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thank you! It really could have needed some more slopes and curved wedges, but that's the fun of the challenge.

After finishing my triple gunship alternate builds, I decided to switch back to starfighters. It had the right windscreen and a couple of 4x4 cylinder pieces, but hardly any slopes and curved wedges, could lead to some challenges. The dark red and white pieces points to the famous A-Wing, the wedge shaped strike fighter manufactured by Kuat Systems Engineering. The A-Wing was essentially a cockpit with two engines and a hyperdrive, it was faster and more maneuverable compared to the X-Wing. The iconic dark red centre stripe down the wedge nose was 4 studs wide, ideally I would have preferred a 6 studs wide red stripe. The lack of curved wedges really showed up on the white flanks that connected the laser cannons, some non-continuous corners stuck out, I tried to soften the look by layering wedge plates and tiles to create the sloped hull. There were two laser cannons flanking the A-Wing hull, my technic connections allowed for a 360° rotation, I even managed to build the targeting lasers on top of the cannons as there were plenty of technic pieces inside the 75402. The 4x4 cylinder pieces were perfect for engines, even though I wished there were 6 instead of 4 inside the set, the difference in length was filled in using 3x3 barrels with the 4x4 red round brick as the engine outlet with pink exhausts. The stabilizer fins were easily connected to the holes on the cylinders, I was really pleased to say that I locked down the angle of each fin with 2 slopes, that had to be done as there were no friction on the engine axle connections. The model was one of my most solid builds, thus great for playing and swooshing around. I didn’t have to make too many changes to the stand I made for the Z-95, with the A-Wing being a more compact ship, the stand can display the model in 4 different angles. For my preferred angle of display, I placed red tiles on the port side and green tiles on the starboard side stand. So yeah, I had to break up my Z-95 to make this as the A-Wing had a much smaller footprint to display, and easier on the hand to swoosh around. One might be surprised that the piece count of both models was nearly identical as the A-Wing was a solid wedge at the front. This A-Wing alternate build will make a fine addition to any LEGO Star Wars collection. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/209923

After doing 4 alt builds on the ARC-170, I got around to update my Venator alternate build. The superstructure is now one plate lower, and the rear hull wedge is one stud shorter, rearranged hull plates, while maintaining the original length. These changes create a slimmer profile. My goal is to create the best possible Venator alternate build using only one Acclamator set.

After I completed my other two gunship designs from the 75402 ARC-170, I really liked the idea of transport ships with a bunch of laser cannons. I looked through the various starships, and the Razor Crest jumped out to me, I can’t believe I haven’t done a Razor Crest alternate build yet. The Razor Crest was an ST-70 assault ship manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation, who also built the famous Tantive IV. Its military usage predated the rise of the Galactic Empire, so it would be perfectly feasible to see the Razor Crest in red and white colours of the Grand Republic Army. Jon Favreau’s design brief to Lucasfilm was the A-10 Thunderbolt “Warthog”, with the two big turbo-fan engines. The unusual location of the engines decreases ingestion risk and also allows the engines to run while the aircraft is serviced and rearmed by ground crews, reducing turn-around time. The Razor Crest had top-mounted wings with massive engines at the wingtips, they gave the Razor Crest great speed and maneuverability to mingle with much smaller starfighters. The engines were connected via blue technic friction axle pins, there are also tan non-friction pins inside the set, I was genuinely surprised how much extra stability the friction ridges gave to the engine parts and went back to change the pins inside my Republic Attack Shuttle’s wings. Two large laser cannons were bult up using various pieces like plates and slopes. The cannons are strong enough to be effective against larger opponents. I used different tiles on the fuselage of the ship to showcase its heavy armour, combined with powerful deflector shields gave the ship great protection. The dorsal escape pod was represented by greebling, based on the source material. My ship can sit one pilot, a small interior was designed at the back of the ship with a load ramp and fold-down side panels. When it’s opened, you can see the R4 astromech standing inside the ship, acting as a support column. You can stand and sit clones inside but it’s quite hard to place them with adult fingers. The model is very solid, making it great for swooshing around. Along with my other two gunships, this Republic Gunship will make a great addition to any Star Wars collection. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/209439

Turned a round ship into a angular one with full interiors, that's next level of design work! Well done!

Cheers, your Shuttle looks amazing too!

Nu-class Republic Attack Shuttle (75402 ARC-170 Starfighter) Medium Category

The LEGO ARC-170 has an ingenious technic system for its S-foils, while I can’t hope to design another mechanism like that, it may be possible to design a folding wing Republic Attack Shuttle. The shuttle left quite an impression on my younger self when I first saw the angular nosed ship on Clone Wars. The Nu-class was a faster, long-ranged supplementary design to the LAAT gunship, designed by Cygnus Spaceworks. The class had heavier armor and shielding from the dorsal fin, it also housed a hyperdrive for long distance travel. As it performed the role of an armored transport, it had seats for up to 30 clone troopers, while lacking the missile launchers of the LAAT gunship. It was designed with fold-down wings, similar to fighters like the V-19 Torrent and it was the predecessor to the famous Lambda-Class. Its boarding hatch was located at the nose of the shuttle, right below the cockpit. My alternate build is Midi scale to sit a single pilot in the cockpit, unfortunately the passenger cabin is just a shell with no flooring, no trooper can be seated inside. I had to use the plates for other parts of the ship. There are 2 swivel mounted laser cannons on the cheeks of the cockpit, plus 2 fixed laser cannons on the front of the wing joints. The cockpit is one heavy module hanging off the pin hole hinge, achieving the angled cockpit effect. Folding wing mechanism is achieved by technic beams, axles and connectors. A round connector is used on each wing to limit the angle which the wings can fold down, and a 1x2 slope is used to limit the angle which the wings can fold up. You can pick up the model from the dorsal fin and swoosh it around holding the technic beams underneath the passenger cabin. I would recommend using your hands to soften the movement of the wings folding down, as they had snapped off in my prototype designs. I have reinforced the wings in the released version where they didn’t snap off from playing, but better safe than sorry. As the attack shuttle comes to land, the wings fold up smoothly and I built 4 landing gears using more technic pieces. While it’s unfortunate that this model has no troop-carrying capability, I think I captured the essence of the Nu-class very well and it is a perfect addition to the Grand Army of Republic’s fleet of spaceships. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/208832

Republic Gunship Midi Scale (75402 ARC-170 Starfighter) Medium Category

The ARC-170 has 3 windscreens and round engines pieces, that’s enough for me to start on another Republic Gunship after doing the Z-95. The Midi gunships have been my most popular designs. I started with the idea of doing the stepped canopy layout like the actual Gunship, but ran into problems with the height generated and didn’t have enough plates for the wings and fuselage. I had to scrap that idea and restart with a flush canopy layout like the F-14 Tomcat. The cockpit is very spacious with pilot at the front and wizzo at the back with different controller slopes. 4 clone troopers can stand inside the cargo bay. I played with pin hole plates to get the right angles for the frame of the gunship. The R4 astromech is a permanent member of the ship as it acts as the support column among the technic beams and bricks. Go R4! For easier building, I have broken the whole thing down into 11 manageable sections: 2 missile launcher wings, 4 side panels, a 2-seater cockpit, a back ramp, a spine, and a base. Snapping them together on studs is a breeze. The back ramp does open, but the R4 astromech standing tall blocking the entrance. The wings are connected on technic axles and held in the right angle supported by slopes. In terms of handling this model, I would recommend picking it up from the spine and swooshing it around holding the cargo bay floor or front side panels. If you would like to hold it on the back panels, have the pressure points on the area where they connect to brackets. Do not try to pick up from wings and the cockpit area. This gunship packs a punch. There are two posable nose mounted laser cannons, the swivel plates are perfect for small scale models. There is a missile launcher on each wings, I tried a few different layouts before settling on the final design. This gunship is an evolution of my different gunship alternate builds from different sets, it’d be a fantastic addition to any LEGO Star Wars collection! Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/208423

thank you! having the correct canopy and engine pieces are so important!

thank you! being built from the ARC-170 really helped!

Hope you likes the build and it's sturdy enough! thanks guys!

Good pieces to utilise from the ARC-170, ahh, thank you, you are too kind, Agent Kallus!

3 Star Wars Alternates from me! (Medium Category)

We had to wait 15 years for LEGO to release the new ARC-170, it would be fitting for it to get Z-95s to accompany them for the long strikes. As they are both produced by Incom, they shared many design components, making sense to do an alternate build from the ARC-170. The model has twin engines on the delta wings, flanking the canopy behind its long nose. I kept the two technic cylinders apart with four barrels to give the wings maximum stability. Unfortunately, the two-plated wings sag under its own weight from the 2 technic pin connections on the engines. On the bright side the technic pins will keep the wings in place even with heavy play. Spring loaded shooter are placed on the wingtips for play, my 5 years old son tested them out straight away even though the model is slightly big for him. The 10 stud long curved bricks made the long nose, the half round plate made the perfect canards. The generator hump behind the cockpit is a bit of a challenge to build, I used one tan slope with white curved bricks and wedge slopes to get the best shape possible. There are enough technic beams and pins to build a stand with 2 angles to display the model; making this a great display model while strong enough to play. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/207779

V1.3 09/03/2025 Taking another break after 11 alt builds on ARC-170, I managed to lengthen the nose and front wedge of the hull by 2 studs, making the ship sleeker. A lot of people were hoping for a Venator Midi Scale model in 2025, but we ended up in getting the Acclamator, which we first saw in the “Attack of the Clones”. The model itself is great and has all printed pieces including republic insignia and the 4 striped tile. There is no question on an alternate build to the Venator, it’s whether I use two sets of just the one. In the end, I wanted to keep the parts wastage down as LEGO SW is getting very expensive and gave myself a challenge by using just the one set of 75404. I think I got there in the end, it also used highest percent of the included pieces out of all my alternate builds, close to 100% including the spare pieces. The result is a stubby version of the Venator, maybe the Fat V before the design got transitioned to the Imperial-class Star Destroyer. I wanted to make the front wedge longer and the back wedge narrower but was hampered by the limitation of the pieces available, its’ very important for me that the model to be sturdy and swooshable and use the all of the printed tiles. The wedge hull plates are mostly three plates thick for strength. I kept the hull ramp design on each side where it opens up showing a row of white 1x1 round plates denoting clone troopers, it’s a nice touch by LEGO. The Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser had a hull characterized by two wedge shapes and a dorsal superstructure near the aft containing two bridge towers. The port tower was the starfighter operations command bridge, while the starboard tower served as a primary helm and command bridge. To build that superstructure, I had to pillage parts from across the model including even the display stand to achieve its significant sloped presence. Roller skates are used to represent the heavy turbolaser turrets flanking the bridge. The model’s central dark red hangar roof is tapered gradually towards to nose. Grey wedge plates are built around it. I am so happy LEGO included printed tiles for the insignia! At the stern of the ship, there are four primary thrusters, two secondary thrusters, mounted beside the pronounced hyperdrive tail. Hopefully I delivered a satisfactory alternate build model to add the ever growing number of Midi scale LEGO SW ships. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/207288

2024 has been a great year for my LEGO designer journey, delivering many successful designs. One of my most popular designs is the Colonial Viper from the 75388 Jedi Bob’s Starfighter. While enjoying the Christmas and New Years break and browsing through other LEGO designs, I thought it may be possible to design a Rebel Starfighter taking inspiration from the Cylon Raider using the 40755 battlepack. The raiders resembled a large flying wing with two forward firing laser cannons sitting between the inner and outer wings. Two engines were widely spaced to provide extra lift and vents in between. My Rebel Starfighter tried to incorporate all those features, achieved with some difficulty due to lack of large wedge plates. It's always been a balancing act for me to get the wing shape right while making the model strong enough for play. There is a protruding nose leading to a spacious cockpit for a single pilot, flaps on top of the round engine nacelles, 45 degree slopes allowed for unique shapes to be created on the body and wings, with rounded bottom plates at the underside of the starfighter. Sit back and enjoy more space opera crossovers! Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/206361

Cheers!

The LAAT/le Police Patrol Gunship was introduced during the Clone Wars to perform law enforcement functions on Coruscant. Designed to be sleeker and smaller and less heavily armed than the Republic Gunship, the patrol gunship was better suited for policing the densely populated urban centres. After the formation of the Galactic Empire, the patrol gunship saw a broader use as a patrol vehicle for the imperial military on various worlds. The entire front of the patrol gunship is a glazed canopy for excellent viewing angles, solar panels act as the power generators for the ship. Two ball-mounted laser cannons were on the side of the cockpit and one laser cannon was mounted on the real of the ship. Search lights are mounted underneath the laser cannons when chasing criminals. A troop bay with side hatches allowed for the rapid deployment of police officers. The model is easy to build and very sturdy makes it great for play in different scenarios. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-199283/Wurger Bricks/laatle-police-patrol-gunship-alternate-build-of-40755-imperial-dropship-vs-rebel-scout-speeder/

The Phantom Menace was the first Star Wars movie I have seen on the big screen, and my first Star Wars toy was the Naboo N-1 Starfighter from the KFC kids meal, I am pretty sure that’s still somewhere at my parent’s place. Designing the N-1 starfighter brings back great nostalgia for me. Due the great service from Obi-Wan and Anakin, visiting Jedis can test fly the Naboo N-1 Starfighters against their Delta-7s or Eta-2s. One was repainted in the white and red colorway to represent the Galactic Republic for Jedi Bob. I started with the 2 engines and worked on how they would connect to the wings. After trying the axle connector and the thin technic beam, I decided to go with the thin technic beam as it’s sleek and black, doesn’t stand out from the engine pods. The downside is that the thin beams are easy to push out, reducing the sturdiness of the model. Nacelle domes are build using 2x2 round bricks and the black technic ski poles are used for heatsink finials. As there are no jumper plates, I had to offset 2x3 plates by half a stud for the rear center finial made by two 1x8 plates, brackets are used to fill in the gap left by the offset. The cockpit sits Jedi Bob comfortably because I used door rail plates to raise the canopy. The astromech sits on top of the cockpit. Delta wings form the front of the ship with a pair of centerline laser canons, the canons are actually lightsaber hilts. I arranged the white plates and tiles for the forward surfaces and red pieces for the back of the wings. Dark bluish grey tiles with the original stickers worked out perfectly for the section behind the laser canons. Spring loaded shooters have been built into the belly of the ship for play functionality. If you handle the model around the core fuselage, the structure is very sturdy, just be careful with the engine mounts. The end product is a nice sleek Naboo N-1 Starfighter, it’s much more minifigure scale compare to the massively oversize LEGO official Mandalorian N-1. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-195967/Wurger Bricks/n-1-starfighter-alternate-build-of-75388-bobs-starfighter/

The model is 11.2cm wide, 27.2cm long, 10.1cm tall with stand. Or 4.4 inches wide, 10.7 inches long, 4.0 inches all with stand. When I was designing the V-Wing’s hull, the first iteration had angled wedge hull plates. I had to scrap that design in the end as I needed the angled technic connectors for the rotating radiator wings. Because I really liked the angled hull plates, I started to explore other designs that can take advantage of this feature. When I thought about it, since I have done most of Galactic Republic starfighters, why not the Venator! The Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser had a hull characterized by two wedge shapes and a dorsal superstructure near the aft containing two bridge towers. The port tower was the starfighter operations command bridge, while the starboard tower served as a primary helm and command bridge. The superstructure was built using SNOT method. The Venator-Class was the starfighter carrier for the republic, with a complement of 420 different space crafts carried across different hangars. The forward section of the attack cruiser featured a 500-meter flight deck down the middle with doors open on the top, represented by two 1x8 red door rail plates. This flight deck enabled the Venator-class to rapidly launch hundreds of fighters. I only have enough pieces for the top hull of the attack cruiser, had to make do with the remaining pieces for its underside. A 2x4 medium azure plate represents the ventral hangar bay entrance. On this model, there are four primary thrusters, two secondary thrusters, mounted from the hyperdrive. The healthy amount of 2x2 round bricks from Jedi Bob’s Starfighter comes in handy again, and 3x3 round pieces are used to make the display stand. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-194011/Wurger Bricks/venator-class-republic-attack-cruiser-midi-scale-alternate-build-of-75388-bobs-starfighter/

The Alpha-3 Numbus-Class V-Wing Starfighter was a stubby, wedge-shaped starfighter. The wedge shaped fuselage is similar to the Delta-7 that was manufactured by the same company Kuat Systems Engineering. This design feature was later carried to the Rebel A-wing. The V-Wing featured radiator wings similar to those fitted on Eta-2 interceptors, when landing, the wings rotate downward to form as landing gear. The radiator wings are rotated vertically while flying, giving its distinguishing look like the future Tie-fighter. I had a dilemma on the use of the angled axle and pin connectors and white wedge plates. I originally used them to create the angled hull plates, but in the end changed the design completely to use them for these radiator wings. While it sacrificed the look of the hull, the rotatable radiator wings look great with a great play feature. The twin laser cannons are nestled between the wings and hull, due to the pieces I had, I made a pair of slow firing heavy laser cannons with a pair of rapid firing blaster cannons. The 3 x 3 round bricks again come in handy, making great wing mounts. A stand was made to display the V-Wing in flight mode. I made an astromech with 3 round pieces, sitting behind the cockpit. Flanking the astromech are two deflector shield heat sinks, they can open up from the 2 studded clip plate. At the tail of the fighter, there are two vertically stacked ion engines. There is a white central spine for the wedge-shaped hull, going up to red curved slopes before the cockpit, and red wedge plates create a diamond shaped pattern. The bubble canopy is placed on an angle, so it doesn't stick out too much from the fuselage. A pair of spring shooters are placed on the underside of the hull. This is my son’s favorite model at the moment, with different radiator wing positions while flying and landing, and deflector shield heat sinks that can open and close, and finally 2 spring shooters. The moving parts are well connected that they actually stay connected during play, making this V-Wing very swooshable. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-194958/Wurger Bricks/alpha-3-nimbus-v-wing-starfighter-alternate-build-of-75388-bobs-starfighter/

ah there, there is a market for both, I quite like the MIDI scale starships, they are great for display, and doesn't take up too much space.

Thank you for the notice, still don't understand LEGO restricted the sales of this set. In Australia, not available inside discount department stores.