1:1 Millennium Falcon Cockpit Replica - Group Build

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Calling ALL MOLD/CASTING MAKERS! Need some help/guidance/advice! :) Please PM me if you want to help out! :)
 
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Replacing and backlighting the square tiles? Hey, now that will be quite a project, but I think the end result will be gorgeous, and worth it!!
 
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I can only cast small objects, nothing bigger than deck of cards. I don't have the skill or facilities for anything bigger. If it fits in one hand, and doesn't protrude beyond your semi-curled fingers, I can try casting it.
 
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How many times have you flipped all of the switches back and forth?? Some people have "red-button-pushing" disease. I have the "toggle-switch-flippin" disease :lol "Can't.... resist.... must.... flip..... switches...."
 
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roblenzz said:
How many times have you flipped all of the switches back and forth?? Some people have "red-button-pushing" disease. I have the "toggle-switch-flippin" disease :lol "Can't.... resist.... must.... flip..... switches...."
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Me too! :lol

Just imagine if all those switches were static casts? They'd be breaking all the time! ;)
 
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Michael Bergeron said:
Me too! :lol

Just imagine if all those switches were static casts? They'd be breaking all the time! ;)
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I took that into consideration... Canobi was ready to cast all 2,398,317 switches but it was decided to go with a functional switch... it just adds to the fun! :)

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roblenzz said:
How many times have you flipped all of the switches back and forth?? Some people have "red-button-pushing" disease. I have the "toggle-switch-flippin" disease :lol "Can't.... resist.... must.... flip..... switches...."
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I have to admit... that even with the panels resting against the wall... I find myself "flipping out"... :)
 
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Alkali Jones said:
Hey SofaKing01,

Where does that panel go, or is it to be parted out? Sorry, I just don't know.

Dan S
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Hi Dan,

The panel would be parted out. I was looking at the vertical gauges. 6 gauges for under 200 along with other misc greeblies is an GREAT deal! I just need to find out how big the gauges are. Hope this helps. :)
 
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That's a nice panel Greg, are ya gonna cut it up ta place it where ya want it?

Sent from my SGH-T989 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
 
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Hi Gang,

Starkiller's 3D printed slider / panel knobs arrived! Starkiller had Shapeways "polish" them - something we didn't do on the other 3D printed parts. While the edges are very smooth the tops are not. I have a lot of sanding to do on the tops before casting...

As you can see, Starkiller even added the indent for the black dot! :)
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You can see how rough the tops are...
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If I can't find any of the 120 PIN edge connectors, I'll ask Starkiller to make a quick 3D object for printing
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The black line (pin striping) is actually hollowed out in the edge connector - that allowed for a backlight. YES... I would really like to backlight these as well!
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This is a 56 PIN connector, but this gives you an idea of what the original looks like - and they were green
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Stay Tuned!
 
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I can see where you was going with the GS overhead panel gauges, tricky cos they do look good but I rekon a closer looking readout display can be got - hopefully quite cheaply too. They are almost like the insides of a Plessey style connector block but I think could be made up from smaller squared card-edge connectors. Still looking out for them but they would be very easy to make.
 
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SofaKing01 said:
Hi Gang,

Starkiller's 3D printed slider / panel knobs arrived! Starkiller had Shapeways "polish" them - something we didn't do on the other 3D printed parts. While the edges are very smooth the tops are not. I have a lot of sanding to do on the tops before casting...
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Hi SofaKing,

There is a neat little trick around to smooth out your 3D prints:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3nJbU9OInk

One of my friends tried it and it works really great, timing is everything btw. Don't keep it in to long.

Cheers, Michel
 
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Hi Gang,

Woke up a little early this morning and had some time to fill the slider/console knobs with resin. As with the throttle greeblies, this will make them more solid and allow me to make molds. :)

I mixed up a little fiberglass resin and filled away...
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As the resin began to cure I was able to see how much I needed to shave off to make the bottoms smooth
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A little too much resin here
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As the resin cured I was able to use a knife a shave off the excess (you don't have a whole of time with resin) - this makes it a little easier to sand smooth (less work is always better ;)
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More to Follow!
 
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Rysjin7717 said:
That's a nice panel Greg, are ya gonna cut it up ta place it where ya want it?
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I was hoping to use the vertical gauges. The seller never got back to me and the auction ended - kind frustrating. It would have been VERY Cool, depending on their size, to use the gauges especially if they were illuminated!

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AvengerSheep said:
If only I had that kind of space! Can not wait to see how this turns out!
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Hi A,

You and me both... Next to all the rain and other various projects, I've been slacking on getting anything done. I was really hoping to have at least an outline of the front window cut... But life always seems to get us side tracked... Stay tuned for more! :)

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Wavey said:
I can see where you was going with the GS overhead panel gauges, tricky cos they do look good but I rekon a closer looking readout display can be got - hopefully quite cheaply too. They are almost like the insides of a Plessey style connector block but I think could be made up from smaller squared card-edge connectors. Still looking out for them but they would be very easy to make.
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I was able to find a 120 pin connector in green but the seller wanted 10 a piece for them. I should have bought one and then made molds... ugh... Now I can't find the seller at all... lol But... They're out there somewhere!

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ontwerpplus said:
Hi SofaKing,

There is a neat little trick around to smooth out your 3D prints:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3nJbU9OInk

One of my friends tried it and it works really great, timing is everything btw. Don't keep it in to long.

Cheers, Michel
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Hi M,

Thanks for the great tip! Will this work with the powder printed objects?
 
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Probably not.. normally they only use it on the in plastic printed objects. I could ask if something can be done to powder printed objects. We have a printer at the fablab over here. I'll let you know :)

UPDATE:
I just asked: Unfortunately you can't do that to powder printed objects.. Only thing you can do is bondo and sanding.. Sorry to get your hopes up.
 
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ontwerpplus said:
Probably not.. normally they only use it on the in plastic printed objects. I could ask if something can be done to powder printed objects. We have a printer at the fablab over here. I'll let you know :)

UPDATE:
I just asked: Unfortunately you can't do that to powder printed objects.. Only thing you can do is bondo and sanding.. Sorry to get your hopes up.
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That's what I figured... dang... would have been nice to have a few shortcuts. A little elbow grease never hurt anybody. :)
 
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Shortcuts are nice :) But it is as you say, just get into it and sand the *** out of those rockerswitches ;)
 
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