The Rebuilding of a Star Destroyer
After being on display for a little over 5 years, the Star Destroyer model began deform under the weight of the bow. It would seem that the bow's weight was too much for the existing supports to handle and some of the support pieces had bent up to 1.5° off of their original shape of horizontal causing the bow to sag towards the floor.

Although this does not seem to be a widespread problem, there are numerous reports of the pieces along the spine of the two A-Frames coming undone or bending - as in my case. The best solution to the problem seems to be to add a third support at the front of the Destroyer to support the bow's weight. I modified the third stand created by legotrain, mostly changing only the pieces that seat the support under the Bottom A-Frame.

Below you can see the pictures from deconstucting to rebuilding the Star Destroyer including the new additions to keep this from happening again in the future. Also, the links below contain all of the emprical data from evaluating the actual pieces that failed plus a full part list on what was used for the third support and seat.

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