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What modifications did you make to the link between the front half and the rear engine block? As the regular instructions only have it barely pressed together. If there is one thing that I've been frustrated with the ship's design as a display piece is that I can't touch the ship without the two halves separating, and needing to be pressed back together.

Finally Done! Aside from the one issue with the spine, this was a very fun build. I'm really glad I discovered Mortesv's MOC before I pulled the trigger on the UCS Rebel Blockade Runner 10019 that I had been planning on getting; this version is much better looking IMO. The only modification I will probably make at some point, will be to strengthen the connection between the main hull and the engine block to make it a bit less fragile; although I can understand why it was designed that way. Now to start saving up to build the Nebulon :)

Thanks for the responses. I went with a solution similar to Bandit's, securing the two pieces together with a single 1x2 /w studs on two sides at the very end of the shaft, since as there is not much force trying to pull the back end of the ship off. And to try and clarify for AfolFree about building the shaft right onto the spine, the way that the shaft was designed made it so that the studs on 1x2 piece had to connect to both the technic spine, and the 4x4 plate /w 2x2 hole that fits on "top" of the 1x2, and since the two receiving pieces are at right angles to each other the studs cant fit in since the piece comes in at an angle to the two pieces. Sorry, I know that this explanation is confusing, but I can't thing of a better way to explain it. Thank's again for the help and suggestions.

I've run into roadblock while building this model and can't figure out how move past. On page 21 the instructions show the square column (built in the previous step) slipped onto the technic brick spine, but no matter how I approach the problem, even disassembling the column and building it piece-by-piece onto the spine, I cannot get it to fit. The problem is the 15 modified 1x2 bricks with studs on 2 sides (52107) on the bottom side of the column that secure it to the technic spine leave no room to slide the spine into the column. Is this an error in the instructions, or (more likely) am I missing some obvious technique? Any insight from those who have already built this would be most appreciated. Step I am referring to: Section cutaway in LDD: