[L14-Dalastine-NR3F) The Dawn of Prosperity - MC85 Heavy Cruiser

Dimensions:

• Length: 3,348.37m
• Width: 706.55m
• Height: 461.61 m

Powerplant and engines:

• 2x Main reactors
• Ion scoop particle collector
• 11 Sublight engines
• 2x 0.5-class hyperdrive generators

Armament and complement:

• 18x Heavy Turbolasers
• 18x Heavy Ion Cannons
• 12x Point-defence Laser Turrets
• 6x Proton Torpedo Tubes
• Tractor Beam Projectors
• Capacity for up to 100 Starfighters and Heavy Bombers
• 30x Orbital Loadlifters
• 1,200 - 20,000 Crew and embarked personnel

Images of the build:

Design process:

I begun building this model back in April, originally intending to make one of the background ships from RotJ. Eventually, a bunch of creative liberties that I took with that model resulted in something that begun to resemble the Raddus, from The Last Jedi. As that was one of my favourite SW ship designs, I decided to roll with that, and eventually created the V1.0 model of the MC85:

This ship, although I was still rather happy with the result, had a number of problems. the first was the the engines were attached to the angled upper panel at the rear, so they were mounted at a downward angle - a negligible angle, but still inaccurate nonetheless. More jarringly, the panels around the particle collector weren't fully accurate to the source material as they lacked the gaps along the sides, while the collector itself did have the correct angles. Worst of all, the thing was packed full of illegal builds, had some cobbled together areas on the underside which didn't look great, and the structural stability was terrible. The stand had a habit for breaking, and it was a pain to move the model. To demonstrate, here are some interior shots of the V1.0 model:

For the V2.0, I tried to rectify these problems - these image show most of the improvements.

• Red: redesigned the lower panel under the lower bridge - it now has a shallower angle and is detached from the particle collector segment.
• Orange: changed the particle collector - colour is now DBG for accuracy, with angled plates and a shallower curvature.
• Blue: added the gaps in the panels.
• Yellow: integrated stand.
• Purple: updated greebling on underside for added accuracy.
• Green: removed plates with brackets, for a smooth stud-free underside, and far more stable construction.

• Light blue: better, and more stable engine arrangement, now attached level with the rest of the model.
• Yellow: removed wedge plates with SNOT slopes, to remove studs.
• Black: integrated carry handle (it's swooshable).
• Dark green: used grille slopes and SNOT for a smoother finish.
• Magenta: redid the front section for added accuracy to the source ship's shape, and to represent the upper bridge.

Additionally, the new model has a technic frame - integrated to the stand and carry handle, meaning that it's incredibly stable and can be picked up - with reasonable caution - from any part of the model, without risking damaging the model.

Accuracy and authenticity:

To demonstrate the authenticity to the original ship - here are links to some images from the interwebs for comparison:

MC85 Underside

MC85 Front/Top

Version 1.0:

Version 2.0