Modified Corellian YT-1760 freighter kit bash/scratch build

CutThumb · Sep 3, 2014

Cracking design and paint job!!!!! I wouldn't have been unhappy to see that in Episode VII. Love the combination of Radient style engines and Falcon body!!!

jake88 · Sep 3, 2014

Hey, ILM called, and they need their model back!
Seriously thats a absolutely fantastic looking build! Great looking paint and lighting. Thats a home run!

Chaank · Sep 3, 2014

Dude! She's a stunner. really nice work...

struschie · Sep 3, 2014

Cool design and amazing execution!!!

Archive&Future · Sep 3, 2014

Wow that really is superb!! It totally has the correct SW vibe.....

vividfury · Sep 3, 2014

Gattaca, the engines benefited greatly from a few trips to Home Depot. The base shape is 1 3/4 PVC precut to about 3 inches covered with sheet styrene panels and details. I then found various parts from the plumbing aisle that had the right diameter to cap the engine parts. Further detail was added with propeller parts from a P-61 Black Widow on the forward engines and engine details from a Kenner Y-Wing toy from Ebay. Hope that helps.

vividfury · Sep 3, 2014

You guys all do such great work. I'm glad you like my model. She's a tough little bird.

vividfury · Sep 3, 2014

Gattaca, the engines benefited greatly from a few trips to Home Depot. The base shape is 1 3/4 PVC precut to about 3 inches covered with sheet styrene panels and details. I then found various parts from the plumbing aisle that had the right diameter to cap the engine parts. Further detail was added with propeller parts from a P-61 Black Widow on the forward engines and engine details from a Kenner Y-Wing toy from Ebay. Hope that helps.

Gattaca said:
Would you mind sharing how/what you made the engines out of? They look real cool.

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Haystack Hair said:
Wow that really is superb!! It totally has the correct SW vibe.....

Thanks! Your Falcon build is amazing!

Gattaca · Sep 3, 2014

That's what I thought, very clever use of plumbing. Again great work. What are you going to build next?

vividfury · Sep 3, 2014

jake88 said:
Hey, ILM called, and they need their model back!
Seriously thats a absolutely fantastic looking build! Great looking paint and lighting. Thats a home run!

Thanks, Jake88. I really wanted to make something that felt like a studio model. Glad you think I came close.

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Gattaca said:
That's what I thought, very clever use of plumbing. Again great work. What are you going to build next?

Thanks, man. I'm trying to decide between the Cylon Raider and the TOS Enterprise for by next build...

Tom1971 · Nov 23, 2014

vividfury said:
I love Star Wars. I also love making things--especially Star Wars things. So one day last spring, I decided to build my own spaceship that would be at home in the Star Wars Universe. I started gathering inspiration from the drawings in the Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual by Chris Trevas. I found a design that clicked (by Jeff Carlisle) and started making modifications. It was then that I realized--this was going to be a lot of work. The base of the design makes use of an old Millennium Falcon model kit that has been heavily modified. The bulk of the ship is mixture of kitbashing from military aircraft and tank kits and a lot of scratch building. Once I had a general shape in mind, I just dived in. Unlike an off the shelf kit, there are no instructions for this bad boy--but that's why it's fun. The photos in this album represent 3 months of 2-3 hour late night sessions of cutting, puttying, sanding, wiring, painting and finger-crossing. The end result is my very own modified Corellian YT-1760 freighter: Banshee Freedom.
Big thanks to Jerry at HDA Modelworx for supplying the lighting products.

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Awesome work.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Any chance we could see some additional pics in light, perhaps outside? Bottom shots would be cool as well.

morsesith21 · Nov 25, 2014

Love the paint job!!:thumbsup

Vacformedhero · Jun 11, 2015

Beautiful , well done

Modified Corellian YT-1760 freighter kit bash/scratch build

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