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FALCON 32" hunk of junk build
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Within that thread there is a link to this set which is one of the best I have seen. Someone here offered these a while back and they are incredible. Worth saving:
http://s898.photobucket.com/user/dtssyst/slideshow/Falcon Reference Photos 1
DARKVIEW
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Just watched the Painting the De Agostini Millennium Falcon Scale Model with Steve Dymszo part 4, never liked the splat with a tooth brush look but l may have to do it... I just remember that my old models would eventually have that effect due to age like molding etc ... Plus it looks like the old sprayguns that clogged up & splatted!!!. It's that or studio modellers were rush at the time. Anyway I'm going to see/findout if the photo close up references are from the 80s or decades after before I go down that path.
This months delivery 43-46 still not arrived!!! Thought they'd have dispatched it early this month to beat xmo delivery problems...!!!
This months delivery 43-46 still not arrived!!! Thought they'd have dispatched it early this month to beat xmo delivery problems...!!!
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I find the splattering in the SD video vastly overdone. I have seen the original in Köln this summer (at the Star Wars Identities), and the splattering is hardly visible even if you know it's there. I doubt that the color faded so much since the 80s... it may be more an issue of the saturation of the printed photographs.
Maybe he exaggerated it for the sake of a tutorial...
Maybe he exaggerated it for the sake of a tutorial...
MonsieurTox
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Yes and the splattering is not rust color on the original model, it's gray (different shades). He's using the SaG pic as ref which is -badly- color corrected and over saturated.
DARKVIEW
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Well lm continuing my weathering till its finished.... Then if l know (crap splats) are there in the 80's (from close-ups of then) ...l'll make a choice 
. I do understand that from a little distance theyd look invisible on shots of the studio model.... But my oldest models from that time had same weird old look Splat look due to age and an old cupboard they were in with mold etc... We'll see and report...totally understand its detail as a replica...but as Steve says theirs no exacts.
. I do understand that from a little distance theyd look invisible on shots of the studio model.... But my oldest models from that time had same weird old look Splat look due to age and an old cupboard they were in with mold etc... We'll see and report...totally understand its detail as a replica...but as Steve says theirs no exacts.
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Okay I watched a bit more. Those Sculpting A Galaxy pics look awful as well. I am gonna have to go for how I think the Falcon looks in my pics, the movies, etc. He may very well be closely matching it to the real model, as he mentioned it does not show up in pics, but I don't want it to look like that.
Tom
Tom
Vacformedhero
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You too
DARKSIDE72
Sr Member
I don't know what happened to the model since the 2002 erra but I've got a metric ass ton of reference from this period and it only has the grey/black splattering effect.Mostly towards the front of the model. Looks like a cat pissed all over it in more recent pictures. The model used to be MUCH cleaner.
DARKSIDE72
Sr Member
You nailed it Tom.
DARKVIEW
Sr Member
Will be working on the whole underside soon.... Not happy about the Four M6 (roofing) bolts of 65mm thats not available till issue 54 so looking to buy them over the festive season. Its very sensitive to flip the underside with the ramp parts attached!!! and If lm to wait for them it would be 2 months...I'm at 43-46 given so far.
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Re: FALCON 32" hunk of junk build
This is my new favorite unit of measurement. "metric ass ton" Awesome:thumbsup.
I will have to agree. I have thousands of pics, or several metric ass tons, of the original Falcon models and none of this other stuff appears on it.
Tom
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Thanks. I have to admit it got me really excited to get going on the rest. Still want to add a little rust.
Oh this thing is gonna be awesome. I still get super excited every time I think about my Deago.
Tom
This is my new favorite unit of measurement. "metric ass ton" Awesome:thumbsup.
I will have to agree. I have thousands of pics, or several metric ass tons, of the original Falcon models and none of this other stuff appears on it.
Tom
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Thanks. I have to admit it got me really excited to get going on the rest. Still want to add a little rust.
Oh this thing is gonna be awesome. I still get super excited every time I think about my Deago.
Tom
I decided to go to Screwfix & buy the 4 supports needed for plating process (10 pack) costs £1.75 (that's for M6 roofing bolts, 80mm in length). Better than waiting 2 months for the magazines issued bolts.. I'm ready to rock!!!!
http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/...4e0d41477b4153da577b200f151ad_zpsefcf2y8k.jpg
Smart. I was wondering about that.
I do wish Deago would just do the landing gear and side walls next so we could see the Falcon sitting there being built up. Better than another jig and more space needed. It would be cool to see it built from the bottom up.
Tom
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