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  1. manglegrat
    Looks awesome all lit-up, @Captain_Quinn!
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    Oh no, even with my epic collection of MOCcing parts I had to order plenty of stuff I didn't have already to build this (mostly wedge plates, curved slopes and 4x6 tiles with studs)...
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    Sadly I've had an almost total lack of creativity on the Lego front for the past year... I haven't been able to design a thing since I drafted up some landing bays for the Pegasus (see my flickr feed) a while ago.
  4. manglegrat
    Looks like you found the other thread with the updated instructions link.
  5. manglegrat
    Hi @Sanyoh! I like your additions to the Omega design (particularly the centre section) - nice pics!
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    The PaB component of my Feb 5 order showed up yesterday, out of the blue. The BnP part is still "In warehouse"... There's nothing exciting in these, just parts for MOCs, so no loot shots.
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    Man, they're slow right now! I have 3 BnP orders (made from Canada) in various states. Two had PaB components in the same order. My first was placed on Feb 5. The PaB component was dispatched Feb 25 but because of screw ups at the (US-Canadian) border, it went back to DHL to be redone and it was re-sent from their depot in NJ on March 10, but the tracking info is useless so I've no clue where it is just now. I also got the polybag freebie (flower thingy) associated with this order within a week or two... The BnP component is still "In Warehouse". My second was placed Feb 15 - it's a BnP only order. I got an email this morning saying that it has shipped. My third was placed Mar 18. Again, partial PaB and BnP, though the order also had a Star Wars set and a VIP print in it, so god only knows when all of those components are going to be coming my way... Patience... patience... At this rate, I might have it all in my hands by the time summer kicks in.
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    Looks awesome so far! I much prefer the style of the old clip variant, I'm sad they stopped producing them. I have my stocks of those under round the clock guard...
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    Thanks back atcha, nippleneck! Nice video, too. I like the SNOT wings a lot - it's currently only a Stud.io digital build, I guess? Are you planning on building it for real? The older hinge type you used might have a bit more clutch on the bar/pipe than the newer variant, so I'd be curious how the wing hinge connection holds up to the weight of the bricks in real life!
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    Hey, this is a great model, well done! I love the use of the 1x1 tiles w/clip and the bars to form the hinge in the wings - very cool technique. As one of the few other folks to have built an SA-43 for myself, I really appreciate seeing yours. Love it.
  11. manglegrat
    Thanks! I've added a few more renders on my Flickr: And one with flight pods extended on the stand for comparisons to the shot in the first post:
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    Almost 3 years to the day after initially sharing my BSG MOC (here), I've finally finished a fairly major refit of the design to improve visuals and proportions and include a cool engine tweak that one of the builders of my original came up with (EzraTPrice, take a bow!), and I have invested the time to produce step-by-step instructions (slightly over 600 steps) for folks who are interested in building this new version for themselves. Model Statistics 3,493 parts (with 4x4 dish only) 3,497 parts (with Seal of the 12 Colonies disc) 18.4x51.0x24.3 (cm) : 7.3x20.1x9.6 (in) : 23.1x63.8x30.4 (studs) ~2,482 (g) : ~87.5 (oz) Compared to the original, there are structural and cosmetic changes to the head, neck/body, landing bay pods, engines, and the stand. Lots more pics on my Flickr stream! The instructions are available via Rebrickable.
  13. manglegrat
    You say "without it the build rotating for every step that's preceded it" but do you mean: to not change all the steps following the one you want to rotate? To avoid that ripple effect, before you rotate your target step (step 1), go to the step after it (step 2), then click "Change Step View" but don't actually change anything. This breaks the connection to step 1 for step 2 and all the subsequent steps, but leaves it looking just as it was. Then go back to step 1 and rotate it. You might want to manually add a "Flip" symbol on step 2 as well as the one (which I think it should automatically give you) on step 1, to explicitly represent that you should flip the model back around. Does that help? Good luck!
  14. manglegrat
    Thanks, Troy! You might need to pull a few more back-to-back shifts for the parts orders, though...
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    Thanks! Like most of the oversized MOCs out there, I'm afraid it will probably cost lots of $$$s to collect the parts if you don't have a big stockpile already... Sorry about that!
  16. manglegrat
    It was the dawn of the third age of mankind – ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. The Babylon Project was a dream, given form. Its goal: to prevent another war, by creating a place where humans and aliens can work out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call – home away from home – for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs, and wanderers. Humans and aliens, wrapped in two million, five hundred thousand tons of spinning metal . . . all alone in the night. Hi, all. You may have seen my earlier WIP thread where I said I wouldn't do this, but I was persuaded to change my mind. I have finally completed the instructions for my MOC tribute to Babylon 5. They've been proof read, improved and tested out several times (oy!), and you can now purchase them through Rebrickable here. If you have the space for a UCS Star Destroyer, you have the space for this - there's no excuse not to, really... Model Statistics 6,700+ parts113.2 x 24.4 x 38.7 (cm) 44.6 x 9.6 x 15.2 (in) 141.5 x 30.5 x 48.4 (studs)~4,680 (g) ~165 (oz) Some more pics: Instructions sample - small by David White, on Flickr B5 with Stand and UCS Plaque by David White, on Flickr B5 UCS Sticker by David White, on Flickr
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    I have removed this MOC from Rebrickable and Bricksafe while I refresh the design and work on producing ($) building instructions. Check my Flickr feed for WIP updates.
  18. manglegrat
    I have removed this MOC from Rebrickable and Bricksafe while I refresh the design and work on producing ($) building instructions. Check my Flickr feed for WIP updates.
  19. manglegrat
    Cool comparison. Thanks for doing that!
  20. manglegrat
    Thanks, @Murdoch17! Yeah, it was like a thousand years ahead of it's time. But dude, you know how much bigger B4 was? Check this comparison... My B5 is 6500 parts. How many would a B4 at that scale be? The mind boggles... Someone did build a B4/B5 combo to the same scale previously - but their B5 is smaller: Babylon-4-4 by Christian Zaefferer, on Flickr
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    ...aaand for the 2 of you who've been following, here she is in all of her 1.14m in-the-brick glory: B5 Profile by David White, on Flickr B5 Front oblique shot by David White, on Flickr B5 Top shot by David White, on Flickr Just need to print up & apply the plaque sticker and we're finally done!
  22. manglegrat
    The physical build and internal structural redesign (damn you gravity!) is well underway: ...And so it begins! by David White, on Flickr Heid! by David White, on Flickr Cylinder progress... by David White, on Flickr Looks better with its clothes on. by David White, on Flickr And now we have a spine! by David White, on Flickr Adding a tail... by David White, on Flickr
  23. manglegrat
    Those are incredibly well done! Congrats (& supported). Man, I was a huge fan of Asterix when I was a kid. Lucky Luke, too...
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    No worries, and thank you @Stephan! As to numerical 3D space, I'm afraid I can't help you there as I don't have the skills! My wife thinks I can barely understand physical 3D space... Hopefully others following this thread can chip in... Yeah, good call @SylvainLS, I go through that cycle every time LDD surprises me by saying it removed parts. Sometimes it's real tricky to figure out what was impacted, especially on larger models. Today's exercise was a relatively easy & quick fix 'cos I could see what had been removed and figure out the part that was the root cause straight away!
  25. manglegrat
    I've been following this thread daily so my bad for missing it, but I'm all caught up now. And yeah - all the 36840 parts were connected to other parts on all 3 connections, so the center move made a little bit of a mess. I have two versions of the design (my B5 MOC), a disassembled one and an assembled one. I was able to easily find & fix the affected parts in the disassembled version. The fallout is a bit more awkward to fix in the assembled one, so I might just reassemble it from the fixed file. Either way, all's well that ends well!
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