LEGO Star Wars Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser Midi Scale - Alternate Build of 75402 ARC-170

No extra pieces required. Instructions are on Rebrickable: https://reb.li/m/211412

The model is 15.2 cm wide, 32.6 cm long, 8.5 cm tall (excluding stand).
Or 6.0 inches wide, 12.9 inches long, 3.3 inches tall (excluding stand).

The 75402 ARC-170 has many long wedge plates and long bricks, so I thought it was possible to build a Venator around that. I followed the same design philosophy of the 75404 Acclamator where there is just the top angled hull and a central core. The White Queen was launched!

The Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser had a hull characterized by two wedge shapes and a dorsal superstructure near the aft containing two bridge towers. The port tower was the starfighter operations command bridge, while the starboard tower served as a primary helm and command bridge.

I started with designing the hull by trialling out different wedge arrangements, finding the right balance between the front and back hulls. The central core was built up quickly using long bricks like the 1x12 ones. For once there is enough dark red tiles for the central hangar roof, and the republic insignia sticker really helped to complete the Venator look. The hull plates are connected via pin hole plates, I tried different ways to lock in their angle. In the end, the hulls are locked in on top from the superstructure; technic beams, and inverted slopes and wedges held it up from the bottom. I tried to keep the underside of the ship as clean as possible, keeping symmetry and serving its structural function. With its simple design philosophy, the model is extremely solid around the core and hulls.

The dorsal superstructure was mainly built with slopes and bricks, with two wedge plates mounted on brackets to give the side walls a bit more layering and detail. The cut-out slopes gave the best angles for the front wall, more traditional slopes were used for the back wall. Four clip plates represent the defensive laser cannons; they also have the function of locking the hull plates’ angle, if only LEGO gave me two more of those clip plates!

At the stern of the ship, there are four primary thrusters and four secondary thrusters, mounted beside the pronounced hyperdrive tail. I had to use 3x3 barrels to represent the big thrusters, the fact that all 4 thruster types are built differently clearly showcased the many workarounds I had to pull out in alternate builds.

The stand is built using wheel and cylinder pieces held together by bushes on an axle rod. The stand can rotate 360[sup]o [/sup]and the ship won’t fall over. I can also grab the stand and swoosh the Venator around with no concerns, the stand connection point is right beneath two sloped wedges, gives more support to the fingers that is holding the model.

I am very happy with the size and shape of the White Queen, using less than 400 pieces from mid-sized LEGO set. This Venator scales well with other midi-scale ships like the Invisible Hand and Acclamator, making it another fine addition to anyone’s LEGO Star Wars collection!

0:00 Design Philosophy
0:38 The White Queen
1:01 Wedge Hulls and Core
2:02 Underside
2:21 Superstructure
3:08 Thrusters
3:37 Cylinder Stand
4:07 Swooshability
4:49 Comparison To My Other Venators
5:34 Venator Build Animation

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