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The wings are going to be a bit droopy because of the weight and how the gears/axle connect. I have a idea that might improve it, but it not by much. I'll experiment with it when building the Jango version when it hopefully releases sometime this month. As for your previous message, I did the shaping and assembling of those areas while having the slave 1 on its back. Was way easier for me and to move it around to get the right angles. It also let me take apart the rigid tube connection points to adjust the tension as needed

@neroart and @l0renZo I didn't encounter too many issues in regards to the back and assembling the foundation for the onboarding ramp, but that may have been because I built in a way that was different from how the instructions set it up. The instructions call for you to build the main body and then the temporary stand for doing the early delicate stuff. From there you build the full stand and then the final back details. What I did instead was I built the main stand first. This was because I didn't read that the temporary stand would be disassembled to reuse for the final stand and because I wanted to get all the parts used for the stand out of the way as they take up a lot of room in my sorting set up while I was waiting on some more parts to start the build of the ship. Having the main stand for the entire build allowed me to prop the slave 1 onto it whenever I wanted to do back detailing and without worrying about damaging it. I did have to take it off at points such as when doing the curved surfaces or the lower portion of the ramps and at those points I would use the temporary stand I had built separately, but the flexibility the main stand allowed me made things pretty easy. Thinking about it, I wonder if some of the problems you ran into neroart were from having the temporary stand placed in a way that it was adding stress to weak areas.

It sounds like all out brick received a cease and desist from Disney or a representative of Disney (Disney is known for contracting people to hunt for copyright violators) for selling models in the visual likeness to their intellectual property. In response, they stopped all selling and development of star wars related moc kits and instructions. Likely to avoid the risk of being taken to court for copyright violations. They've also provided full refunds to everyone with preorders

It's the most recent post on his account. Not sure how you're not seeing it. Or are you specifically referring to it being a cease and desist? That's mentioned in the second picture of the post regarding licenses and then mentioned directly by him in the comments

I don't, but I'm guessing he's busy dealing with the cease and desist from Disney that he announced about on his Instagram page

You probably already have your answer by now, but thought I'll respond regardless for others to know at the very least. The instructions will tell you when you should use the temporary stand. It's around the point where you build the structure that will be the foundation for the on boarding ramp. The stand is optional as you have an alternate option of having it hang off a desk, but I found the stand was way easier and allowed me to change the position of the slave 1 to me while building rather than me changing my position around the slave 1. It's not directly said in many areas, but the temporary stand uses parts that are reused in the main stand. As such, you can take it apart when the instructions have you build the main stand. I found the big reason the temporary stand exists is because of the 2 jetpacks parts used on the back for grebbling. They are one of the most protruding elements on the back at this point and will therefore bear most of the weight while on its back. They'll break off easily if you apply enough downward force or drag the slave 1 sideways. Depending on how far you are in the build, repairing them could require a fair amount of surgery. Near the end of the build, the jetpacks will be reinforced some more and the two main engines will be added that will take on the weight and protrude far enough that the jetpacks won't touch on a hard and flat surface. Overall, the building process was very smooth up until you do the curved shaping of the top and bottom. This is because you'll be doing a lot of attaching submodules and then removing said submodule to make adjustments to ball joints, hinges, or rigid tubes until the shaping looks right. The top portion can be fairly fragile until it's mostly to fully complete because it uses tension of the final assembly to be strong. Thankfully Marshall includes a video of him assembling that area to assist with understanding the instructions.

Hello, would you or someone else happen to still have the ldd? The link appears to have died some time ago and I'm trying to find how to build Daimans rancor

I really do like the use of the 3x3 curved slope from the space shuttle. It's basically a part that screams perfect for this application. And I'm loving the upgrades to the cockpit area. It looks even more sleek than it did before I had found your pictures on flicker of your previous version that you took while building. Gave some good insight on some of what you did for building. I ended up deciding to see what I could do with those pictures in studio and had some success, but had to make some guesses for the main body to get by. Some of the build techniques in the cockpit area took quite some time to ensure they didn't cause collision errors. Still haven't attempted the undercarriage, engines, and the bottom half of the tail fin. Having it sit next to the khatmorg model really showcases some of the changes you made that I really like. The lime green markings near the nose, the shorter length, and the changed wings all look very nice. And now with your reworked cockpit area, you've even added the red markings which is a detail my mind has always glossed over until now. Very well done incorporating it!

Hello, I'm not sure if you're still around, but wanted to say that I'm also interested in any instructions or ldd

Totally agree with you on that. I've seen both versions and I find the old mold looks far better for this moc to warrant the extra spent on it. Didn't help I already had half of the clips I needed in the old mold already when I made that bricks and pieces order

Thank you for posting this warning! I wouldn't have caught the error in my bricks and pieces order receipt until the parts arrived without it. Thankfully customer support was willing to provide me a refund for the problem