I'm thinking about buying this set. I'm in love with this ship after seein the movie but not with TLG model. Does anyone make some mods to this ship? I'm very curious 

Edited December 16, 20168 yr by mrcngrck

I extended the cylinders of the engines back by an additional circle piece (the same type used currently at the front of the engines) and I'm also planning on extending the wings out by six or eight studs. The problem when attempting to extend the wings with the current model is sag. The internal wing structure needs to be strengthened somehow to keep them up.

I would like to at some point modify the troop bay to hold at least six figures in total, although i'm at a loss of how to do that without ruining the proportions of the ship. I also want to make access to the troop bay far easier as right now getting even one figure in is a real pain. 

 

Am I the only one thinking the colouring is off? I thought the U-Wing had a sufficient amount of blue on its front in the movie, but the set only has blue around the cockpit. Kinda ruins it.

28 minutes ago, Deathstroke77 said:

Am I the only one thinking the colouring is off? I thought the U-Wing had a sufficient amount of blue on its front in the movie, but the set only has blue around the cockpit. Kinda ruins it.

I have not seen the movie yet, going tomorrow so excited , but from all the photos i've seen it appears TLG's model is correct. Perhaps like Thrawn the preproduction U-Wing has much more white and less blue?

I wish I could double check but i'm not googling anything involved with Rogue One til tomorrow night. 

Just now, Forresto said:

I have not seen the movie yet, going tomorrow so excited , but from all the photos i've seen it appears TLG's model is correct. Perhaps like Thrawn the preproduction U-Wing has much more white and less blue?

I wish I could double check but i'm not googling anything involved with Rogue One til tomorrow night. 

It might be because of Battlefront, the U-Wing there has much more blue than the LEGO model. Might be wrong, but I think they said they got the models and stuff directly from LucasFilm. LEGO seems to get building and the images they need a long time before release, so maybe the the design changed in that time. Anyway, I'd love to see it modded with more darkblue throughout in place of the white.

there were two U-Wings in the movie. maybe they are little different 

5 hours ago, mrcngrck said:

there were two U-Wings in the movie. maybe they are little different 

This. There's a few in the flick. Couple of different colours, like the X-wings.

19 hours ago, Forresto said:

I extended the cylinders of the engines back by an additional circle piece (the same type used currently at the front of the engines) and I'm also planning on extending the wings out by six or eight studs. The problem when attempting to extend the wings with the current model is sag. The internal wing structure needs to be strengthened somehow to keep them up.

I would like to at some point modify the troop bay to hold at least six figures in total, although i'm at a loss of how to do that without ruining the proportions of the ship. I also want to make access to the troop bay far easier as right now getting even one figure in is a real pain. 

 

I'm waiting for photos when you complete your mods :)

This one looks to be from scratch, but it may give you some ideas:

It's the most impressive one I've seen so far.

whoooaaa it's beautiful!

I've just seen Rogue One and I believe the Lego model is accurate to one of the U-Wings we see in the film. One is heavily white wheras the other I could make out has much more dark blue markings.

13 hours ago, mrcngrck said:

I'm waiting for photos when you complete your mods :)

Definitely! : )

The cockpit needs to be wider- to fit two pilots, then the ship needs to be built from that. What could be used for the cockpit that wide?

 

The Lego set is a lovely build though. 

8 minutes ago, Stillinamerica said:

The cockpit needs to be wider- to fit two pilots, then the ship needs to be built from that. What could be used for the cockpit that wide?

 

The Lego set is a lovely build though. 

Brick built cockpits are best for most ships especially the more geometric and angular rebel ships. The X-wing cockpits that Lego has made are the best example of this, both of them are nowhere near close

When I get this set I'm going to probably end up totally rebuilding it so the interior matches the movie, where the troop compartment and pilots are all in one big open space, and the pilots can see clearly through the bottom windshield. 

cool! I'm looking forward to seeing it!

17 hours ago, atlas said:

Brick built cockpits are best for most ships especially the more geometric and angular rebel ships. The X-wing cockpits that Lego has made are the best example of this, both of them are nowhere near close

I was thinkig about this brick. It's pretty new and looks quite accurate http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=87606#T=S&C=12&O={"color":"12"}

edit: nah, this is too short. 6x8 would be great. lego why? :(

Edited December 19, 20168 yr by mrcngrck

I've only had the briefest of tinkers with this after looking at the Rogue one Souvenir magazine. As previously mentioned, lengthening the engines (changing the tips to screen accurate transfer light blue) and the wing tips (I only added 4 studs) give a much more accurate shape. I also added a bit to the rear of the cockpit, but it needs more work. 

 

Edited December 22, 20168 yr by Richpepperell
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Thats very nice comparison pic. The biggest obvious flaw I can see is how much are the htrusters offset to the sides. That makes them look even more out-of proportion than they already are on the real thing. Do you think you can move them inwards? at least one stud? That would in my opinion have very positive impact on the overal loom and feel.

Personally I love official model of U-Wing, one of the best sets Lego made in a past few years! My only gripe with the set is troop bay, it's way too small. If anyone has a solution to making it bigger, while keeping the rest of the ship same please share.

 

Personally I think the set is too short. I think the ship needs to be about 20 to 30 studs longer. I think that would fix a lot of stuff. The thrusters, if used to measure the ship would be 4 studs wide and I would enlarge the image to see what would fit that. My guess is the ship is 60 studs long. 

Here are a few pics of my U-Wing as i thought the oficial design was good but maybe a little too chunky. This is at the very early stages of the build, mainly to work out proportions, hence the differing wing lengths. I think I will use the smaller engine types you find on the X-wings as they look a lot more streamlined and attach to the fuselage like the ship in the film. 

The cockpit area needs to be longer, about 3/4 studs longer and the wings could be even longer. From playing around with my design, the trickiest part will be the troop transport area underneath as anything too large will throw off the proportions. I have a very heavy suspicion that the film used a bit of license on the size of the troop transport area. On external shots it looks shallow and sleek under the ship, however, on internal shots it looks vast. Getting that to work in lego form is a lot harder.

The tinkering continues....

IMG_1252 by That Orange Thing, on Flickr

IMG_1255 by That Orange Thing, on Flickr

IMG_1254 by That Orange Thing, on Flickr

 

I just opened and built the set.  To tell the truth, I see why the designers did what they did and I believe it is in better shape and closer to the source than other Lego SW sets.  For example, they have yet to release a falcon that allows (by design) a walkway from the main cargo hold to the cockpit or a cockpit that fits four.

I am looking it over and here is my want list for the set:

1. A two seated side by side cockpit.
2. Access from the troop bay to the cockpit.
3. Deeper and extended troop bay with seats.

I think that once those are figured out the rest will take care of itself.  What I am looking at is using that UCS X-Wing Canopy for the top and then building the cockpit first.  Once that is done I would build the troop bay off of it and then let everything else figure itself out. 

On 12/22/2016 at 7:21 PM, Richpepperell said:

I've only had the briefest of tinkers with this after looking at the Rogue one Souvenir magazine. As previously mentioned, lengthening the engines (changing the tips to screen accurate transfer light blue) and the wing tips (I only added 4 studs) give a much more accurate shape. I also added a bit to the rear of the cockpit, but it needs more work. 

Hey Rich, where did you find this image of uwing by the way? Are there other views and angles on the right and left which you trimmed off? Thanks!

12 hours ago, krisandkris12 said:

Hey Rich, where did you find this image of uwing by the way? Are there other views and angles on the right and left which you trimmed off? Thanks!

It's from the Rogue One Souvenir magazine. There are views from a few angles. I'll take a pic of the whole page when I get the chance. The magazine, which is worth getting, is available from WH Smith for a fiver if you're in the UK. 

On 23. Dezember 2016 at 4:37 PM, That Orange Thing said:

I have a very heavy suspicion that the film used a bit of license on the size of the troop transport area. On external shots it looks shallow and sleek under the ship, however, on internal shots it looks vast. Getting that to work in lego form is a lot harder.

Hey That Orange Thing, while what you suggest here may hold some truth (look at the Falcon as a great example of that phenomenon) I think a significant part of your problem is that your model is way smaller than minifig scale (still looking good though, don't get me wrong there!) According to Wookieepedia the U-Wing is 24.something meters long, which translates roughly into 75 studs in minifig scale. This means that the official set is about 15 studs short. As your model is even shorter it's only natural that you will have problems getting minifigs to fit inside as they should. Although even in minifig scale the figures will not fit inside as well as actual humans due to their inability to squeeze in and their slightly off proportions. 

On 26. Dezember 2016 at 0:21 AM, Richpepperell said:

It's from the Rogue One Souvenir magazine. There are views from a few angles. I'll take a pic of the whole page when I get the chance. The magazine, which is worth getting, is available from WH Smith for a fiver if you're in the UK. 

Cheers for the photo, that's a great reference! I've been searching all over the internet for proper images of the U-Wing but found mostly concept art or pictures of toys..