1:1 Millennium Falcon Cockpit Replica - Group Build

[Vaderios]

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Hi A,

THANKS again for the great images! Quick question... are there any images of the side wall / ESB extensions that I am currently working?

No i dont think so, but i might get some luck on the making of empire strikes back. i will try and scan if any useful reference photo Unless you already have the book.

-Angel

 

[SofaKing01]

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No i dont think so, but i might get some luck on the making of empire strikes back. i will try and scan if any useful reference photo Unless you already have the book.

-Angel

Hi A,

I don't have the book - shame on me. But I do have tons of pics I can use for reference. Thanks again for the great pics!

 

[SofaKing01]

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Hi Gang,

I'm going to hold off painting the extension panels for the next few days and work on the canopy. I figure with the panels in place and not painted, I don't have to be as delicate as I would if they were finished. I think this is a good move considering the amount of work I still need to do. They will be painted / striped / greeblied before GMX.

I have the day off so the long weekend should be productive... Let's hope for the best!

 

[Amazing DJ]

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This is my favorite set of pics from this thread. Given 3 days of uninterrupted work on the project, you should have this thing ready for the launchpad.

 

[SofaKing01]

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Hi Gang,

Well... this morning started with some minor surgery to the front nose frame. I removed the front and rear beams and left the side supports underneath to give a little more flexibility. After countless measurements... I've come to the conclusion that the garage floor is nothing short of "extremely uneven". I've placed spacers in their appropriate places so anything I do at this point forward should fit together when everything marries up with the frames left up in Nashville, TN... finger crossed!

I then connected all the back arch pieces together

And now I have to go BACK to the improvement store and buy more bolts...

Be Back Soon!

 

[SofaKing01]

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Hi Gang,

Got the bolts I needed and I am making major progress on the canopy. I decided to make the back arch one piece. I reinforced with brackets and a 3/4" strip of board glued/braided into place. This should make the piece nice sturdy

Still Plugging Away...

 

[Vaderios]

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Hi Gang,

I thought this image was kind of ironic...

http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/...e Build/millenium_construct02_zpsa44527c8.jpg

http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/...Console Build/20131003_181700_zps3377a677.jpg

I see some different design desitions from the original and yours. do you think that will affect the final output or it will take last minute changes? Also in the original image this gray circle under is the escape pod window or not?

-Angel

 

[faustus100]

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I see some different design desitions from the original and yours. do you think that will affect the final output or it will take last minute changes? Also in the original image this gray circle under is the escape pod window or not?

-Angel

I see some also.....yours are better!!

 

[SofaKing01]

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Hi Gang,

I've hit a snag... I'm trying to figure out how the heck I am going to create the two vertical support beams. This has not been easy. Unfortunately I do have a large enough piece of wood to create the two arches (front and back). Which now that I think about it will require more than one piece. So... I have to run to the local home improvement store and drop a few bucks on more supplies... ugh... Then I have to figure out the upper part of the canopy... Like I said... not a 1,2,3, presto, done, finished...

The vertical beams are shown below

This will help me find the right arch measurement - I HOPE!

Still thinking this process in my head - does anybody have any advice?

 

[SofaKing01]

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I see some different design desitions from the original and yours. do you think that will affect the final output or it will take last minute changes? Also in the original image this gray circle under is the escape pod window or not?

-Angel

Hi A,

I made SEVERAL changes to the overall design. The two most prominent changes were the height and the nose cone. I removed over 12" of height by cutting down the lower panels. It never would have fit in the garage! I then decided NOT to have the front end come to a "cone" shape similar to the original image - it wasn't really necessary and there would have been VERY little of the actual nose skin to even see so I just kept it simple.

I think the gray circle is part of the escape pod window! Good catch.

- - - Updated - - -

I see some also.....yours are better!!

Thanks!

 

[SofaKing01]

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Hi Gang,

Well... this is where I am. I placed tape in the appropriate areas to show where the vertical beams go... Not only do the beams go straight across (from side to side) but they taper inward toward the nose... you can understand why my head hurts...

Straight across

There we are...

Man... How do the pro's make it look so easy?

 

[Vaderios]

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Man... How do the pro's make it look so easy?

The "pro's" definitely can't repel real Pro Sofaking's Awesomeness of that magnitude.

-Angel

 

[red4]

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You should just sculpt them from bondo.

 

[Trooper_trent]

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do your 3D plans have measurements and angles? or just ratios? or what? To me it looks like you're going to need to cut and join lots of straight pieces, then round them off. And you'll need a compound miter saw for the end pieces to get that slanted angle.

 

[Darth Mawr]

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Sofaking, if you tack a string from the rear arch to the front arch so that the string runs parallel to the beams. Put a string every couple of inches making sure each is taught and doesn't sag. The when you have your profile, use cardboard to make a template. Transfer the template to your boards and your good to go. Hope I'm making sense.:lol

 

[laellee]

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Sofaking, if you tack a string from the rear arch to the front arch so that the string runs parallel to the beams. Put a string every couple of inches making sure each is taught and doesn't sag. The when you have your profile, use cardboard to make a template. Transfer the template to your boards and your good to go. Hope I'm making sense.:lol

^^^+1 what I was thinking too. Use several pieces of cardboard 'stacked' so you can slide the sizing around, then tape/staple when they get into the right positions between the beams.. A little tedious, but it works even if your template looks like a jigsaw puzzle when you're done.

Hmmm, now I hope I'm making sense too :lol

 

[SofaKing01]

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Hi Gang,

Thanks for all the GREAT advice / guidance! I'm going to combine all the suggestions. I've got some extra foam core lying around (cheaper and easier to use than wood). Tomorrow morning I'm going to use the foam core to get the basic shape then bend a ruler to get the curve... should work... mostly...

Sometimes overthinking can be dangerous...

 

[red4]

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You should use a quadratic equation to derive the incognita.

 

[laellee]

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...or just cast it off the real Falcon, it should fit. :lol

 

[Falk]

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does anybody have any advice?

Hi Greg,

The canopy seems to be a complete semicircle. If it is a perfect semicircle in the front and at the panels, the vertical beams should be part of another semicircle too.

The length of the batten placed horizontally is the diameter of the semicircles you need. You can take the inner and outer as well as the front and back side dimensions directly from the batten.

For the length of those beams you can then either calculate the radian by angles or simply measure if you make a cardboard template of these segments (of the resulting circles) first.

At least in theory LOL

Good luck!