mortesv Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 Thanks guys :) @Bob - did you use all your money on your SSD?? BTW, I have just finished part 2 of my UCS ISD mod - Part 1 was the engine section, Part 2 is the command section - would any of you be interested in a post (in a new thread) about that? Quote
Bob De Quatre Posted October 26, 2012 Author Posted October 26, 2012 I'm buying a new flat... so I'm a little short on money, especially for "toys"... That's why I'm not building my SSD entirely, I'll do the uppercity when I'll have some money to spend (that mean after buying a lot of paint bucket, a kitchen, a new sofa, and so on ) It's always nice to see great mods on great models! Go post your pics Quote
DFOL Posted October 26, 2012 Posted October 26, 2012 Bob de Quatre, it speaks for itself that the nescessities of life have priority over a hobby, and trying to turn a new apartment into a place you can call home can be very exciting too. I do hope you find time soon to return to your building and designing though. I always enjoy seeing your creations, either digital or in the brick! Mortesv, i'd love to see your mods if you're willing to share them! Quote
Bob De Quatre Posted October 27, 2012 Author Posted October 27, 2012 Bob de Quatre, it speaks for itself that the nescessities of life have priority over a hobby, and trying to turn a new apartment into a place you can call home can be very exciting too. I do hope you find time soon to return to your building and designing though. I always enjoy seeing your creations, either digital or in the brick! I'm still designing on LDD, but my actual project is a little hard to work on since my computer has some trouble handling more than 12 000 parts... And I'm already at 20 000 Brickbuilding the SSD showed me some flaws in my design... The tail bends so much that it break after a short time... I need to find a way to strengthen it. So far I've build the feets, the internal structure, the starboard side with its greebs, the rear underside, and the platforms that will support the upper and under cities. Quote
Mr Man Posted October 28, 2012 Posted October 28, 2012 Don't mind the mess Arrrg, yellow, it's ruined . That's looking good . Quote
DFOL Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 It's huge! Nice to see this project slowly taking shape. Quote
Bob De Quatre Posted October 30, 2012 Author Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) Arrrg, yellow, it's ruined . That's looking good . One major MOC this is Thanks all. I'll make some more pics, that one is pretty crappy and you don't see anything. The "rear belly" is almost finished since I got nearly all the needed pieces, but it still lacks the engines. It's huge! Nice to see this project slowly taking shape. It's huge... too huge... I don't know what I'll do with it once it's completely build Edited October 30, 2012 by Bob De Quatre Quote
Lobot Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 This is starting to look really promising Bob, keep up the good work I've just built the official Lego version (again) and yours looks better already! Perhaps that's not totally fair, I just really hate the removable 'bridge'.....a totally pointless feature Quote
Bob De Quatre Posted October 30, 2012 Author Posted October 30, 2012 This is starting to look really promising Bob, keep up the good work I've just built the official Lego version (again) and yours looks better already! Perhaps that's not totally fair, I just really hate the removable 'bridge'.....a totally pointless feature Thanks. I don't plan to add so playing features Quote
Bob De Quatre Posted October 30, 2012 Author Posted October 30, 2012 I spent some time building tonight and tried to take some pics... but it's too big To take the first pic I had to hold my cellphone against the ceiling The good news is that I attached the undercity, and as expected it corrects almost all the bending of the bow. The rear still need a support, I don't know how I'll correct that Quote
Mr Man Posted October 30, 2012 Posted October 30, 2012 Thanks. I don't plan to add so playing features What not even flick fire missiles . Quote
gregvds Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 This one looks amazing. Do you plan to create instructions in the end? All the best, Quote
Bob De Quatre Posted October 31, 2012 Author Posted October 31, 2012 This one looks amazing. Do you plan to create instructions in the end? All the best, Thanks. I'll release instructions once I'm satisfied with the build, which could take some months. The building showed some flaws that I need to correct. Quote
gregvds Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Great! I hope you'll overcome the problems. I should try LDD and see what I can do with it. I'll follow your developments. Thanks again, Quote
Bob De Quatre Posted November 30, 2012 Author Posted November 30, 2012 Wouhou... guess who forgot to check the "Yes I want to join the Lego VIP program" checkbox?? Anyway, there was a free delivery at the Shop@Home last week end, so I ordered almost every parts that I need and are available on the Pick-a-Brick. Now I only miss a few parts for the engines... Quote
mortesv Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 Excellent progress Bob! Looks great, however the city should extend a bit further backwards. I see it will be a bit too much to take away a 12 x 3 wedges, but perhaps you should build some of the city on top of the hull plates. Keep bricking! ;) Quote
Chills Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 I haven't been on the site lately, but its cool to see your thread at the top of the list. Your ship is really coming together, can't wait to see the finished product! Quote
GeOrc Posted December 6, 2012 Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) Some closer shots. Theses greebs use a lot of 4070 angular bricks, nearly 330 of them... Hi Bob, I also have to say that your City built and especially your greeble look very good. It catches much more the layered plate feeling of the original film model compared to the 10221. The only point to improve would be, that in the moment the whole thing looks a bit vertical layered and it would perhaps better look horizontal layered, also turned by 90° somehow. Also I missed some of the links between buildings from the film model. What do you think? One questions: Are some of your blocks are repeating elements or are these all unique? I thought about replace the blocks of my 10221 by blocks inspired by your design. I think this could be a nice modification! Keep up tyour awesome work! I´m looking forward to your next update. Kind Regards, GeOrc Edited December 6, 2012 by GeOrc Quote
Bob De Quatre Posted December 8, 2012 Author Posted December 8, 2012 Excellent progress Bob! Looks great, however the city should extend a bit further backwards. I see it will be a bit too much to take away a 12 x 3 wedges, but perhaps you should build some of the city on top of the hull plates. Keep bricking! ;) You already told me that I won't be building the upper city before month, so I'll have time to think of a way to do that. I haven't been on the site lately, but its cool to see your thread at the top of the list. Your ship is really coming together, can't wait to see the finished product! Thanks Hi Bob, I also have to say that your City built and especially your greeble look very good. It catches much more the layered plate feeling of the original film model compared to the 10221. The only point to improve would be, that in the moment the whole thing looks a bit vertical layered and it would perhaps better look horizontal layered, also turned by 90° somehow. Also I missed some of the links between buildings from the film model. What do you think? One questions: Are some of your blocks are repeating elements or are these all unique? I thought about replace the blocks of my 10221 by blocks inspired by your design. I think this could be a nice modification! Keep up tyour awesome work! I´m looking forward to your next update. Kind Regards, GeOrc I might redo all the city, since I'm not so pleased with how it looks now. But as I've said, this will have to wait. The blocks are almost all uniques. I've build four or five 12 studs long blocks, and built the city with them, changing part of them to avoid repeating patterns and to keep as close as possible to the model. Here are the reference pics I've used. I've received my bricklink order this morning, and I got 5 robot arms instead of 20 2x2 round bricks... Quote
Bob De Quatre Posted December 11, 2012 Author Posted December 11, 2012 *snip* I've received my bricklink order this morning, and I got 5 robot arms instead of 20 2x2 round bricks... Yeah, autoquote!! So I've sent an email to the Lego customer service, and I just got an answer, saying that they sent me the missing bricks Quote
Bob De Quatre Posted December 12, 2012 Author Posted December 12, 2012 I reworked the rear, lengthened the feets by 8 studs, and assembled one half of the hull (top and bottom) on the structure and one front engine to see how all comes together. And it comes together with a lot of difficulties... I don't think it will be possible to attach all 4 hull panels. I need to think of another way to attach the top panels 2012-12-12 15.36.31.jpg par BobDeQuatre, sur Flickr Quote
Bob De Quatre Posted December 30, 2012 Author Posted December 30, 2012 Something tells me that my SSD don't enjoy the "future of star wars" contest as much as me Quote
Only Sinner Posted December 31, 2012 Posted December 31, 2012 In the news today, "Imperial Navy suffers severe setback thanks to rebel bombing at KDY" more at 11:00 Quote
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