Swan Dutchman

Looks like it comes straight flying from the series. You did a splendid job making this in bricks!

Very nice TIE Fighter! Anyway, I am this 'guy' Rubblemaker keeps going on about and reading this discussion was quite amusing. Anyway, what really happened is this: some people thought I made copies of Jerac's models which I didn't. And only the X-wing was available as a free download for a short period of time. Those who have my version and purchased Jerac's version must notice it's a completely different build even though it might appear to look the same (well, yeah, it's an x-wing). And yes, I did take it down on request by brickvault. Why? Because I was tired of getting accused all the time... and apparently I still am getting accused after almost 2 years. It made me leave the Eurobricks community. And please don't believe a word about brickvault or other parties taking legal action against you. Unless BrickVault has a license to sell instructions based on IPs like Star Wars they themselves and their builders can be sued by the IP-holder (which is Disney).

Great explanation about the wobbling! I would like to add a few pointers I used in my model: 1) Not sure what you mean here. Do you mean the movement of the axles caused by pressure on the gears? I solved that in my model by adding a 'stabilizer' that connects the point where all 4 axles come together inside the gear 'box'. That way the the pressure on the gears has no effect on the wobbling. 3) In my model I reduced this effect significantly by using bigger gears vertically. I used the 20 tooth part instead of the 12 tooth part.

A great take on the X-wing! Well done!

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Oh wow! I have just seen small fragments of the show, but these ships seem to be spot on! And even if they are not, I still think they look amazing. You did a splendid job on all six. My favourites? I would say the green en the red-white ones.

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I like the progress you have made! I am just wondering though, have you considered using this part for the corners?

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Thank you very much CopMike! The minifigures are excellent!

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I think Yoda would be the perfect Santa! Do you want to build Santa Yoda as well? You can download the LDD file from my Brickshelf: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/swandutchman/StarWars/christmas_santa_yoda.lxf Thank you CopMike for organizing the Xmas Raffle again this year! I always enjoy coming up with a new Christmas build.

I tried it yesterday evening and today and both times I just get the OOPS-message. Apparantly not everyone is affected because for 1 part I could only select seven this morning, while the evening before I could select a lot more. It's a real shame since there so many nice parts in the inventory. The most frustrating is that it takes a lot of time entering all parts and not being able to save it.

Such a surprise to see my name on day 24 prize F! And a great start of the holidays! Thank you so much CopMike for organizing this fun raffle every year. And thank you fellow Eurobrickians for building such fun and cheery christmas trees.

My ideal Christmas Tree would be a tree with Character! Thank you CopMike for organizing the raffle again!

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