1:1 Millennium Falcon Cockpit Replica - Group Build

[SofaKing01]

Hi Gang,

What do you get when you use low tac and bleed free tape?

You get major bleeding

And pulled up paint!

UGH! I'm going to mask off both the top and bottom and try light coats of spray flat black. This should take care of the bleeding issue. Not sure why the paint was pulled off the edges? It is what it is...

More to Follow!

 

[SofaKing01]

Man that door looks sexy:cool You're an inspiration for us all Sofa!

Thank you, my friend! Very kind words. I'm really excited with how the door is turning out. The electronics greeblie that Darth Chromer put together add SO MUCH life to the door. I love it! I'm now designing a few little greeblies for the backside panel. I'm going to laser cut them and get everybody's opinion before mounting.

Thanks again

 

[SofaKing01]

SK,

from my reckoning of the official cockpit blueprint, each frame on either side of the door is 1.25" thick , with the round objects being 1" in diameter. I know your door is thicker to accommodate the electronics, but FWIW, the B/P door comes out to be 1.5" thick.

Mark

Hey M,

Before I created the door I looked at the BPs, as I normally do, and yes, I made the door a bit deeper for the all the electronic goodies. This made me think of something. In the US we have standard sizes and thicknesses for pre-cut timber (2x4s, 2x6s, 1x2s, 4x8 ply, 1/4", 1/2" etc etc etc). I know the UK / Europe use the metric system, so the designers/architects/carpenters built their props using that system. BUT is the pre-cut timber in fact MUCH different measurements than the US?

I KNOW someone out there would be able to answer this.

 

[Fuzzual]

Love the door brother. That would be a great piece in any collection by itself! Great job as always.

 

[SofaKing01]

Love the door brother. That would be a great piece in any collection by itself! Great job as always.

Thanks, man! I'm hoping I do the back side justice with my freestyle design.

 

[LrdSatyr8]

Hey M,

Before I created the door I looked at the BPs, as I normally do, and yes, I made the door a bit deeper for the all the electronic goodies. This made me think of something. In the US we have standard sizes and thicknesses for pre-cut timber (2x4s, 2x6s, 1x2s, 4x8 ply, 1/4", 1/2" etc etc etc). I know the UK / Europe use the metric system, so the designers/architects/carpenters built their props using that system. BUT is the pre-cut timber in fact MUCH different measurements than the US?

I KNOW someone out there would be able to answer this.

Told ya it looked too thick... but do you listen to me... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo! LOL

 

[maruska]

The U.K. still uses imperial inches, no? They did in the 70's, at least.

I would hope the US is the only place in the world with stupid lumber units...

 

[SofaKing01]

Told ya it looked too thick... but do you listen to me... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooo! LOL

I'm sorry... what?

 

[LrdSatyr8]

I'm sorry... what?

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=147319&p=3731237&viewfull=1#post3731237

Told ya so!

 

[SofaKing01]

http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=147319&p=3731237&viewfull=1#post3731237

Told ya so!

maybe...

 

[Darth Humorous]

Hey M,

Before I created the door I looked at the BPs, as I normally do, and yes, I made the door a bit deeper for the all the electronic goodies. This made me think of something. In the US we have standard sizes and thicknesses for pre-cut timber (2x4s, 2x6s, 1x2s, 4x8 ply, 1/4", 1/2" etc etc etc). I know the UK / Europe use the metric system, so the designers/architects/carpenters built their props using that system. BUT is the pre-cut timber in fact MUCH different measurements than the US?

I KNOW someone out there would be able to answer this.

SK,

UK at least used the imperial system back in the 1970s. Dunno what system the lumber used back then, but I’m not sure it mattered. The units used for the cockpit B/P are, in fact, imperial. I don’t think there was much depth to the door frame anyway, so the lumber could be easily ripped to 1.25" on a table saw. Keep up the good work.

Mark

 

[SofaKing01]

SK,

UK at least used the imperial system back in the 1970s. Dunno what system the lumber used back then, but I’m not sure it mattered. The units used for the cockpit B/P are, in fact, imperial. I don’t think there was much depth to the door frame anyway, so the lumber could be easily ripped to 1.25" on a table saw. Keep up the good work.

Mark

Hey M,

I'm just curious what the UK standards were in the 70s vs the US standards. I think, in many cases, they did in fact use US standards because too many measurements are close to the standard 4x8' (unless that was UK standard as well?)

 

[SofaKing01]

Hi Gang,

UPDATES! As many of you know I've been working with Starkiller and his 3D models of the cockpit. Also, most of you are well aware that Starkiller's model is a constant work in progress. As a result, I mixed two of Starkiller's models which threw some of the dimensions off. A total oversight on my part. Another ":facepalm" moment for me. But all is not lost!

Well... OperaScot found the discrepancies between the side panels and the new nose cone. Simply put, I'll have to add 3.5" to the door, door frame (which isn't a big deal since I haven't started it yet) along with adding the 3.5" to the riser panels that sit stop the nav chair platforms. Not a show stopper by any means and it will add a little more height to the door and finally gives us a path forward.

Huge thanks to OperaScot for tackling this part of the project!

 

[LrdSatyr8]

Oh no... does tht mean ripping everything apart and starting over again?? Please tell me it isn't so!

 

[SofaKing01]

Oh no... does tht mean ripping everything apart and starting over again?? Please tell me it isn't so!

Yes. We've thrown everything away and we're starting over again.

Nah... Just the door will be mod'd at the bottom (adding 3.5") and new riser platforms that sit on the nav platforms will have to be added / redone. Probably a weekends worth of work.

 

[LrdSatyr8]

Yes. We've thrown everything away and we're starting over again.

DON'T PLAY WITH MY EMOTIONS LIKE THAT... You know how fragile they are after the housing market crash of '08!

Nah... Just the door will be mod'd at the bottom (adding 3.5") and new riser platforms that sit on the nav platforms will have to be added / redone. Probably a weekends worth of work.

Whew... Feeling calmer now!

 

[Darth Humorous]

Hey M,

I'm just curious what the UK standards were in the 70s vs the US standards. I think, in many cases, they did in fact use US standards because too many measurements are close to the standard 4x8' (unless that was UK standard as well?)

SK,

I agree. I, too, think the UK did use imperial standards very much like the US back then, at least for many linear measurements. Their screw thread systems were/are different though, as are some other weights & measures. They probably had a better familiarity with the metric system than the US did back then, though I think it is even more widespread today. Perhaps some UK readers can shed some light on the state of UK measuring systems back then…perhaps Wavey, if he is old enough to have lived through the era. Apologies to Wavey if he is not that aged.

The US is still struggling a bit with the metric system. There was a US movement back in those days to switch from the national imperial standard to the metric standard. In fact, the US government stated they would give preference to contractors who used the metric system. Ultimately, it didn’t really pan out, at least not completely. Sure, we find more and more metric fasteners on products, but there still is a healthy amount of imperial fasteners, and the construction industry is still largely imperial.

I find the key to reconstructing OT SW base designs is to think in the imperial system. Yes, I know there were objects used that were designed and built to metric standards, but those tended to be found parts that were repurposed for various elements on props and greeblies on models. But if there were a design on paper to actually fabricate a thing, all I have ever seen is imperial dimensions. Could there have been metric working drawings? Maybe, but none that I’ve come across.

Mark

 

[rollingthunder]

The UK construction industry uses the metric system nowaday but back in the day it was using imperial measurements. Even today you replace 1" with 25mm so a 3"x2" piece of lumber is now listed as 75mm x 50mm. A lot of younger workers will use metric but older workers will use metric but think in terms of feet & inches (i do). We still use MPH & Miles when travelling but our topographical maps are metric (go figure?)

 

[SofaKing01]

Hi Guys,

Not much of an update... I've started mounting all these greeblies I've been building

This guy posed a problem... the knob I had there before was placed to low for the ESB greeblie

ESB greeblie in it's correct position

So... to avoid what could turn into another panel redo I placed the greeblie as high as I could and covered the hole

Still looks cool!

Finally, I was leaving work when I noticed this little bevel light on a scanner...

How sad that I have been walking past this scanner for over a year and NEVER noticed it!

I'm contacting the vendor to see if they are available

The weather is finally cooling and although the weekend is calling for rain I'm hoping for a productive weekend!

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[Wavey]

Apologies to Wavey if he is not that aged.

Apology... Accepted...

I'm as old as the hills and twice as foolish, lol, but even today I couldn't tell you which system is standard or favoured as I still use (and get jobs requesting) both. I remember the massive hoo-ha over it in the mid 1980s as everything we had been taught was going to be essentially useless when we left school. Back then, even in construction, they used the 'dofa' system - e.g. "ere...'ow big is that Charlie?" "...'bout a quarter-widths-worth me-ol'son" ..."Oh that'll dofa now!" Or if speaking to a lady "about half a fridge, love".