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UCS U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D
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Sat, 16 Aug 2003 02:38:33 GMT
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Hi,
(With a lot of help from Kevin at happywaffle.com) I’ve just finished my own UCS
Enterprise D.
Brick It Good
It took about 2 hours a day for a week to create the mlcad files. I simplified
things by splitting the project into the right and left nacelles, stardrive, and
saucer section.
This project uses 1532 pieces. Most of which are light-gray plates. I had
originally wanted to ONLY use the parts included in the Star Wars AT-AT or Star
Destroyer, but that became impractical with the amount of large gray plates.
The worst thing I did on the Enterprise was use 55 (left and right) 2x4 wedge
plates (part 41770 and 41769). This is a relatively rare piece that is only
available in a couple sets. Luckily, great people on Bricklink have bought
these sets in quantity and parted them out.
I am 95% done building a real version. (Just waiting for a couple bricklink
orders). Building time was about 2 1/2 hours. The saucer was the most
challenging part. The saucer is 50 studs wide. I starting building in the
middle on top of a 48x48 baseplate. My plan was to build most of the way up,
then remove it from the baseplate and build the rest bottom-up. Removing it was
surprisingly easy. I carefully separated the sides as best I could. Then I put
a large, flat, sharp knife in between the saucer and baseplate and gently sawed
back and forth. Nothing was cut. :) It just perfectly separated the saucer
from the baseplate. I had anticipated the baseplate sucking off a lot of pieces
from the saucer and then having to put them back on.
Overall a challenging and fun project. Comments & suggestions always welcome!
:)
Corey
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| Wow! Very good! I like it very mucg You could have mentioned who made that nice model of DS9 though. (URL) <meenkee@cox.net> schreef in bericht news:HJoy09.4nn@lugnet.com... (...) own UCS (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.space)
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