5-foot Millennium Falcon - parts lists & complementary Info

[RealDaveWinter]

Also interesting to note that the back wall of that pit doesn't look to sit flush with the dome skin. It looks like the Pay Hauler frame is interfering slightly leaving a gap along the back wall. And likely the inboard wall too, but it's hard to tell. I don't have a good photo of the inboard wall.

 

[Shamon]

At first, I thought the depth of the pit probably includes the 3mm dome skin. But that's not correct either as the other back wall details we know to be correct don't touch the armour plating.

These are the only photos I have of the back wall. You can see the Hurricane magneto wiring harness to the right and a couple of 'blocks' to its left. Then the Centurion brace poking down to the armour plating, then everything else is obscured. I believe the height of the pit is correct because the Pay Hauler frame, the wiring harness, and that 'pipe' to the far left, all terminate at what would be the top (bottom?) of the pit where it attaches to the dome skin.

I think the two options to consider are that the 'Centurion brace' is sitting on something else about 3mm tall. Or, and this is unlikely, it is not from the Centurion kit at all, but something else. Something about 3mm taller.

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In this second photo, you can see there's a round/cylinder just to the left of the Centurion brace that I believe is part of the Airfix ME-109 that you found. Which, given that detail's position, maybe that whole part sits up higher in the pit?

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For the cut down barrel, this is how I have done mine. The reason I chose this route is because the 'raised' portion of the McLaren part isn't long enough. Mine is probably still not right. I cut it purposefully oversized slightly (the larger diameter area is still a bit too long) so I can still make small adjustments. But I think once the lengths are correct it certainly looks correct. I make no claims that's how ILM did it, but I don't think it's the McLaren part either. But as you say, the remainder of the barrel is used in other areas. So who knows, maybe I got it right by accident.

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Anyway, I look forward to seeing what you discover for the remainder of the back wall.

Thank you for your valuable opinions. I still doubt the depth of the pit, but as you said, it seems necessary to consider it, including various possibilities.

 

[RealDaveWinter]

Shamon I played around with your suggestion of the pit box being too deep. So I created another that was 3mm shallower. And I think you're correct.

While everything in this photo is very roughly placed, nothing glued down and it doesn't have its styrene sheet liner, everything seems to line up to the back wall much better.

The vertical portion of the long pipe to the right is about 3mm too tall. The long horizontal portion is too high above the Chieftain deck. Part of the reason for this was to allow the attachment to the back wall on the old box to connect in the right place. But it was always too high above the deck. Cut it down 3mm and it not only reconnects to the correct area on the back, but it's the right height above the deck.

The little round detail on the ME-109 part on the back wall also ends up being the right distance from the top of the box as well.

So I think you're correct. If you go purely off of the Bandai kit measurements, you're going to end up with a Chieftain pit that is too deep.

I still need to play around with this as I have concerns about the interior width being too wide and parts, such as the Payhauler frame and the forward section of the Chieftain deck, interfering with the domes.

thanks