5-foot Millennium Falcon - parts lists & complementary Info
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I believe #9 is just a bit of plastic rod.
Shamon
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I hope so, but it looks more complicated to me.
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Shamon,
Greatly appreciate your “new” greeblie detective thread. While I am getting very close after nearly 4-1/2 dedicated retirement years on my Falcon build, my follow-up list is growing as John, RDW & you contribute to the “long in the tooth” experts that chime in on the web site regarding your observations.
Building an accurate 5 ft. ANH Falcon model is extremely demanding, even with the documentation available today that was clearly not available to the original studio scale modelers. Hence, the expert category that I attribute to them. Their individual research based on published results is fantastic. The 1/72 Bandai Falcon has some minor differences as has been pointed out. For me, it’s value becomes most obvious when trying to identify very small parts hidden in the old original pictures. The accuracy of detail down to the size, location, orientation and even the number of rivets is amazing when you hold the actual, much larger, kit part in your hand. My guess is that the Bandai Perfect Grade team likely had access to all the original model kit parts & their drawings or instruction manuals as references, in addition to free access to the Empire Strikes Back prop that significantly changed the A New Hope version.
Again, thanks for your new set of eyes on the greeblie details. My journey continues.
Greatly appreciate your “new” greeblie detective thread. While I am getting very close after nearly 4-1/2 dedicated retirement years on my Falcon build, my follow-up list is growing as John, RDW & you contribute to the “long in the tooth” experts that chime in on the web site regarding your observations.
Building an accurate 5 ft. ANH Falcon model is extremely demanding, even with the documentation available today that was clearly not available to the original studio scale modelers. Hence, the expert category that I attribute to them. Their individual research based on published results is fantastic. The 1/72 Bandai Falcon has some minor differences as has been pointed out. For me, it’s value becomes most obvious when trying to identify very small parts hidden in the old original pictures. The accuracy of detail down to the size, location, orientation and even the number of rivets is amazing when you hold the actual, much larger, kit part in your hand. My guess is that the Bandai Perfect Grade team likely had access to all the original model kit parts & their drawings or instruction manuals as references, in addition to free access to the Empire Strikes Back prop that significantly changed the A New Hope version.
Again, thanks for your new set of eyes on the greeblie details. My journey continues.
manugu
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Wow, highly impressive finds Shamon!
I've never seen that pic before. Very cool.
Funnily enough, I found this Nashorn part a few months ago, along with its double, as two are on this particular sidewall originally.
manugu
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Gotcha. Seen that one before. 
manugu
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Ahem… was it Aprils fools day during the time of that posting in New Zealand btw? Just asking (after having spent 2hrs looking at nice old Falcon images from the internet with one Nashorn part max…
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Ha, I can see your connection to a possible April Fools day prank, but no, just coincidence!. There were originally both Nashorn parts in situ, very early on mind, probably as built, maybe during filming & I'm thinking, as these parts are very delicately 'hanging' there in place so to speak, not post filming, with having been 'knocked off' during filming handling. As were quite a few other now 'missing' parts, having never made it post filming.Ahem… was it Aprils fools day during the time of that posting in New Zealand btw? Just asking (after having spent 2hrs looking at nice old Falcon images from the internet with one Nashorn part max…
Same deal as to the other parts you just spotted on the rear underside engine detail area.
I'm aiming more or less for an 'as built' period replica & I have these parts on my build.
manugu
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... so I have to keep looking harder! Thanks for clarifying (would have been a fun prank though, hehe)!I'll have a close look on your vids of your lovely build, just watched the one about the 8rad pit. Always a pleasure!
manugu
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Photogrammetry is fun! Here my latest solve.
I used photos from the repositories of Alan Anderson, André Bustanoby (vfxsup64), Bjorn Rudgley (Bjorn), David Emmerich (VFX Freak), Felix ? (Flixen), Jonathan Faber (swgeek), Steven Balogh (raiders) and Steven Lee (ForbiddenPlastic).
Thank you all for kindly sharing your photos, they are truly an invaluable resource.
Special thanks to John (jcoffmann99) for hosting some of these.
And again to André, Joshua and Bjorn for inspiration and advice.
btw, here a fantastic video I discovered only last week in which André guides through Falcon reverse engeneering and deriving measurements from photos. Highly recommended watch!
Thanks,
Manu
I used photos from the repositories of Alan Anderson, André Bustanoby (vfxsup64), Bjorn Rudgley (Bjorn), David Emmerich (VFX Freak), Felix ? (Flixen), Jonathan Faber (swgeek), Steven Balogh (raiders) and Steven Lee (ForbiddenPlastic).
Thank you all for kindly sharing your photos, they are truly an invaluable resource.
Special thanks to John (jcoffmann99) for hosting some of these.
And again to André, Joshua and Bjorn for inspiration and advice.
btw, here a fantastic video I discovered only last week in which André guides through Falcon reverse engeneering and deriving measurements from photos. Highly recommended watch!
Thanks,
Manu
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