[MOC] MINIs The Resistance Navy from The Last Jedi

obijon · February 1, 2023

Hello again everyone,

Here is the Resistance Navy from The Last Jedi seen escaping D’Qar from The First Order. I have a whole thread for Ep. VIII but thought that these deserved one of their own. And no they are not all to scale before anyone asks! :tongue:

The Resistance Navy over D'Qar consisted of the MC85 Star Cruiser Raddus, Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbuster Ninka, Nebulon-C escort frigate Anodyne and Vakbeor-class cargo frigate Vigil. All four are included here!

The Raddus and Ninka are models I have previously published but the Anodyne and Vigil are sparkly and new.

MC85 Star Cruiser Raddus

The Raddus was an MC85 Star Cruiser that served as the flagship of General Leia Organa.

As with most of my builds a certain piece defines the build and it is then built form there. For the Raddus it was the wedge for the nose (as discussed in the Profundity topic). The piece does not come in light bluish or dark bluish grey, so I have used flat silver. It works fine so no major problem.

From the front I have used wedges and slopes to create the main section of the hull with the main section being 4 studs wide tapering back to 2 studs wide before the engine section using the 10x1 curved slopes. These slopes have been attached using headlight bricks through the middle of the model so the model is not wider than the wedge at the front.

I have also managed to build the engine cluster at the back and have used 1x1 trans-blue plates for the hangar on either side near the front.

The model flows quite nicely from front to back but as with most Mon Calamari vessels it is very difficult to get the curved shape completely right with LEGO, especially in such a small scale.

Free Virgillia-class Bunkerbuster Ninka

The Free Virgillia was a class of corvette. It was armed with powerful bunker buster plasma bombs.

There were a couple of tricky parts to this model.

Firstly how to attach the front side sections and to get the shape. I settled with the 1x1 round plates without a stud and a couple of grey bars to attach the side parts into some bricks with holes.

Secondly the engine section. There should be six engines on each side but it took me a while to arrange the parts in such a way so that I could have six engines and keep the shape and most importantly be able to attach them to the main hull! The first couple of versions only had 3 engines and while this looked good was not accurate.

I am really pleased with how this model turned out. The few orange parts really make it look cool in my opinion.

Nebulon-C escort frigate Anodyne

The Anodyne was a modified Nebulon-C escort frigate that served as a medical frigate for the Resistance.

This model does not have any real tricks apart from an arrangement of bricks with studs on one side to be able to attach those wedge plates for the front section. There are also a lot of sections which interact to hold the whole model together (it is quite thin) but nothing too complicated.

The trickiest part was getting the wings the same height front and back as the sections are built in different ways. I have managed to get most of the details of this ship in to this little model including the correct number of engines, which is always the aim. The bridge also is easily detached as the escape pod too. Like with the Ninka the flashes of colour also really make a difference.

Vakbeor-class cargo frigate Vigil

The Vigil was a Vakbeor-class cargo frigate manufactured by Kuat Drive Yards. It was used to house supplies and munitions and many other types of equipment during the evacuation.

The wedges used for the front section determined the size of this model. Again, no real tricks, the model was built in 3 sections (front, neck and back) and is attached together using bricks with studs on sides and the hole in technic bricks.

Again, most of the details are in the model including right number of engines and the splash of colour from the orange make a big difference to the overall look.