Our Collective 5-Foot Millennium Falcon Build

[Searun]

Studio Kitbash,
It actually hurt me to go through your lesson learned on expandable foam. The previous post showed a beautifully built armature and aircraft rib airfoil to ensure proper disc curvature. A very rigidly built structure. I had no idea that “Great Stuff” created such force when expanding during the curing process. Blame it on tricky chemistry.

Thanks for sharing the horror. I admire your persistence & never surrender attitude.

 

[Studio Kitbash]

Surrender? At our moment of triumph?

; )

 

[Studio Kitbash]

Moving all the kits from the studio to the garage was making good progress,...

... and then it was hunting season.

Boys brought home four deer and hung them in the garage right between all the kits. (This picture of the last two waiting to be processed).

Ah, Happy Thanksgiving -- may your studio scale build not have that raw venison smell about it!!!

 

[greeble_gremlin]

wow been away too long
quite a build

 

[Studio Kitbash]

If you haven't already seen it, you HAVE to watch Hiroshi Sumi's "Voice of a Star Wars Fan" -- it will literally bring tears to your eyes to see someone more obsessed than you already are about this one spaceship...

 

[Searun]

Moving all the kits from the studio to the garage was making good progress,...

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... and then it was hunting season.

Boys brought home four deer and hung them in the garage right between all the kits. (This picture of the last two waiting to be processed).

Ah, Happy Thanksgiving -- may your studio scale build not have that raw venison smell about it!!!

Venison is quite tasty. Enjoy

 

[Searun]

If you haven't already seen it, you HAVE to watch Hiroshi Sumi's "Voice of a Star Wars Fan" -- it will literally bring tears to your eyes to see someone more obsessed than you already are about this one spaceship...

Outstanding. A tribute to ILM and Star Wars. Those who cherish the art of kit parts will understand the depth explained by this very creative individual Mr. Hiroshi Sumi.

 

[jcoffman99]

Great video. So what is the Imai Galeass used for?

 

[joberg]

No words The dedication is simply mind blowing. Hiroshi Sumi has a beautiful obsession

 

[Studio Kitbash]

Great video. So what is the Imai Galeass used for?

GOOD question!

No clue.

 

[bwayne64]

Great video. So what is the Imai Galeass used for?

Might have been a kit one of the model builders liked, when out shopping for kits. Who's still alive, that we can ask, ; )

 

[Studio Kitbash]

Might have been a kit one of the model builders liked, when out shopping for kits. Who's still alive, that we can ask, ; )

If you know him/them, and can ask, please do ask.

 

[bwayne64]

If you know him/them, and can ask, please do ask.

Oh, I'm not in that lofty group. I don't even know who is still with us. Not even sure they would remember. I can barely remember what I had for breakfast, ; )

 

[RealDaveWinter]

sigh.... still can't read this.

 

[3Dsf]

sigh.... still can't read this.

Ha. I did the same thing.

That said, I don't see any lettering on the fan tops in any of the photos that I've got. They're not great photos, since the Koolshade obscures much of the fan detailing, though.

 

[Treadwell]

If you haven't already seen it, you HAVE to watch Hiroshi Sumi's "Voice of a Star Wars Fan" -- it will literally bring tears to your eyes to see someone more obsessed than you already are about this one spaceship...

My jaw dropped when I found out the shop recreation is a 1/3 SCALE MODEL!

 

[Studio Kitbash]

sigh.... still can't read this.
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US and Foreign Pats Pending is the outside line

 

[jcoffman99]

I didn’t realize he’s the same guy that wrote up the info on the Bandai page that helped us with the bottom pits.

 

[swgeek]

Also these. Anyone?

 

[Lt Washburn]

Couldn't you just ask him what they are? He seems like the sharing type.