Large scale Millennium Falcon Kit ID's**New Maps at start of thread**

**Flintlock** · Jan 12, 2011

omes72 said:

I'll have kit Scans of the Bandai 1/24 up before the end of the weekend.
Im on holidys then & will do as many new Kit Scans as possible of the kits I haven't scanned yet.

For the King Tiger? Please, and thank you! I think the Panther scans are up at the Studio Scale Modelers site already.

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**Gort** · Jan 12, 2011

Hey Omes72 ( mate, what's your name? feels way too impersonal

)

Glad you like the start we've made, would certainly appreciate any help you can offer re scans and casts. I see there is some deliberation over the KT turret. I've got a Bandai 1/24 KT and its definitley not that.

The idea of an older Tamiya version sounds plausible, but not sure where that leaves us as far as getting hold of one. Is there any correct box art we can use as reference when scouring Ebay!?

From next week I'll have normal access to my home PC so will aim to do some more work on these maps, and start on new ones.

N

**MonsieurTox** · Jan 12, 2011

There was also a Nichimo KT, I dont have any pics of it though !

**Flintlock** · Jan 12, 2011

Nick, do you happen to have any pics of that Bandai 1:24 KT?

Julien, I have the Nichimo KT - I picked it up when I picked up the JagdTiger for the Y Wing because I wasn't sure which one was the right one. All the parts are off the trees and in containers though, so I don't think I can be of much help here.

**Gort** · Jan 12, 2011

Yes I did a full set of hi-rez sprue pics, was going to offer them up when Omes72 said he could whack some online. I'll try and get them posted up tonight for you.

N

[QUOTE=Flintlock;1511626]Nick, do you happen to have any pics of that Bandai 1:24 KT?

**Gort** · Jan 12, 2011

Flintlock said:

Nick, do you happen to have any pics of that Bandai 1:24 KT?

Julien, I have the Nichimo KT - I picked it up when I picked up the JagdTiger for the Y Wing because I wasn't sure which one was the right one. All the parts are off the trees and in containers though, so I don't think I can be of much help here.

**Gort** · Jan 12, 2011

Heh, me again. There is a Nichimo KT on Ebay at the moment. But from what I can see of the turret its not a match for the MR part we need.

NICHIMO RARE VINTAGE 1:35 REMOTE CONTROL KING TIGER on eBay (end time 17-Jan-11 13:50:14 GMT)

I'd still be interested to know more about Julien's old style Tamiya KT theory..hmmm

**Rick Deckard** · Jan 12, 2011

As far as I know the Bandai 1/24 King Tiger is not used on the 5' Falcon...

**MonsieurTox** · Jan 12, 2011

OK, the 1/35 Tamiya Mokei seems to be the right kit.

Kit n°20 (NO.MT120), released in 1967.

Hope that helps Nick !

**achilles266** · Jan 13, 2011

Hello

My Father and I are huge star wars fans and are considering building this model for something of this scale how did you make the main body structure as we are looking for ideas of how to do ours great work by the way it looks amazing

Kindest Regards

Gort said:

Hi Folks,

Please see the first of the big 68" Falcon partmaps I've been tinkering up. I've got these all saved as PSD files so I can go in and add/amend to them as required. Plan is that once we get as much as we can ID'd the finalised and 'signed off' maps can maybe go on the Studioscale site for general access and to save people having to keep re-inventing the wheel as far as kit part ID'ing goes. I'm also drawing up a spreadsheet to log what kits are used as a handy reference. Seems like there are also a few kind souls who would be up for casting the odd part from the very rare & expensive kits, which would be a massive help. I'll do the same once I get my stuff out of storage.

There's a hell of alot more to do but hopefully these maps are a start. If any of the kit bashing grandmasters out there like Julien, Lee, Jamie et al can throw us a few bones it would be much appreciated. If you see I have mis-identified anything, likewise let me know.
As I've said elswhere if/when I get to the point of actually making the big MF I'd be prepared to offer some casts of key areas as a starter kit, however I don't want get ahead of myself just yet!

Seems like there a few folks out there trying to pull this big project off, if we can work together maybe we can actually get it done while we are still young enough to enjoy it!

PS: Very sad to hear of the untimely passing of Grant McCune. What a tremendous artist, and what a huge legacy he helped leave to us.

Nick

**omes72** · Jan 13, 2011

MonsieurTox said:

OK, the 1/35 Tamiya Mokei seems to be the right kit.

Kit n°20 (NO.MT120), released in 1967.

Hope that helps Nick !

God that is going to be interesting to get a hold of.....
Good work Julien.

Nick its Jase mate. jason wright 1972

**eagle1** · Jan 13, 2011

omes72 said:

I'll have kit Scans of the Bandai 1/24 up before the end of the weekend.
Im on holidys then & will do as many new Kit Scans as possible of the kits I haven't scanned yet.

Your'e a saint Jase, makes life sooo much easier with gents such as yourself posting up these rarer kit scans. Really appreciated, cheers.

[QUOTE=MonsieurTox;1511479]Hey Stu, there was an older KT made by Tamiya (Mokei). Is that a KT w/ Henschel or Porsche turret you have ?[/QUOTE

Julien, my kit has a 'Henschel' turret. This older Tamiya (Mokei) could just be the one, but would need a better pic of the turret. Thanks for posting those pics though!.
Stu

**Gort** · Jan 13, 2011

Hi there,

Welcome aboard. I think you may have got the wrong end of the stick on this one I'm afraid. The images I posted are of the original filming model, not anything I have made myself ( I wish). That's the drive behind this thread, to identify what kit parts were used by the ILM modelmakers in order to help define accurate dimensions etc.

The original model hull was made from acrylic domes mounted onto a wooden core. Quite an unusual approach from the typical vertical bulkhead profiles usually done. If you lurk around here for a while I'm sure you will glean some useful information to help you and your father out.

Cheers
Nick

QUOTE=achilles266;1512772]Hello

My Father and I are huge star wars fans and are considering building this model for something of this scale how did you make the main body structure as we are looking for ideas of how to do ours great work by the way it looks amazing

Kindest Regards[/QUOTE]

**Gort** · Jan 13, 2011

Thanks for the info on this old KT kit Julien. I can see from the images that the turret has that small box detail as part of it, which I had assumed was a separate detail and had marked in yellow. So two for one. I also think it could provide the orange section of hull I've noted in the partmap as being a possible Panther tank.

If anybody has this and would be game to cast that would be cool? - I'll start hitting Ebay in the meantime!

Nick

**Junk Pilot** · Jan 13, 2011

To Achilles266
Welcome to "house" of fun. lol. I also have a desire in wanting a 5ft Falcon but if you are thinking of making one then this thread may be of interest:

http://www.therpf.com/f10/early-mill...on-pics-47622/

**achilles266** · Jan 13, 2011

Thanks for the info ill have a look around and see what I can contribute to this project

Thanks

Gort said:

Hi there,

Welcome aboard. I think you may have got the wrong end of the stick on this one I'm afraid. The images I posted are of the original filming model, not anything I have made myself ( I wish). That's the drive behind this thread, to identify what kit parts were used by the ILM modelmakers in order to help define accurate dimensions etc.

The original model hull was made from acrylic domes mounted onto a wooden core. Quite an unusual approach from the typical vertical bulkhead profiles usually done. If you lurk around here for a while I'm sure you will glean some useful information to help you and your father out.

Cheers
Nick

QUOTE=achilles266;1512772]Hello

My Father and I are huge star wars fans and are considering building this model for something of this scale how did you make the main body structure as we are looking for ideas of how to do ours great work by the way it looks amazing

Kindest Regards

[/QUOTE]

**achilles266** · Jan 13, 2011

Hey Junk Pilot the link seems to be broken any chance of a repost

Regards

Junk Pilot said:

To Achilles266
Welcome to "house" of fun. lol. I also have a desire in wanting a 5ft Falcon but if you are thinking of making one then this thread may be of interest:

Early millennium falcon pics

**Junk Pilot** · Jan 13, 2011

Okay. Fixed now. But I think some of the photos have been removed though. I saved them so I may repost them when time allows.

**Gort** · Jan 15, 2011

I've got a lead on that old Tamiya KT we need. I'm going to try and get it, but with the provisio that I'll do casts as required, so we don't all need to start bidding each other out of existence!

Nick

**MonsieurTox** · Jan 15, 2011

I think there were several ones on eBay this past week ? That doesnt look to be a very rare kit though !

Good luck, and please post pics of the sprues once you got it !

**Gort** · Jan 17, 2011

Oh ok, that takes some pressure off then, and hopefully will keep the price down a bit too!

Yes, will def post sprue pics if I get it

Thanks again for ID'ing this one Julien.

Nick

MonsieurTox said:

I think there were several ones on eBay this past week ? That doesnt look to be a very rare kit though !

Good luck, and please post pics of the sprues once you got it !

**Gort** · Jan 19, 2011

So much for that plan then. Just got out bid...again!

Will keep my eyes peeled for another one.

N

**MonsieurTox** · Jan 20, 2011

I'm sorry Nick for the Tiger II... I hope you'll win one soon !

I have a good news though !

While I was packing up all my kits for my upcoming move and cleaning the room, I found a bag of loosen parts behind the bench !

And look what Ive found inside it :

I can now confirm it's from the Revell Saratoga, the very vintage issue, not the retooled one.

**Gort** · Jan 20, 2011

Hey thanks Julien, great find. I'll do a revision on these maps soon to update with what we've got so far.

Hope the move goes ok.

Cheers
Nick

**leukirix** · Jan 23, 2011

Hi,
I'm Franck, I'm french, my english is very bad...

and I released a big falcon studio size :

Connexion

I would like remake another falcon soon and thanks for this thread

.

For my first post here, this parts :

P51D mustang 1/24 Airfix

Large scale Millennium Falcon Kit ID'sNew Maps at start of thread

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