Hello again everyone

This time I present a MOD rather than a full MOC – a mod of the 30498 AT-Hauler polybag which I tinkered with over the Christmas break.

I quite liked the overall design and construction of this but there were a few things that I felt needed changing:

·         Changed it from white to grey.  Think grey is better fitting for a cargo vessel and for most vessels in Star Wars.

·         Added the gantry underneath.  A simple addition with 4 extra parts which I am surprised were not included in the original.

·         Beefed up the lifting arms as they looked too thin.

·         The big one – the cockpit.  This is what made me want to MOD the polybag in the first place.  The use of the slope in the polybag is a bit lazy so I have built this using bricks with studs on the side and wedge plates.

·         And like all my other models a display stand with Rio Durant minifig.

More new and original stuff soon.

Jon

Edited January 8, 20196 yr by obijon

Looks great! The grey looks much more accurate to what’s in the movie. The gantry adds a lot of accuracy, and the cockpit looks so much better. I was trying to think of a way to cover the top of that transparent cheese slope, maybe one of the new 1x1 brackets, or a 1x3 tile down the entire cockpit, but both of those would stick up too high. Your model looks great as is, though, and really improves the original polybag set, which I thought was good to begin with (other than that plain slope for the cockpit)!

WOW! I was not expecting a lot but that is superb. Ingenious idea for the walkway below! The fence creates a great effect.

cheers guys.