Hasbro Legacy Millennium Falcon Conversion

that cockpit looks great.will use this as reference and inspiration when i get to the cockpit on mine.should be making a start in a few weeks on my hasbro conversion, i hope.gotta finish other projects first.

Thanks guys,
thanks Junk Pilot.

Here is an idea. If you see the pics I posted of my conversion you will see I constructed an styrene structure to support all that it is left after we start "slaughtering" that poor toy, jajajajaja.
Well, at first I decided to use the Legacy mandibles and tilt them to the angle the mandibles are on the 5 footer, one of the more important differences for me with the ESB Falcon that has parallel mandibles.
Even with this arrengement they looked bad, they are to big, so I decided to design a new support structure for the Legacy hulls that include the mandibles at the right proportion between the Hasbro disc and the 5 footer disc and mandibles.
I hope I am making myself clear, is kind of hard to explain. Anyway here is the blueprint of the structure I am talking about.
The red circle is the Hasbro's hull size. As you can compare with the 5 Footer pic translucent behind I've scaled the mandibles to match the proportions of the 5 Footer with the Legacy hull.
I also give you the height of the side walls and mandibles that I scaled down to 1/53 scale. I've been studying the 5 footer with Gort, Stu, and all the cool guys on the 5 footer thread for months so I believe this measures could be very close to the original prop.

If any one wants this structure blueprint at a higher reso to print write me to hikaru84@gmail.com and I'll mail it.

bests:
Rod

Hi Rod, how do you manage to create all those details? Superb job on that cockpit!

So I think that I can tell that you used the guitar strings for the vertical lines of the koolshade, but what did you use as the tiny horizontal ones on the cockpit vents?

Hi kokkari, I used the same thin guitar strings It was a little hard on the eyes gluing on those tiny hair-like pieces. A magnifying lens and a good pair of side cutters helped a lot along with the tweezers. Someday I 'll get back to building mine. I got stuck at the armour-plating stage. I kept thinking how the plating should be cut from pieces of a vacu-formed hull to conform well to the dome.

Rodmart85 said:

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the ESB Falcon that has parallel mandibles.

Rod,

That's not true, TESB Falcon's mandibles toe in.

M. Tox is correct. The “32 incher’s” mandibles DO toe in. Fine Molds got it wrong with their kit.

Mark

Darth Humorous said:

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M. Tox is correct. The “32 incher’s” mandibles DO toe in. Fine Molds got it wrong with their kit.

Mark

the only representation of the falcon (other than toys) that doesn't toe in is the 1/72 fm mf. Even the 1/144 fm mf has a wee bit of toe in

Finally got the Hasbro size print! AMT size on right. These ship out to Rodmart for correcting
and finishing and, hopefully, get myself back to building the half-size Falcon.

crackerjazz said:

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Finally got the Hasbro size print! AMT size on right. These ship out to Rodmart for correcting
and finishing and, hopefully, get myself back to building the half-size Falcon.

What do you mean correcting? is there somthing wrong with them?

Ozzy

Baby Wankels..... Cute.

Cute babies, aren't they : ) Just need to put those ridges, correct the shape of the curve a little
and round the tip a wee bit. All in all, though, they're a chip off the old engine block.

Junk Pilot said:

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That's awesome, CJ.

My own conversion, as well as everythign else, is on hold for a while as my wife and I prepare for our new baby in Nov/Dec, and at the same time work on the house as we get ready to move out then rent it out. So basically lots happening and no time to do it in.

What's the due date Dean?

The full term date is 10 Dec but we know he'll (yes it's a boy) be coming before then and I can see it now he's gonna wanna play with "daddy's toys".

My 3rd boy is being delivered on the 7th by c section so I know exactly when I gotta stop working on my models..... Ahh deadlines... Gotta love em.

Dec 7th? Wow, they may be sharing the same birthday. Do you have any names picked out yet?

From that day forth he shall be known as Jude...... The Dude. Coulda said Han Solo to be on topic but I can't lie. Sorry for the HiJack CJ ... Back to your usual programming. You?

We both have 3 kids from previous marriages so this is our first together and her youngest is 21yo but mine is only 14. It kinda sounds like the Brady Bunch but unfortunately I don't see my kids.

As far as names go we haven't chosen anything as yet but we do like Lachlan, Jacob and Caleb. I guess we'll know which one he is when we see him.

Sorry CJ. Over to you Red Leader.

Not at all, fellas. My pleasure to have you around. I am envious - it's the Year of the Dragon and a child born in this year is lucky. You're both lucky. As for me - just one boy turning eight at the end of the year. Come to think of it - he was five when I started the thread.

He'll be fifteen when you finish it....

That early? No way. I'll let him finish it in his lifetime. Or he could pass it on to his son to finish. That's why they call it a Legacy Falcon.

Ha.. Nice one ...... "grandpa.... What's a millennium falcon?"

"Well, back when I was your age toys were MEANT to be played with."