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Thanks for the support Lobot! I am sorry to hear about your injury, I hope it gets better soon. Let me know if you decide to take on the project - just send me a PM :) I have thought about it, but an ISD would be over 6 meters long! :)

Finally! I am done! Or am I? ... Luke is sitting in the rather uncomfortable steel chair of the Redemption’s medical bay. His new mechanical hand feels cold where it is attached to the bone. Stupid Vader… His glance wanders up towards the large viewport. He squints as the light of the hundreds of billions of stars in the galaxy greets him. But the glow of the stars is just a faint glimmer compared to the magnificence of the kickass Rebel Fleet just outside! My latest creation is the Rebel Fleet as seen in the last scene of the Empire Strikes Back: Fear the Might of the Rebel Fleet! UPDATE: Many more fighters: Overview The fleet is made up of the following ships (Updated): - 15 T65A X-Wings - 16 BLT Y-Wings - 6 A/SF B-Wing Heavy Assault Starfighters - 5 RZ-1 A-Wings - 2 TIE/LN Starfighters - 1 Lambda-class T-4a Shuttle (Tyderium) - 1 heavily modified YT-1300 Light Freighter (The Millennium Falcon) aka. a piece of junk. - 3 GR-75 Medium Transports - 1 CR-90 Corellian Corvette (the Tantive IV) aka. A Blockade Runner - 1 EF76 Nebulon-B Escort Frigate with medical retrofit (The Redemption) And… - 1 heavily modified Firespray-31-class Patrol and Attack Craft (Slave 1) As you can see a few guests have snuck in – not all of them are especially welcome. There are a number of unidentified ships in the fleet scene, but rather than speculate on the exact scale and shape of these ships, I have focused on creating “Guests to Scale”. The Fleet Or “Home, sweet home”, as it is known to many rebels. The Fleet. Straight Perspective. This angle gives an overlook of the fleet and a sense of how the different ships relates to one another. Flying away. I was a bit challenged capturing the entire fleet from this angle – a few ships are missing in this shot, but a wall was in the way. The Flagship Leading the fleet is the flagship, the Medical Frigate – Redemption. The Flagship. The Medical Frigate is currently the flagship of this ragged fleet. The eagle eyed amongst you may be able to spot that I once again have made a number of modifications and added detail. Hint: The changes can be found from front to back on the ship :) Charting the Course. The flagship leads the way. Mmm look at those engines… The Falcon The most famous (and infamous) ship in the Rebel Fleet. This old YT-1300 freighter has seen more action in its lifetime than half the Imperial Fleet. Falcon and Transport. This picture is interesting because it shows the Falcon’s size in relation to a number of ships (the fighters closest to the camera not included). The Falcon is naturally dwarfed by the Transport, but it is also worth noticing how little space there must be on the bridge of the Transport. Two pilots would be hard pressed to fit in there. Closer. Here the docking ring and cockpit are in focus, but we also get a sense of scale in relation to the characters in the viewport of the medical bay. Falcon Front View. Several types of smaller crafts and fighters can dock and resupply with the frigate. The Rebel Fighters Escorting the fleet is a range of different, specialized fighters, from A-wings to Y-wings. Fighters. Five types of fighters can be seen this picture. A-wings. Beginning alphabetically, we have two A-wings zipping by the Deflector Control tower of the frigate. A-wings are among the fastest fighters in the Rebel Fleet, giving even a TIE Interceptor a run for its money. B-wing. Two B-wings are in the Rebel Fleet, they are not on direct escort duty, but more than capable of disabling even larger Imperial ships with their formidable array of deadly weapons. The B-wing was developed by none other than Admiral Ackbar and is the most heavily armed fighter in the Rebel Fleet. The fighter is mainly used in hit and run missions against Imperial targets. X-wing. The X-wing is the most common fighter in the Rebel Fleet. Today it is on escort duty, but this all-round fighter is capable of so much more; for example transporting force-adept farmboys around the galaxy and blowing up multi-trillion-credit Imperial installations. Y-wing. Six trusty old Y-wings serve as escorts in the Rebel Fleet. The attack fighter mainly serves on bombing runs but can also be used for escort detail. The fighter is one of the oldest active fighter designs in the rebel fleet and has gone through a number of modernizations. Most Y-wings have their engines’ hull plating stripped to make the heavy fighter lighter. The Corvette If you freeze frame the last scene of the Empire Strikes Back, you can just make out the silhouette of a Blockade Runner flying in the background. The model for this ship is most like the Tantive IV, which is the one I used for reference when building my CR-90 Corellian Corvette. Corvette Front View. The Corvette trails the Medical Frigate in the fleet. It is the second largest ship in the convoy and sports formidable anti-fighter capabilities. As such the Corvette could easily fly without fighter escorts, but a prudent fleet admiral has assigned four Y-wings to escort the ship – this may prove to be a very wise decision. Corvette Side View. As Slave 1 zooms past the Corvette the main canons try to train on the target, however the target is much too fast. Front/Side. The Corvette is followed by two more Transports. Corvette Engines. So many glorious engines. Unwelcome Guests Building at this scale it became very hard not to build other crafts, which may not be a part of the Rebel Fleet. I am a sucker for scale models and seeing ships in relation to each other, plus it gives the entire scene a sense of action. This is not just a Rebel Fleet meandering the outskirts of the galaxy; stuff is about to go down :) Slave 1. Boba Fett jumps in from hyperspace, almost colliding with the Rebels. Can the Imperial agent sabotage and disable the frigate before he has to flee? Even the powerful Slave 1 is no match for a Rebel Fleet this size, so he has to be quick. Slave 1 Up Close. The little Slave 1 moc features as much de detail as possible: a fully rendered back side with engines, poseable wings, canons and a translucent cockpit. The wedge slope is from the 6964 mini Slave 1 set. Imperial Shuttle and TIE Fighters. Have the Rebels already captured and secured Tyderium? And two TIEs? Did Boba Fett track the Rebel thieves and follow them to the fleet? Why don’t we see these TIEs in Return of the Jedi? So many questions! The Rebel Transports Rebel Transports are the backbone of the fleet. They carry supplies and mobile bases the ragtag group of freedom fighters can put up anywhere in the galaxy. Close Quarters. A 90 meter long transport flying side by side with the flagship and being utterly dwarfed. Enjoying the View. The Transport captain is probably thinking the Princess is waving at him from the viewport of the Frigate. Side by Side. The Rebel transports have very limited armaments, thus each transport is escorted by two X-wings, piloted by the elite Rouge Squadron. Containers. Each transport features dozens of containers. I have made sure that each transport features a specific container configuration – they can’t all transport the same stuff :) Details. Besides the container configuration, each transport features unique detailing. Having three carbon copies of the same ship is boring and by adding different detailing to the ships, each craft gets its own storied life. To sum up Building this fleet has been a challenging experience. It has been frustrating at times, but also very rewarding. Thanks to all the comments and feedback from all of you who commented on the various ships, and thanks to the EB staff for the shoutouts! I leave you with one last shot: Rebels in Space! As always, please let the comments fly!

That is beautiful! Questions: How long did it take to design/build? Did you use LDD? How many bricks? Cheers

Great work on the stand ecmo! My initial design for the first version of the frigate was to let the stalactite end in a stand - much like your design. I never got around to making it, but it seem you might be able to do without the front trans-clear stand now?

The Falcon is 16 studs :)

Yeah the mini Falcon would be a great extension for a "part two". Just to clarify, the Falcon design is not mine, but Rogue Bantha's - I have just made a handful of modifications :)

I admire the Level of detail with so few bricks! Very clean desing, 10k votes on ideas instantly ;)

Great little build! Again so much is going on in such a small area :) Have you modded the knives to get them "stuck" in the door handles to make the wings on the X-wings?

I will try, but the problem is that LDD won't let me do several of the things in the design. They are completely possible things, but LDD is acting up. If I get it done it will be free of charge - selling instructions for the Medical Frigate helped my finance this ship and the GR-75 (there is a free LDD for that in that thread), so everything I design from this will be shared freely - if possible to share :)

Thanks for the walkthroug - you make Photoshop look easy :)

This is an excellent idea mate and the pics look really good! I am not certain I have time to make much, but if you could provide a list of what you need in this post, builders can see what models/sets you need.

Oh, thank you for pointing this out. Makes it easier to recreate it ;)

New version looks even better! How did you get the engines and deflector to light up? Looks beautiful :)

I want this! Sorry for the outburst, but that is my only thought :) Ok, this is a very beautiful, excellently detailed and well-proportioned Samus - well done! I have to ask, if you have any LDD, instructions or assembly pictures you can share - abd maybe a parts list? I know I am asking a lot, but if it is possible I would love to recreate your model. I think I'll build her ship UCS style now, thank you for the inspiration :D

Thank you for the suggestion, but I did look at the x169, it is as thick as a rigid cable and also a bit too long. I am pretty happy with the levers though :)

Beautiful picture! Home One is 1300 meters according to wookiepedia.

That is a great ideas! And excellent lighting. I want to do something similar now - I just need a bigger TV... :D

Great work ecmo! Since I have never built the model with instructions I don't have any input regrading page 460. I built he model in two parts - including all details. The two parts were lying on duvets and then I connected them - via the central spine/neck. That approach required a bit of force to "click" all the technic pins together in one move - and yes, the bed was a huge greeble graveyard thereafter. Afterwards I had a friend help set up the stands so I could place the model on top. Then I could reapply all the lost greeble and begin to decorate the naked spine. What I am saying is there is probably no quick way to do this part - unless you suspend the model in a hydraulic harness :)

Thank you - I have the UCS version myself :) It will be a while before I will finish the LDD for this - I am not even sure it will be possible :) So don't hold your BL order back for the other ships :)

Great story and a beautiful set - congratulations! :)

I think I do :) I do my best not to compromise, but at the end of the day a lego model is an abstraction for something "real" - and the challenge for me is trying to achieve precision with Lego bricks a the medium :) The four fins were actually the part of the model where I used most time per brick, deciding on the solution. The official TLG models have largely ignored this detail and just put a tail fin here, which is obviously not the correct detail or shape. I think it could be conveyed using a 12x3 wedge plate and hinges, but when I tried it messed up the other structures too much, and the wedge plate itself did not look particularly good - too thick, and too many studs compared to the rest of the ship :) I general my goal is to create the most accurate models, both in terms of proportions and detail, that is why I the use so much time studying the studio models. There is often details on my models that can be hard or almost impossible to see - unless you you take the model apart. On the corvette there is for example piping and unique detailing on the middle engine even though I could have saved a few bricks there because your can't actually see it :)

Thanks for the comments guys, you are too kind :) I do have a flickr account but I have been unable to access it for three years. I have tried everything but Yahoo won't let login ;/ By the way, don't you mean, 'don't make sacrifises in detail'? Otherwise I'd be happy to hear any details I might have missed. :)

At Avell, thank you :) I have also created a GR-75 Transport in the same scale as the rest of the ships :)

The smaller engines are placed on several bricks/plates to get then out from the base. Regarding the angle, I just used normal hinge brick/plate as far as I remember :)

Excellent work! I agree, it seems the designer of the ISD had used the brick budget when he came to the engines :) I did a similar mod to my 10030 a while back, check it out: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=129821&hl=