WIP: Red Fleet Fighter

I started this the other day, and kind of have hit a wall with the cockpit. I really want to use the windscreen I have now, but I don't like how I think Im gonna have to attach it.





Any help with the cockpit area would be most appreciated. Thanks.

I really don't know how to get that cockpit to work, that windscreen is just so awful. It also seems to me that this MOC is a little level compared to your related MOCs and maybe you need some bend somewhere.

Aww, how cute- a baby Doragon. I think Paul has it; try angling the engine pods down.

No angle in the pods, sorry, aint gonna happen. The only thing that I would consider angling is the cockpit, and that is a maybe. I like the way it is extremely flat and thin.

Well could you move them back? The thrusters just look a little funny where they are.

I agree with Paul.
Otherwise, I'm really digging the color, and the center body.

I like the body and enggine pods...I just think the cockpit needs widening.

Paul wrote:

Well could you move them back? The thrusters just look a little funny where they are.

I kinda liked them up a bit, but I guess thats just me ;-)

Anyway, here is what you suggested:



I also am changing the cockpit:



It won't be widened because it just wouldn't look right to me. But I think with this new design I won't need to.

Yea, with the windscreen being flipped it looks fine as is. Lookin' schweet!

I want to see the new version with the 'pods moved forward again, I liked them like that.


Stormy

Should I keep the slope White or use the Trans-Black?

Trans black, definitely. The white goes with the scheme, but is too randomly separated from the rest of the white. If you wanted to use the white, you'd have to change those dark red pieces to white.

I like how everyone thinks it's dark red when it's just plain old red (I guess thats because the pictures are so dark, oh well). But yeah, I was leaning towards trans-black anyway, but needed a bit of feedback on it before I decided.

I guess I was tricked by the layer of lighter color red on top.

Trans-black means you get points for custom-building a windscreen (sort of). Are you going to change the top of the ship? As it stands, this looks like the ships that the Protoss Carrier fires out, which may or may not be a bad thing.

I don't know if the top will change or not. Who knows what I will think of between now and when me Bricklink order comes in.