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He finally presents his model. And it is sooo awesome !! TLG has to hire him ! :p

Not really. But well...

And the vid :p

Woo, it seems it is time for Juggernaut. ^^ I say that cause I'm working on it too. :p I would appreciate to see how you built the wheels inside. Hinged bricks ? Anio

Yes, and even better : an instruction : http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=368801 (but the instruction was made with the small wings)

Sure. :) Well, since the thread is up, few pics with the new sticker. It is sky blue, like other official UCS set. The dark blue was nice but too dark IMO. And the file to print it : http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Anio/SeTechnic/TIE-Fighter-UCS-ST01/sticker.jpg

Well, I prefer the Executor.

1,232 parts. Hum, that's more than I expected. Otherwise, to do my Slave, I first bought a 6209. What a huge mistake and waste of money.

EDIT : Professional building instruction available here : http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=44221&view=findpost&p=1188491 /EDIT Hello, Nice to see that you have finally posted the model, Jamie. A few words : - with that file, the model can easily be reproduced, that's certain - greebs were probably not easy to do, but they are ok (as far I can see) - cannons are different on mine (smaller) - I see the tail is 2 plates to high. Look here : http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4860199 http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=4860200 - some parts are not in the file (the green arches, obviously) but Jamie put them in the inventory. And for the sticker, better than a scan, here is the genuine file : BTW, how many parts, Jamie ? Anio

Then it seems you didn"t succeed.

Great answer. Well, since it'is yours, keep it for yourself and do not present it on the forum.

What a fun discussion. Or not. Since few days, I noticed that Fallenangel has come to the right side of the Force. He looks models differently than he used to. But before coming on the right side, I think he trained well a joung padawan called Dobbyclone. I think that building a good model requires to take some distance with the real ship. You have to look the Star Wars ships in a Lego-y way. Thus, you can get a well balanced model, in terms of shapes, colors, building techniques, and inventory, etc. ;) I remember a quote of a German artist, Paul Klee. My translation is probably not perfect, but he said that the artiste does not reproduce the visible but make things visible. As for your MOC KDM, it is pretty good. You have very good details and nice shapes for the size (edit : well, maybe the noze could be 1 or 2L longer for the ship to look thinner, but that's not a big deal /edit) On the contrary, I think that UCS model of Dobbyclone could be significantly improved (compared to KDM set).

Very, VERY nice !!!! A good thing could be to developp a NXT stick to get smooth moves in all directions. ^^

A SeTechnic challenge you mean ? I fully understand your point of view (and I agree with it). But that kind of contest would not enable kids to participate (or yes, but with ugly models *_*). And what TLG is aiming at is preciesely to involve kids in these contests.

Oops, my mistake.

Damn !! Why dont we get a dark red 1x6 tile with this set ?! That part is so rare !

I do not know what kind of tire the model uses, but I'm nearly sure that the rims are the same as 8435. edit : http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=41896

I see you have not understood yet. Is there a volonteer to explain ? (English is not my native language, it hard for me to explain that kind of nuance. ).

When I was talking about "Lego adaptations"...

A Venator is 1137m long. The IH is 1088m long. The Lego Venator is 113cm long, and the Lego IH about 110cm. So yes, IH is to scale with Venator. Otherwise, I'm gonna try to make a smaller IH. One thing is sure : it will be very thin.

Yeah but you know me. You know that this is not what I'm looking for when I design a model.

Few months ago, I tried building the model with plate instead of bricks. But it is not viable. The shapes of the IH are too round for that. As for the detail, I do not know what I can add. :/ On the real model, most of the surfaces are sleek. Eventually, the 3rd engine is in the file but not on the ship cause I didn't success to attach it.

Hi, So, here it is. The 3D file : http://up.sur-la-toile.com/iKxV 2153 parts, without greebs (to do good greebs, I need to have the parts in my hands :p) A few shots of the model : Dunno if you like it, but I'm not very satisfied with it... Ok, proportions are right, etc. But when I look at the ship, the first I'm thinking to is that it is pointlessly big ! *_* There is not more details than in the previous version. :/ Building big MOCs for the sake of building big MOCs is not the way I design my MOC. The previous IH certainly had wrong proportions, but it looks better, doesn't it ? What do you think about that ?

Officials sets are even copied. Look at the small red crane fire engine. It is obvious that this MOC is a plagia of the set #8067. So I was right. It is not this year yet that these contests gonna be a success. haha.

Awesome ! It is seems to be realy fun ! Maybe more fun than techball !