Nebulon B-2 Assault Frigate

[Walter Kovacs]

This was the third MOC I ever created. It was the first of my designs that I have actually built. And it is the first, and only, capital ship I've ever attempted.

I used this picture to get the general shape of the ship. This is one of the biggest downfalls of the design. That picture is essentially a photoshopped Nebulon B Frigate, with the wing rotated 45 degrees and a second one added to form the familiar V-shape. Other pictures I've seen show much greater variations, including a terraced hull in the engines section. Too bad I found those pictures halfway into the design. The end result is that I've already started a Rev 2 design. Unfotunately, Rev 2 isn't ready for primetime yet.

The scale is 1 stud = 2.5 meters, making the entire model around 100 studs long. (I think it's actually 107 studs.)

BE FOREWARNED. When I built this beast, I used just about every piece I could find, regardless of color. I've since dubbed this ship as the Technicolor Yawn. You'll understand better when you see the pictures.

First up, the overall shots. Here are a Isometric View and a Side View. The colors aren't too bad on this side, as I tried to keep at least one side consistantly gray. Those wings are heavy. Very heavy. In fact the entire foreward section comprises something like 75% of the total weight. I'm hoping Rev 2 ends up considerably lighter. The top of the wings don't integrate well into the main hull, either. This was one of the things that really drove the decision to create a Revision 2.

Here is a shot from the Back and a closeup of the Engine Section, showing some of the few salient features this ship has to offer.

Next come some pictures of the end of the "wings", Front and Back. This areas of detail are probably the best parts of the design, and are the only parts which were kept in the Rev 2 redesign. Everything else was scrapped and redone from the ground up.

And finally, in all her ugly glory, the reason she is known as the Technicolor Yawn. Dear God, the color clashes still hurt my eyes. But lack of correct color pieces drive a man to do things he wouldn't normally do.

The stands were designed to be removable, but at over 100 studs long, the ship isn't swooshable in the least, so it's not a very important feature.

Here is the entire Gallery for your perusal. There are many more photos, and some MLCad renders. Make sure you check out the Constructon Photos sub-folder, as there are lots of close-ups there.

Comments and criticisms are always welcome, although this is a dead design. Possible improvements will be integrated into Rev 2.

[Vaders_son]

1st: Your MOC is great, I would not dare to try such a big cruiser I think

2nd: When I saw the first pictures I thought like: "What's the problem with the color? Doesn't look to bad, does it?!"

But when I, 3rd, saw the last pic I just had to laugh and say: "OH!.................I guess I understand"

But don't let the colors distract you from the design itself! It's really good and I'm very excited to see Rev2!

Best regards, Benny

[commandosevy]

Cool it kinda looks made from 3-D imagtry.

[Palin Jax]

A word of advice... keep going with it... Nice work. I know it's hard when you don't have the pieces to do what you need to do, but it is a superb and detailed attempt. Those wings do look heavy. If you can, Bricklink works miracles...

[Clonecommando007]

Nice work here! You have the shape pretty well done; and the mix of coloring isn't that bad on here.

Nice work!

[Walter Kovacs]

Thanks for all of the positive feedback. I guess it just goes to show that I am my own worst critic.

I suppose the part the bothers me most about the design is the connection between the wings and main hull. From the front, it looks like a football player's shoulders - on steroids. Just way too bulky, and I couldn't find a way to make it look any better.

I'll put up some WIP shots of Revision 2 next week. Then you can draw some comparisons.

[Asuka]

That´s an impressive work for sure, but I think that the original Nebulon B-2 Frigate, like featured in Wookieepedia per example,

would indeed work by far better for a LEGO version. Although your side wings´re really detailed and well done too, they still look

somehow incoherent to me. The same goes for the engine part of the ship.... although you managed it well to design that distinct

shape it just feels.... inorganic.... somehow. And I´m not speaking of the color scheme, it´s more like there´s not enough, um,

smoothness in the way the different sections´re connected.... The forward pod looks pretty good to me, nevertheless.