Hunk a Junk
Sr Member
Yeah, rOver, it was JoeCS's cockpit on Shapeways. Highly recommended.
Bandai 1/72 PG Millennium Falcon (also the Revell Germany rebox)
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Can you provide a link to your store? I can't find it on Shapeways...
I never made it public on shapeways, hence why you can't find it. If you're really interested, I can send you a PM, although I'm not sure the kit is worth the current cost
Ah, well, that does explain it! I was really just curious if you had any other offerings. Always good to follow great designers on Shapeways!
Nope lol, this is the only thing I've ever printed. If anyone is really interested, I would be open to sharing the 3d files or looking into a different printing service. Or if you want the shapeways link, just send me a PM.
Shapeways’ massive price increase is indeed difficult. It does help if you sprue components where possible. Sometimes. Their new pricing model is Byzantine and difficult to figure out. You can't always predict what's going to happen to the price when you rearrange parts or change the number of components.
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andyland
Jr Member
In case any these are valuable to anyone here... here are 11 photos I took of the 5-Foot Falcon when it was at the Science Museum of Minnesota in the summer of 2008 (Oh how I wish I knew how valuable these would be to me now, because I would've taken so many more lol).
I white-balanced each raw file off the hull since the lighting was so funky (so I can't vouch for the color accuracy, unfortunately)
I white-balanced each raw file off the hull since the lighting was so funky (so I can't vouch for the color accuracy, unfortunately)
kamandi
Sr Member
New image. This is clearly not the same set piece as what appeared on screen in TLJ. Much nicer. I don't know which park this came from, I assume WDW and Disneyland have similar layouts for their attractions.
Edit: It would appear the engine deck sinks into the building behind it, perhaps allow people to walk up the ramp into the building behind, sidestepping the Falcon's problematic internal layout.
Well done, thanks for the photos !
for the whitebalance, well ... not easy with the glass, the funky light, and without color checker. But there's a way to work on it in photoshop, using a curve adjustment layer, then select the mid grey from the curve, and go onto a known mid grey in the image, click on it, it'll adjust RGB. you can also set the adjustment layer to color mode instead of normal, so it won't affect the light.
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andyland
Jr Member
Gotcha. I used the white balance eyedropper tool in Lightroom until I found a spot where it looked "right" ... unless you know a given spot is perfectly neutral grey, it's only gonna be close to correct. Cheers!
Greenstrawberries has released some aftermarket PE-parts for the PG Falcon:
NEW SCI-FI PRODUCTS
No decals, though.
NEW SCI-FI PRODUCTS
No decals, though.
gt350pony66
Master Member
Well now that's news...i asked them about PE here about 6 or 8 months ago and was told they had no plans...musta changed their minds. good news though as I'm only in the early stages of mine.
Hunk a Junk
Sr Member
The Greenstrawberry engine grills also look like they assemble in two pieces to mimic the raised vertical ribs on the original Kool Shade. That's an upgrade from the Bandai PE. If someone comes out with a separate decal sheet, it will be safe to buy the standard PG version.
gt350pony66
Master Member
yeah, they do look pretty nice. I was considering maybe using Haystack's fans and the supplied screens. i made molds of some of his parts for future MPC builds of which there might be one more in my future, but that's iffy. I got 3 kits left in the closet. i don't imagine Bandai wants anyone doing a decal sheet, but they had to have expected someone would at some point, and more and better PE for that matter.
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