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[MOC] MINIs from Andor - 9 Models including NEW Ferrix Ferry
obijon posted a topic in LEGO Star Wars
Hello again everyone, Having watched the brilliant Andor over Christmas it gave me lots of models to design and build. I finally got the last of my Bricklink orders last week and rather than drip feed these over the next few weeks I thought I would drop the whole Andor collection of 7 models in one go. I have used a lot of screenshots taken from the relevant Episodes from as many angles shown as possible as reference for most of these. I have tried to keep the descriptions short and if anyone has a suggestion for a model from the series (and a relevant minifig) I have not built I am open to requests. 😊 FONDOR HAULCRAFT The Fondor Haulcraft was a class of starship that was used during the Imperial Era. Luthen Rael used a modified version of this starship. Luthen Rael, of course, is essentially the leader of the early version of the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire and the Haulcraft is the signature ship of the first Series of Andor. There have been a few versions of this that have popped up before mine. The one thing I wanted to make sure with my model was that the wings were as fully articulated as possible. I played around with hinges for a while but in the end the droid arms did the trick. The engines on the wings are also included. Displayed obviously with a Luthen Rael official minifig. MOBILE TAC-POD The Mobile Tac-Pod was a model of troop transport and landing craft utilized by the Preox-Morlana's Corporate Tactical Forces, the Pre-Mor Enforcement, for the deployment of corpos to planetary surfaces. The design of this has obviously borrowed heavily from the Republic GunShip. It is built along a spine of bracket pieces. There is a nice trick used to solidify the attachment of the nose using a vertical clip plate in to the wedge at the front. The single stud attachment in to the stud hole of the wedge I initially had used was quite flimsy and the wedge would turn quite easily. The new technique also made the attachment of the front cannon easier. I wish that wedge piece at the front came in an angular rather than curved version but this was the best piece available for the overall shape of the model. I Especially like the use of the wheels for the engines on this one. Displayed with an official Syril Karn minifig. MAX-7 RONO FREIGHTER The Max-7 Rono was a simple box freighter model that could be used to transport cargo over long distances. This custom-made Max-7 Rono could be launched from a ramp that had a track and overhead rail. I have used the 1 x 6 bar pieces for the rails on this one after I spotted them in my son’s LEGO drawer and got inspired. These determined the overall size of the model. The six engines have also been incorporated along with the 6 doors which open in to the freight compartment. Displayed with a custom Vel Sartha minifig. SENATE LIMOUSINE A Senate limousine was a type of speeder used by Mon Mothma as transportation on Coruscant. This is quite a simple little model. I tinkered for a long time on the cockpit section but in the end kept it simple. The overall shape of the cockpit is not completely right but at this scale sometimes some compromises need to be made. It is actually nice to have some colour amongst these as everything else is mostly grey! Displayed with an official Mon Mothma minifig. BREON DAYVAN The Breon Dayvan was a class of starship, with one such vessel borrowed by Cassian Jeron Andor to travel to Morlana One in search of his sister. This ship obviously looks like a Y-Wing with a much larger cockpit and hull area and supplementary engines. It was the cockpit shape that was the biggest problem. I tried various complicated designs but in the end the simplest way was the best way using the 6x3 round plate as the basis and layering around it. The overall shape etc looks right based on source material but the model itself looks a bit too “new”. I might mix some tan and light grey in with the dark grey or just say it was how it was fresh from the dealer! 😊 Displayed with a Cassian Andor minifig. IMPERIAL PRISONER TRANSPORT The Imperial prison transport was used to transport Cassian Andor to the prison planet of Narkina 5. This design obviously borrows heavily from the Troop Transport seen in The Mandalorian. This was a simple little build and did not take very long. I think the use of the Minecraft eye plates for the portholes work well. This ship should have 2 engines either side but that would have made the model too wide - the proportions appear to be correct as they are. Displayed with a custom Imperial Prison Officer minifig. ANDOR FAMILY SHIP The Andor family ship was used on a salvage run to Kanari and to rescue a young Cassian from the Republic crew. Years later it fell into disrepair on Ferrix but Cassian continued to use it as a hideout. This took a lot of freeze framing to get some decent reference pictures as there was not much out there. It is built mainly using the 1 x 2 x 2 bricks with studs on the front and sides on both the sides and the bottom of the main hull which allowed the cockpit section to be built to be 3 studs high whilst still being level with the hull. I am happy with how the front section turned out. The only thing I am not convinced about are the engines. I wanted to use those new round half pieces and maybe they are a bit too large. However, I did try this with the engines only being 1 brick wide and they looked too small. The large engines looked better overall so I stuck with those. Displayed with a custom young Maarva Andor minifig - the torso is from Bilbo Baggins and works perfectly. IMPERIAL ARRESTOR CRUISER Colin Cantwell originally pitched the design of what would become the Imperial Arrestor Cruiser directly to George Lucas, for use in the 1977 movie Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, although it was ultimately discarded in favor of the Star Destroyer. I built this model initially for Solo but have now included it here for completeness as it makes a proper appearance in Andor. It is a fairly simple design with the only complicated part the “nose”. It needed to be slightly tapered and bricks would just not cut it. I have attached this using clip tiles and handle plates to attach the side tiles. I have also then used door rail plates to close the gap at the front. Anyway, here is the model. Jon FERRIX FERRY SHUTTLE This is a simple little model and added here for completeness. (Ahsoka collection is taking longer than i thought but is coming!). It is built along a spine of bricks with studs on side and brackets. No tricks involved in this one. It adds a bit of colour to the collection and looks like the Ferry. Job done. There is also a custom Willi minifigure for the display. Was he a spy or not is the question? Let me know what you think. Here’s to series 2! Jon -
Hi all! I’ve done a quick rebuild of the new U-Wing set 75399, removing the black 4x10 plate that runs through the centre and rearranging lots of smaller plates to make a new internal structure that’s still strong and swooshable. The U-Wing now has space for two sitting or one sitting and one standing minifigure in the troop bay, plus one sitting pilot (with helmet if you like) in the cockpit. I also move the cockpit forward slightly and made the front edge of the windscreen piece meet the nose area for a cleaner line. This mod is also an alt-build using only the parts from the set! It’s possible to modify the U-Wing without totally disassembling the original set first, but I would recommend taking the centre structure apart completely to get to all those small plates you’ll need during the rebuild. You’ll only need to repurpose two slopes from the engines, and two white 1x3 plates and two white 1x2 plates from the wings, otherwise the engines and wings can be left intact. Free instructions are on Rebrickable. Here's more photos of the modified set along with a couple of renders showing the slight change in shape and extra troop bay capacity.
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This time I made it to the premiere! I present to you: TIE Avenger from the second season of Andor series! Some details: Minifig scale Playscale durability 1088 parts including display stand Opening cockpit at front, top and back Very many details You can fly around the room! The project was built based on the trailer, where all the details were shown. In the episodes it turned out that the ship has space for 2 passengers. In my project I made an interior in the back that will fit one minifigure. The construction of the ship does not allow for enlarging this space (main technic frame) It is possible to modify the gun from the bottom and add a green shooting effect. You can also add two side miniguns, just like in the series. I showed it in the video below. The instructions are available here: https://reb.li/m/218845 If you want it cheaper, write to me directly by email.
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[M4-25 - Rebellion] Two-faced Transaction at Luthen's Gallery
Oky posted a topic in Watto's Junkyard
One of my favorite scenes from Andor, a show about the formation of the rebellion, is the introduction of Luthen Rael's gallery when Mon Mothma comes to discuss the difficulty of funding the rebellion due to heightened Imperial surveillance and her decision to add a new member to their circle to help with that under the pretenses of buying a gift for her husband. While Luthen's assistant Kleya distracts Mon's driver Kloris who was hired to spy on her, Rael leads Mothma from the bright and clean showroom to the dark and messy backroom. Just as he is talking about a two-faced divinity, he suddenly reveals his own true face as a spymaster as the camera cleverly pans around the two and they start discussing rebel business. It's an excellent scene filled with brilliant writing, acting, symbolism, and Easter eggs which I tried to recapture in this MOC. It's a great example of how some of the rebellion's most important members had to carefully meet in secret while hiding in plain sight to make the rebellion possible! Luthen: "Senator! What a pleasure to see you!" Mon: "You as well, Luthen. Sorry to be so late. It's as though right as you're leaving everyone remembers all the things they meant to bother you with." Luthen: "Free your mind, senator. This is a place where time stands still. It's hard being surrounded by this much history and not be humbled by the insignificance of our daily anxieties." Luthen greets Mon Mothma in his friendly Antique dealer persona. The door to his gallery can turn to open just like in the show. Kleya: "Can I show you something?" Kloris: "Oh, don't bother. I couldn't afford anything here." Kleya: "Please. There's no harm in looking. We just got in some terribly interesting coins!" Kleya distracting Kloris by showing him some ancient chrome LEGO coins. Mon: "Don't lecture me on vulnerability. No one is more at risk than I am. You think I haven't thought this through? I'd be the first one to fall!" The backroom has show-accurate Easter eggs such as the Indiana Jones' whip in carbonite, the Sankara Stones, a Jedi holocron, and a Sith holocron. Other items include restoration supplies, Count Dooku's chrome lightsaber, and some statuettes. Luthen's desk in the backroom includes a secret listening device that can be pulled out. Here is Kleya operating it as seen in Season 2. Instead of trying to make it 100% accurate, I decided to fill the gallery mostly with antiquities from LEGO Star Wars history. There are parts and entire outfits from various old and rare minifigs. There is also an old blaster and a minikit. However, there are also some objects from the show such as the Utapaun monk cudgel that Luthen showed to Mon, a Kalikori, a Gungan shield, a Kashyyyk clarion, and... whatever those 3 white pillars are. And no, I didn't build this just to show off my collection (although that was part of it). A closer look at the minifigs that I created for this scene. From left to right: Exmar Kloris, Mon Mothma, Luthen Rael, Kleya Marki. I hope you enjoyed this scene as much as I did making it. It was more challenging to build than you might think. I had to use various techniques to recreate the angled front and back walls and have it all connect to the floor at a 45 degree angle to recreate the diagonal floor pattern. May the force be with you!
