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Re: My impressions of the Imperial Star Destroyer Model ( some "spoilers")
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 2 Jan 2003 23:08:21 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Gregory Cook writes:
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> Great summary of the experience of building the ISD, Bryan. I ended up
> spending around 17 hours myself, but only over a span of 2 days (26th and
> 27th). It was hard on the thumbs, but well worth it. Just a couple of things:
(snip)
Thanks... :) I figured I would give some of those that don't yet have it
(or haven't started building yet) an idea of what to expect.
> Myself, I didn't have a problem with the engines themselves. Flipping the
> 2x2 round bricks around sounds like a good idea. As long as you aren't
> touching the engines, after all, they won't be spinning too much. Oh, I did
> move the center engine down a stud, since all three are supposed to be in a
> straight line.
Yeah, I'm not sure why the axles won't hold well on mine... but it's not a
big deal. I've actually resolved the "spinning" issue by using 3 2x2 round
plates for each engine. Two stacked and stuck to the 4x4 round brick, one
flipped around and stuck to the tire.
BTW, good advice regarding reinforcing both sides of the hull panels while
building them. That would certainly help out those that don't have a large
flat surface to work on. My coffee table is a three foot square table, and
the panels hung over the sides just a tad...
(snips)
> Actually, I believe I found that once the two lower panels were on, just
> putting one of the top panels on didn't make the frame lean.
Hmm... yeah, I guess you're right... Now that I think about it, after
putting the first of the top panels in place it didn't lean... oh well... heh
(snip)
> I agree with you in part. The frame was good, and the tower was the most
> fun, but at the same time, I kinda enjoyed the panel parts (until they got
> so large that those weak spots started acting up, at least).
I guess I just found the panels to be monotonous... The first one was pretty
cool, but the rest of them seemed like just building the same thing over and
over (and over) again... but I guess that's to be expected. Plus the fact
that you're looking at a page full of nothing but gray plates, it was
sometimes difficult to eyeball exactly where to put the new elements in the
step. I found myself counting studs and holes more often than I like...
> Here's a good question, though: did you get more tired of the detail work on
> the trench between the top and bottom panels, or did you get more tired of
> the detail work around the sides of the tower sections?
(snip)
I got more tired of the detail work around the trench... making thirty-two
identical pieces was tiresome... but it looks great, and it really didn't
take that long, so it was no biggy.
I actually enjoyed detailing the tower... the number of repeats was quite
low, so it wasn't really that tedious... and it's really cool to see a bunch
of little pieces take on a different form once they're all placed together.
> > The ISD is an absolutely beautiful model. It was worth the money, worth the
> > time, worth the planning, and worth the frustration.
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> You took the words right out of my mouth. While I didn't do as much planning
> as you, I got a system going where I kept identical piece bags intact, and
> only dumped out the large-variety-of-pieces bags, spread everything out
> around me, and was able to quickly find the 12x4s, the 16x2s, the 10x6s, and
> so on and so on.
I actually kept most of the larger piece bags intact... because of risk of
dog hair getting into the bags, I dumped most of the "holey" bags into
buckets... I also dumped the bags of identical little pieces (like the bag
of taps, or the bag of vented-tiles) into the craft containers to keep from
losing some... along with, of course, the variety-piece bags. However, the
big bags of 10x6s, 16x2s, etc, I kept intact in one of the piece boxes until
I had enough room to place them (still in the bags) in a bucket. Most of
them were too big to fit into the craft containers anyway, and it just made
sense to leave them in the bags until needed.
> The time can be spread out as you did. It's the patience part that really
> needs to be there. Anyway, again, great post about a great LEGO set.
Yeah, patience really is the key, and it's so worth it. The feeling of
accomplishment is great... even though you're following instructions laid
out by somebody else, once it's complete you feel like a master modeler... :)
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