Commander_Rob

Oh, so the fuselage cross-section is the problem? I see now.

The first and the last one are great, good job.

Star Wars Brickmaster book, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (which so far doesn't run - Ahhrgrrhrg...) and, after much feeling and squeezing, a Series 4 minifg which turned out to indeed be a Hazmat Guy.

Thanks very much guys. I'm quite pleased with the design myself actually, it comes pretty close to the initial sketches I made.

This is my entry for the "Personal Ship" category of the Character Rides Contest, the NTB-630 naval bomber piloted by Jedi Master Wom-Nii Gnaden. Ship and character are inspired by passing mentions in Revenge of the Sith: Incredible Cross-Sections, which explains the ship being of similar layout to other Incom/Subpro fighters (narrow fuselage flanked by large engines and wings), and explains battle damage on a Munificent frigate pictured in the book was the result of a Master Wom-Nii Gnaden crashing his NTB-630 into it in a battle far out in the Outer Rim. The NTB-630 was a related design to the ARC-170, a fighter bomber with heavy emphasis put on the "bomber" part. It wasn't as widely used as its more famous cousin, being a bit slower, far less maneuverable and not as versatile. That meant that most units were shifted to task forces fighting less intense battles in the Outer Rim regions, such as the Master Gnaden's fleet. The NTB-630's high survivability compared to other Republic fighters, with heavy armor plating and relatively strong shields and its large weapon load, up to four times as many proton torpedoes as the ARC-170, made it the favoured starfighter of the Jedi General. He piloted his faithful fighter, nicknamed the Belsmuth Folly, during several battles in the Belsmuth Sector, leading his clone pilots into battle against Separatist forces. Flying with him usually were his astromech droid "Brassy" and a clone manning the bombadier/turret gunner position, most of the time the squadron's "new guy" who had only recently been transfered to the unit. During the decisive Battle of the Crombach Nebula a lucky Tri-fighter managed to hit the fighter's rear stabilizer jets, causing it to spiral out of control and crash into the Separatist frigate Tide of Progress XII, ending the life of Master Wom-Nii Gnaden. The model features a cockpit with a removable roof that seats the pilot and gunner, with space for an astromech droid right behind, a rear ball turret and a working landing gear. Flickr set with further photos. I can put up more if so desired. The proud crew in front of their ship. Front and rear quarter: The cockpit and astromech position: Illustrated here are the landing gear and ship's sleek profile: Hope you enoy, C&C much appreciated.

200 models, simply amazing, and this is a worthy celebration of that number. When you asked in the AAT-thread if anyone could guess what the 200th mini would be, the Falcon was my initial suspicion, but I couldn't have imagined a great model like this.

Looks like a great contest so far. I already have something in mind too...

Good to know. I wonder if the "bag charm" Minis and the legs on keyring figs are glued the same way. Seems likely though.

Thanks for the feedback guys. The B-Wing actually does lay down to land as far as I know, but the stand is very useful for storage, it takes up too much shelf space otherwise.

I like the thread very much so far, and here's a contribution from me, something that's been bugging me since I got the B-Wing: Troubled B-Wing pilot by Rob—F, on Flickr The display stand/maintenance platform is nice, but how is he supposed to get up there?

Nicely done, I very much like the cockpit area and the cargo compartments are a nice touch. As for "fabric sail": Might be possible, if very hard to do. The folds would need to be very exact.

Ah, I see. Just an idea, but something like a spring-loaded mechanism might work.

Looks nice so far. Do you plan to include the pop-out missile launchers? I'd guess so, looking at the wedge plates on the other end.

Amazing creation, in size and details. One of the The best Clone Turbo Tank/Juggernaut MOCs I've come across. And holy moly, 400 minifig stands... The overall look is spot on and I think the wheels themselves look alright, though I feel they could be spaced a little further apart, they seem too tightly spaced and the overhang at the back is a bit large. I guess this would mean quite some changes to the structure around the wheels however. And two questions: How stable is that thing and can it actually roll on those wheels?

Very nice, the "floating" effect is amazing and the scenery is looks very good. The baseplates could do with a little touching up here and there though, some small grey and green plates or the likes.

Nice. Quite accurate, but the fuselage needs to be a bit longer, three or four studs maybe. Very recognizable anyway.

The half-stud offset of the sloped piece, you mean? I didn't notice that before actually, but looking at it now I have to say it definitely helps the look here.

So, accuracy in MOCs... I'd judge by "If it looks right, it is right". What looks "right" is highly subjective of course. Generally I can accept anything that doesn't contain any glaring errors. A MOC has to look good as a finished product and if that means changing a detail from more accurate to looking better, I'm all for it. To me, having part of a model inaccurate (to a certain limit at least) is preferable to an accurate detail that disturbs the overall feel.

Looks amazing, the second version even more so. The engines are much better than on the battlepack version and the narrower front part is very nice, though I think the section between the seat and front engine could be a stud longer, looking at this image. Otherwise great though.

I meant "big" as "large-scale", with a lot of misprints of a particular piece floating around. You're right though, a part like the clone head, with a very detailed multi-colour print makes even small misalignments very obvious.

Might be another big printing goof, like all those clones that didn't have their eyes on straight.

I just re-checked my one single ARF trooper and the top of the visor seems a little less curved and the top corners look less pointy than the supposedly correct printing.

Very good review. And I think I'm finally tempted to buy the set. The propeller plane reminds me of the Douglas A-26 quite a bit, even if that plane has a tricycle landing gear and sleeker wings. Still, a nice design. My vote goes to the jet though, it is simply beautiful and big. Anyway, thanks for the review, nicely done, great pics.

I updated DirectX, but it brings no change. With the newest drivers, LDD works as long as compatibility mode is on 100, but is accordingly slow. As for older driver versions: I sadly don't know what driver version the card was running before I first updated it, else I would try that one. I tried some on this list, starting at the oldest one available (8.10), on which LDD started with major issues, but was pretty much unusable. Same thing on the next two (8.11 and 8.12). On version 9.1 stops working. I haven't tried the remaining versions (9.2 through to 10.11), but I assume they will produce the same result.

Recently got this set, couldn't find it on the index and decided to build and post it. 4900 - Fire Helicopter - Theme: City Originally released in 2008. I guess it is some sort of promotional set, since it comes in a small polybag, but neither Peeron nor Brickset say that it is. Here's the LXF file. The model is complete, and unless I missed something, there are no errors. The only difference from the instructions is that the minifig is placed separate from the helicopter and not seated inside.