SLS is completed. I had to wait for couple of months for one specific part to be added in stud.io and bricklink catalogues. Can you spot which one? Instructions as always are available here: https://reb.li/m/270777
I decided to fill my shelves with micro-scaled SW-ships. I went online to search for some, but already existing Mocs seemed to me either too big or too small. After some calculations I came to the conclusion, that perfect scale would be roughly around 1:200 (which I already use for my rocket Mocs). Somehow this scale is not as popular among sw Mocs as I hoped. Somehow I tried to make some models of my own. What do you think? Should I continue?
Got this Death Slice at my local lepin retailer in nice box, closely resembling original one, but a bit smaller. All pieces were present, only four of them were a bit warped. After building I’ve added fan made version of TIE fighter on hangar rack, switched officers’ legs to dual-moulded. And, most important thing, I’ve bought enough extra minifigs (from Ali as well) to fill all the dioramas. To do this I almost doubled the number of minifigs. So in result I’ve got a perfected maxxed out version, made this set the way it should have been. And all this lees than for the quarter of price of the original one. Furthermore, I’ve sold my old 10188 for bigger price than I spent on this new KO with all upgrades. I think it’s the best investment ever.
I’ve also rebuilt Vader’s meditation chamber. Now it can move up or down by sliding on the axle, without detaching anything. An added a holder for his helmet. Also also I didn’t like new face print for admiral Yularen, so I switched it to the one from poly bag (still KOed). And his face from the set was used to create a figure of captain Pellaeon, as I don’t know other Imperials with white moustache.
After building the official set I’ve designed cyrillic version. Has anyone made other versions for their languages?
There are already a lot of good SLS designs. But as for me only the best is good enough, I had to give it a try. So, here it is. After a week of hardcore engineering. My very own SLS in 1:220. I tried my best to implement every important detail. Like cone-shaped second stage adapter, separable second stage with its engine, small difference in diameters in second stage and fairing, swappable Orion with service module and with or without solar arrays to depict different stages of flight. I even added such small detail as quick disconnect plate right above the RS-25s, which is a place where infamous hydrogen fuel lines are connected to the rocket. Boosters took a lot of work too. They have stripes in all the correct places where segments are stacked. Attachment point are in the same places as on the real ones, and they provide realistic spacing between boosters and core stage. Furthermore, I made connections points on boosters and on the core stage as subtle as possible, so they don’t stick out when boosters are separated. Please note that no illegal building techniques were used in this model. I hope you like it. Instructions are not ready yet.
One more model for my small rocket garden. It was quite hard to make Soyuz with all its different colours and conical shapes. I even tried to keep small differences in central core diameters as much as possible. Separable side blocks with conical shape, a lot of small engines and overall slender profile were a hard quest of its own. I hope you like the final design. Instructions are here if needed: https://reb.li/m/262356
One of my favourite mechanical beasts now in bricks. Do you like it? Should I make an instruction? Also next to my Lego Glados. Yes, I like evil-robot-hanging-from-ceiling-things.
BTW. I like this character so much, because I like to picture myself as Fabrication Machine, when tinkering with bricks scattered across my table.