Toscan 8-Q
The Toscan 8-Q is an obscure starfighter from the Star Wars Legends era, first illustrated for the Star Wars Roleplaying Game and later featured in the 1999 X-Wing Alliance video game. Its distinctive silhouette combines a familiar Y-wing-style cockpit with a broad fuselage, angular wings, and four fin-tipped sensor arrays. It is an unusual design that feels right at home among the ships of the galactic fringe.
Dimensions: 10.8 inches long x 12.5 inches wide x 5.3 inches tall
Parts List: Included
Design
The Toscan 8-Q was conceived as a modular starfighter platform by Shobquix Yards, with a cockpit supplied by Koensayr before the Clone Wars. That shared lineage with the Y-wing gave me a natural starting point for the LEGO model, but the Toscan’s broad fuselage, brick-built wings, and four vertical sensor fins required an entirely different structure.
I established the model’s proportions through a detailed study of the original West End Games illustration and the later X-Wing Alliance renders. The wings use a rigid internal SNOT structure, while the cockpit, adapted from LEGO set 75172, was deepened and rebuilt inside to seat the pilot more naturally. The finished model also includes retractable fins, removable landing gear, and storage inside the fuselage.
See the complete development of the Toscan 8-Q, including the cockpit modifications, proportion studies, wing prototypes, vertical-fin mechanisms, and physical test build.
Original Toscan 8-Q illustration from Star Wars: Alliance Intelligence Reports (West End Games, 1995), alongside the LEGO interpretation by by Eric Parsons, creator of ScruffyBrickHerder.
Behind Every Build
See how the design took shape.
Physically test-built
Tested and refined with real bricks.
Ready to Swoosh
Built for play, not just display.
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Building Instructions
A 225-page PDF containing building instructions and a complete parts list is available on Rebrickable. The instructions were physically test-built and refined to ensure the model can be assembled as intended.
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