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thank you! being built from the ARC-170 really helped!

Hope you likes the build and it's sturdy enough! thanks guys!

Good pieces to utilise from the ARC-170, ahh, thank you, you are too kind, Agent Kallus!

3 Star Wars Alternates from me!

We had to wait 15 years for LEGO to release the new ARC-170, it would be fitting for it to get Z-95s to accompany them for the long strikes. As they are both produced by Incom, they shared many design components, making sense to do an alternate build from the ARC-170. The model has twin engines on the delta wings, flanking the canopy behind its long nose. I kept the two technic cylinders apart with four barrels to give the wings maximum stability. Unfortunately, the two-plated wings sag under its own weight from the 2 technic pin connections on the engines. On the bright side the technic pins will keep the wings in place even with heavy play. Spring loaded shooter are placed on the wingtips for play, my 5 years old son tested them out straight away even though the model is slightly big for him. The 10 stud long curved bricks made the long nose, the half round plate made the perfect canards. The generator hump behind the cockpit is a bit of a challenge to build, I used one tan slope with white curved bricks and wedge slopes to get the best shape possible. There are enough technic beams and pins to build a stand with 2 angles to display the model; making this a great display model while strong enough to play. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/207779

A lot of people were hoping for a Venator Midi Scale model in 2025, but we ended up in getting the Acclamator, which we first saw in the “Attack of the Clones”. The model itself is great and has all printed pieces including republic insignia and the 4 striped tile.There is no question on an alternate build to the Venator, it’s whether I use two sets of just the one. In the end, I wanted to keep the parts wastage down as LEGO SW is getting very expensive and gave myself a challenge by using just the one set of 75404. I think I got there in the end, it also used highest percent of the included pieces out of all my alternate builds, close to 100% including the spare pieces. The result is a stubby version of the Venator, maybe the Fat V before the design got transitioned to the Imperial-class Star Destroyer. I wanted to make the front wedge longer and the back wedge narrower but was hampered by the limitation of the pieces available, its’ very important for me that the model to be sturdy and swooshable and use the all of the printed tiles. The wedge hull plates are mostly three plates thick for strength. I kept the hull ramp design on each side where it opens up showing a row of white 1x1 round plates denoting clone troopers, it’s a nice touch by LEGO. The Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser had a hull characterized by two wedge shapes and a dorsal superstructure near the aft containing two bridge towers. The port tower was the starfighter operations command bridge, while the starboard tower served as a primary helm and command bridge. To build that superstructure, I had to pillage parts from across the model including even the display stand to achieve its significant sloped presence. Roller skates are used to represent the heavy turbolaser turrets flanking the bridge. The model’s central dark red hangar roof is tapered gradually towards to nose. Grey wedge plates are built around it. I am so happy LEGO included printed tiles for the insignia! At the stern of the ship, there are four primary thrusters, two secondary thrusters, mounted beside the pronounced hyperdrive tail. Hopefully I delivered a satisfactory alternate build model to add the ever growing number of Midi scale LEGO SW ships. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/207288

2024 has been a great year for my LEGO designer journey, delivering many successful designs. One of my most popular designs is the Colonial Viper from the 75388 Jedi Bob’s Starfighter. While enjoying the Christmas and New Years break and browsing through other LEGO designs, I thought it may be possible to design a Rebel Starfighter taking inspiration from the Cylon Raider using the 40755 battlepack. The raiders resembled a large flying wing with two forward firing laser cannons sitting between the inner and outer wings. Two engines were widely spaced to provide extra lift and vents in between. My Rebel Starfighter tried to incorporate all those features, achieved with some difficulty due to lack of large wedge plates. It's always been a balancing act for me to get the wing shape right while making the model strong enough for play. There is a protruding nose leading to a spacious cockpit for a single pilot, flaps on top of the round engine nacelles, 45 degree slopes allowed for unique shapes to be created on the body and wings, with rounded bottom plates at the underside of the starfighter. Sit back and enjoy more space opera crossovers! Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/206361

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The LAAT/le Police Patrol Gunship was introduced during the Clone Wars to perform law enforcement functions on Coruscant. Designed to be sleeker and smaller and less heavily armed than the Republic Gunship, the patrol gunship was better suited for policing the densely populated urban centres. After the formation of the Galactic Empire, the patrol gunship saw a broader use as a patrol vehicle for the imperial military on various worlds. The entire front of the patrol gunship is a glazed canopy for excellent viewing angles, solar panels act as the power generators for the ship. Two ball-mounted laser cannons were on the side of the cockpit and one laser cannon was mounted on the real of the ship. Search lights are mounted underneath the laser cannons when chasing criminals. A troop bay with side hatches allowed for the rapid deployment of police officers. The model is easy to build and very sturdy makes it great for play in different scenarios. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-199283/Wurger Bricks/laatle-police-patrol-gunship-alternate-build-of-40755-imperial-dropship-vs-rebel-scout-speeder/

The Phantom Menace was the first Star Wars movie I have seen on the big screen, and my first Star Wars toy was the Naboo N-1 Starfighter from the KFC kids meal, I am pretty sure that’s still somewhere at my parent’s place. Designing the N-1 starfighter brings back great nostalgia for me. Due the great service from Obi-Wan and Anakin, visiting Jedis can test fly the Naboo N-1 Starfighters against their Delta-7s or Eta-2s. One was repainted in the white and red colorway to represent the Galactic Republic for Jedi Bob. I started with the 2 engines and worked on how they would connect to the wings. After trying the axle connector and the thin technic beam, I decided to go with the thin technic beam as it’s sleek and black, doesn’t stand out from the engine pods. The downside is that the thin beams are easy to push out, reducing the sturdiness of the model. Nacelle domes are build using 2x2 round bricks and the black technic ski poles are used for heatsink finials. As there are no jumper plates, I had to offset 2x3 plates by half a stud for the rear center finial made by two 1x8 plates, brackets are used to fill in the gap left by the offset. The cockpit sits Jedi Bob comfortably because I used door rail plates to raise the canopy. The astromech sits on top of the cockpit. Delta wings form the front of the ship with a pair of centerline laser canons, the canons are actually lightsaber hilts. I arranged the white plates and tiles for the forward surfaces and red pieces for the back of the wings. Dark bluish grey tiles with the original stickers worked out perfectly for the section behind the laser canons. Spring loaded shooters have been built into the belly of the ship for play functionality. If you handle the model around the core fuselage, the structure is very sturdy, just be careful with the engine mounts. The end product is a nice sleek Naboo N-1 Starfighter, it’s much more minifigure scale compare to the massively oversize LEGO official Mandalorian N-1. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-195967/Wurger Bricks/n-1-starfighter-alternate-build-of-75388-bobs-starfighter/

The model is 11.2cm wide, 27.2cm long, 10.1cm tall with stand. Or 4.4 inches wide, 10.7 inches long, 4.0 inches all with stand. When I was designing the V-Wing’s hull, the first iteration had angled wedge hull plates. I had to scrap that design in the end as I needed the angled technic connectors for the rotating radiator wings. Because I really liked the angled hull plates, I started to explore other designs that can take advantage of this feature. When I thought about it, since I have done most of Galactic Republic starfighters, why not the Venator! The Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser had a hull characterized by two wedge shapes and a dorsal superstructure near the aft containing two bridge towers. The port tower was the starfighter operations command bridge, while the starboard tower served as a primary helm and command bridge. The superstructure was built using SNOT method. The Venator-Class was the starfighter carrier for the republic, with a complement of 420 different space crafts carried across different hangars. The forward section of the attack cruiser featured a 500-meter flight deck down the middle with doors open on the top, represented by two 1x8 red door rail plates. This flight deck enabled the Venator-class to rapidly launch hundreds of fighters. I only have enough pieces for the top hull of the attack cruiser, had to make do with the remaining pieces for its underside. A 2x4 medium azure plate represents the ventral hangar bay entrance. On this model, there are four primary thrusters, two secondary thrusters, mounted from the hyperdrive. The healthy amount of 2x2 round bricks from Jedi Bob’s Starfighter comes in handy again, and 3x3 round pieces are used to make the display stand. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-194011/Wurger Bricks/venator-class-republic-attack-cruiser-midi-scale-alternate-build-of-75388-bobs-starfighter/

The Alpha-3 Numbus-Class V-Wing Starfighter was a stubby, wedge-shaped starfighter. The wedge shaped fuselage is similar to the Delta-7 that was manufactured by the same company Kuat Systems Engineering. This design feature was later carried to the Rebel A-wing. The V-Wing featured radiator wings similar to those fitted on Eta-2 interceptors, when landing, the wings rotate downward to form as landing gear. The radiator wings are rotated vertically while flying, giving its distinguishing look like the future Tie-fighter. I had a dilemma on the use of the angled axle and pin connectors and white wedge plates. I originally used them to create the angled hull plates, but in the end changed the design completely to use them for these radiator wings. While it sacrificed the look of the hull, the rotatable radiator wings look great with a great play feature. The twin laser cannons are nestled between the wings and hull, due to the pieces I had, I made a pair of slow firing heavy laser cannons with a pair of rapid firing blaster cannons. The 3 x 3 round bricks again come in handy, making great wing mounts. A stand was made to display the V-Wing in flight mode. I made an astromech with 3 round pieces, sitting behind the cockpit. Flanking the astromech are two deflector shield heat sinks, they can open up from the 2 studded clip plate. At the tail of the fighter, there are two vertically stacked ion engines. There is a white central spine for the wedge-shaped hull, going up to red curved slopes before the cockpit, and red wedge plates create a diamond shaped pattern. The bubble canopy is placed on an angle, so it doesn't stick out too much from the fuselage. A pair of spring shooters are placed on the underside of the hull. This is my son’s favorite model at the moment, with different radiator wing positions while flying and landing, and deflector shield heat sinks that can open and close, and finally 2 spring shooters. The moving parts are well connected that they actually stay connected during play, making this V-Wing very swooshable. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-194958/Wurger Bricks/alpha-3-nimbus-v-wing-starfighter-alternate-build-of-75388-bobs-starfighter/

ah there, there is a market for both, I quite like the MIDI scale starships, they are great for display, and doesn't take up too much space.

Thank you for the notice, still don't understand LEGO restricted the sales of this set. In Australia, not available inside discount department stores.

Ever since I designed my Z-95 alternate build, I have been receiving messages and comments about designing an ARC-170. I was initially hesitant as I was concerned about getting the four S-foils right on the wings, and do I need 2 or 3 sets of Jedi Bob, as its RRP is very high. After combing through the parts list, I decided 2 sets was enough and S-foils should work if I keep them as light as possible. Here it is my ARC-170 alternate build, short for Aggressive Reconnaissance -170 starfighter, iconic for its heavy nose, three-man crew, S-foil system and a pair of huge wingtip mounted laser cannons. All combined to make it the ultimate heavy long range starfighter, designed to fly dangerous scout missions and raids deep in enemy territory ahead of the Venator Star Destroyers. The ship’s heavy nose section featured an impressive sensor package, plus its communication and jamming devices. Curved slopes are used for the centre of the nose, with brackets holding the wedge plates. The bubble canopy seats on the angle created by wedge plates to create a smooth transition from the front cockpit to the dorsal cockpit. The pilot sits by himself in the front cockpit, the Wizzo and the tail gunner fit snuggly back-to-back inside the dorsal cockpit. The space frame was meant to be flanked by massive engines, but I had to make do with 3x3 round bricks and barrels, they did the job. The openings represent retro-thrusters, they combined with powerful engines added to the ship’s maneuverability. The hyperdrive is housed inside the wedge sloped piece at the back. Each of the four S-foils are made using only four pieces to keep it as light as possible, connected by a two-stud clip. They will remain open when on display or being swooshed around. I started the design using the angled axle connectors, but the whole system is too bulky and can’t be opened or closed. A stand was built using the remaining pieces to display the ARC-170 with opened S-foils. The model is very solid, even the main wings are sturdy enough to be picked up from the mid-span; I recommend picking up the model from the nose and holding it on the belly while swooshing around S-foiled deployed. This pair of huge wingtip mounted laser cannons are strong enough to punch through a capital ship’s armour. Spring shooters and technic bricks formed the mounts for the laser cannons, because the technic bar pieces are quite long and protruding, they can be easily knocked off with the two technic bricks. The heavy fighter was not as maneuverable as small nimble single-seat fighters, it was armed with two rear facing blaster cannons for protection. They are made using hinge plates and cylinders originally used for landing gears. I am very happy and proud with my first ARC-170 model, it goes perfectly with my other Clone Wars starfighters from the 75388 Jedi Bob’s Starfighter. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/194526