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How to Make a LEGO Star Wars Mini CIS Cruiser

In the Star Wars saga, the Confederacy of Independent Systems (CIS) employed a cruiser air ship against its enemies, namely, the clone armies. The CIS cruiser is used for air-to-surface attacks, has orange wings and a white fuselage. The ship fits into any Star Wars enthusiast's collection. You can make a miniature version for your Lego dioramas in under 10 minutes. Position the CIS cruiser on the deck of a Dreadnaught cruiser or above the canopy of a forested Lego battlefield.

Things You'll Need

1 white plate, 2-by-6
2 orange wing plates, 4-by-3
2 orange plates, 1-by-6
6 white jumper tiles, 2-by-1
2 translucent green round plates, 1-by-1
1 black tile plate, 1-by-4
2 white plates, 2-by-4

Instructions

- 1
  Snap a 4-by-3 orange wing plate to the long side of a 6-by-2 white plate. Snap the four depressions of one side of the wing to the middle four studs of the white plate. Do this for the opposite side of the white plate to have a pair of orange wings for your CIS crusier.
- 2
  Snap a 1-by-6 orange plate to the middle column of studs of each orange wing. This plate acts as the gun rest of the cruiser's wings.
- 3
  Snap two 2-by-1 white jumper tiles over the four front studs on the white plate. Attach four more white jumper tiles over the row of studs of the orange wings to create a line of jumper tiles over the fuselage. Jumper tiles have one stud for the two depressions on their underside, unlike most plates, which have an equal number of studs for depressions.
- 4
  Connect two translucent green round studs to the front two jumper tiles. The green pieces represent the cockpit of the cruiser.
- 5
  Connect a 1-by-4 flat black tile to the four jumper tiles on top of the orange wings. This black tile represents the black stripe behind the cockpit.
- 6
  Snap a 2-by-4 plate to the bottom of the white plate so that four of the studs of the 2-by-4 plate hang behind the white plate. Connect another 2-by-4 plate to the bottom of the first 2-by-4 plate you connected and in the same manner, so that four more studs hang off the back. This creates the characteristic dropped fuselage effect of the CIS cruiser.

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