5 Foot Millennium Falcon markings survey

BTTFSpencer said:

I absolutely love these decals, I have since I saw the thing in 2010. Your files look very good, thank you very much for sharing this.

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rbeach84 said:

Updated the Downloads page today with the latest TRACKER & DECAL IMAGES archive files. Make sure and ditch the old ones!
Regards, Robert

Hampton Roads Scale Modelers

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faustus100 said:

I really don't think that the ids of the decals matter because no one will really be interested in getting a vintage kit for the decals. Why not just make up a great couple of pages of Falcon decals? I'd certainly be a customer and I'm sure others will also.

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rbeach84 said:

Guys, the whole "ID" thing is because we're trying to reconstruct or otherwise compile accurate depictions of all the decals. Having a confirmed source provides for the possibility of obtaining a hi-rez scan on which to base the 'replicant' decal artwork, making for more accurate renderings. We've had a few breakthroughs following this research 'paradigm' so I expect we've attained a higher degree of fidelity than any previously (?). To be clear, there are only a relatively few real unknowns (including the missing red-white, & yellow block, decals on the starboard mandible tip, the small white & blue fragment on the sidewall section between the starboard dock ring & cockpit tunnel, a tattered red "block" design on the starboard outboard engine deck, the compiled 'stripe' at the base of the dish mount and a text block on the aft underside of the engine deck/landing gear 'boxes' - just to list what is on the top of my head... oh, yeah and the missing decal on the inboard top end of the starboard docking tunnel...previously suspected to be another Champion logo) But, for things "we have a *pretty good* idea of the design but they are still a bit fuzzy", the winged 'arrow' (or possibly a sword) on the underside nose of the cargo jawbox is a big one for me. If I could just get a good, clear picture of it (because it *was* on the 5-footer while on tour), then at least we can make any derived artwork accurate.

So, accuracy is the real goal with the 'source' ID's being secondary & actually just to support the accuracy of the artwork. The decals will then come from that... and there are at least two guys working up artwork right now to turn into decals, so *they* will eventually be a reality. If you can't wait and want something for your Hasbro MF, JT Graphics is the place to go for a copy of moffeaton / Ken Rice's decals, which are pretty comprehensive - assuming he has any left!

It is gratifying to know there is interest in having a decal set though whether you can get any significant interest in a full set of 'studio scale' 5-footer decals is a mystery. What scales are we thinking (meaning, 5-footer, 32 incher, MPC, Hasbro, etc.)

Regards, Robert

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rbeach84 said:

Guys, the whole "ID" thing is because we're trying to reconstruct or otherwise compile accurate depictions of all the decals. Having a confirmed source provides for the possibility of obtaining a hi-rez scan on which to base the 'replicant' decal artwork, making for more accurate renderings. We've had a few breakthroughs following this research 'paradigm' so I expect we've attained a higher degree of fidelity than any previously (?). To be clear, there are only a relatively few real unknowns (including the missing red-white, & yellow block, decals on the starboard mandible tip, the small white & blue fragment on the sidewall section between the starboard dock ring & cockpit tunnel, a tattered red "block" design on the starboard outboard engine deck, the compiled 'stripe' at the base of the dish mount and a text block on the aft underside of the engine deck/landing gear 'boxes' - just to list what is on the top of my head... oh, yeah and the missing decal on the inboard top end of the starboard docking tunnel...previously suspected to be another Champion logo) But, for things "we have a *pretty good* idea of the design but they are still a bit fuzzy", the winged 'arrow' (or possibly a sword) on the underside nose of the cargo jawbox is a big one for me. If I could just get a good, clear picture of it (because it *was* on the 5-footer while on tour), then at least we can make any derived artwork accurate.

So, accuracy is the real goal with the 'source' ID's being secondary & actually just to support the accuracy of the artwork. The decals will then come from that... and there are at least two guys working up artwork right now to turn into decals, so *they* will eventually be a reality. If you can't wait and want something for your Hasbro MF, JT Graphics is the place to go for a copy of moffeaton / Ken Rice's decals, which are pretty comprehensive - assuming he has any left!

It is gratifying to know there is interest in having a decal set though whether you can get any significant interest in a full set of 'studio scale' 5-footer decals is a mystery. What scales are we thinking (meaning, 5-footer, 32 incher, MPC, Hasbro, etc.)

Regards, Robert

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imurme said:

Hey all, I would like to second the request for more reference for the decals mentioned above by Robert...as some of you may know, I am one of the 'guys' that has been working on a studio quality set of falcon decals...but what is holding me up is that we still have a few decals that are unknowns and a few others that we have little or no reference images to work from...so if ANYONE has better scans, photos, kit ID's, etc. on any of these please let me know, thanks...


still need better images of this decal (#113 on tracker)
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still need high-res scans of these decal sheets, specifically need the cockpit and side panels from sheets (#108, #110, and #111 on tracker)
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Revell #H289 - 1/48 McDonnell-Douglas F-4E or F-4F Phantom II - USAF or JG74 Luftwaffe
[Remember - the cockpit panel decals on the 1:48 scale sheet do not show any details because they are reverse printed (the black is over the white) and designed to work with the clear instrument panel parts provided in the kit. The idea is that the white portions will be visible *through* the clear panel when the decal is applied to the backside of the part. But at least the decal shapes should be the same, if mirrored, to the ones used in the 1:32 scale kits given the kits are of similar vintage and Revell most likely used the same research resources for both scale kits. Nicely, however, this resolves the problem of the kits sourced on the MF, since the panels on the MF show all the instrument details per the 1:32 scale kit.]

Revell #H-182 - 1/32 F-4E Phantom II, 1976 Issue or Revell #H-178 - 1/32 Luttwaffe F-4F Phantom, 1975 Issue



any help with these is appreciated (#25, #88, and #141 on tracker)
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[I must wonder if the yellow 'stain' in the middle is old oxidized decal adhesive from a missing decal or just a bit of yellow 'weathering'. Since the blocks appear on the cardinals of the base, it is obviously intentional, though this one above was obviously underneath the missing 'stripe' given the discoloration that marks the spot.]
imurme

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Vacformedhero said:

I feel like I should contribute , all I can add is links to reference shots so here are ones I use, I cannot remember who posted them, they were on rpf , these are very clear and I'll look through for better shots of what your looking for , these are some of the best I've seen
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=B9FE0AEBDC25FDBC&id=b9fe0aebdc25fdbc!5363

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