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Hi, Sorry, I did not realise this thread was still live. The designs are still being tweaked, PM me if you want the LDD file to take a crack at making one. I have almost got all the parts to build the Avenger, a number of my designs use techniques developed for the Avenger, so if the Avenger works with real bricks, that will finalise my other models. If anyone makes one of these, may I please have photos of the complete model for my Cuusoo page? I have put some new models up and tweaked my designs if anyone is interested: TIE Interceptor: http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/31941 TIE Bomber: http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/34378 TIE Advanced x1: http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/21227 TIE Avenger: http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/33269 TIE Defender: http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/33270 Krispy's Assault Gunboat: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/34432 My new TIE Predator: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/35289 My new TIE Interceptor Royal Guard variant: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/35683

I love your Renders, very professional! I hope you do a missileboat as well, that would be awesome!

I have just finished building Paulwiseone's TIE Interceptor design, with the wingtips modified to match my TIE Avenger design. What do people think?

I cannot wait to see this design on Cuusoo. I will put links to it in all my designs. Once I build my Avenger, I would love to take a crack at building this.

I have made the alterations to the Avenger design based on Krispy's work. Do you have any suggestions? The grey rims on the front of the wings are now clipped in place at two ends, using a clip hidden in the wing. LDD will not let me do this, but I have tested it with my interceptor kit and it works beautifully. The stops on the inside of the wings are currently located out of alignment. On the built version the plates will be located immediately behind the stops, preventing the wings from collapsing under the weight of the model.

Thank you Krispy! I will give you credit on Cuusoo and link to your Star Wing of course (damn I want to buy the bricks and make that model!) I have been furiously working on the Avenger tonight. I would have an image to show you if I hadn't suffer a crash that lost an hours work. ARGH! I have used your idea of angled rods on the outside, and have attached the grey rim on front and back now. I have adapted this to Paulwiseone's TIE Interceptor that I have sitting on my coffee table, and it improves it quite a bit. I saw all the 2142bs all over your wings, wowsa, I am trying to keep the part count down, but I added a few more, lol. I am currently working on my hybrid method of keeping the wings from collapsing, frankensteining your idea taken from the old Defender, with the philosophy of Paulwiseone which only requires a stop in order to take the weight. The final result is both elegant and very strong... or would be if it hadn't disappeared into the ether. Sigh. Hopefully Vean doesn't mind re-rendering my Avenger and Defender models once I am done. Once I have the Avenger wing perfected I will transfer and invert the wing for use on the defender. I am not too depressed, I am enjoying meeting people with similar interests, and the constant refining of my designs is fun. I should have the refined Avenger and Defender designs done tomorrow night, unless my Slave 1 arrives in the post tomorrow, then I will be otherwise engaged after work!

Thank you for the honest (and rather depressing) comment. I suspect you are right. Lucasarts will be wanting Lego to produce tonnes of prequel sets this year since they are releasing the 3d versions of II and III, and next year will likely be all about episode VII. I do not know anythign about what they are going to do, but that may mean they plan on releasing an Avenger and Defender as part of that. As you said, Cuusoo is about presenting designs that Lego would not normally make. Paulwiseone and I listed these designs since the Imperial fighters seemed to have escaped the update that the rebel fighter fleet has received, I can only speak for myself here, but I listed them with no grand desire for Cuusoo royalties, just to try to get Lego's attention that there is a demand for these sets and they should consider slotting them into their Star Wars line. As for the Avenger, it is one of my favourites, in fact tonight I was going to work on it and try to include some of Krispy's innovations to strengthen the model as I really want to scratchbuild it. Unfortunately the Cuusoo public does not seem to agree with me, as the Avenger has far fewer supporters than any of the more well known fighters.

Awesome! Regarding your comments: I am building the Interceptor at the moment, and have discovered the flaw of the one grey brick holding the grey rim. I have doubled it on the interceptor and it seems a lot better. I have discussed trying to attach them at both ends with Paulwiseone, he seems confident that it is not nessasary. (I would still prefer to attach it at both ends if possible) I have been modifying and upgrading the designs constantly ever since listing them, but now I have Vean's renders I am not as able to fiddle with the design without bugging him for more renders. The tips of your defender wings look identical to one of the solutions I worked out! The hinge for the wing is Paulwiseone's design, which I have tested. And yes, it is done that way to make the wings cleaner. It will definately be strong enough for Vader's fighter and the Bomber. The Interceptor pushes it to the limit, it is too much for the Avenger and thus presumably the defender. I have re-engineered the Avenger now, and it is enormously stronger, I will need to build it in reality to get the stops (that prevent the wings from collapsing) correct. The two angled rods is something that has bugged me about the design for a while and I am dead keen to fix that on both the Defender and Avenger. On the bomber I have assumed that Lego will do a printed piece for the launcher. Everything I have brickbuilt for the front has looked pretty crappy, so I fell back to the 'use a printed piece' position. Thank you for your comments, you have brough up a number of my concerns. Up until we got the renders the Cuusoo designs were being modified regularly based on comments, and I would love to take your input and improve them further if Vean doesn't mind. How do you feel about frankensteining our designs together? I want them to be as robust as possible so that Lego actually makes the damn things! And I really love the assault gunboat!!!

Thank you, hopefully the TIE Bomber will be approved in a couple of days! I have put the LDD file on Brickshelf, so Vean should be able to render the model by the time it is approved. I really hope Krispy puts his Assault Gunboat on Cuusoo, it fits with our TIE fleet perfectly!

I love the look of this model, I have to get one for my Starfighter fleet! :-)

That model is fantastic! Someone has put a Star wing on Cuusoo, but it is nowhere near as awesome as that! Please post your design to Cuusoo, I will support it and be more than happy to link to it in my designs!

The interceptor is almost complete, sitting next to my 2012 TIE Fighter, I can post a comparison shot as soon as the final parts arrive from Bricklink.

I just picked up the most recent versions of Millenium Falcon and Slave 1. I know they are old models now, but I have only recently gotten into Lego Star Wars, and really wanted those older sets. I guess from this point on it will be about making custom models.

These models are a team effort by myself and a Cuusoo user named Paulwiseone. He designed the Interceptor and TIE Advanced. I designed the Defender and Avenger. The Bomber is my hull with his Advanced wings attached, it is waiting Cuusoo approval and should be up by the 28th of Jan. I am in the process of building the Interceptor with bricks, and it looks fantastic, and considering making the Avenger too. The basic models were made in LDD, and a Cuusoo user named Vean has done Pov Ray renders of the models. I hope eventually to replace all the LDD images with Vean's awesome renders.

Hi, I am not sure if this is the correct forum for this, but I hope so. On Cuusoo, Paulwiseone and myself have designed several updated TIE variants, designed to match the 2012 TIE fighter model. I am trying to drum up support for these models in the hope that Lego pays attention and starts building more of the imperial fighters into their Lego Star Wars lineup. Please check them out, and if you like them, support them. Thank you. :-) TIE Interceptor: http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/31941 TIE Bomber: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/34378 TIE Advanced x1: http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/21227 TIE Avenger: http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/33269 TIE Defender: http://lego.cuusoo.c...deas/view/33270