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Some mods to a YT-1300
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lugnet.starwars
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Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:39:16 GMT
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Well, whilst not a usual poster to the Star Wars boards, I do lurk, often.
To de-lurk and maybe add some value to this board, I present a work in progress:
I know that someone else has already done some sweet mods to the falcon from
Lego to make it more “authentic”, but then my ship is not the Falcon and the
mods are my own, not copy. Here’s what I did.
First, I wanted more internal room so I moved the hyperdrive back by taking out
superfluous bricks, and yanked out a ton of tan slope pieces. I then put plates
in the four corners to add little niche rooms like captains quarters and a
bathroom.
Second, I fixed the ramp so that it is not connected to the docking ring. The
docking ring is fixed in place with a nice shelf for gear, and during flight the
ramp is locked in place. I did not do much to the gunner’s chair, yet, other
than to put a ladder leading into the one seat top gunner. I did change the gun
to be something a little bigger.
Third, it always bugged me how there was no head room under the two “roof”
pieces (the one that extends out to the cockpit, and the other that extends out
over the cargo doors) so I refigured those to allow for head space.
Last, I made the cockpit so that two pilots can sit side by side, in chairs that
swivel, with room enough for a person to stand behind them and ask annoying
questions like, “What’s that flashing?” and, “Why are we still moving towards
it?” And of course, I connected the cockpit with the main body by an open
corridor.
I admit, its a bit ugly. I am working on cleaning it up. My first attempt was
pretty, but there was no real support to hold the cockpit to the ship and it
would fall off under its own weight.
There are also, as a consequence of my revamping the panel that goes over the
cargo doors between the mandibles, a pair of concussion missile tubes.
Comments and gripes are welcome.
Here’s the folder: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=135609
Thanks, Avery
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