MOD: 7659 Imperial Landing Craft

[ILikePi]

Hello everyone! I'm Unit 314, or as everyone likes to call me, Pi.

I've only been a member of the Imperial army for three months, but guess what, I've been promoted!

Yup, I've been awarded command of a squadron, the 314th Squadron. Also, I've been given my own customized Imperial Landing Craft!

I'll give you a full tour of it, starting from the outside.

Okay, first, lets go to the cockpit.

Hi there, Pi.

Hello.

Why are our chat colors the same?

I dunno, probably because we're wearing the same color armor.

Oh, okay.

Next, let's go to these side guns.

These guns can rotate 360 degrees, and can stay in place at any direction.

Here's a video of it, thanks to the hand of God ( ):

Here's the other side:

This side has a hole in it, which I will explain later.

Next, we'll go to the back. There is this mechanism that you can pull out to load up some cargo.

Here it is pulled out:

Here are the holes in which you can load up some cargo:

Here it is in place:

Okay, we're done with the exterior. Now, we go into the interior!

This is the entrance and exit.

You swing this part out, then you knock on the door.

Someone on the inside then opens the door.

However, if you're an enemy, the people on the inside can push a button to swing the platform that you're on to the right, so that a gun points at you.

Yes, I know the entrance is a bit cramped:

I need to get it fixed later...

Welcome.

Hi there.

I'll go up here, so you can have more room.

Thanks.

Ok, so here is the interior. I'll show you guys each place separately.

First off, you can push this button to open and close the door:

Opened...

...closed.

Next off, we have these two storage spaces for two blaster rifles:

As you have seen, the one on the right serves a dual purpose.

There are two locations for sandtroopers to fire at enemies at the back:

Can you stay where you are while I go outside to take a picture?

Ok, sure.

Thanks.

This is where the sandtrooper's gun points out, to fire at things behind us while at flight.

Lets go back inside...

Excuse, me, can you go out of your seat for a moment?

Sure...I have nothing better to do...

Okay...

Above the sandtroopers' seats, there are two rifles (note that the technic pins are the only pieces that weren't from this set, but since I use them in the unmodded version, I decided to use them here). These rifles can be pulled out without pulling out the holding mechanism, as seen in this second video, courtesy of the hand of God:

Next, we'll visit the stormtrooper's control units:

Can you move back a bit? You're sucking up all my air.

Whoops, sorry.

He just grumpy because has to sit on the floor, and all he gets to use is a trans-red cheese slope.

However, this stormtrooper is a higher rank, so he gets this:

Yeah, he gets a cool trans-green hologram screen, as well as a cheese slope.

Here's the other sandtrooper's place:

Hello, are you there?

zzz......

Hmm...looks like he fell asleep on the job. I'll have to demote him later...

And now, we have my control center. Mine is much larger than the others, because I have to do a lot of things:

I have two cheese slopes, and five trans-orange studs.

They can lift out for repairs, as seen in this picture:

My job in the ship is to control the side guns, and to launch remote-controlled rockets.

Here is the remote rocket section:

You just have to put the trans-green cone on the cylinders, like so:

And we have the final demonstration by the hand of god on how this mechanism works:

Here's a bird's eye view:

Oh, and I almost forgot about the bottom view:

Enjoy this picture, because I had to rip off the top wing and get the pilot to flip the whole ship over.

Here's the crew, including me:

Extra parts that were taken out of the original Landing Craft:

Oops, looks like we just landed on a rebel trooper:

Party!

Okay, I hope you guys enjoyed my tour. Note that all the pieces, except for two technic pins, were from the 7659 Imperial Landing Craft set.

Any suggestions to make this better?

Edited May 18, 2009 by KimT

[KimT]

There is something wrong with your camera.

I think your lens is dirty.

You've got a 'smudgy' spot in the middle of all the pics.

I suggest you clean your lens ASAP.

Good thorough walkthrough of your MOD

[ILikePi]

Thanks.

I'll clean the lens, thanks for telling me about that.

[Millacol88]

Like KimT said it looks like a finger-smudge on your lense, clean it. Other than that, I like your MOD, and the way you walked through every little thing.

EDIT: It doesn't make much sense after you responded to KimT saying you would clean it.

[ADHO15]

Wonderful!

A very detailed overview of your fantastic ship, and all done in a great and funny way. I love the side guns and the different stormie stations inside, but as you said, the entrance and cargo loading doors are a bit small.

One pointer, your video about the remote rockets that come out the side is in the wrong place. It needs to be moved down a little bit.

An awesome MOD!

Edited April 26, 2009 by ADHO15

[ILikePi]

Wonderful!

A very detailed overview of your fantastic ship, and all done in a great and funny way. I love the side guns and the different stormie stations inside, but as you said, the entrance and cargo loading doors are a bit small.

One pointer, your video about the remote rockets that come out the side is in the wrong place. It needs to be moved down a little bit.

An awesome MOD!

Thanks.

I need to find a way to fix the cargo loading doors and entrance later.

I fixed the location of the video, thanks for pointing that out.

The reason it was there was because I normally had 4 videos, but I don't know what happened to one.

The missing video was supposed to show that the control panels were attached by a jumper brick, so it could easily be removed.

[CommanderFox]

VERY NICE

I like it how Pi is taking the photos

only 1 Con for me is-

Make the door bigger ;) ;)

CommanderFox