1:1 Millennium Falcon Cockpit Replica - Group Build

[SofaKing01]

Hi Gang,

New arrivals...

Another set of racing seats

Turns out the Dip IS black...

Off to the lab!

 

[SofaKing01]

Hi Gang,

Work continues on the yokes... and a few other surprises!

I removed materiel from the yoke

To fit a 45 degree elbow

The knob that Mike printed was then modified to fit the elbow

Results

Still a LONG way to go but she's slowly getting there

Check out the new seats - in their proper place!

Chewie, set 271...

Based on Starkillers 3D model - I cut more acrylic

Put everything together

Don't forget this greeblie

We have ourselves a armrest lever greeblie

This is where the greeblie will mount

With primer

Mike then got started working on this mysterious prop...

hmmmmm

Mike is fabricating the Racal Minilite Headset - we hope to make these fully functional

I then added more bondo to the console

More Tomorrow!

 

[Leigh]

I always thought the Falcons front seats were the old Corbeau GT8 seats. You can still get them though they now come with harness holes & would need re-trimming.

 

[SofaKing01]

I always thought the Falcons front seats were the old Corbeau GT8 seats. You can still get them though they now come with harness holes & would need re-trimming.

Hi L,

We're pretty sure that's what they were/are. But at almost $500 for the Corbeau vs $39 for the JEGS racing seat, it just made more economical sense. We can stretch our dollars much further at 39.

 

[SofaKing01]

Hi Gang,

Some early morning progress...

Painting the single lever greeblie

Baseplate

2 lever greeblie baseplate after more filling and sanding

Levers with dipped handles

I'm going to add some weathering and then call this greeblie finished

More to Follow!

 

[Wavey]

Howdy SK, I'm thinking the other console levers are also Teleflex but maybe more along the lines of their marine products. There's a lot of paint rubbed off at what I would say is the top end suggesting it gets moved by hand a fair amount.

 

[SofaKing01]

Howdy SK, I'm thinking the other console levers are also Teleflex but maybe more along the lines of their marine products. There's a lot of paint rubbed off at what I would say is the top end suggesting it gets moved by hand a fair amount.

Hey W,

Which levers are you referring? We think the armrest levers (the newest greeblie) might be a "TIG Welder Torch Body". We've found similar bodies but we can't find an exact match.

 

[Wavey]

Yea them, but the body of the item is solid and really quite small so maybe no room for the gas pipes. Looking at the whole picture, the greeblie may just be painted to match the rest of the set. Another tricky one to sus out lol.

 

[SofaKing01]

We have NO IDEA what the body is. It appears to be a mish mash of several bits. That's the secret to a good greeblie!

I'm still digging through the net to see what I can find about the lever / handle

 

[SofaKing01]

Hi Gang,

Levers are getting closer to being finished

Need to cut the bolt to size

Another bolt to cut

Stay Tuned!

 

[SofaKing01]

Hi Gang,

Work continues...

The console is becoming a real pain - but we'll get her finished!

The 2 lever greeblie is almost a wrap... however upon closer look I'm going to have modify the back box in order for the lever to fit... ugh

This pic shows you how close the lever is to the back of the instrument panel. I'll figure it out

Blurry Pic - sorry

Both armrest lever housings have been fabricated - I'm considering adding some red pin stripes - What do you guys think?

First layer of primer on the yokes

Huge difference!

Getting there...

Not sure whether to paint them using a chrome paint or a light grey - opinions?

Still need to add the handles

Mike fabricated these awesome Racal Minilite Headsets! More pics coming!

He did an amazing job! Still a bit work to do but VERY cool!

I'm going to pick some foam padding for the back sides

More Tomorrow!

 

[maruska]

Awe man! The headsets are awesome. Don't suppose mike would be willing to share his blueprints/files for them?

 

[micheal1191]

Awe man! The headsets are awesome. Don't suppose mike would be willing to share his blueprints/files for them?

lemme refine some more
but here are some more pics, sorry they are grainy

 

[ALIEN01]

wow!! i dont know what else to say.....so again..WOW!

cheers
bryan

 

[SofaKing01]

wow!! i dont know what else to say.....so again..WOW!

cheers
bryan

Hi B,

Thanks so much! She's getting there... slowly but surely...

 

[SofaKing01]

Hi Gang,

Forward progress continues...

Trying to get the handle that Mike created nice and smooth... 1 down 3 to go... UGH

The same filling and sanding process for the headset... 1 down... 3 to go...

I swear... this console will be the death of me!

The instrument panel back box had to be modified in order for the 2 lever greeblie to fit...

I basically removed the box from the panel, shifted it to the right and repositioned most of the greeblies - and added a few new ones

I had to route/remove 1/8" of surface from the inner portion of the panel so the lever would fit and still rock back and forth

Stay Tuned!

 

[SofaKing01]

Hi Gang,

I'm considering a "slight" deviation from the established color template for the "stand alone" console. What do you guys think about a MUCH darker grey or even a satin black instead of the grey I've been using? The light grey would stay the same. It would look very similar to Maruska's 3D model...

console complete | the falconer

I think the dark grey I'm using now is too light. Opinions?

 

[trainman]

Hi Gang,

I'm considering a "slight" deviation from the established color template for the "stand alone" console. What do you guys think about a MUCH darker grey or even a satin black instead of the grey I've been using? The light grey would stay the same. It would look very similar to Maruska's 3D model...

console complete | the falconer

I think the dark grey I'm using now is too light. Opinions?

Something a bit darker might be nice. Maybe not too dark though. Judgement call on your part I guess.

I had a question about the next two cockpit builds. You're kind of limited with the current build, but on the next two, for the lit mosaic tiles, are you planning on drilling round holes behind them for the light to shine through, or slightly smaller square holes (providing a little lip to glue the tiles on), which I would assume you can do by laser cutting?

 

[SofaKing01]

Hi T,

Actually, we are back lighting all the tiles for this build. We've ordered the acrylic necessary to laser cut hundreds of 1" 3mm semi opaque acrylic tiles and we'll be backlighting them the same way the original prop designers did. The holes I've already cut in the instrument panels are 3/4" so the 1" tile will sit perfectly over top the hole. The center console AND all the panels will receive the same treatment (I'm not looking forward to removing all those tiles but it has to be done). Example:

I'm really excited. The team is meeting this Wed to discuss the lighting and sound options and I hope to have the acrylic by weeks end.

Hope this helps?

 

[trainman]

Hi T,

Actually, we are back lighting all the tiles for this build. We've ordered the acrylic necessary to laser cut hundreds of 1" 3mm semi opaque acrylic tiles and we'll be backlighting them the same way the original prop designers did. The holes I've already cut in the instrument panels are 3/4" so the 1" tile will sit perfectly over top the hole. The center console AND all the panels will receive the same treatment (I'm not looking forward to removing all those tiles but it has to be done). Example:

I'm really excited. The team is meeting this Wed to discuss the lighting and sound options and I hope to have the acrylic by weeks end.

Hope this helps?

Hi Sofa - I'm not sure you're getting what I'm trying to say. Did you want the LIT PART of the tiles to look round, like in the above photo, or do you want the LIGHT looking more squarish, as in a fully-lit square button with no rounded edges as above? It will look good either way, but just curious.

Did they cut round holes behind each tile rather than square holes on the original prop? Weren't most of them actually fully-lit square buttons on the original prop, and not tiles? Again, I think it will look great either way, but I guess if it were me, I would (on the next two cockpits) laser cut SQUARE holes on each panel, rather than ROUND holes, if possible, to have more of a uniform square light shining through, as opposed to mostly round light behind square tiles, if you get what I'm trying to say? By cutting the square holes just a tad smaller than the tile sizes, then you can use that little boarder as what the tiles will adhere to when you glue them on. Ah, well. Have fun no matter which way you do it.