Kage Goomba

If they are factory sealed and in very good condition - could be a bonus - but demand is a fickle mistress. Id probe for more info on the goods.

Gorgeous work Kdapt. :)

This is the best Blockade Runner MOC I've seen yet. :)

Yeah I've been doubling up/over linking where I can. Been drawing experiences from building complex models like the UCS Star Destroyer - the AT-AT most recently - etc. I'm covering up a lot of the structure to keep things quiet - but trust me when I say - there's a lot more there than meets the eye. There are portions of the Star Destroyer I don't like in structure terms that I'm avoiding in this design for example. The main core of the ship is a very densely "technic brick" area for example - trying to put all the weight there and ensure it holds up. If I had to say what weak areas are there - the mandibles and dome areas - but I also put in as many struts and areas as I could to ensure it holds up. Saddly it will need a cradle - not a play model to be sure. Wish I had bricks lying around to toy with - but I don't - so I do what I can here and draw feedback. I'll throw a screenshot at you showing the "Skeleton" to give you an idea of what its there. :)

Holy #### - where were you when I needed you back in November? Damn - that is a great cylinder design. I've not seen this in all my searches and research today. Piece count would go up big time but this could be what I'm looking for for redesigning the cockpit tub. @Kdapt-Preacher you seeing this? Damn - I feel stupid now - seriously. Gotta say - I've learned so much in this venture hahaha. Thank you so much - I'll have to give this a try. Don't suppose you could send me cross sections and other details via PM? The Snot Circles would likely work better for capping - but the 12 sided hinge plate trick might work for my cockpit tube - slight concerns in size and dimensions - I wonder if there are variations of the size. I'd have to mess with one and see what if it would work. Even if it doesn't - its a great technique. Just did a quick rough estimate - looks about the same size give or take a stud (12 studs long diameter give or take) - Think ill give that a shot - has a much better texture - would take a bit to build out. :) EDIT - found it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/legohungary/albums/72157658449024741 Looks like I get to experiment :) It seems I stumbled across this guys saucer/dome suggestion or someone showed it to me - but I didn't see his cylinders. Very brilliant man this is. Ended up going with a different methodology but def. was worth a look. Again thanks for showing me this. ^_^

cockpit sections now more in line with various models (the cylinder bit behind the cockpit window is gone and in its place to make it more in line)

SHOOOWWWWMEEEEE - soon please. :) EDIT: I got a sneak peak - its glorious. :)

Totally love this thread. I'm quite proud of my M-Tron Collection <I posted it recently :) > I'm tempted to snap up some more 90's vintage sets (Ice Planet in particular) - That or look for some M-Tron MOC's.

E-P-I-C!

Engine array rebuild is 75% done. :) seems simpler and less complex as the old one. And it fits at least. Now I have room for LED Strips to give it a lovely white blue glow.

Good eye and observation - and yeah thought the same. Also thank you so much for the compliments - I'm floored frankly being this is my first. The "Cockpit Tube" I have a little bit of freedom to mess with. The internal structure has a set of 4 struts (in pairs tied together with linkers) running from the front to the back you see sticking out. The outside bits are just dressing but designed to stay together as you see. The "Seed" is the falcon's cockpit window part on the front. - I'm tempted to change the front and shrink that down - as for the rest - the scaling should look better when I move/compress it to the main body - right now its a little out of place. Not sure if I'll change the cylinder or not - I may shrink it. I'm more open to changing that than I am with the dome. It looks better because in truth its going to get swallowed by the main body's dome top/bottom. As you pointed out I'll likely use the same techniques to cap it in - but that's a bridge to cross/blow up/nuke an another day. I've also discovered that other graphics on the net do not agree on the mandible size at all - and my "blueprint" I'm using isn't exactly authoritative. So ill just chalk this up to best guess and not stress over it. As it is I've nuked the engine array and currently rebuilding it as shrinking it as its wouldn't do much good other than add frustration and since I want to be able to sneak in some LED's - might as well re do it. It should fit better when I'm done. Sadly the roundness look of the main core of the ship isn't going to be right - it will be more oval shaped due to the fact Lego doesn't make it easy to make dome/saucers. The flat top of the dome/saucer section is going to be covered by the capping of the dome top/bottom - but it may shift a bit. Not sure if I'm making any sense. I'll PM you a picture of the "structure" to give you an idea of whats hiding under the skin. Just don't spread it around. :)

Much thanks. Posted an update in the OP as to progress. TLDR version - got the left side mirrored and now both attached. Its not perfect - but its looking pretty awesome in all fairness. For something thats never been done as of yet - this is a great start.

Stud.io actually. And yeah...I think my Sanity abandoned me the day after thanksgiving.

I want to see the Cantwell just as much. ;) So lets both keep working on our projects!

UPDATE: I've changed some things on my webserver - so some pics will be broken - they are still there - just hiding - happy to fix the links if requested - but these forum boards are horrid at editing links so ill just keep it to the highlights for now. Some of you may have saw my "YT Corellian Transport Thread" - This is what I've been working on. (Those who know - please don't share my pics - as I'm keeping things simple for now) Tonight I've hit roughly the 45-49% Mark in terms of proof of concept design wise. So now I feel like revealing the work to get some community feedback/encouragement. To date - no ones ever done one - there's been some miniatures - some rather "smallish" models - but nothing like UCS scale. EDIT: Seems I wasn't the first. Per @Geihlen who found this -> Vieral's Otana - 2012 - 10 years back - not bad - certainly didn't have the luxery of parts we have today. Google didn't see this either - not in any MOC DB's - I did in fact reach out to him as a result. I've been wanting to do this since I first saw this ship. Little background first: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_X-Wing_Alliance Back in 1999 this game showed up - I grabbed a copy - and saw this Falcon like ship for the first time and fell head over heels in love with it. To be honest - I never liked the falcon that much - yes its the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy - but as Leia said when she first saw it - its ugly (inferred or otherwise) - The Otana however was glorious in shape and design. As a lego maniac I wanted to build one. Fast forward to today - I now understand why no one's really done one yet - or at least tried and nearly went bald/insane. The ship unlike the YT-2400 and the 1300 is very different in that the cockpit is down the center-line - and it has a larger "saucer/dome" section in the main hull of the ship. Add to that - 1990's computer graphics doesn't help much in rendering. Little to no "hard facts" on this ship which makes it a bit of a challenge to interpret the design. Funny enough - everyone thought I was building the YT-2400 - which is well known as the Outrider which is funny because its already been done - quite nicely I might add (as did copy off the engine array design of one hehe) Some Info on the Otana (keep in mind - open to interpretation) - https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Otana Ive decided to go with this rather nice layout design - with some room to stretch/squeeze as needed. I've put a lot of thought into this project over the years - thankfully I didn't attempt this until now. As one of my new community friends @Kdapt-Preacher pointed out - there are very nice pieces recently released that make these challenges "possible". Thankfully the biggest blessing as this is a symmetrical ship that allows for clone/copy once I get one side done. Hence my unveiling. I've also seen as I researched prior to Thanksgiving - that people have been literally screaming for this MOC - so I'm excited to be in the running for the likely first second? one done of this type or scale - certainly what I call "UCS". So I'm hoping this will get the fans to come out of the woodwork. After many months of work - its ready for poking and prodding before finishing touches. Some questions I'm expecting that ill try to answer: 1: How big are we talking? - Roughly the size of the UCS Falcon - measures at (currently) 32"x24"x11" at 7.5k-7.6k pieces. 2: Are you going to build this? YES - of course I am - but it will take time to budget and gather parts - right now I need to make sure this thing is ready to be built - still need finishing touches. 3: What kind of model aside from UCS? Playable? Insides? - Not a "play model" - there will be a cockpit that ill try to have something to show for it insides wise but this isn't going to be that kind of design - maybe in the future - but not for this "iteration". It will likely require a stand or a cradle as there are weight concerns/structure wise. 4: Are you going to post instructions if so how much? Yes at some point - but I'm undecided on whether i charge or not. Its taking 10's if not 100's of hours to get here - So I may have to consult with other designers and ask for suggestions advice. 5: This (insert this bit here) looks wrong. - Yep there's many bits that look wrong - feel free to point out and suggest. Right now the following areas are "no touchy" - Dome Suacer sections (There will be 4 - 2 on each side) - that thing has stolen days from me in redesign. I may end up having to redo it - however its looking very good. The rest vary depending on the critiquing. My to-do list will be posted so you can check that if your curious. 6:Scaling is off - yep it likely is - it was VERY bad early on as some of my new friends pointed out. Again - check to-do list before pointing something out. 7: Otana has dual gun turrets! - Don't Care :P I'm going Quad Guns - I however would like to figure out where to stick a/the Ion Cannon(s) at (Suggestions are welcome!) (In truth this is not really a big deal but Its just my little "dispute" from the game) - Yes I totally ripped the Falcon's turret off and "smashed" it to fit. I'm open to redesigning this. Yep ok you win - its not the Otana if its not to spec. 8: You going to make changes after release? - I'm going to avoid doing this for obvious reasons - so I'll try not to "rock the boat" with perfectionist syndrome. 9: Bonus Feature - Gun Turrets that drop from hidden hatches (Ion Cannon/Laser Cannon) with sliding hatches. Todo list: 1: Get some volunteers who are willing to help me evaluate this carefully and MAYBE do some test builds to make sure this will hold up. 2: Design a Cradle/Stand/Plaque 3: Surface "Candy"/Greebles/etc. 4: Cockpit needs some refinement (inside) 5: Part Audit (make sure I'm using readily available parts and nothing stupid insane aside from obvious (3 parts estimated at this point) 6: Instructions (cringe) Major Phases: Phase 1: Proof of Concept - done - ready for evaluation. Phase 2: Detail it out Phase 3: Audit to make sure the bloody thing won't fall apart and can be built out (will be looking for volunteers to test/poke) - with colors. Consider bricks and price. Phase 4: Instruction Manual (I'm not looking forward to this) Phase 5: Build it! And pray it works. Phase 6: Release! (1.0) And that's that.....hope you guys are excited as much as I am. Biggest thanks and shout outs to @Kdapt-Preacher with his tolerance of my ranting/screaming/spamming of my progress and "Darth Soban" who gave me inspiration for the dome sections. Those who are interested in helping me out - PM me and we can discuss - I strongly advise you get Discord because these boards are not suited to up to minute detailed chats. The goal is to make sure those who decide to shell out money for this - won't regret the investment (like me for instance). I will charge for instructions yes - but that's yet to be determined.

That same thread which showed majority of those same fixes having issues in themselves in terms of stability (including my own ignoring my 1mm gap trick) which makes it worse. They obviously had a reason for the design. But yes..its not world ending. But I guess we agree to disagree on the quality part.

The AT-AT doesn't count - they didn't need to change a single thing on it thanks to that video. Bit of an unfair judgement to lop that in as a QC issue. Miscommunication perhaps - but not a quality issue. Can't help it if people don't think outside the box anymore when it comes to problem solving.

You just cant[very]well handle the delay can you? (dodges buckets of lego bricks being tossed at head) I KID I KID! I still look forward to it either way. :) Also - nice design. *I'm one to tease considering the monster project I'm working on ha ha ha*

Got 2 Snowtrooper packs for my AT-AT :D

Grabbed me 2 today. :D

The det doesn't reach into the main chamber that the troopers are in imho - its just internal crawlspace - however - its a sensitive area to be sure. Prob nailed the reactor or a fuel tank.

Nice!

That would be the alternate option. ;) (pretty sure you have an extra spare as I did)

Love your collection - very nice!

That's nothing......not even close to a problem. I have a pair of metal needle sharp nose tweezers I use to help with LED Kits - with a little silcone/rubber cap to keep me from jabbing myself when I store it. Like 2-5 bucks at a hardware store. Just shove the capped tweezer tip in and pull while rubbing the inside of the shaft - pops right out. No damage no fuss no issue. Might be able to figure something out with what you got there if you get the idea.