A buddy of mine asked me if I could replicate what JediRob did to one of his YT-1300's back when the first came out: move the cockpit and give it a completely custom engine and armored rear deck.
Here's Rob Jedi's blog entry with his final product (you can find his WIPs in earlier posts): http://robjedi.blogspot.com/2014/08/armored-hull-yt-1300-conversion-5.html
Rob Jedi's posts were incredibly helpful, and we were able to source the same engine vent parts he used. I didn't have the same bits and things in my bits box that Rob did, so my build is very much "inspired by" rather than closely replicating his work.
You can check out my project re-cap (with bigger pictures) on my hobby blog here: http://plarzoid.com/2015/04/customized-yt-1300-project-recap/
More in-depth posts on the project can be found here: http://plarzoid.com/tag/yt-1300/
My buddy wants to paint the beast himself, so here's my final product, primed black. Enjoy!
