khatmorg

Not really sure what you mean with your comment about the ball joints. The "tail" is connected to the main body by use of beams. The clip and ball joint and only hold the side panels, they don't affect the stability of the model in the slightest. As for the gap itself, it probably just falls under acceptable design perimeters. Much like the saggy wings on the x-wing(s). The mod works. But the forces causing the aforementioned gap, will probably cause the bricks to separate over time. If you don't reinforce the connection point.

I will not be doing that, I'm sorry. It's 90% TLG's design anyhow so you could take the LDD file here: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=41226&st=4400#entry2349087, and paint it a different color as a starting point.

Dunno bout the mandibles, using this scale further exaggerates whats wrong with ucs version. The geometry is wrong and just looks too big. I mean it looks pretty much like a smaller UCS falcon, spot on if that is your intent, but that is a flawed model to start with. Going the opposite way would probably end up with a better looking model.

It is relatively easy to fix the gaps between the wedges, you can alternate 2x4 wedges and 3x12 wedges to have a near perfect fit. It's almost like it's designed to do just that. You could probably do the same with 7965 since they're so similiar. [edit] pic for clarification

But then why is there a toilet seat on top of it?

Very cool, though as a LEGO moc it's kinda meh as a whole.

Looks really neat, though I sorta did expect a speeder riding mcfly somehow XD.

Loved when I first saw it many moons ago, love it now. I do wish you would've reworked the front though. The current one is a bit too blocky I think, it doesn't quite capture that "bird of prey" look the real model has.

undermounted cannon and inner spokes I think.

I find your lack of descriptions disturbing

Looks like a good start, lots of AT-AT's popping up lately. I'm not a huge fan of the black "stealth/elite/blackops" recolors though. What are those axles for running down the body?

Here's my version of the rear landing gear in case you're interested.

It looks pretty nice but the engine still need to be lowered a plate. Not sure about those huge cheeks either. Might be better with plates stacked instead. I really do like the back and the look of the engines overall though. You can see here how the engine intakes almost touch.

I think they are, that's what I did anyway.

Thanks for the comments, much appreciated. The wings are mounted on the mechanism pictured below. It's based on psiaki's design. You could probably just copy his design brick for brick and it would still work great, I've personally never had problems with it in his T-65 design. In my real life version I used clips instead of ratcheted joints, since I don't have enough of those. Ratcheted joints are probably better though. I did keep the clips on the front thingymabobs as they wont fit 1x2 with the wings attached. The clips look pretty weird but the clutch power on those were greater than the other solution I had before. The red rocker plate is to illustrate the gap between the upper and lower wings. I didn't actually mount one exactly there, but I did put one beneath each of the top engines so they would rest on them (the flat bit) in closed mode. As for how much it cost me. Well I only had to bricklink the parts specific to 75102 (the silver bits and canopy) and most of the blue parts. The rest I already had on hand. It ended up costing me around 15 euro's altogether to build it (excluding whatever I paid for the parts I already had).

Thank you. Honestly other than sharing your creation with a perhaps greater audience (which isn't LEGO ideas' original intent), I don't think submitting Star Wars MOC's have any chance of getting made into a set seeing as how they conflict with their ongoing license with Disney. They might make their own version, but I doubt it will be ever based on a MOC submitted.

Hello, Much like the 9493 mod I was sure someone would have posted one of these already but guess not! So here's my colorswapped 75102 for people curious what the "regular" resistance X-wing might look like in LEGO form. I made some minor alterations to the original model besides the colors. The main thing I did was the removal of the rubber band wing mechanism (I really dislike how it distorts the wings). Instead of that I used a mechanism, if you can call it that, akin to psiaki's x-wing. The wings themselves are properly split without overlap and still pretty much as sturdy as the original even with less stud attachments. I also added retractable rear landing gear and made the model 1 stud wider and moved the whole nose/cockpit area back 1 stud, reducing the overall length by 1 stud. And finally the wing tip cannons are slightly altered to make them less saggy. Cruising Mode: S-Foils in attack position : Parked: Next to the (also slightly altered) original: (Ahhh My eyes, it burns!) Sorry for the picture quality I know they're not great.

It looks pretty nice. But the wings don't actually overlap on the real thing. They snap clean in half.

That's probably because he's talking about how the wings fold downwards and upwards, not OUTwards like everyone seems to be focused on. It's even demonstrated how they fold down and up with the handle (probably a knob) in the video. Looking at the construction I sincerely doubt they fold outwards. The trailer shuttle or w/e it is also doesn't have those flaps/extensions underneath the wings like the set does. Or perhaps the movie version not only has wings that fold outwards, but also has wings that extend away from the hinge mechanism.

I tend not to play with LEGO either but I do enjoy play features. In that regard I much prefer UCS sets that have been released recently. They make for better display pieces in my opinion due it them being more interactive. The original more static UCS sets never really peaked my interest due to their lack of movable parts and/or articulation. There's a certain appeal to LEGO that gets lost for me when it's just a static model, however detailed and accurate it may be. Like huge starships without any kind of interior are just hugely disappointing for me. That the ewok village and (most likely) the hoth base aren't really minifig scale doesn't really bother me, if not only because a truly minifig scale model of those sets would never fit into an average home.

Well I'd start by watching the video if you haven't already. It's a very simple mechanism and should be simple to reproduce. The video is very clear on it's inner workings. I would recommend building it in LDD first, make instructions and ordering the bricks off of bricklink.

Looks pretty great but those mounted heads are a bit creepy, just imagine a real life version haha.

It's not about whats better, it's about target audience and price. It makes a lot of sense business wise to cater to multiple audiences. UCS is aimed at collectors and AFOL's, system scale is aimed at kids. There is overlap sure but it's not going to affect sales by any significant margin..

That's like saying sports cars are competing with minivans for sales. They're in two different leagues really.

Absolutely fantastic, love how you did the landing gear especially. And how you did the front section with the removable cockpit floor, awesome. My only gripe is how the top turret is blocked by the cockpit when facing forward =P. Other than that it's really well done!