hey folks.
sorry for the long long delay
I've been working on a new exterior model for while. The model was built from a fairly low-res copy of ESB plans for the greebles of the full scale falcon (underside), which are presented in JW Rinzler's new book of blueprints. matching the plans for the full scale landing gear I have, I was able to determine that the full scale falcon had an overall length of 85'6". The rest was modeled from an elevation view of the ramp, with partial cross section, presented in the same book. This is the closest I've ever got to an accurate FS falcon, and I'm pretty excited about it. That said, I made this model from a pretty low-res preview scan from the book, because I don't have the 500 they're asking just laying around, so it still has a lot of room for improvement.
as for the Lucas Arts walkthrough, man that thing is not half bad.
the dashboard in the cockpit is pretty atrociously innacurrate, but I have to say the rest of the ship looks pretty damn good to me. To those of you who said mine was looking better, I'm flattered, but there's a lot of parts of this that have got me outclassed and outgunned. These guys really did their homework.
There are some things I'd like to round this thread out with in future, and I'd like to try to gauge folks interest in:
ANH Cockpit decals from all my panel work (which I had promised on like page 2...), possibly as a printed or printable set that could be ordered for various scaled projects.
3d printable models of the pilot/copilot chairs, and or scale replicas of the pallets used in the main hold (of which I have now made a nice model). I also could potentially convert my couch and holo-chess to a printable model, but that might be some serious work (the coushins are full of weird geometry and holes).
plans, cross-sections and details for replicating the full-scale falcon as a 32", 5' (or anything between or beyond) scale model.
what do you think guys?