Kage Goomba

This forum is exactly what is on the tin. Every model has its own circles and fans. Yes it leans towards MOC's and Mods - but even then we have at least 2 to 3 threads talking about models. Your welcome to ask in the Star Wars Set Discussion Thread -> Or talk about it here if you bought it or plan to buy it ->

I'm sure someone around here did. Frankly I skipped it - never really been a fan of "That" landspeeder. As an UCS model its impressive - but it just doesn't call out to me.

Yeah - its my only saving grace with the Otana needing 7-8k pieces thereabouts - bulk of which are grey parts. Kind of why I chose the TIE/d as my first project to test/mess/learn. Boy did I learn a lot. I'm confident this will work out - ill be posting pics as I assemble as the "Assembly" part is going to be very tricky. First need to do a part count and figure out what I'm missing and what I need.

I remember seeing those - hmm

Began tearing down all components for recycling to the new build - sorting into baggies. Leaving Stand intact as its minor modifcations - the outter panels are the same - rest need to be torn down entirely as everything will be rebuilt. The joys of sorting parts. Painful to knoow a good chunk of these are a waste of money - guess I needed to build a stockpile anyway. Thankfully most of these are potential Otana parts - not a total bummer there. Still plenty more to sort - cockpit ball is next - but ill get to it an another time - been at it for a while now. Good thing I held on to all those baggies when I ordered parts hehe. Speaking of - anyone here got a recommendation for a good standard sorting bin type thing for lego's? Been experimenting.

love it

She's pretty much ready to build. Just need to check parts and figure out what I need to build her. Put all the pics and info in the first post. Can't thank you guys enough for your help. Anyone want to build this thing or help test structure? Hit me up - ill provide the file(s) Only annoyance left aside from the obvious is the laser cannons - still not happy with those so I may change those.

I nearly forgot you where threatening to do that - or at least you made mention at some point - I look forward to it. :)

Put together an rear end for it - not sure if I like it or not - also those inferred Ion Engine ports. Always thought it was "Triple Ion Engine" and not "Twin" with a Defender. Would be slimmer if Lego actually bothered to make a 14L Long Axel - but nope - not even a 15. Jumps between 16 and 12. Ugh lol. Things left to do - polish the gap between cockpit and main body. Audit Parts/Colors Rebuild Stand (Keeping the chin as the center of balance likely shifted on this design) - going to put a pair of "U" clamps/cradles to hold it by the pylons and not the center part as I don't think it would be safe to hold it there. Should be interesting. Any volunteers willing to shred this design and check for anything obvious? Let me know and ill make sure you get my "2.0" candidate file. Heck - let me know if you want to build this damn thing - no instructions - but should be able to sort it out - DO LET ME KNOW if your going to do this. Cause I have a few favors to ask.

Honestly I'd not replicate with religious zeal due to the sheer mass/size overall - bottom line - give yourself a bit of creative license - you'll save on the aspirin lol. But its great your thinking of all the angels to be sure - literally.

@ForgedInLego Saves the day! Thanks to his inspiration - I managed to find a way to brace the cockpit to keep it from sagging - its not pretty - but its much better than it was before. Adding some slightly longer liftarms on the top section of the main core - I shoved a lift arm into the upper portion of the cockpit - had to punch a hole in the bricks - took a lot of rearrangement - managed to pull it off - only just barely. Using an Axel Shaft that's capped - just perfect in size to be flush. And resulted in 1 more plates worth of axel grip for the spine. Need to do some cleaning - but it works. The portion joining the cockpit joining up is ugly - but it could be so much worse. Big thanks to ForgedinLego for the save!

I want to see your work/progress - its one of my favorite subjects hehehe. But in any case DM'ed you mine - looking forward to hitting you up from time to time.

When you gonna toss me your discord ID? :P Been asking for ages lol. Also - nice design/start of one anyway on the Gladiator - Also waiting for your to take on the Executor

Hmm would it be wrong to use #x3 wide plates with center studs to give it a more - wider look? or even 1x2 type plates with center stud. Not sure how that would would work - nor not sure if I'm making sense. Been staring at my TIE Defender a little too long today. (working on cockpit reinforcement)

Monkey pointed out the angling on the panels may not work so cleanly. These are 9 teeth hinge plates - The angles compared to the original model and the current iteration appear to be the same - sooo not sure if this is a big concern or not. bottom line - it may not look perfect.

Tell me what you guys think: Wanted to show Monkey's iteration first: Cockpit and Tail removed as I'm going to be working on those next. Again - he's genius - I'd love to know how he thought to do this. And my refinements/adjustments- Added more tiling to close gaps and make it look like a real pylon/smooth from spine to panel. Also you can see the undersides of the TIE Panel base has some smoothing as well. And to reveal whats hiding under all that From TIE Panel to the Main Core - with only may be a Brick in spacing give or take - is all of this. 4 Struts with numerous linkers and those handy "I" (As in incredible) Shaped Liftarms that are 3 across and 5 tall in technic hole terms. With my reinforcement I added earlier today - should be very strong and nicely attached to the body. Now for the TIE Panels themselves - the outter panels have not changed as much as I'd love to redo - very cringe worthy - but those are not an easy thing to perfect - maybe later. The main TIE Panel "body" however is thicker - heavier than the previous iteration due to the internal framework - slightly concerned about that. But with the main body beefed up - could be jitters on my part? The TIE Panel "Cap" or "Hub" is on the pylon itself submodel wise - which means the pylon pokes straight through to the very top of the TIE Panel if you laid the panel flat on the table. Becomes more apparent here. The TIE Panel cap is seen on the pylon - the angled lift-arm struts latch on to the main 4 strut frame in the pylon. The 4 strut frame also latches on to the panel below the cap. So lots of "grip" here. I suspect assembly will be very challenging here - so yeah - bring on the feedback. Here's a cross section of the internal Panel Frame. Personally I'd put in double the linkers for angled liftarms like I did on my Otana - but there's not much space - and the TIE Panel main bodies are too fat as it is. An unavoidable issue due to the stability/weight concerns. So tell me what you guys think. Anyone here a pro with weird technic bodies? Let me know and ill toss you the file. Going to be hard pressed to come up with something better than this. But that's what I said when this disaster started when I created my thread - and look at the geniuses that are among us. :)

True enough - still very sad.

Id find a way to link your stuff nudge people to true lego's tho - some how - some way lol. Sad and funny all at once for sure.

Appreciate the affirmation - I feel like I'm seeing the light at the end of this nightmare. Just need to do a bit more poking around and some careful consideration. May attempt to rebuild the cockpit ball to something more rational since a total rebuild is needed anyway. Monkey proposed one but I'd like to keep the smooth look if possible.

Monkey wasn't convinced when I showed him my suggested changes. I had just enough parts to do a rough build test. Gotta say - its nice and tight that it self reinforces based on spacing. I'm feeling confident with this approach. :) Assembly will be rather challenging - ill need to take pics/document as I go when I do build this thing.

@Kdapt-Preacher just gave his thumbs up - others feel free to throw in your 2 cents. ;)

Throwing you a copy momentarily.

smart alec :P :)

May help to link the Model in question as not every has them memorized XD (He's referring to the UCS Imperial Shuttle Lambda Shuttle Tyderium (The most awesome one) https://www.lego.com/en-us/service/buildinginstructions/10212 Couple of google searches - some have got some measurements out for it: https://bricksdirect.com/lego-10212-imperial-shuttle---ucs I'm sure there's some brick geeks here who can be spot on with it and let you know.

@Monkeyulize went full tilt and pretty much finished the overall design with brillant techniques - however I'm being picky about certain aspects so I'm putting my refinements/adjustments on it. Bottom line - he's a genius regardless. :) So riddle me this - this is my refinement iteration on his design - is this legal? Will it work? So here's the main core - Obviously its a tight fit - but will it fit? Namely the technic liftarm/crossbeams. Also there's the 3 Axel peices that will hold the spine"shaft" in place. Added extra hinge plates where Monkey only had just one layer each side. Monkey originally uses 1x2 Technic Bricks with 2 Holes for the cross braces on the body - but I wantted to add an additional attachment point via linkers to the pylons for more brace/strength. Which meant going to traditional 1x2 Technic Brick and nuding everything in place. Which yielded this The 2 Red Circles are where the pylons attach to the main body - the Left one was the one Monkey designed - the Right one was my addition. Comments? @Kdapt-Preacher would like your input on this for sure. I may change the "Center" Axel point for the spine as it may be a bit too nasty for assembly purposes - can just imagine the frustration that could cause. Wish there was a part that would let me reach all 3 areas of the body - but its just 1 to 2 too many MM's out of reach.