Update attached on progress made with armor plate. While this is .032 aluminum, due to my aircraft fetish, the thickness is about the same as styrene. Similarly easy to cut. Biggest amount of time is spent on measuring, segment line layout, notch location, nibbling correctly and, the all important kit part reference bench marks. I do not see how anyone can do this without templates and then some rework in order to get things relatively correct. Geometric shape cut outs on the front disc, so called 3” engine and radar pits, took a bit of work. Kit parts are still stuck on with gum rubber double sided artist‘s tape. All plates tacked on with super glue until I stop finding things that need fixing. Easy to pop them off at this time. I needed to measure the different sized & numerous large gaps between the plates and use jigs cut to the appropriate size width.
Those who opt for the 1/72 scale Bandai ANH Falcon can be assured that it is indeed perfect (in my opinion). The Japanese MUST have developed detailed drawings for their kit after getting Disney permission to use the studio scale model for reference. Drawings & dimensions made by the professionals on this site are awesomely accurate. That said, my bet is Bandai utilized the dimensions from the vintage kit parts and did some reverse engineering to dial the numbers in. It is logical since access to most manufacturers are in their back yard. The tiny 1/72 greeblies look identical compared to the kit parts when you hold both in your hand.
Back to work. This thing takes time.
Those who opt for the 1/72 scale Bandai ANH Falcon can be assured that it is indeed perfect (in my opinion). The Japanese MUST have developed detailed drawings for their kit after getting Disney permission to use the studio scale model for reference. Drawings & dimensions made by the professionals on this site are awesomely accurate. That said, my bet is Bandai utilized the dimensions from the vintage kit parts and did some reverse engineering to dial the numbers in. It is logical since access to most manufacturers are in their back yard. The tiny 1/72 greeblies look identical compared to the kit parts when you hold both in your hand.
Back to work. This thing takes time.