Imperial Light Cruiser 75315 MODs

[samsz_3]

At first when the images for the Imperial Light Cruiser were released at first I was very excited, because I didn't have a Star Destroyer style ship, but once I looked more closely, I was quite disappointed at how it looked. I understand it's a playset first etc, but the biggest issues to me were how wide the front gap was and how high the bridge was. Mixing between the Arquitens and the 546 Cruiser is understandable at this scale, especially if using promo images etc, but the proportions were so off for both. I also wanted to retain the DNA of being a "LEGO playset" and I felt the back half of the ship made poor use of space.

20220119_224320 by Sam Szeto, on Flickr

20220119_222455 by Sam Szeto, on Flickr

20220119_220934 by Sam Szeto, on Flickr

20220119_221542 by Sam Szeto, on Flickr

The TIE Fighter launcher has been taken out and the front gap is smaller and has trans blue tile details. I've tiled off more of the surface of the cruiser. The canons are now much smaller as they don't have spring shooters.

20220119_221534 by Sam Szeto, on Flickr

20220119_220951 by Sam Szeto, on Flickr

20220119_221006 by Sam Szeto, on Flickr

20220119_221045 by Sam Szeto, on Flickr

I wanted to better utilise the space in the middle of the ship and make it more accurate so the bridge and "spine" have been completely redesigned. The spine is now 3 studs wide and the bridge is lower. I refuse to use stickers so for the windows I represented them with clips.

The ship is already very sturdy and can be "swooshed" by holding the sides so personally I didn't see the need for the handle taking up all the space in the bridge (and making the proportions off). The bridge is held on with 2 studs and inside there is enough space for a couple of figures sitting down. I haven't decided what to do with it but it will either be Dark Trooper storgage or Grogu's cell. I wanted to keep the spirit of being a playset so I tried to find a way to add a Dark Trooper drop mechanism but due to the large wedge tiles making up the base, there was no room for an opening door. You can also see I have tried to angle the ship behind the docking bay a bit more. I used a mix of artistic license between the Arquitens, class 546 and the shape of the set to compromise. 

20220119_220717 by Sam Szeto, on Flickr

Interior remains the same, with a few different consoles.

More photos on flickr

[carpandean]

Very nice!  I've been working on some mods for mine, too.  Completely agree that the back wastes a lot of space.  I like your bridge mod, and I also saw someone mod the large triangular areas next to it to be openable.  The combination of both could give a huge increase.

Edit: Forgot to say that your other mods are big improvements, too.

Edited May 10, 2023 by carpandean

[Tambor]

That looks great. The giant laser cannons put me off but I did assume they'd be easy to replace.