Slave 1 (75060) - On To The Next Project!

With the quick completion of our AT-AT, we had to move on to a new project (of course!). I've had this set sitting in my closet for a few months now and we figured it was time for it to get some attention.

Mom picked this one up - she was drawn in by all the color and by the unique shape. I am, of course, referring to Slave 1. It's another Star Wars UCS set and will look very nice beside our Super Star Destroyer.

We cracked it open last night and dove in, managing to finish off the first chapter before calling it a night. We decided we would track our build time this go around, just to see how long it takes us.

The instruction manual is pretty hefty. Once more, we were annoyed with the fact that it is a glue spine and not a coiled spine. This makes it impossible to lay flat, particularly if you are trying not to crease the spine as we were. Secondly, the paper that they used has a gloss finish, which had the annoying tendency of catching the overhead light and casting a glare into our eyes. We had to move the book around to different angles to overcome this. Thirdly, they decided to use a dark gray tint on each page, which made the pieces harder to differentiate at times. I think the message is that simple is still best! Plain white, non-glossy paper would have been the best way to go. It might not look as fancy but it sure would be more user-friendly. The money saved could go into making all the manuals coil bound instead.

Anyway, with that little rant out of the way, below is a picture of the finished product from Chapter 1. It's not much to look at - in fact, I am not entire sure which portion of the ship it is.