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I just can't get into the Star Wars stuff, though I will probably do R2D2 one of these days.

 

I guess I should post some pics of my Lego Sopwith Camel though. :D

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I've got one of those as well :D :thumbup:

 

I have the space shuttle also, but there really is nothing else in the product line like the Camel. The 'working' controls surfaces are rather slickly done.

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When I had Lego's as a youth the last innovation I experienced was electric motors and gears. I still had an entire suitcase full of parts though! They are long gone now but many of the bricks were no longer useful as they had worn enough from use to not stay together!!

 

The shuttle and Camel are the only models I have these days.

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Lego & instructions are as good together as oil & water!

 

Find me the instructions for this and i'll retract that statement! :D

 

 

Hmmm, I don't seem to recall that one in the catalog. :lol:

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I had a Lego Star Wars kit, and got all the way to the end and found out I was missing a piece.. lol.

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I had a Lego Star Wars kit, and got all the way to the end and found out I was missing a piece.. lol.

 

If you contact them, they will send you the part at no charge. At least, that used to be the case.

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Amazing Amounts of Lego Awesomeness!!!!! :D

 

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  • 1 month later...
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In case one or more Lego enthousiasts still visit this topic, check out this guy's collection of airforce and navy aircraft. He builds both rotary and f/w. I have yet to find somebody who models it to a greater perfection. Truly amazing.

 

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holy shit!!!

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In case one or more Lego enthousiasts still visit this topic, check out this guy's collection of airforce and navy aircraft. He builds both rotary and f/w. I have yet to find somebody who models it to a greater perfection. Truly amazing.

 

Ralph Savelsberg

Wow, this is impressive!

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  • 1 year later...
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guys, I'm building the UCS tie fighter now, to make company to my X wing. :)

 

So far got the cockpit module done, but the side panels are 2/3 of the work and are the next step.

 

Will post pics of the build soon.

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here we go gents.

 

For those who intend to build one and haven't yet, letting you know it's best to build both panels at the same time rather than coming back for the 2nd time. It takes some time to build them and repeating can be tiresome.

 

The cockpit took some 45 minutes and the panels about 3,1/2 hours.

 

Look how the Tie dwarfs the X wing making it look like the playable version of it in the last picture (they are at different scales). It sets a new standard for UCS.

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Nice one! :thumbup:

 

Though I have to say the difference in scale would put me off the project right away. I can understand an X-Wing and the Executor won't be the same scale, but the X-Wing dwarfed by a Tie Fighter, that just looks wrong.

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I believe some of the details of the original TIE could not be achieved with a model any smaller than this. This was evident when making the cockpit area, and the details at the center of the panels.

 

This is 1600 pieces VS 1500 of the X wing. The later would have to be in the region of 2500 pieces in order to get it to the same scale (B wing likely up to 3000). That would be 300$ plus worth of LEGO.

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Holy crappers. In my day it was the original G.I. Joe with that little scar on his cheek, Lincoln Logs and Matchbox cars. Never got started with the Legos but I seem to remember dinking around with some round wooden blocks of wood with holes drilled all around and wooden colored dowels that you would insert to create, well, "stuff" I guess.

 

Mentioning "Lego" in my mind creates images of the old school Lego sets - chunky, boxy looking stuff - then I noticed the over 3,100 pieces included in your kit! Seriously? Geez, am I out of touch. I'm all for adults goin back and enjoying the things in their past that used to give them joy and reliving them over once again. Kudos to you and post some pics of this massive self assigned commitment when your done! But most of all, enjoy!

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