75095 TIE Fighter

[Anio]

Interesting approach.

But when I see your Interceptor with very wide support (on the pylons), I am afraid the model has a major stiffness problem, doesn't it ?

[sparkart]

Across the ball cockpit and onto the angular parts of the pylons, there's no problems with stiffness. Those areas are made up of bricks and plates turned on their sides, studs out, so it's very stiff. The problems start happening at the round 4x4 bricks and plates on the ends. They are held together with Technic axles and 1xN tiles that connect back onto the angular parts of the pylons. The Interceptor panels apply torsion and twist these round sections, introducing a bit of droop.

The wide support on the pylons is because the bottom of the ball cockpit is a 6x6 dish. I haven't figured out how to support the large model without it falling down by just holding up that dish. Olav did a good job designing a sturdy support solution for the official LEGO set.

Edited May 12, 2015 by sparkart

[Dhivael]

Blah. Got notice today from S@H that my order that was supposed to "ship within 7 days" has been pushed to "item on backorder" Disappointing!

[rollermonkey]

Instructions are in a bag numbered 1?

That's new.

...and this is the weirdest parts selection. So many different colors on the inside for no reason whatsoever.

[Phoib]

My instructions were in a seperate bug, not in 1.

And those internal pieces always have a different color.

It took me about 4 hours to build it, with building the wings in parallel. I did need a lot of space for that, part of the build was on the floor.

[NNOPMOC]

I bought it over the May 4th weekend (along with Slave 1 and Red 5 . . . Yeah, I'm not having a holiday this year , . . . and subsequently picked up a B-Wing from eBay . . . Yup, no hols for me.

Not built any of them yet but I recently announced to a friend of mine that I was intending to start MOC on UCS scale Star Wars vehicles again (having already built a 7 foot SSD a couple of years ago), she asked if I would build an Advanced Tie Fighter (she's a huge Darth Vader fan). So. I'll be using this latest Tie Fighter as a basis for the scale for a new Advanced Tie and a Tie Interceptor MOC.

Edited May 16, 2015 by NNOPMOC

[NNOPMOC]

Wow. THAT is what the center part of this set should have looked like... Are the large 1/-rounds available in that light bley? If so, I hope you make instructions!

I like that design a lot! Shame about the donut shapes being the wrong colour. Do you mind If I mimic elements of your design in my own MOC?

[rollermonkey]

Not my MOC, you copied the wrong post. :)

[Aeroeza]

Damn you Lego! You can angle the stand to match 10175...

Now... I...must...buy...TWO!!

Edited May 22, 2015 by Aeroeza

[rollermonkey]

My instructions were in a seperate bug, not in 1.

Not all in one bag, but the instructions were in a second bag, also numbered 1.

[gotoAndLego]

I received it as a birthday/christmas present and I think its a pretty cool model. Quite a few new techniques like the foil to pylon connection. Looks really impressive built.

[kiwiatlarge]

Bought it today (well, the mrs bought it for me for xmas), with $100 off. I'm pretty happy with that.

That gives me a UCS collection of the X-Wing (v2), B-Wing, R2-D2, Slave-1 and Tie Fighter

[kiwiatlarge]

Half way through the build (one "side" done and attached to the cockpit), and I like it. It's not the most exciting build. Very repetitive due to the symmetry. I have half the model left to build, and everything left I've done before. But that's part of it's charm. The high school mathematician in me from 25 years ago can appreciate the symmetry and shape, and the child who first watched Return of the Jedi at the theatres in the early 1980s gets to appreciate being able to display it when finished across from the UCS X-Wing. The fan in me couldn't turn down having the F-16 and Mig 21 of the (original) Star Wars universe..