Lord Abaddon
Sr Member
WOW!
32 inch ESB Millennium Falcon
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Yeah, I second that "WOW".
Sean
Sean
boatbuilder1
Well-Known Member
Moe and Kevin and frank
it would be great if you guys who are done or near completion could either post pics or be open to discussion of the pits on the bottom of the mandibles I am certain most every one's are a lot of personal taste and ideas that follow the overall theme of the ILM kits. as I beleive most of us are detailing the belly pis on mere conjecture or personal opinions and tastes but it would be great for all of us to post pics and or share our ideas so we can all get our pits to pretty much resemble each others for continuity
well thats just my take on the subject. I know some may not wish to post pics that is fine I can respect that however at least be open to discussion of the details I am 50% done with the pits in question but and not 100% satisfied the aft two are a fine representation but the front two are simply a matter of personal taste and idea's. I would really like to hear from others to discuss these parts
thanks Charlie
it would be great if you guys who are done or near completion could either post pics or be open to discussion of the pits on the bottom of the mandibles I am certain most every one's are a lot of personal taste and ideas that follow the overall theme of the ILM kits. as I beleive most of us are detailing the belly pis on mere conjecture or personal opinions and tastes but it would be great for all of us to post pics and or share our ideas so we can all get our pits to pretty much resemble each others for continuity
well thats just my take on the subject. I know some may not wish to post pics that is fine I can respect that however at least be open to discussion of the details I am 50% done with the pits in question but and not 100% satisfied the aft two are a fine representation but the front two are simply a matter of personal taste and idea's. I would really like to hear from others to discuss these parts
thanks Charlie
Charlie,
"...I am certain most every one's are a lot of personal taste and ideas that follow the overall theme of the ILM kits."
Probably. Depends on the reference. Ours our pretty accurate to the real model. There are only a few spots we took liberties becuase we just couldnt see it.
Always open for discussion...Discuss away!
Your greeblies are as good as my greeblies.
Frank
"...I am certain most every one's are a lot of personal taste and ideas that follow the overall theme of the ILM kits."
Probably. Depends on the reference. Ours our pretty accurate to the real model. There are only a few spots we took liberties becuase we just couldnt see it.
Always open for discussion...Discuss away!
Your greeblies are as good as my greeblies.
Frank
boatbuilder1
Well-Known Member
frank
thanks it is always a apleasure to here from the trio that started it all
I will post pics of my belly pits soon and then everyone can rip them apart (ha ha) it is a great crying shame that the belly of the beast was not documented better
charlie
thanks it is always a apleasure to here from the trio that started it all
I will post pics of my belly pits soon and then everyone can rip them apart (ha ha) it is a great crying shame that the belly of the beast was not documented better
charlie
DARKSIDE72
Sr Member
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charlie
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it is a great crying shame that the belly of the beast was not documented better
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boatbuilder1
Well-Known Member
if you guys are members of the yahoo club I just emailed pics of my belly mandible pits out and will soon post them in the photos section
this will be the last of my work on the beast and for that matter all studio scale projects for quite some months to come
business has really picked up so the customers come first
ca
this will be the last of my work on the beast and for that matter all studio scale projects for quite some months to come
business has really picked up so the customers come first
ca
Jamie...
Good to see ya, Been too long.
Email/call me!
Frank
Good to see ya, Been too long.
Email/call me!
Frank
DARKSIDE72
Sr Member
I'll call you Bro...
KrokoHunter
Sr Member
Moe, I can't praise your bird high enough. It's a work of art.
I feel lucky to have seen it IRL (twice)
/Niels
I feel lucky to have seen it IRL (twice)
/Niels
this may have been covered so forgive the questions. What would one expext to spend building the 32" Falcon? Does anyone offer resin detail parts? How long to build this ship. Is there a smaller scale one could scratch buld using smaller scale kit parts - say starting with smaller army tank for the details behind the six exhaust port/vents on the rear and scaling down? Any one have mesurements etc?
Thanks for any suggestions. I'd love to tackle this project, but time is a big factor and I'm sure it could get costly.
Thanks for any suggestions. I'd love to tackle this project, but time is a big factor and I'm sure it could get costly.
OK, I have read every post here and read and re-read everything on Ketzer's and Moe's sites. I believe it was FC that said that the plating is .75 on the main body of the ship - that seems kind of thick. Is that infact the right thickness and is that a suitable thickness for building the basic body? Any knowlage welcome. THANKS
I don't think there is a correct answer to this, but I do think that 0,75 mm is too thin for the basic body. If I were to build it again I might use 5 mm plates....
The way I see, does'nt matter how the inner body is build, just how strong it is, so it can be build of whatever you feel like.
Hope this is an OK answer
Moe
The way I see, does'nt matter how the inner body is build, just how strong it is, so it can be build of whatever you feel like.
Hope this is an OK answer
Moe
Most of the plating is .75 some is .5 such as the mandibles and I believe landing gear boxes.
My Boxes are done in .75 and it looks thick compared to some of the photo reference we have. Someday Ill get to see the real one in person and look specifically for that. We have always concentrated on part identification.
Buidling the man body I used .80 inch or 2mm thick styrene sheet.
If I were doing it over again....and NOT using the patterned laser cuts for the main body that Moe designed, I would use sentra. and probably go 1.5mm on the center and 1mm on everything else.
Plating I would do the same as before with the exceptions noted.
My Boxes are done in .75 and it looks thick compared to some of the photo reference we have. Someday Ill get to see the real one in person and look specifically for that. We have always concentrated on part identification.
Buidling the man body I used .80 inch or 2mm thick styrene sheet.
If I were doing it over again....and NOT using the patterned laser cuts for the main body that Moe designed, I would use sentra. and probably go 1.5mm on the center and 1mm on everything else.
Plating I would do the same as before with the exceptions noted.
Hi All
Im am trying to produce a standard set of plans for the falcon 32inch but I really could do with a few people to look them over and pick out where my dimensions are incorrect.
any help would be great.
falcon
I will keep thease plans on my website and I will keep the freely available to anyone who wants them.
Woody
Im am trying to produce a standard set of plans for the falcon 32inch but I really could do with a few people to look them over and pick out where my dimensions are incorrect.
any help would be great.
falcon
I will keep thease plans on my website and I will keep the freely available to anyone who wants them.
Woody
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