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Nice. Interested to see how it worked out.

I tried that, but you then need to put on a 2x2 round plate on the bottom of the 2x2 plate modified with bar. If not the 1x2 clips hit the studs. Then when you attach to 10x10 dish there is a huge gap between the dish and the tiles/tread. If the 10x10 were flat it might work but it doesn't exist.

If you can download the .io file you can export a wanted list. Just remember to double the number of parts.

Yes even without the ones with clips. The last stud on the plate modified 1x2 with clip can be pushed in place to hold out the tread links. I hope that make sense.

You may not want to put those 1x1 round plates. You need that space to let the tread links sit right. Yes it was fun and a challenge.

Made the changes you suggested. I think this is the final revision. The handle bars sit below the ring and the pneumatic t's are just barely sticking out. Aside from the 2 treads on the bottom without a tile, I think it is just right, I'm happy with it. This a been a learning experience, glad you know Studio.io so well.

Well @Vouatch this is how it looks with 32 tread links. It just seems a little to big. I took your suggestion with the additional clips. This only has 31 tread links. Here are also some changes I made. Step by step look:

I will give that shot when I get back. I do agree it does sag in the back, that's why in the front I added 2 1x1 round plates onto the round tiles to keep it from sagging. That too

I finally got the pieces I was missing. I shortened the technic link tread by 1. I also had to add a few parts to keep the tread from sagging. Also made changes to the docking ring wall. You'll notice the dark bluish gray 1x1 plate moves from above the 1x1 brick modified with clip to below it. This allows to attach back the hose nozzle without it hitting on the dish. Thanks @Vouatch for figuring out the design and sharing the LDD and @Lockfor hosting the file for us to all use.

I have the majority of the parts, mainly needed the technic link tread and wedge plates. I’ll post some pics once I put it together unless someone beats me to it. Thanks for the reminder. Before I uploaded the inventory I did double it. Good for every one else to know

Already ordered the parts for this mod. Looking forward to the end of the week now.

@Vouatch & @Lock thank you so much. This is really appreciated

@Vouatch that was quick. I was still trying this out in Studio. Are you willing to share the LDD file? I missing going to try it out.

@Vouatch thanks. I keep racking my brain to figure it out.

@Lock I've gone back through all 43 pages and I've seen some good ideas but I still keep coming back to Marshall's. @Vouatch thanks. That gives me a new direction to go in. Did you see his original post or are you like me trying this from the beginning? Time to use Studio.io

I've enjoyed all the different mods on this thread and I've slowly used some. I really want to use the docking rings that Marshall Banana used on his falcon. Had anyone been able to reproduce this design. I've tried with no success. I've uses James Shields design which I like but I feel like this one fits better. Any help would be appreciated.

You can try shop.kingdombricksupply.com in the US.

Here is the link to the nose LXF. Hope this helps.

My daughter and I just finished building Wall-e. I can confirm the head still rotates around freely.

Did you make sure that you extended the wing by 1 hole on the technic beam? Use post #12 the 3rd image as reference.

Let's not forget the UCS Sandcrawler.

This is what it looks like with the s-foils closed. To me it's not a big deal that the wings are now about a stud longer. I don't think it made that much of a difference. As far as the Technic beams, all you need to do is move it out by one hole. No extra parts were used to extend it, just use what was originally there. Here are some additional pictures of the engines and how the engines are mounted to the wings. The pieces used to mount the engines are not in the LDD file. I made these changes after it built it. From the 3rd image in my original post you can see how it is all connected together. The platforms on the top wings are able to go right in the middle (as pictured above). However the bottom wings the platform needs to be offset (up against the wing) because of the s-foil mechanism. You won't see the difference once the engines are on. Hope this helps out.

Well mortesv, I also messed around with LDD to come up with a solution. In the end I gave up (more like frustrated as to why LEGO couldn't get it right from the beginning) and put the project on hold. It wasn't until I saw lowlead's design to give me a baseline to work from in LDD. Needless to say I do have a LDD file, but it is just of the engine and the original mount idea. When I actually built it I made a platform for them to sit on the s-foils (like lowlead's original design). The main thing is that the 2 technic beam that come out of the wings need to be extended by 1 hole so you can open the s-foils up properly and accommodate the larger engine. Here is the link for the LXF. If you have any questions just ask. I'll try to get some pictures of the they way it mounted.

Thanks for the original inspiration. When I first saw your design I didn't realize they were octan tanker parts, so I used the closest parts I had. These slope pieces certainly open up new creative options, too bad LEGO didn't use them. Now I can display my X-Wing and not look at it thinking that I have to change something on it. Thanks again.

I'm not sure if this is what you are asking for. I can't move to far back, but here is an overall picture.