Scratchbuilt Dash Rendar`s YT-2400 "Outrider"

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The Outrider started life as a stockCorellian Engineering CorporationYT-2400. Like all the ships in the YT series, the Outrider featured the trademark saucer-shaped hull, which Rendar reinforced with titanium armor and gave a dark, chrome gleam. The cockpit and main escape pod were attached to the starboard side of the saucer with two bracing arms. The docking hatch and another escape pod were on the port side.[1]
One of the first modifications Dash made was to replace the original engines with three KonGar KGDefender military-grade ion engines[1]stolen from the advanced engineering department of the Imperial Academy on Corulag. The factory issue hyperdrive was also replaced with a modified SoroSuub Griffyn/Y2TG hyperdrive, giving theOutrider a Class 0.75 hyperdrive rating.[1] The backup hyperdrive engine had a Class 10 performance. Rendar also improved theOutrider's sensors and added a countermeasure/stealth package. Though these last modifications were highly illegal, they helped him to avoid unnecessary conflicts.
When Rendar could not avoid combat, the Outrider was more than capable of holding its own. The ship was armed with a pair of Dymekheavy laser cannons, mounted on dorsal and ventral turrets. The standard Corellian 1D servo mounts provided a 180 degree range of fire above and below the ship. These cannons were hand-modified by Rendar to improve both firepower and range, and could be fired from the gunnery wells or from the cockpit. The Outrider was also armed with a pair of forward firing concussion missile launchers built into the cockpit tube. Each launcher contained a magazine of three missiles.[1]
The Outrider was customized to be operated by Rendar and/or Leebo. It could carry about 75 metric tons of cargo, in addition to up to four additional passengers. When fully stocked, it could go for two standard months before needing to resupply.
 
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Well done, great seeing a variant YT Being built, it's these ships that get ignored that should be kits now, keep up the great work
 
One good thing is that the ship is canon as well. Shown in the SE ANH when luke and ben enters Mos Eisley.
 
Cockpit in vacuum table..........

https://youtu.be/97CM5Fg2YRY

The 'drape folds' you got on the vacuformer was due to having too deep a draw. One way to address this would be to cut the master in half so to have left & right halves. Mount the two parts on undersized blocks so they are elevated off the table a bit (about 1/4 or 1/3 the part height.) Make the split along the axis of the 'bubbles' if possible so to avoid an undercut.

If making a copy in clear plastic for the cockpit windows, best to make it before cutting your master.
Thanks for sharing your video, always fun to watch a vac in process (kinda like magic.)

R/ Robert

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Of course, this may be moot if you're not making any more.... ;^)
 
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