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Holy cow.....

Well, not all of them of course but different parts, different metallic colors... But after the n1 (which was quite expensive relative to part count) I'll just throw in a few flat, metallic, pearl silver parts here and there and spray the rest. That'll be fun, actually looking forward to taking it apart and rebuilding it again. And no there aren't enough parts and sellers... the problem is usually that even for just one lot you need several sellers as they usually only have few pieces ....

@Hold0511 Yes please, some info about the spray would be nice. Also considering Revell acrylic metallic silver spray. And I don't see anybody getting upset here, as far as I remember, your version was a welcome sight for everyone :)

@Hold0511 soooooo.....now that I wanted to Update the BLO parts, I am reconsidering the the spraypainting. First i thought i'll just buy parts....but after having done that for the mando n1 i quickly went back to the painting plan :D god, these parts are expensive... can you tell me which spray you used exactly, i remember you mentioned plastikote.

Finally done, what a beauty! Of all the Minifig scale models on brickvault, this is the one you just can't take your eyes off, where even after 10 minutes of staring you still find the tiniest new details. Lego at its limits :) But the building process itself, for me, was a nightmare. Question: are your wings also slightly droopy? Any chance of correcting that?

@Pyroness How did you position it on its back, when you were assembling the outer round hull and the ramp next to it? Because that is my problem, using the temp stand or placing it on the table?

Most difficult model I have ever built.... it's soooo fragile.... It's fun building but it is also driving me nuts :D I've built pretty much every star wars model from jerac, additionally quite a few others from brickvault, but this one at times drives me insane, like no other before :D is it just me or did others experience this as well. Just keeping the bottom together while attaching some of the exterior hull,....aaarrrgh don't know how many time I had to reattach large parts of the bottom, while balancing it in one hand. Yes the stand helps but placing it back on the bottom usually leads to its disintegration. Any tips on doing that?! it is drop dead gorgeous, and the challenge in itself is fun...but I just had to let out my frustration here :D edit: bottom=back of the ship

Did anybody here build it already? I am in the process and wondering at what point one should construct the temporary stand? I Am currently on page 250 of1350. until now it is fun and surprisingly easy, guess the Hull will become more challenging eventually.

Considering there are specific instructions on where to grab it when lifting (only in two areas and with both hands), and it is recommended to build a temporary stand for building the backside, and there is an additional instruction video on how to build the cockpit, i would say it is most probably a non swooshable (gorgeous) display model.

In the instructions they also have a version with a black spray painted windshield, originally purple. Couldn't resist, instructions bought....

Yeah, I just realised it is the last day of pre order...taking their time.

Anybody built it yet? I am still contemplating whether to buy the instructions or not. wouldn't mind scrapping the parts from the ucs set but 16% is really not much. And with the Slave 1s specific colorscheme I am not so sure how much I can get the total price down with my own lego stash...and >500€ only to replace the (also good looking) ucs....decisions decisions...

Just did the parting out from the old model and gathered the missing parts. @Jerac how on earth can a ship, that in it's essence is pretty much the same thing by the same designer have such a different part/lot inventory, most impressive! I am really looking forward to building V2 :)

Finally built it! It was a fun build and is really nice to look at. Displayed next to the minifig models a bit small(ish) though, at least in the regular "parking" position. Anybody here who had a good idea about displaying it standing a lot more angled?! I mean, in a diving manner, so that the top of the ship is more forward facing? Guess it is not that easy, as it is quite a heavy model. Thanks TGBDZ, that was fun!

Hey hold, Thank you, I was a bit lazy to search for your post, thank you for the input! This simply is mind boggling... how long did it take you? I guess I'll start off by first replacing some gray parts with tan, dark red, sand blue etc. and then after coming back to your photos and eventually not being able to resist I will start thinking about this crazy undertaking :D

Out of curiosity, with what and how did you spray the parts? Every single one?! I am almost done building mine, but maybe at some point in the future I might consider (re)doing that. I'd love to hear how you went on about it. Saw the one silver/chrome/spray version here in this thread and it looks stunning.

Hey, thank you for getting back. Yes, indeed I did go through them and realized exactly what you just said, most of the parts are visible, therefore I gave up being picky and just went according to the inventory list. I might end up with about 50% of the parts from my own collection and 50% ordering. looking forward to building this model, it'll take some time though still have several others waiting to be build :)

The one from the official lego Razor Crest Set

Hi, this MOC looks really nice! the brickvault minifig scale model (though I only build minifig scale models) is just too large for my budget, space and relationship status :D therefore your model @TGBDZseems like the perfect compromise :) Have a question though: is there any way to distinguish or figure out the pieces that can be of any color (the non visible ones), except for the obvious way of going step by step through the instructions? Maybe a hint "steps 1-300 are interior only" would already be helpful. I want to sort through my stash and then order the remaining parts. Also, the guys that already built it, any other tips on reducing the costs? @TGBDZ

Hi lenzie, the Tie Advanced build was superb :) It was so much fun and there were quite a few build steps which just made you smile and wonder how jerac came up with these. Your tip from the review regarding the attachment of the side panels was helpful, as it also worked a lot better for me this way around instead of the suggested way in the instructions. Regarding the other builds: I was quite fortunate to purchase around 25 kg of lose lego bricks from a family whose kids (thought) they were too old for lego now, loads of lbg, dbg, white and black pieces. With this stash I was able to collect (over the course of about half a year) roughly 60-90% of the pieces required for the following models (mostly jerac/brickvault builds) : tie adv, tie fighter, tie Interceptor, tie first order, tie bomber, a-wing, y-wing, x-wing, jedi interceptors red/yellow, snowspeeder and the razor crest. the rest cam from bricklink and lego. Having the May off this year I was already able to build the a-wing (the building step for the round side panels and cone shaped pieces at the side was awesome!!!) such a fun build! this weekend finished the y-wing. the details are stunning, somehow you have the feeling that the greebling is arranged in three layers. the angles and techniques on the cockpit are fun as well. Next up, i think, will be the razor crest, before the new job starts in June :) @jerac thank you for these fun experiences! I love when you get to a step in the instructions and cannot stop smiling and wondering how on earth this is possible. p.s. the brickvault snowspeeder is also a lot of fun. though the two front panels drove me nuts :D

@lenzie Great quality and review, thanks for that, subscribed right away. Got all pieces collected already, the tie adv is waiting to be build since several weeks. this video makes me wanna start immediately haha Saw that you have good tips on the x wing as well, that'll be the next collection project, hopefully helpful to save money while ordering pieces i don't own. for jeracs y wing the last missing pieces are currently being processed by lego B&P and the razor crest stuff is in the mail. I am a bit of a sucker for jeracs models haha :)))

Don't know about that, just know that it is available as a plugin for browsers. There is also a choice where one can pick an affiliate (designer and/or distributor of tool) when you filling your shopping cart and importing it to the lego website. they will get a tiny % from lego (not more expensive for oneself), so you actually support the designer (not me) as well, which is always nice.

Happy to help, this is the best tool for putting together a MOC shopping list. It is not entirely self explanatory as you have to start with bricklink and the XML first. The instructions i used were in German though, hope that there are English ones as well. Have fun collecting for this amazing model.

time and money... lots of both actually. there are good instructions online on how to use it.

Brickhunter plugin for chrome, is a life saver in this project! Does it all automatically with B&P PaB and BL