Building The ANH 5'Millennium Falcon
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Mmmmmm...much pain & suffering you will feel...but build these pits you must
Thanks dude!. Loved to have revisited these pits again & mod to reflect new info & kit ID's.
eagle 1,
Love the video. Attention to detail wonderfully explained. No doubt perfection in recreation of the Studio Scale Falcon original. Every time one revisits your photographs and videos on this website, that fact is evident. Delightful for anyone that treasures accuracy. Special talent to see those details, in the first place, is documented. Thank you.
Love the video. Attention to detail wonderfully explained. No doubt perfection in recreation of the Studio Scale Falcon original. Every time one revisits your photographs and videos on this website, that fact is evident. Delightful for anyone that treasures accuracy. Special talent to see those details, in the first place, is documented. Thank you.
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Personally, I think rivet counter's an endearing term. As a measure once, cut multiple times sort of person, it implies a commitment to detail I wish I had sometimes.
Great video Stu. Thanks so much. Now I need to go back and look at some things. lol.
Models built inside models.Excellent update Stu...those pits are more difficult to build that I once thoughtKeep up the great work
Hi all!.
Here's a few pics of the build as it is now, with the countdown to finishing very shortly & into paint!.
Latest work has been to button up the 8-rad pit rear quarter section. All piping, kit parts added here & just the 'chipping' to add.
Sidewalls all in place & also working on the jawbox plate casts to add in after pre-painting.
Here's a few pics of the build as it is now, with the countdown to finishing very shortly & into paint!.
Latest work has been to button up the 8-rad pit rear quarter section. All piping, kit parts added here & just the 'chipping' to add.
Sidewalls all in place & also working on the jawbox plate casts to add in after pre-painting.
Looks really fantastic Stu.
Thank you Dave, much appreciated.
This is a work of art. You should just leave it as-is: no paint, just kit parts and stryene.
SB
SB
Thought I'd delve a little deeper on my process with this 8-rad pit fabrication.
Surprisingly, to me, this pit was the most challenging to build out, even though for the most part, the base is a solid casting.
The cast plate, which is used quite a few times on the Falcon, cut up in various disguises, was cut to match what I could see in the lower areas of the pit. Blink & you miss some key points on just what the ILM guys did to orientate things under the dome cutout. Took me a while to see & figure out what was going on here.
Oddly enough, the Bandai PG kit has a complete rendition of the casting plate, as per the jawboxes, which from what I can see, is clearly not what was there!. In fact, when the pit is in situ, you can't see much to the sides. The sidewalls are clearly visible in a few reference shots & theres no way the entire casting was used!. The pit sidewalls hugged much closer to the dome cutout underneath. So from my findings, most of the top part of my casting, left & right sides, were chopped!.
Styrene rod of various diameters were cut & carefully bent to shape & where pipes went down into the pit base casting plate, pre-drilled holes were made to insert the pipes for extra strength.
Me being me, I didn't like how one particular pipe sat, compared to the overhead pics of the actual miniatures, so I swapped that one out & re-sat it, much happier!.
I feel if something bothers you with a part or two, anything really, & you can change it without too much fuss now, then do it!. I find some things can nag at you for ages & can lead to regret in not changing it, that's my view, but in some cases it's just not possible to redo a part or area.
Here's the basic pit shape ready to be installed
This pipe I swapped out because...it annoyed me enough to change it!.
Surprisingly, to me, this pit was the most challenging to build out, even though for the most part, the base is a solid casting.
The cast plate, which is used quite a few times on the Falcon, cut up in various disguises, was cut to match what I could see in the lower areas of the pit. Blink & you miss some key points on just what the ILM guys did to orientate things under the dome cutout. Took me a while to see & figure out what was going on here.
Oddly enough, the Bandai PG kit has a complete rendition of the casting plate, as per the jawboxes, which from what I can see, is clearly not what was there!. In fact, when the pit is in situ, you can't see much to the sides. The sidewalls are clearly visible in a few reference shots & theres no way the entire casting was used!. The pit sidewalls hugged much closer to the dome cutout underneath. So from my findings, most of the top part of my casting, left & right sides, were chopped!.
Styrene rod of various diameters were cut & carefully bent to shape & where pipes went down into the pit base casting plate, pre-drilled holes were made to insert the pipes for extra strength.
Me being me, I didn't like how one particular pipe sat, compared to the overhead pics of the actual miniatures, so I swapped that one out & re-sat it, much happier!.
I feel if something bothers you with a part or two, anything really, & you can change it without too much fuss now, then do it!. I find some things can nag at you for ages & can lead to regret in not changing it, that's my view, but in some cases it's just not possible to redo a part or area.
Here's the basic pit shape ready to be installed
This pipe I swapped out because...it annoyed me enough to change it!.
Thank you everyone that has commented, always greatly appreciated.
The debate now, well, not really a debate in my mind, as I know what I'm going to do in terms of if I'm going to paint it or not & leave as is in raw styrene & kit parts...of course I'm going to paint it!. This was always the intention, to finish it fully, down to the last tiny marking as per the original. It would be nice to leave it as is, but not an option really.
The debate now, well, not really a debate in my mind, as I know what I'm going to do in terms of if I'm going to paint it or not & leave as is in raw styrene & kit parts...of course I'm going to paint it!. This was always the intention, to finish it fully, down to the last tiny marking as per the original. It would be nice to leave it as is, but not an option really.
