Thank you sir!. She's a labour of love.
Building The ANH 5'Millennium Falcon
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Oh, she is a glory to behold... I believe you are at the stage where it's now very hard to make progress, because it's just so satisfying to sit and stare at it for an hour or two in the evenings. I remember this happening to my first Y-Wing: do I keep going and finish? But then I'll have to cover up all this greeblie gorgeousness with paint! Argh! I so badly wanted to "have my cake and eat it too."
Don't get stuck! Push on!!!
Don't get stuck! Push on!!!
Stu,
What is this piece, and/or how did you make/mold/acquire/print your substitute piece:
Thanks,
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What is this piece, and/or how did you make/mold/acquire/print your substitute piece:
Thanks,
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That detail plate is hand built from many individual styrene shapes to replicate the original. Same process with the 2 other plates on the big landing gear box.
Fabian 71
Active Member
Hi Stu, I´m following this amazing build. I want to build a Falcon but just at a smaller scale may be a a 32 " could you give some guidance to make the hull using your system, how did you calculate the
ribs to make the buck? thanks in advance!!
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Thank you kind sir!.
So model is flipped over for the topside plating & 3 pit, one radar pit placement & install.
I find when it comes to plating each section you find out if your subassemblies are slightly off here & there. Not really had any issues at all, oh apart from top of big landing gearbox being a tad too tall on the highest points & was modded to match the ref & all ended up perfect there, but here at the portside mandible top I found where I had marked out the placement of the McLaren tub & where I glued the Panther wedge shaped part were off, the plating overhang to parts not quite fitting to the ref. So popped off the Panther part, brought this forward & pushed the McLaren tub back 3mm. It doesn't seem much, but all these running mods are worth it to match the ref. If you can do it now...then do it!. So really pleased how when these parts are glued down they sit with the plating perfectly.
So model is flipped over for the topside plating & 3 pit, one radar pit placement & install.
I find when it comes to plating each section you find out if your subassemblies are slightly off here & there. Not really had any issues at all, oh apart from top of big landing gearbox being a tad too tall on the highest points & was modded to match the ref & all ended up perfect there, but here at the portside mandible top I found where I had marked out the placement of the McLaren tub & where I glued the Panther wedge shaped part were off, the plating overhang to parts not quite fitting to the ref. So popped off the Panther part, brought this forward & pushed the McLaren tub back 3mm. It doesn't seem much, but all these running mods are worth it to match the ref. If you can do it now...then do it!. So really pleased how when these parts are glued down they sit with the plating perfectly.
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Thank you Andre.
Well as we know, the proof is in the building & having done the hard yards in blueprinting beforehand.
Minor tweaking & mods while building is nothing new to builds such as this, you only find out by actually putting it all together what works & what doesn't.
Happy to say though that the 'core' is solid & everything is a joy to slap on...a testament to you & Joshua's astonishing blueprinting!.
Well as we know, the proof is in the building & having done the hard yards in blueprinting beforehand.
Minor tweaking & mods while building is nothing new to builds such as this, you only find out by actually putting it all together what works & what doesn't.
Happy to say though that the 'core' is solid & everything is a joy to slap on...a testament to you & Joshua's astonishing blueprinting!.
Topside panel fitout!. Marking out, dry fitting, testing with kit parts, adjusting, templating & final styrene panel placement!.
I think armor panel making & nibbling all the little notches is the best part of the build process, after that...glueing down the kit parts!.
I think armor panel making & nibbling all the little notches is the best part of the build process, after that...glueing down the kit parts!.
Gorgeousness.
blackeagles
New Member
Good morning all,
I am contacting you because I have trouble recognizing certain parts: /
I have numbered the ones I have a problem with.
On the other hand, the 9 is tiger I bandai 1/48, and not tamiya? as shown in the kit part?
thank you in advance for your help.
Soon pictures
I am contacting you because I have trouble recognizing certain parts: /
I have numbered the ones I have a problem with.
On the other hand, the 9 is tiger I bandai 1/48, and not tamiya? as shown in the kit part?
thank you in advance for your help.
Soon pictures
blackeagles
New Member
Hi !
You know this kit part please ?
You know this kit part please ?
