1:1 Millennium Falcon Cockpit Replica - Group Build
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joberg
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Re: 1:1 Millennium Falcon Console Replica
Your next job is in the car trade (lots of pinstripes in that hobby
)...I'm always afraid to see those beautiful panels being scratched and bumped and...I'll stop thinking about it now, it gives me nightmares. Eager to see the reaction at GMX!
Your next job is in the car trade (lots of pinstripes in that hobby
)...I'm always afraid to see those beautiful panels being scratched and bumped and...I'll stop thinking about it now, it gives me nightmares. Eager to see the reaction at GMX!
Re: 1:1 Millennium Falcon Console Replica
Hi Gang,
Day 1: it was primarily setup... whew... we had 3 accidents. One knob and convex lens from the instrument cluster popped off. And I inadvertently, because it was already cracked and thinking it was the lower part of the door frame, broke off the part of the door frame where the door track mounts. But we're fixing it this morning... grrrrr... WHAT A BLAST SO FAR!
Assembly begins...
GMX volunteers - great bunch of guys!
Chris Lee's Steam Punk Mech
The threaded rod I used to feed through the body fought us for over an hour!
Leah and Jeanette in the background - they're bossy and mean!
Do the parts EVER end? You can see the top of the door frame is broken off
FINALLY!
We had to make 2 trips to Home Depot... I forgot the canopy beam bolts and we wound up having to remove material (cut some of the MDF) from the upper nose panels - pics coming)
whew...
The first pic of inside with the canopy beams bolted together
Time to play... Chris Lee and Fellow builder on the See Saw
More to Follow!
Hi Gang,
Day 1: it was primarily setup... whew... we had 3 accidents. One knob and convex lens from the instrument cluster popped off. And I inadvertently, because it was already cracked and thinking it was the lower part of the door frame, broke off the part of the door frame where the door track mounts. But we're fixing it this morning... grrrrr... WHAT A BLAST SO FAR!
Assembly begins...
GMX volunteers - great bunch of guys!
Chris Lee's Steam Punk Mech
The threaded rod I used to feed through the body fought us for over an hour!
Leah and Jeanette in the background - they're bossy and mean!
Do the parts EVER end? You can see the top of the door frame is broken off
FINALLY!
We had to make 2 trips to Home Depot... I forgot the canopy beam bolts and we wound up having to remove material (cut some of the MDF) from the upper nose panels - pics coming)
whew...
The first pic of inside with the canopy beams bolted together
Time to play... Chris Lee and Fellow builder on the See Saw
More to Follow!
krusinclone
Well-Known Member
Re: 1:1 Millennium Falcon Console Replica
Timothy Zahn has a picture of him posing with your awesome build.. I added a link on his Facebook page to your build..
Timothy Zahn has a picture of him posing with your awesome build.. I added a link on his Facebook page to your build..
Re: 1:1 Millennium Falcon Console Replica
Hi Gang,
GMX Day 2:
After an early morning repair job on the door frame, everything was fixed. It was non-stop from 9:30am until 9:45pm when I left... Enjoy!
Fixing the repair
Set up table with the ESB yokes
Early morning pic of interior
There was a Dalek
Chris Lee's H.A.R.O.L.D.E
Some lousy pics of the canopy
Another repair job required me to remove part of the MDF window channels - everything finally fit into place yet for some STRANGE reason there was still this confusing gap left over... it was VERY odd...
Both sides???? C'mon Man...
More Canopy pics
Even with the sign up people still just walked in...
Late afternoon...
Wayne with his Dalek (it moved and even yelled "EXTERMINATE" ) and his Jim Lovell costume. Patrick (to the rt) brought his own self made Segway (I couldn't balance on that thing to save my life... pics coming)
Orkin man doing another form of extermination
ummmm...
Another Vendor had these coffee tables for sale... AMAZING pieces of wood working skills
AMAZING!
We added some thin bar lights to help illuminate the interior and this was the result...
Star Trek Love Boat Crew
What show isn't complete without our own JT...
The night ended with the GMX Dance party...
Stay Tuned for Day 3...
Hi Gang,
GMX Day 2:
After an early morning repair job on the door frame, everything was fixed. It was non-stop from 9:30am until 9:45pm when I left... Enjoy!
Fixing the repair
Set up table with the ESB yokes
Early morning pic of interior
There was a Dalek
Chris Lee's H.A.R.O.L.D.E
Some lousy pics of the canopy
Another repair job required me to remove part of the MDF window channels - everything finally fit into place yet for some STRANGE reason there was still this confusing gap left over... it was VERY odd...
Both sides???? C'mon Man...
More Canopy pics
Even with the sign up people still just walked in...
Late afternoon...
Wayne with his Dalek (it moved and even yelled "EXTERMINATE"
) and his Jim Lovell costume. Patrick (to the rt) brought his own self made Segway (I couldn't balance on that thing to save my life... pics coming)
Orkin man doing another form of extermination
ummmm...
Another Vendor had these coffee tables for sale... AMAZING pieces of wood working skills
AMAZING!
We added some thin bar lights to help illuminate the interior and this was the result...
Star Trek Love Boat Crew
What show isn't complete without our own JT...
The night ended with the GMX Dance party...
Stay Tuned for Day 3...
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Hi K,
As I was setting up the Pit early Friday morning... this guy walks into our room and starts chatting with a few of our folks and we started chatting about the project. He tells me how impressed he was with the build. We shook hands, I thanked him for the kind words and I jumped back to work. Someone walked up to me said "... do you know who that was?" "... he looked familiar but...". "... that was Timothy Zahn!" "... oh really? ok, yeah sure I whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!"
Chris Griffin- Whaaaat? - YouTube
I've chatted with both him and his wife several times during the show. What a wonderful bunch of folks. Very down to earth and both are very funny too! I'm hoping they will both sign the instrument panel before we all depart the show.
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Hi P,
Thanks! Those were the first photos of the canopy put back together after all the painting and trim added - I was a little nervous they wouldn't fit back together! We did run into a few snags but everything worked out.
Yeah... I could do lots of pinstripe squares within larger and smaller ones next to them...
Hi K,
As I was setting up the Pit early Friday morning... this guy walks into our room and starts chatting with a few of our folks and we started chatting about the project. He tells me how impressed he was with the build. We shook hands, I thanked him for the kind words and I jumped back to work. Someone walked up to me said "... do you know who that was?" "... he looked familiar but...". "... that was Timothy Zahn!" "... oh really? ok, yeah sure I whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!"
Chris Griffin- Whaaaat? - YouTube
I've chatted with both him and his wife several times during the show. What a wonderful bunch of folks. Very down to earth and both are very funny too! I'm hoping they will both sign the instrument panel before we all depart the show.
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Love the interior shot with the beams painted! Great work on the move and re-build!
I was thinking I should have you pinstrip my car but then I noticed that you can only do squares!
Hi P,
Thanks! Those were the first photos of the canopy put back together after all the painting and trim added - I was a little nervous they wouldn't fit back together! We did run into a few snags but everything worked out.
Yeah... I could do lots of pinstripe squares within larger and smaller ones next to them...
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Hey T,
We had NO IDEA what effect we were getting with the lights until I took a pic for someone. When I looked at the image I was blown away! The next thing I knew I became the quasi-photographer trying to get those perfect pics for all the guests. It was a lot of fun!
There has been a lot of conversation about the lights these last few days - lots of ideas, concepts, directions, etc... Any way we look at it, we know that part of the project is quickly approaching and we're all excited about it. I also want to now include sound(s) when different toggle switches are activated...
Day 3: Stay Tuned!
Hey T,
We had NO IDEA what effect we were getting with the lights until I took a pic for someone. When I looked at the image I was blown away! The next thing I knew I became the quasi-photographer trying to get those perfect pics for all the guests. It was a lot of fun!
There has been a lot of conversation about the lights these last few days - lots of ideas, concepts, directions, etc... Any way we look at it, we know that part of the project is quickly approaching and we're all excited about it. I also want to now include sound(s) when different toggle switches are activated...
Day 3: Stay Tuned!
Re: 1:1 Millennium Falcon Console Replica
Hi Gang,
GMX Day 3: All wrapped up... WHAT A GREAT SHOW! I just finished unloading the trailer. I am wiped out... Enjoy the PICS!
Close ups of the forgotten control yokes...
These will eventually find their way BACK into the Pit
More pics of the canopy
Its amazing how much bigger the Pit feels with the addition of the 15" extension panels...
Exterior
The padding made ALL the difference
More close ups of the Quad
Overhead view before we opened the doors
I then had a DUH moment... I added the Yokes to the instrument panel
Another greeblie was added to the Quad
For Fun!
Patrick on his home made Segway! VERY COOL! Thanks for the all the help P!
Another R2
Time for the dreaded break down
Battle Damage
Home safe and sound
GMX was AMAZING! As always, thank you to Chris, Leah, Jeanette, Patrick and Scott (thanks buddy) for all your help. And of course the entire GMX team! More pics, videos and hopefully interviews coming... I'm off to bed!
Hi Gang,
GMX Day 3: All wrapped up... WHAT A GREAT SHOW! I just finished unloading the trailer. I am wiped out... Enjoy the PICS!
Close ups of the forgotten control yokes...
These will eventually find their way BACK into the Pit
More pics of the canopy
Its amazing how much bigger the Pit feels with the addition of the 15" extension panels...
Exterior
The padding made ALL the difference
More close ups of the Quad
Overhead view before we opened the doors
I then had a DUH moment... I added the Yokes to the instrument panel
Another greeblie was added to the Quad
For Fun!
Patrick on his home made Segway! VERY COOL! Thanks for the all the help P!
Another R2
Time for the dreaded break down
Battle Damage
Home safe and sound
GMX was AMAZING! As always, thank you to Chris, Leah, Jeanette, Patrick and Scott (thanks buddy) for all your help. And of course the entire GMX team! More pics, videos and hopefully interviews coming... I'm off to bed!
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So you know, My girlfriend is not a willing part of any of my prop work. Having said that, this morning, she yells at me across the living room, 'ISN'T A FRIEND OF YOURS MAKING A MILLENIUM FALCON?!?!?
It was on the front page of Reddit earlier.
Nicely done Greg.
So you know, My girlfriend is not a willing part of any of my prop work. Having said that, this morning, she yells at me across the living room, 'ISN'T A FRIEND OF YOURS MAKING A MILLENIUM FALCON?!?!?
It was on the front page of Reddit earlier.
Nicely done Greg.
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Thanks so much! My Ex wasn't really into the whole Sci-Fi thing either. She thought what I was doing was cool but didn't understand it at all. Do you have the link to the article? Would love to see it!
So you know, My girlfriend is not a willing part of any of my prop work. Having said that, this morning, she yells at me across the living room, 'ISN'T A FRIEND OF YOURS MAKING A MILLENIUM FALCON?!?!?
It was on the front page of Reddit earlier.
Nicely done Greg.
Thanks so much! My Ex wasn't really into the whole Sci-Fi thing either. She thought what I was doing was cool but didn't understand it at all. Do you have the link to the article? Would love to see it!
Re: 1:1 Millennium Falcon Console Replica
Hi Gang,
Just a quick weekend overview of the GMX show and to help catch you guys/gals up on MANY of the side conversations Chris Lee and I had re: the next phases of the build. Just like the Makers Faire a few months back, it was non-stop. From the moment we opened the doors to our room to the moment they were closed... it was a steady stream. Every now and then the crowd would thin and then there were times we were packed. It was only during panel discussions we were able to get a break. I spent most of the 3 days manning the door letting people in and out of the Pit to have their photos taken. There was one woman who refused to leave the Pit - she was in heaven! That felt pretty good! I even ran into the woman helped me with the arch padding - she said she was impressed! Lots of great folks and good times!
OK... the good stuff! Chris Lee and I chatted several times during the show and tossed out MANY ideas on how to continue to raise the bar not only on the Pit but also the overall project. As for the pit... we discussed several lighting and sound options. We both agreed that each panel will have the same flashing pattern as seen in the all the movies. This flash pattern would then be interrupted by the misc toggle switches. Some of the toggles will have MF specific sounds related when they are activated. These will be represented by small white dots on each toggle. We even had the idea that it one switch was turned on all the LEDs to include the bar lights would turn a BRIGHT RED! We finally approached and figured out the bar light housing (we think) so I will be tackling that very soon!
Sound: There will be several speakers placed through out the Pit. We're planning of course the engines (low grumble), going into hyperspace, misc sounds, etc... It's going to be HUGE task but after seeing the images of the temp light bars... we were pumped!
Although there is no immediate deadline, work continues! I will be finishing the trim work on the canopy and then of course LOTS of touchup work (filling, sanding, filling sanding, painting, etc). And then we can finally add the canopy greeblies - piping, hoses, etc... Chris is going to vacuform the overhead black "lids" for the ESB panels - that gets us one step closer to the finish line. Finally... after hauling those STUPID platforms... there has to be a better solution. Those things are terribly heavy...
Hope you all enjoyed the pics. More importantrly, we wished all of you could have joined us! What's the next show? We're not sure. Dallas? Chattanooga? Chris, Leah, me and the gang are discussing different options...
Stay Tuned!
Hi Gang,
Just a quick weekend overview of the GMX show and to help catch you guys/gals up on MANY of the side conversations Chris Lee and I had re: the next phases of the build. Just like the Makers Faire a few months back, it was non-stop. From the moment we opened the doors to our room to the moment they were closed... it was a steady stream. Every now and then the crowd would thin and then there were times we were packed. It was only during panel discussions we were able to get a break. I spent most of the 3 days manning the door letting people in and out of the Pit to have their photos taken. There was one woman who refused to leave the Pit - she was in heaven! That felt pretty good! I even ran into the woman helped me with the arch padding - she said she was impressed! Lots of great folks and good times!
OK... the good stuff! Chris Lee and I chatted several times during the show and tossed out MANY ideas on how to continue to raise the bar not only on the Pit but also the overall project. As for the pit... we discussed several lighting and sound options. We both agreed that each panel will have the same flashing pattern as seen in the all the movies. This flash pattern would then be interrupted by the misc toggle switches. Some of the toggles will have MF specific sounds related when they are activated. These will be represented by small white dots on each toggle. We even had the idea that it one switch was turned on all the LEDs to include the bar lights would turn a BRIGHT RED! We finally approached and figured out the bar light housing (we think) so I will be tackling that very soon!
Sound: There will be several speakers placed through out the Pit. We're planning of course the engines (low grumble), going into hyperspace, misc sounds, etc... It's going to be HUGE task but after seeing the images of the temp light bars... we were pumped!
Although there is no immediate deadline, work continues! I will be finishing the trim work on the canopy and then of course LOTS of touchup work (filling, sanding, filling sanding, painting, etc). And then we can finally add the canopy greeblies - piping, hoses, etc... Chris is going to vacuform the overhead black "lids" for the ESB panels - that gets us one step closer to the finish line. Finally... after hauling those STUPID platforms... there has to be a better solution. Those things are terribly heavy...
Hope you all enjoyed the pics. More importantrly, we wished all of you could have joined us! What's the next show? We're not sure. Dallas? Chattanooga? Chris, Leah, me and the gang are discussing different options...
Stay Tuned!
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Re: 1:1 Millennium Falcon Console Replica
Hi J,
Thanks so much! I'm committed to seeing this through till the end. GMX was a lot of fun. As exhausted as I am, I want to get back out in the garage jump back into it! But I need to figure out how to reduce the weight of those platforms. I think I added too many support beams under the 3/4" ply... It was a killer getting those out of the trailer!
Hi J,
Thanks so much! I'm committed to seeing this through till the end.
GMX was a lot of fun. As exhausted as I am, I want to get back out in the garage jump back into it! But I need to figure out how to reduce the weight of those platforms. I think I added too many support beams under the 3/4" ply... It was a killer getting those out of the trailer!
Re: 1:1 Millennium Falcon Console Replica
HMMMM... I still have the 3/4" ply. I'm assuming that just bolts into the tubing?
HMMMM... I still have the 3/4" ply. I'm assuming that just bolts into the tubing?
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