Storm IV Twin Pod Cloud Car
Oooops, I did it again! In a Lego Star Wars world of X-Wings and Millennium Falcons, I like to geek out over the lesser known, underappreciated ships, as evidenced by my A-Wing and The IG-2000. Now, I have crafted a UCS model of arguably the most mundane, underwhelming ship of the Star Wars universe, the Storm IV Twin Pod Cloud Car. Even the Kenner toy didn’t sell well as it boasted opening canopies and…um…well, that’s about it. Mine has opening canopies and as I wanted to work in some kind of greebling I made retractable landing gear and an opening engine compartment. Both cockpit interiors are detailed…one houses steering controls for the driver and the other seats the gunner who operates a joystick.
For such a smallish model, this was surprisingly parts intensive. Its double hull configuration demanded (amongst too many other things) 20 brown cheese wedges and 40 in red, 8 1x4 studless curved slopes, 52 1x3 curved arches and a staggering 120 1x3 studless curved slopes! In the end I think it was all worth it and hopefully you think so too.
Storm IV Twin Pod Cloud Car
Oooops, I did it again! In a Lego Star Wars world of X-Wings and Millennium Falcons, I like to geek out over the lesser known, underappreciated ships, as evidenced by my A-Wing and The IG-2000. Now, I have crafted a UCS model of arguably the most mundane, underwhelming ship of the Star Wars universe, the Storm IV Twin Pod Cloud Car. Even the Kenner toy didn’t sell well as it boasted opening canopies and…um…well, that’s about it. Mine has opening canopies and as I wanted to work in some kind of greebling I made retractable landing gear and an opening engine compartment. Both cockpit interiors are detailed…one houses steering controls for the driver and the other seats the gunner who operates a joystick.
For such a smallish model, this was surprisingly parts intensive. Its double hull configuration demanded (amongst too many other things) 20 brown cheese wedges and 40 in red, 8 1x4 studless curved slopes, 52 1x3 curved arches and a staggering 120 1x3 studless curved slopes! In the end I think it was all worth it and hopefully you think so too.