An RPF Open Source 5 ft Millennium Falcon Build/Reference Thread. All Are Welcome

[Studio Kitbash]

Okay little off topic, but as I was going through the kits this morning I came across this piece on the Bandai Mobelwagen. Did anyone ever try this for the Falcon/Y-wing Kettenkrad piece? I read through the Reddish jammer thread and saw how one could be made. I don't have the kits so I can't check the size, it would be cool if it fit.
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All right -- here's my pictures, here's my take:

C29 compared to my two best imitations of the original subassembly. C29 sits on top of the third (far right) version, which currently has no bumps added to it.

C29 sitting in the same surface plane in comparison to DaveG's 3D-modeled version of the subassembly, showing a high similarity.

My take: not a match. My reasons are threefold: 1.) bumps too close together, 2.) width of greeblie too narrow to match any version of the area, 3.) length of C29 greeblie not long enough to "fill" that front section of the "missing greeblie" ID area.

I am of course very willing to be wrong, and have been wrong multiple times in the past. And it is certainly, to my knowledge, the best "existing greeblie" guess we've seen so far on this particular mystery.

 

[swgeek]

I think these will work.

If you sand the parts flat before you remove them from the mold it makes it easier.

 

[jcoffman99]

If you sand the parts flat before you remove them from the mold it makes it easier.

Great tip. Thanks.

 

[jcoffman99]

Added the Tiger I scans to everything. Link in first post.

 

[jcoffman99]

Okay, I'm down to two pieces in this pit and I'm stumped. The long curved piece looks like it should be some kind of tread, but I've spent days looking and can't find it. I also can't find the piece in the foreground that sticks down into the Matilda hull. I was thinking maybe part of a landing gear? If you have any hints, I sure would appreciate a nudge in the right direction.

 

[swgeek]

The whole piece at the back is the Airfix 00 scale schools locomotive.

 

[jcoffman99]

The whole piece at the back is the Airfix 00 scale schools locomotive.
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Thank you!!!!! I was going crazy.

 

[swgeek]

Thank you!!!!! I was going crazy.

Studio scale will do that to you.

 

[jcoffman99]

New map added

 

[Studio Kitbash]

Studio scale will do that to you.

I must have missed a meeting: I thought you went crazy FIRST, and THEN you were qualified to do Studio Scale modeling...

 

[jcoffman99]

I must have missed a meeting: I thought you went crazy FIRST, and THEN you were qualified to do Studio Scale modeling...

That's what the model gnomes told me at the first meeting, right before they gave me my pointy hat.

 

[swgeek]

I must have missed a meeting: I thought you went crazy FIRST, and THEN you were qualified to do Studio Scale modeling...

I've been crazy for so long I forgot the order.

 

[jcoffman99]

Match?

 

[swgeek]

Close. But the one on the Falcon looks like a little finer detail and it doesn't have the clips at the bottom of the plate.

 

[jcoffman99]

Close. But the one on the Falcon looks like a little finer detail and it doesn't have the clips at the bottom of the plate.

Warmer???

 

[swgeek]

Yes, definitely.

 

[jcoffman99]

Yes, definitely.

Thanks. So many Tigers out there.

 

[Searun]

Close. But the one on the Falcon looks like a little finer detail and it doesn't have the clips at the bottom of the plate.

Sharp eyes you have swgeek.

 

[swgeek]

Thanks. So many Tigers out there.

It's like the Yamato. The more I build...or the more builds I collect kits for, the more I realize ILM used every manufacturer and every scale of the Yamato. So if you see a pree 77 Yamato, just get it.

Sharp eyes you have swgeek.

Thank you Searun. That's high praise.

 

[jcoffman99]

So I started working on this guy today and have a question. Is the yellow piece (M577) on a styrene block or an actual model part? I'm trying to figure out what is elevating it. Any tips? Thanks,
John