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Even better if you can light im up :) - but they look good.

Solo and Rogue One I could get behind. I guess its just a preference. The Mando TIE was a modification that I could also accept as well - Structurally Id be suspicious of the strength of the panels - but its not beyond reason. That and TIE Fighters don't have life support (have to wear a suit) - oops? (Ok technically Moff didn't go into space in one :P ) Thus far Mando/BoBF ships have been pretty damn good so I can exclude that from my "hate list" TIE Crawler <snickers> ahhh yes....love that Tank....its just utterly hilarious. It made sense - but thats because they openly admit that only the worst of the worst would be in one - and its functional - just more of a "literal scary story" and less "legend" XD

Interceptors fit the space of a TIE easily enough hence why I included them - TIE Advanced or Defenders however - take up a bit more space than usual profile wise. I guess Bombers would fit that bill too considering they are wider - and considering the fact they carry more "Dangerous payload" as a fighter. Phantoms as much as I'm inclined to include them are very large for all intents and purposes - with an actual cockpit that includes life support (if we're going off of Rebel Assault) - frankly they are hard to accept as a "common TIE" - a Scimitar (even if narrow - take up space of 2 at least by length) is more likely to be there or Gunboats/Missile Boats. I utterly despise the new TIE's in the Disney flicks - cept rylo's TIE - that at least made sense - I ignore them anyway.

A fair argument - if anything the drop racks could be for specialized fighters that don't fit the rank and file of a TIE or TIE Bomber/Interceptor - more specailized fighter craft that may need dedicated space away from the main bay. But in any case - call it a preference - ISD has a lot of space - its a big ship really - but your argument has a great deal of validity in any case. Granted we're not talking about 1000's of fighters in this scale as an ISD isn't going to carry that.

Ah...ok - and I remember that mission - played the game for hours and hours - always thought it was very..weird they did that.

The Video - wow....good find. If you watch it - you'll notice that is not even close to a Nebula B Frigate - its obvious the fighter is being lowered out of an ISD :P (at least to me hehe). And yes they reuse that scene for every-thing - so yeah. But for a game that old - have to admit - it fits...for most situations. ISD wise. In truth there's not much revealed about what's over the hanger ceiling (over space) - so a "rack on rails" system for TIE's. - It's common accepted "military" practice to have something akin to a "Alert 5" method in terms of rapid launch. So having a rack of TIE's ready to go at a moments notice kind of make sense. Granted other cross sections show "smaller bays" on the walls for fighters to fly out and out. So I could be summarily shut down. Personally after reading so many books that discuss methods of TIE Fighter launches in sudden succession - I'd like to think my method fits better. One comes to mind where Thrawn orders the Chimera to show her belly off to a target and spew fighters out directly - and another where someone does that backwards - etc. Don't remember which books. So don't sweat the detail - I'm not going to be picky in your chosen method - as its kind of a fun little playground that not many wander through. Frankly I don't give a damn what people say because there's nothing to prove its canon or not short of conclusions being drawn from what is seen. So its all fair game honestly. As to Fractal - I don't know the guy and I was only looking for a hanger drawing - and his "interpretation" on "that point" seems to line up with my rack/drop method. Everyone past that is subject to correction. My viewpoint is one of obvious common sense - structure - rationality. People are too quick to draw to conclusions and take some random "Reddit thread" or something on "wookieepedia" as "holy text" and not "someones "best guess"" - my classic examples is the KDY Firespray Patrol Craft that Boba Fett fly's that people are now calling a "gunship" because Disney said so. When for years it was understood as something very different. Granted its black vs "asphalt" or "tar" in terms of discussion - I'm just loose and you can call me conservative when it comes to ship tech. As long as the specs line up - and the model fits - I'm happy - even if the name is in contention let alone details. Bottom line - end of the day the Executor is massive - with no blueprints to the level of detail we/you need - your free to go as you see fit. I'm just glad to get in on the discussion - I love this stuff. :D - I only wish I could be there to build one with you - would be a dream task.

Found this - oddly there's not one damn video on the net. People love skipping cut-scenes. TIE Bomber - hatch opens up below - rack tilts - down she goes into space - rapid deployment system. Likening to Babylon 5's way of launching Star Fury's Not quite as elegant in terms of how an ISD does it from what little we know - but you get the idea.

The 144 number is totally RPG-esque. - The fact it continues to linger is worthy of making my twitch till I'm blind. Pretty sure any DM would be a little overwhelmed and put out when someone "hypers" in a SSD and drops 1000 fighters on the "first wave" just to "steam roll" anyone in their way. Shield-less or not. http://fractalsponge.net/?p=3430 Here's a good take on the ISD 's "Ceiling drop" bays. Still digging...

This is why I laugh at people who say "canon" (in response to my contestment) and I say "ST#U" - cause common sense rules regardless. Little blurb I found : Not sure where the #### they got 144 Fighters - my encyclopedia doesn't even say how many - just its cavernous. So it could be a baseline starting point but its got space for much much more. Also TIE fighters don't necessarily launch from hangers - some use "drop racks" - TIE Fighter Game is a good example of that. Cant find an image - but the hard ceiling hull off a Star Destroyer (ISD class) you see those squares - hatches open up and they drop TIE's like drop pods - faster deployment that way. (Or any compatible ship) Not much documented - but its an obvious design aspect that makes sense for combat.

The M-Tron fanatic in me approves of this build. :D

We don't talk about the official lego model >.>;;;;; But yes now it makes sense.

Scale doesn't look right to me honestly. Maybe use the Bridge tower/shield spheres as a seed point to match? Something seems off.

Not dead yet - just stuck on how I'm going to drop the turret domes on the model. Currently taking a breather working on the "UCS Tumbler" (Dark Knight Trilogy) for grins and giggles. Feel free to offer suggestions/feedback folks. Stay tuned - not giving up - not by a long shot.

May need a tractor trailer rig to haul that puppy.....or a warehouse XD

Call me ignorant or "noobish" - but I think it can be done - its just a matter of technique. Double up triple up quad up on technic struts - overabundance of linkers. Course he did confess that he only did the overall hull and not really much on the inside - so yeah your going to need a steel frame for that or something. At least that's what I remember seeing in the thread initially. (nothing negative - its a monster for sure) It's why my Otana is heavily thick and over-engineered on the frame for that reason - wantted it to be stable and not some hollow <crunch crack break> start destroyer situation like Lego's UCS model. Need more bone and less meat :P

The naysayers talking about crush concerns/stability - i ignore those. 1: its 2022 - we got better bricks since then. 2: As you saw in my MOC.....internal frame is everything....outer body while challenging....won't do much good without framework... I recently moved my ISD due to LED repairs - pain in the megablocks - Lego didn't want anyone to move this thing....very frustrating when bits fall off...its why I approach my Otana thinking about that. Nothing really is impossible - its just a matter of stubbornness and will power. you could prob pull it off - but the cost is a concern for sure.

So your choosing the Executor? At that scale - you've gone totally insane lol. I do in fact remember something about that. There was an LDD (sp?) build - but it was too large that it was in 2 separate files. Not able to find that one - but I found this one. 13 feet long - 71,000 pieces..... if your going to keep to scale with Star Destroyer - ambition isn't the word for this. o.o EDIT - looks that this is the one....how damn.....this thing is epic.

*watches with keen interest*

It be fixed. :)

Fantastic. :)

Showing a 404 on your gif.

Honestly this is on my list too....but space is a premium at the moment. :"(

You need to use a service like imgur/flikr to host your images. Or if you happen to be like me - your own web server.

Damn...that's gorgeous.

Hmm Images are broken on my screen today - looks like "Code"| @samsz_3 you'll want to switch hosts to fix those. Use flickr or Imgur as suggested.