Hi all, 

In completely coincidental timing (with the recent choose your next UCS poll announcement), Legolijntje and I have just completed work on the instructions for my EF76 Nebulon-B Escort Frigate. It kind of fills the market gap for those who would like a Nebulon-B yet can't stretch to the budget or have the space for the multi thousand part models (as stunningly beautiful as builds like Mortesv's are)

Its made of 1385 pieces and is (a still pretty respectable) 2 feet long and 1 foot high (58cm long and 30cm high more precisely).

Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-34757/Rubblemaker/ef76-nebulon-b-escort-frigate-with-micro-millenium-falcon/#comments

My full Flickr album of the final release build: https://www.flickr.com/photos/164260086@N06/albums/72157712852235377

 

Thanks for looking :)

 

 

 

 

Edited January 27, 20205 yr by Rubblemaker

this is pretty excellent 

Very nice!

 

Cheers

I like the model and I am a big fan of its general concept of a smaller, affordable yet still visually impressive piece. It gives me similar vibes as official Lego models do!

There are two things that I am not a huge fan of visually. First - the uneven 'paneling' that runs down the main vertical fuselage, formed from alternating LBG tiles and arches just seems too 'uniform' in its appearance. I think just one or two of these pieces changed to DBG, using the 1x2x2/3 arch with cut corner or maybe throwing some LBG ingot in there would break it up IMO! Second (and that's the problem of many Nebulon mocs) the 'wall' of the thruster section facing inwards is just too flat and plain. The opened gaps between plates and scattered trans plates just don't create enough of the depth of the texture. I think that at a cost of a few dozen extra parts (mod. plates, jumpers, clips) one could bring some more texture and get rid of that :) 

2 minutes ago, Kristof said:

I like the model and I am a big fan of its general concept of a smaller, affordable yet still visually impressive piece. It gives me similar vibes as official Lego models do!

There are two things that I am not a huge fan of visually. First - the uneven 'paneling' that runs down the main vertical fuselage, formed from alternating LBG tiles and arches just seems too 'uniform' in its appearance. I think just one or two of these pieces changed to DBG, using the 1x2x2/3 arch with cut corner or maybe throwing some LBG ingot in there would break it up IMO! Second (and that's the problem of many Nebulon mocs) the 'wall' of the thruster section facing inwards is just too flat and plain. The opened gaps between plates and scattered trans plates just don't create enough of the depth of the texture. I think that at a cost of a few dozen extra parts (mod. plates, jumpers, clips) one could bring some more texture and get rid of that :) 

Indeed. You could say it’s nicely moddable ;). All great ideas for Nebulon-B Mk3 if I ever get round to it! Thanks :)

On 1/27/2020 at 8:44 AM, TwoSolitudes said:

this is pretty excellent 

Thanks very much :)

I'm such a big fan of these ships, you did a great job!

9 hours ago, Mr_Good2 said:

I'm such a big fan of these ships, you did a great job!

Thanks! It was a labour of love, and stress, and tears, and it was all worth it to see others out there building it!