1:1 Millennium Falcon Cockpit Replica - Group Build
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WHOA... That quad is.... WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not sold on the square dish just yet... I understand that after 30 years you have to upgrade and make "special modifications". I'm sure they went through several different designs. It's very reminiscent of the Blockade Runner dish. Again, I DIG that quad. Me thinks me have to make a new one! 
I was reading through SW7News... sure is nice to see all those full scale props! PLEASE DONT THROW THEM AWAY! Auction them off!
I was reading through SW7News... sure is nice to see all those full scale props! PLEASE DONT THROW THEM AWAY! Auction them off!
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Operascot
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Well, crap. Now we have to redesign the quad. Again. (kidding)
As for the dish, well, she is an older model ship, if you think about it. At least 20 years old as of ANH (based on the chi shot in the third kid's film). That would put her at 55 years old? Show me a car dealership that stocks original parts for a 50 year old car.
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But that quad does look nice and balanced, though. Unlike ours
As for the dish, well, she is an older model ship, if you think about it. At least 20 years old as of ANH (based on the chi shot in the third kid's film). That would put her at 55 years old? Show me a car dealership that stocks original parts for a 50 year old car.
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But that quad does look nice and balanced, though. Unlike ours
Yup... I just tossed everything in the shredder and I'm starting over... it's the right thing to do...
Operascot
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Yup... I just tossed everything in the shredder and I'm starting over... it's the right thing to do...
{Running away} AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaahhh {note the sound fading in the distance}
Hey Gang,
I'm a dummy... OperaScot JUST made a VERY VALID point... The last time we actually saw the Falcon she was without a radar dish. It had to be replaced.
I'm a dummy... OperaScot JUST made a VERY VALID point... The last time we actually saw the Falcon she was without a radar dish. It had to be replaced.
Hi Gang,
Well... I've been chatting with Starkiller about the front nose section. Two things, the nose panels have to be cut/mod'd along with new ones built to achieve the proper conical shape - we've known this since the beginning. All that is fine... what bothers me is the fact that I jumped the gun and pin striped the very panels that have to be mod'd. So... I "get" to remove all the pin striping. These panels didnt take very long to pin stripe so I'm not too concerned...
Well... I've been chatting with Starkiller about the front nose section. Two things, the nose panels have to be cut/mod'd along with new ones built to achieve the proper conical shape - we've known this since the beginning. All that is fine... what bothers me is the fact that I jumped the gun and pin striped the very panels that have to be mod'd. So... I "get" to remove all the pin striping. These panels didnt take very long to pin stripe so I'm not too concerned...
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It's not the years, it's the mileage.
You guys SURE that's not just a panel that's currently raised up during assembly? It seems to be the same trapazoid shape as the angled roof panels above the ramp and escape hatch.
trainman
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Pretty sure... It lines up with one of the overhead views of the dish being in place, and it was clear in that shot that something seemed different. I also seem to recall reading a rumor back a ways more or less stating the dish was more square-shaped now.
kruleworld
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well, Lando did knock the dish off in ROTJ
Keiko
Sr Member
Darn, you beat me to it!
Hi Gang,
Small update... just ordered more acrylic and should have ALL the 1" blue, white and yellow tiles ready to adhere VER SOON! I'm hoping by the weekend. We're pushing to attend two shows: GMX show and NerdCon (local show in AL) that are on the same day in late Oct. Fingers crossed!!!
Small update... just ordered more acrylic and should have ALL the 1" blue, white and yellow tiles ready to adhere VER SOON! I'm hoping by the weekend. We're pushing to attend two shows: GMX show and NerdCon (local show in AL) that are on the same day in late Oct. Fingers crossed!!!
Heisenberg07
Active Member
just a quick note that the Haynes Millennium Falcon Owners workshop manual book has a small snippet about a square radar dish. On page 100 it basically state that the square dish is a standard design on all YT model freighters and Han Solo's round dish was an upgrade. May shed a little light on where the square dish fits in.
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Hi Gang,
Quick morning update!
Panel prep continues
Bump-Ons
Here we go!
Adhered into place
Mounting the button panels
LED wire cover in place
One down...
A few more to go
All the 6" height extensions are painted - still have to fab the nose panels (ugh)
Prepping for the blue, white and yellow 1" tile placement!
More to Follow!
Quick morning update!
Panel prep continues
Bump-Ons
Here we go!
Adhered into place
Mounting the button panels
LED wire cover in place
One down...
A few more to go
All the 6" height extensions are painted - still have to fab the nose panels (ugh)
Prepping for the blue, white and yellow 1" tile placement!
More to Follow!
Operascot
Active Member
I can understand the choice to go with a different shape dish on top, both from an in-store perspective (it's been 30 years, and Han is a self confessed car guy), and from a designer perspective
(in production meeting) person A: We need to put the sensor dish back on the Falcon
Person B: It's already back on the 5 foot model.
Person A: Good
Annoying intern: But the round one was torn clear by Lando. If you put it back, the fans and all those crazy folks who disect photos will say that you forgot that. You need to change it somehow.
Person B (rolls eyes) But then there will be endless debate, a flurry of blog posts about whether they like it or not, about how this is THEIR ship...
Person A: It's going to happen either way. Some guy may even describe a meeting about it
Oops. Sorry
(in production meeting) person A: We need to put the sensor dish back on the Falcon
Person B: It's already back on the 5 foot model.
Person A: Good
Annoying intern: But the round one was torn clear by Lando. If you put it back, the fans and all those crazy folks who disect photos will say that you forgot that. You need to change it somehow.
Person B (rolls eyes) But then there will be endless debate, a flurry of blog posts about whether they like it or not, about how this is THEIR ship...
Person A: It's going to happen either way. Some guy may even describe a meeting about it
Oops. Sorry
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Person B: Who let this intern into the production meeting? And where is my cup of coffee and danish?
Person A: That was your danish? (he says with a mouth full of food)
Person B: Intern!! (snaps his fingers) Snap the radar dish off the Blockade Runner and give it to the model guys!
Person A: That was your danish? (he says with a mouth full of food)
Person B: Intern!! (snaps his fingers) Snap the radar dish off the Blockade Runner and give it to the model guys!
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