1:1 Millennium Falcon Cockpit Replica - Group Build
- Thread starter SteveStarkiller
- Start date
Millenniumf
Sr Member
This is one of my favorite threads on the board, and it's always great to check back in once in a while and see what's new! 
Same here, not been here for a while and I’m blown away AGAINThis is one of my favorite threads on the board, and it's always great to check back in once in a while and see what's new!
Smeeon
New Member
Hey all, it’s been a while since I’ve made a post here.
Izzy sent the yokes to us here at falconspace a while back and they are absolutely amazing but we need them to be a little more durable for the cockpit since it’s going to get a lot of hands touching it.
So I began the long process of priming sanding, filling to make one yoke into a perfect copy. Then once complete it will be molded and I’ll cast copies using a technique called cold casting. Cold casting means dusting the mold with aluminum powder and mixing it into the resin itself so the final product can be polished like real metal and feel like cold metal to the touch.
But for the finish to come out right the surface has to be perfect.
Weathering can be added after the fact.
I’ll try to keep y’all updated on this as we go forward. I’ve had some medical problems lately and I’m dealing with a new disability but I’m making the cockpit my number one priority for my hobby time.
Just an FYI, I’ve started a TikTok channel last year for the cockpit. You can find me by searching @falconadmingirl
Izzy sent the yokes to us here at falconspace a while back and they are absolutely amazing but we need them to be a little more durable for the cockpit since it’s going to get a lot of hands touching it.
So I began the long process of priming sanding, filling to make one yoke into a perfect copy. Then once complete it will be molded and I’ll cast copies using a technique called cold casting. Cold casting means dusting the mold with aluminum powder and mixing it into the resin itself so the final product can be polished like real metal and feel like cold metal to the touch.
But for the finish to come out right the surface has to be perfect.
Weathering can be added after the fact.
I’ll try to keep y’all updated on this as we go forward. I’ve had some medical problems lately and I’m dealing with a new disability but I’m making the cockpit my number one priority for my hobby time.
Just an FYI, I’ve started a TikTok channel last year for the cockpit. You can find me by searching @falconadmingirl
Attachments
Last edited:
IzzyMel
Sr Member
Well after searching the internet and trying to id the part on the throttle and the medical droid. I think I found the part or a variant of the part. It looks like it is a ~1970 read/write head for a disk platter. Here are a couple of images of the part and the actual movie part. Thoughts.
Attachments
Spectacular work, you need some GNDN stickers on the conduits. Trek it up. LOL JKG (goes nowhere, does nothing)
Similar threads
