I really like the smooth but greebled look of this ship and also how the X-shaped engines and the canopy give that nod towards Star Wars, without just copying it. The blend of greys plus black works very well, with those stripes bringing a touch of colour but don't distract the eye from the rest of the build. Looks fun to swooosh too!

Very nice design, i like the resemblance to the x-wing but feel that you make it feel new. Great build.

amazing!!

And I thought the X-wing was cool...this is just epic (sure epic is over used, but it fits)!

I don't know if I've received a better compliment than that right there. I'm thrilled that this work is going to make you belly up to the old drawing board. Thanks.

You have inspired me to start building again! This ship is amazing.

Tim, I truly feel like this little fighter would be a successor to the X-Wing and E-Wing fighters and it also makes a bit of an homage to the Arc-170 fighters too if I am not mistaken. At any rate, I could easily see this fighter being around in the Star Wars: Expanded Universe novels and you did a good job on the build. The greeling was spot-on and it truly felt like it was something other than LEGO.

Congrats on making it back on the homepage - very well deserved.

TIM this is such a remarkable looking fighter and such awesome weaponry. Smooth lines and great element use. Keep up the incredible work. A NEW YEARS WELCOME TO 2013.

Wow. Love the angles and the curves :)

Top fighter.

Superb!

Amazing ship Tim, the body is so thick and the rear view is great with all the cylindrical pieces.

Awesome. Reminds me of a Z-95 Headhunter with more engine bits added to it. Looks beasty ^_^

Wonderfully beefy!!! It's the love child of an ARC-170 Starfighter and an A-10 Thunderbolt. My only suggestion would be to eliminate the main thruster (I know, BLASPHEMY!!!) It seems to detract from the awesome X engine pods giving it less agility. Maybe a rear gunner would be a good replacement. All in all, it is a spectacular design for future airframes. I look forward to "more beef."

Wow! This is a great ship. I was sure I commented on this before but I guess I missed it. Anyway I loved the engines and just the overall sleek design. Oh, where did you get that windshield I have never seen that one before? Great job on a most impressive creation. Two thumbs up! :)

Awesome! This spacefighter has an respectful character! Well done shaping, with nice details to find out. Most i like the energy-display with round-plates in the console.

Very nice. I really like all the thrust prots on the back. A very slick build. Nothing left unfinshed. It has a very "tight" look to it. Attack!

Awesome fighter! Nice editing, btw. ~Marc

this is awesome, very good build.

Thanks, Thorsten. Is it ok to call you Thorsten? Glad you like the build. Taking photos to a black background is something I hadn't thought of, though I can't imagine why. Thanks for the advice. I'll see if I can't come up with a black background for my next work.

Thanks, Mister Lego. Glad you like it! I tried a couple things I haven't tried before on this one.

Thanks, Luke. Glad to hear from you. I worked with the angles a little more than I usually do with those engines, but it's an art I am far, far away from mastering;) Oh, and thanks for the advice on the cockpits. I'll make them a little more plain. I'd hate for people to expect too much of me;)

Thanks, Senator. Yeah, I like the thrusters too.

Thanks, Matthew! Always happy to hear from you, young Mastermind. Glad you like the ship, and that you have joined me in my crusade to keep puns from going out of style. Thanks for the comment on the cockpit, it's one of my favorites so far. Happy 2013 to you too, sir.

Thanks, Thomas! How's your latest project coming?

Thanks, Brick Boy! Glad you like it. The canopy is an official LEGO piece. It comes from the most recent Millennium Falcon set. It's a fun piece to work with, but you have to get creative about how you use it.

Thanks, Topsy! Glad you like the presentation. I love building MOCs, but I'm discovering that presenting can be just as fun.

Ha! I can only hope. Glad you like it. My main inspiration is Star Wars, so I guess I'm not so surprised that it looks like an X-Wing.

hey could you check out my stuff and give me a few pointers please thanks

Thanks, Philippe! Me, too.

Thanks, Garrett. Glad you like it. I don't see any more dark ages in my near future considering this little hobby of mine has become more of an obsession. Keep your eye out, there will be more.

Thanks, Liam. I experimented with a few new techniques for me to accomplish a bit of the points you're covering here. Glad they work for you.

Thanks, BobaFett!

Thanks, Chris. There really a lot of ways to use that Falcon canopy, but I am trying to find as many as I can. Glad you like the angles. I haven't done much with angles to this point in my career as a MOCer, but I try, man, I try.

Busted! You caught me. That was the idea from the start;)

Thanks, Mihe. I may have been kidding a little about the photo editing. I have to have a MOC to do it in the first place, right? I have to admit, I don't have a lot of time on my hands for editing my own MOCs, but if you want to send me a photo that you'd like to see in space, I'll see what I can do. tim_s_clark@woh.rr.com. I recommend checking out some demo videos on YouTube. They were a lot of help for me.

Thanks, Bernhard. I may spend more time on cockpits than I should for justice to the rest of the build. Maybe I'll do a MOC in the future of just a highly detailed cockpit.

Thanks, Kaeleb. It's always a risk for me to add color to my MOCs. It's not my strong suit. That being said, I'm glad you like the result.

Thanks, John. Glad you like it. I am all about the details, though I feel I scaled them back on this particular work.

cool love the ship looks sweet oh and also i need your opinion for what to do this year in the group if you have any ideas just comment in 2013 ideas thanks

Thanks, David. I always appreciate what you have to say. Your comments are always so analytical and really takes my works apart to see the details that others tend to overlook. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you are somehow getting exploded views of my MOCs;) Yes, GIMP is free, which almost seems unfair to me. The effects you can get just with what comes with the program, (not to mention all the free brushes you can find on several websites), makes this program maybe a tad inferior to Photoshop, but still a very effective tool for photo editing. And I am working on the CS entry. Sheesh, the pressure.

Thanks, JS. The backgrounds are fun. GIMP is a free download and I recommend it, (and some demo videos on YouTube), to anyone that wants to add some interest to their MOCs.

Thanks, CCY. Glad you like the cockpit. It's one of my favorite things to build on these little one-man ships.

Thanks, Wesley. You hit on my favorite points. I like the challenge of finding a use for that Falcon canopy and those are my favorite engines that I've built to date.

Another awesome ship! FYI, I dismantled all my MOCs to recover pieces so I can start fresh for the new year. I'm working on a LEGO puppet, can't wait to show you.

Superb ship, especially loving those chunky engine pods, and those touches of red and white finish off a really neat build. Best use of that cockpit piece I've seen too, nice one!

Wow! Just amazing.

No more to say.....I imagine a fleet of 20 of theme on my office !!!

SICK!

That fighter's a beast! Not many people build single-man starfighters that big. Well done!

it s ok, now, beautiful!

theres about 8-9 pics that won t show, but, what I can see is exeptionnaly sculpted, a falcon cockpit? wow, you make me want to build ships, great piece!

Fantastic work Tim. I love the overall shape and all the little details are excellent. I especially like the cockpit and thrusters (the whole rear end actually). I also really like the photo editing – The way the laser blasts are outside of the boarder really makes the ship jump out of the page. Thanks for your latest comment, very kind of you Sir.

Glorious SNOT, but why the RAMM designations?

Excellent job on the fighter and might I say, the x-wing could use a few protein shakes and a years worth of body building! I like it! Great job and nice job on the opening photos really makes for a great presinatation.

nice shape and details

Fantastic, Tim. You really managed to combine two contrasting design styles and it works. It looks like a heavy fortress which is also lightning fast and nimble. Just a little thought: If you plan using GIMP (or Photoshop or anything else) to put your model into a space scene, you should take the pictures in front of a black background, not a white one. That way, you avoid the thin bright outlines around your model.

Wow. I didn't even notice that piece in the back of the engine. I normally check to make sure those things are straight. Can't believe I missed it. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Man, I love what you did with that canopy, and the custom manufactured angles are terrific. I know from expereince that those canopies are tough to deal with, but you nailed this one, nice build. Z

very cool. especially the cockpit. the only things i would do differently is put a bunch of 1 stud transparent blue or red pieces to the engine thrusters, just to give it some pop. also, that cone piece in the very back of the engine, i would turn 180 degrees so that it flows better. maybe even make it transparent blue or red too and add a transparent antenna to the tip of it

Awesome! I love the wings, and the thrusters are also very cool :D

Awesome job on this guy, great to see some more angles and all the hidden details. Watch out with how many of those fantastically detailed cockpit interiors you do, if you keep it up you'll have a real niche. ;) Excellent work!

Awesome looking design! Giant thrusters are always cool.

Oh wow! Excellent spacecraft! I like that smooth look, as well as the sleek engine/turbines sitting on the wings. And those wings; they're just full of SNOT aren't they? (Puns never get old eh?) I liked your cockpit design too; that was pretty neat. I don't think I've seen one like it before. Oh yeah, Happy 2013 btw!

Great X-Wingfighter

This is truly a master piece, but um... where did you get that windshield? It isn't off brand, is it? But other that those some details, great MOC! P.S. This is inspiring.

Yes, you may present it! And what a presentation! Superb! Thanks! :)

Wow. Just wow! That thing looks faster than an A-Wing, Tougher than a Y-wing and better armed than an X wing! I bet it could plough through a whole fleet of TIEs and come back without so mcuch as a scratch!

I love the engines.

What a beaut! This is amazing. Once again you blow my mind with the things you make. This one in particular has caught my eye. Great job and keep up What you're doing.

Those engines... <3 Great work man. Wonderful ship with a great color scheme and fantastic shaping. ^^

Gorgeous fighter.

Deadly!

awesome design ;-) ! the X-enginges are wonderful! If you are only building ships to edit the photos... Mmmh i could send you a picture of my Nostromo ;-) ?? I tried it also with GIMP, but i'm not really good at this point...

Great work and a nice ship. The cockpit is great.

wonderfull build my friend love the shape and colours

Very sleek lines, and lots of details. A great looking ship all around.

The bulk of this little fighter is an interesting aesthetic decision. Stunting what one would expect (if they were thinking X-Wing) to be wings into thrusters gives this a sort of dragster feel. I really like the multiple cylinder boosters over one large piece, it's a technique I use and somehow seems more fitting to smaller faster craft. Is GIMP a free programme? I'm lucky enough to have photoshop at home, but would be interested to try an alternative based on this and your earlier results. Now I think if you can catch another breath, it is time to make that little 30-100 piece CS entry.;)

Really cool ship and I like the effort you put into the display by adding a background. Great job!

Nice design! The cockpit is my favorite.

I like this ship a lot! Great engine details and nice weapons. Cockpit is the gem here! 5/5