Bandai 1-144 Millennium Falcon ANH version

[crackerjazz]

Beautiful work!!!

 

[sqbiedoo]

Looking real sexy too...

 

[Pinousse]

Love it!

 

[crowe t]

Jaitea, nice work so far! The ANH version is my favorite.

 

[bwize]

Beautiful work. That patch job on the bottom hull looks brilliant. Can't wait to see more.

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks guys

Beautiful work. That patch job on the bottom hull looks brilliant. Can't wait to see more.

Thank you very much bwize,....I started the armour last night

Thanks for looking

John

 

[sqbiedoo]

Thanks guys



Thank you very much bwize,....I started the armour last night

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag383/jaitea1/ANH Bandai 1-144 Falcon/IMG_3360_zpsgllxhs13.jpg
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag383/jaitea1/ANH Bandai 1-144 Falcon/IMG_3361_zpsaksm3tx3.jpg

Thanks for looking

John

Really nice J. Very tempting too:facepalm

 

[Pinousse]

Ok that's just amazing!

 

[Hunk a Junk]

So are you gluing the armor on top of the primer? Isn't there a danger that the primer will interfere with adhesion?

 

[Jaitea]

The primer I use is a cellulose car paint, poly glue breaks it down making a tight bond

J

 

[astroboy]

good lord this is incredible.

I feel like an actual ANH falcon is really the holy grail

 

[bwize]

That panel work looks awesome! You'd never know it was a patch job. Can't wait to see more.

 

[sqbiedoo]

http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag383/jaitea1/ANH Bandai 1-144 Falcon/IMG_3360_zpsgllxhs13.jpg
http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag383/jaitea1/ANH Bandai 1-144 Falcon/IMG_3361_zpsaksm3tx3.jpg

I have seen at least three or more type maintenances gaps for the ANH Falcon, is yours the original one John? these came from the MPC one if i'm not misstaken?

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks guys!!

I have seen at least three or more type maintenances gaps for the ANH Falcon, is yours the original one John? these came from the MPC one if i'm not misstaken?

I'm not sure what you mean,......um.....I'm using this image as my guide:

J

 

[sqbiedoo]

Thanks guys!!




I'm not sure what you mean,......um.....I'm using this image as my guide:

http://i1119.photobucket.com/albums...derside/ANH Underside/5ft ANH Bottom View.jpg

J

Yes me too but what I mean is this..

And there is this one..

.. and of course yours..


So I guess the first one is original one right?

 

[Jaitea]

Oh yes,...I see

The old MPC gets some real slagging,......when really it has a lot of accuracies,.....some fundamental flaws also,......but there is good in there

The openings are roughly the right shape going by the 5 foot underside photo,.....dunno where that coloured one came from,...but you can see that the two openings are not symmetrical on the 5 footer & my MPC build

So I've printed out that ILM image to the scale of my Bandai & I'm copying off it,.....don't know what greeblies I'm gonna put inside it though

J

 

[sqbiedoo]

Oh yes,...I see

The old MPC gets some real slagging,......when really it has a lot of accuracies,.....some fundamental flaws also,......but there is good in there

The openings are roughly the right shape going by the 5 foot underside photo,.....dunno where that coloured one came from,...but you can see that the two openings are not symmetrical on the 5 footer & my MPC build

So I've printed out that ILM image to the scale of my Bandai & I'm copying off it,.....don't know what greeblies I'm gonna put inside it though

J

Thanks, I did the same and still working on the pipeline and greebies using a Revell model. I'll just wait and see your progress

 

[Hunk a Junk]

It's frustrating to follow this thread and get that itch to make my own ANH conversion of the Bandai kit, because it would be cool to have the three major variants -- ANH, TESB conversion and TFA -- but then realize I have A) only so much money to spend on models, B) only so much shelf space to display models (before my wife divorces me) and C) only so many years of my life left to finish the over two dozen unfinished kits waiting in the stash! :darnkids

 

[Jaitea]

It's frustrating to follow this thread and get that itch to make my own ANH conversion of the Bandai kit, because it would be cool to have the three major variants -- ANH, TESB conversion and TFA -- but then realize I have A) only so much money to spend on models, B) only so much shelf space to display models (before my wife divorces me) and C) only so many years of my life left to finish the over two dozen unfinished kits waiting in the stash! :darnkids

Ha,.....I know.....my green light is because these Bandai Falcons are so small & relatively cheap,....I don't mind having 2 of them,,,,,,

J

 

[Pinousse]

Ha,.....I know.....my green light is because these Bandai Falcons are so small & relatively cheap,....I don't mind having 2 of them,,,,,,

J

2, 3, 4 :lol