, that's why I made it in dark tan. Afterwards, when I looked back the pictures, I realized, that it looks like seat backrests... That way, it can be used to create the back seats, like you did there.

Hi, I like your version as well. It is funny, that there are almost as many versions of the cockpit as many members here! Everyone creates something special. However I've found that the optimal lenght of the modyfied cockpit is 7 studs. There's 2 studs for the control panels and some kind of steering stuff then comes the 2x2 seats in two rows. The main differencies between the desigs are the placement of the seats. My chairs needed a tile base because of it's design, so I had to raise them 1 plate higher and therefore Chewie didn't have enough space. To solve this, I moved the chairs 1/2 stud to the middle. That's my compromise to have this chair design and colour, I didn't want to display C-3PO and Leia anyway... I can see that with regular chairs, you have to place the back ones 1/2 stud forward, otherwise you can't push the whole thing to the back of the cockpit. I've seen version, that uses "2x2 Modified Plates with Groove and 1 Stud in Center (Jumper)" for this purpose. I can see on your pictures too, that the 5.5 Technic axle locates one plate lower, so you have more place for the figs I guess. Anyway, can you place Chewie into the front seat in this version?

The problem is, that the cockpit is not correctly minifigure-sized... It is almost impossible to sit four minifigs properly. The seats are placed in front as they could be and behind them there isn't enough space for the second chairs. The only way is if there was at least one more stud space at the back, but to achive this, the whole cockpit should be rebuilt.

Plans became real! DSC_0296 másolat by Gyula Herr, on Flickr DSC_0295 másolat by Gyula Herr, on Flickr DSC_0294 másolat by Gyula Herr, on Flickr DSC_0298 másolat by Gyula Herr, on Flickr

I'm using Studio 2.0. It has a rendering option with photorealistic look. I really like it, but it needs time (about 10 min/picture) I compared my design to the 75192 model to be in the same plane (I was building them paralel). Perhaps 1 stud plus/minus need to change for the perfect fit. I think I'm going to bricklink it soon with some more parts needed to play with the final design live.

Thank you for the detailed list!

Your idea forced me to work on my Falcon's engine. I'm quite happy with the official version: the blue pipes works well and the ladder parts form a nice grid on top of it. However, compared to your reference picture, its grid is much less dense. My other problem is the middle section: the line here is not continous and it blocks the LED light. My main purpose is to create a more fluent look to it, which is transparent for the LEDs at the same time. I was trying to recreate your build in Studio, then I realised that it's taller (at least 2-3 studs) and deeper than the other solutions in this topic. You might have to rebuild the top and bottom panels I guess. I appreciate the effort to create a brickbuild grid. I was thinking how to flip the top, but I didn't find a proper solution. Your first version looks good as well, but as you've mentioned, it has less transmittance from behind (about 2+2 studs). I would choose LBG, because it matches better for the ship's appearence and I think with back LEDs it gives the same contrast as the DBG. Let me share with you what I came up with. I wanted to recreate @bricksmarlin's design without using the ladder part. My biggest problem was to attaching it to the technic frame in the middle. What do you think? Is it going to work? Does the central connection have enough space or should I build it thiner? Unfortunately, it's hard to test it with bricks because the set is on a stand and is located high on a shelf. Engine MOD2 by Gyula Herr, on Flickr Engine MOD3 by Gyula Herr, on Flickr Engine MOD4 by Gyula Herr, on Flickr Middle section: Engine MOD5 by Gyula Herr, on Flickr

I will probably bricklinking it someday, because I find the complete set very overpriced nowadays.

Impressive design! Looking forward to see, how it works on the ship. My next mod is going to be the engine as well, so I will follow how you do this. How are you going to attach this thing to the sides? Are you planning to attach it in the middle as well?