Anio

It is only 10179 slightly modified...

I rarely comment MOCs in that theme. But I have to congratulate you this time. You did a great job on that model. You are definitely a meticulous MOCer, and I like that. Personnally, I miss A LOT of photos. I would like to see how the ship is built. You did nice pics, nice editing, etc. But technically speaking, I almost can not take anything from your pics. :/

That's cool. Do not hesitate to share pics. Btw, the instruction of that model should be available in the end of 2014.

"This thread is interesting."

You have discovered the button "Star new topic" today, right ?

Let me guess. The seller or his supplier is located in China ? :D

I gave it a try on photoshop. I did not put correct informations. Tell me if your are interested.

Ebay in 2014 ? I do not buy anything on that website for years...

Extracted from the movie :

Yes, the inside would probably be as interesting as a modular building. And that would be great. But the outside... So big, so boring... There would be no details, and it would be a nightmare to build such a big model.

Indeed. :) Glad to know that. :) TLG could probably sell the model as a collector model. But not as a playset. A kid would not be able to play with. The interior is too small for that purpose.

Thanks. It is 52 cm long, 15 cm wide, and 19 cm tall.

EDIT : Professional building instruction available here : You can email me at setechnic@gmail.com /EDIT Hello everyone, I would like to present you my latest creation : a UCS Sail Barge. UCS Jabba's Sail Barge by Anio, sur Flickr UCS Jabba's Sail Barge by Anio, sur Flickr UCS Jabba's Sail Barge by Anio, sur Flickr The sails are custom (designed on PC, printed etc). The model is made out of 1175 parts. It is pretty simple, because the Sail Barge is pretty simple. There are more or less all the details you can see on the real vehicle, though. Engines, masts with (nice :D) sails, cannon, trapdoor, barrier on the side, access to the private lounge etc. You may find the MOC disapointing for an UCS model, and you would be right. But... UCS Jabba's Sail Barge by Anio, sur Flickr UCS Jabba's Sail Barge by Anio, sur Flickr I did a full interior. There are of course some adaptations. But overall, I think I can say it is a very close replica of Jabba's Sail Barge. For obvious reasons, the cockpit in the noze is not included. From the front to the rear : - the bedroom. In the real barge, there are 2 of them. But including twice the same room would not be relevant for a Lego model, so I put only one with more details. This also enabled me to put a corridor on the left, which is IMO a nice touch. - the kitchen has a lot of equipments in order to please Jabba's wishes. - I enlarged the armory for it no to be ridiculous - then, another corridor, U shaped. I put a ladder instead of stairs. Stairs would have require way too much surface - the banquet room. Pretty big, with Jabba's sofa, Max Reebo piano, etc. The side panels and the back panel can be easily removed in order to see the interior. UCS Jabba's Sail Barge by Anio, sur Flickr UCS Jabba's Sail Barge by Anio, sur Flickr UCS Jabba's Sail Barge by Anio, sur Flickr UCS Jabba's Sail Barge by Anio, sur Flickr Regarding the design process, the MOC is pretty simple technically speaking. Some SNOT, well... nothing fancy. But the key was to choose the scale. This was really THE key on that model. Indeed, a pointlessly big model would look empty. It was important to make the model small to concentrate the details, and make it more pleasant to look at. FlickR gallery : Brickshelf gallery : http://www.brickshel...ry.cgi?f=540894 Video : Professionnal instructions coming soon. If you have any question, ask.

a) Find the key features of the model you want to do, both regarding the look and the functions d) Make logical choices to get consistent specifications c) Focus on part that can be considered as critical regarding the building process d) Keep it simple and optimised.

+1 with ShrikeArghast. A friend and I provide professional instruction to the community. And we don't mind if someone sells one of my MOCs. The bricks are NOT mine. My models are often pretty expensive, and I understand that some people may need to sell them after they enjoyed building it. The thing I just ask to the seller is not to send the instruction. The buyer of the model has to buy the instruction to me, as I own the design. ISDAvenger, regarding that Death Star base, I would sell the kit with absolutely no qualms. However, 900USD (the price that used to be written in the first post) seems quite outrageous for that model. edit : on the same topic, in the Technic section : http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=92806

Thanks guys. I did a video of the model.

Source ?

I am really not sure. As you said, he moved to another department for some time now. As far as I remember, his last Technic model is 8109. Moreover, I do not recognize his building style in that new 42030.

This model is UCS only on the box. The way the Sandcrawler is designed is very far from the UCS style. It is just a big playset, nothing more.

Thank you. :) The instruction should be available in a couple of months.

It is a sketch model, isn't it ?

lulz. Excepted the "new" windscreen (a brick built windscreen would be odd with a video like that), it looks 10179ish to me.

huhu If you really push the rear, it can topple over. But the model is stable. The skirt is actually pretty heavy because made as a Lego sculpture. Moreover, I can not put the trans-clear supports too close from the edge of the skirt. Those support have to be discrete and hidden as much as possible. On every single pic I collected, the back side of the skirt is not fully dark tan/brown. There is just a line of the edge of the back side of the skirt. Ok, it is thicker that what I did, I give you that. :) Damn, this is one of the thing that I will not be able to explain in English. Well, I will try. Brace yourself for ununderstandable sentences. The 2x2 corner slopes are actually not the core of the "problem". The thing is that the front face is too wide. I made it 4L wide, while we can reasonnalby assume that an exact replica of the real vehicule would give a 2L front side. And then, after this 2L front side, the front fairing widens. (edit : by the way, a 4L wide front side was very convenient to add the dish /edit) And this is the problem. It is basically impossible to widen the model without destroying the flow the model MUST have. This is why I choose only 2 key points to widen the body : at the curved line (which accentuate it, it is a good thing as it is a key line of the model), and close to the power convertor (it accentuates them too, which is a good thing too). Eventually, the model widens on 2 points only, but it is well integrated. There is no area where the widening is forced (which would detract the flow). The overall proportions are very accurate, excepted if you look at the model from the front : the body is definitely not wide enough compared to the skirt. To sum it up : the way widenings are made is subtle, and yes, it does not match exactly the real vehicle. But I think this was the right choice to do, in order to instil fluidity in the model. Thank you.

From experience, I know this is something very hard to reproduce, if not impossible. I generally avoid to put that kind of details. When you try to reproduce very small dammages, you end up with some odd colors here and there. The model doesn't not look more accurate or realistic. It just looks weirder. :-S I am sure I could too. I am not a big fan of that vehicle, though. I stick to the vehicles from the movies. No need to say that my next UCS is a famous vehicle. haha Dat's what I do.