Yet another large Imperial ship.
After I found out that my parents were getting me the Rebel Transport, I thought there needed to be some sort of Imperial counterpart for it. Something that might be a sitting duck which needed defense, or perhaps as a Q-ship that can send out electronic warfare signals.
With that in mind, I decided to go about designing an Imperial transport of some kind. I thought about a straight up freighter, but then I figured that perhaps something more purpose-built would be suitable. Then it hit me: I still had the two enormous first stages from an old Airfix Saturn V kit, the same kit parts used to make the engines for the Y-wings! I set about cutting them up and gluing them together, and then I thought how cool it would be to have some kind of inter-connecting section with a ton of pipes and things.
Here's what I have so far:
The thingie on top is a refueling probe for starships. I'll probably put a few more on it in stowed configuration, but this will be the one for large ships.
Here's a better picture of it:
The end of it will have a small mechanical hookup with a line that attaches to it. The other end will receive hinge-looking pieces as well as a hose that attaches to it and feeds into the midsection.
Lastly, here's the mid-section:
All those hoses were from car kits. I'll be putting in a bunch more finer ones made from brass as well as small conduits on the cone-shaped end of this section.
There will be two more short sections added to this: the bridge on the nose, and a small engine section.
