Does anyone make a Millenium Falcon Studio Scale Kit?
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MonsieurTox
Master Member
I think Mensaboy is making a kit of the 32" MF. 
IzzyMel
Sr Member
Thanks. I'll keep an eye out for it
I think Mensaboy is making a kit of the 32" MF.
TazMan2000
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Junk Pilot
Sr Member
Amazon.com: Star Wars Blueprints: The Ultimate Collection (9780756638696): Ryder Windham: Books
Aren't the blueprints here said to be the most accurate?
Aren't the blueprints here said to be the most accurate?
joewhite
Sr Member
Damn, you showed me. The bad thing is that I already have these saved on my computer. Major 'Doh!'
Losin my mind....:wacko
Joe
Aurora
Well-Known Member
Actually i find this set of plans to be off by a great deal if you compare it to the MR falcon
I personally prefer "josh's" plans his was all drawn in CAD using information collected from the MR falcon. But by all means his are not perfect i find about 80% are good but some can be off by a bit
As for the kit Mensaboy i believe is making one but i am unsure. Either way it will coast a bit for the kit you will be paying close to a MR falcon if you can find one
astroboy
Master Member
yeah, the studio scale plans have some pretty parallel mandibles if you ask me (that's always the first thing I notice)
The only way to make one....is to make your own plans.
I wouldn't trust anything anyone did. The only eye that counts is yours.
Moe and I have talked about a kit, and are pretty far along. However, several other folks seem to have decided to do one as well. it's going to be interesting to see what they end up selling for, as we have basically determined that a kit would cost more than anyone was willing to pay for it.
You might sell, three of em.
Just not sure its really worth it.
I wouldn't trust anything anyone did. The only eye that counts is yours.
Moe and I have talked about a kit, and are pretty far along. However, several other folks seem to have decided to do one as well. it's going to be interesting to see what they end up selling for, as we have basically determined that a kit would cost more than anyone was willing to pay for it.
You might sell, three of em.
Just not sure its really worth it.
astroboy
Master Member
what about what I mentioned earlier in the thread (and what others have mentioned before)? Simply producing the kibble/greeblies and drafting for the falcon. So that someone can actually construct it on their own and then glue on all the exposed machinery from the kitmaker.
Colin Droidmilk
Sr Member
MonsieurTox
Master Member
Producing separate greeblies would actualy cost more time than offering hulls.
Way more, agreed Julien, theres far too much in donors on the Falcon to cast as a parts run, and make it cost effective or easily affordable.
Then, some parts i think would not lend well to casting anyway, far too delicate to get any form of consistent quality control.
I think Frank said it a long time ago, the hull is the easy part, its the donor parts and plating that brings out the red mist lol.
If you can build the hull, why not just scratch the ship in whole, slowly buying donors as you go....make it a long project, and your only project?
Doing it that way, it wont hit your pocket so hard compared to going out and buying 20 donor kits at a time.
lee
Then, some parts i think would not lend well to casting anyway, far too delicate to get any form of consistent quality control.
I think Frank said it a long time ago, the hull is the easy part, its the donor parts and plating that brings out the red mist lol.
If you can build the hull, why not just scratch the ship in whole, slowly buying donors as you go....make it a long project, and your only project?
Doing it that way, it wont hit your pocket so hard compared to going out and buying 20 donor kits at a time.
lee
Julien and Lee,
From your mouths to God's ear.
Most folks, and it's no fault to them as they have no frame of reference, have NO IDEA who much "fun" it is to mold and cast something.
Done properly, its a considerable amount of work and investment.
I have been doing it for years, and I think Im just figuring it out. Now that I have, I'm probably running away from it.
It really hit me when, the MR falcon came out, and as thank you, in addition to the artist proofs we were given, we also got a second one UNASSEMBLED.
To say the BAG of parts was intimidating would be an understatement. I knew at that moment, anyone doing a "individual piece kit" would be crazy.
My scratchbuilt falcon has taken years. I grab a part here and there, over time.
So I have got to see everything involved with it all at once. A good thing I might add, I probably would have never started it.
As to see it all at once, is mind numbing. On Moe's kit, much of the side wall work is done like MR did it, cast as one part. You have to do so in order to make it affordable.
Even still, we have yet to complete our dicussion on the best way to do it. Considering the reality of the current economy, that discussion is probably moot.
Frank
From your mouths to God's ear.
Most folks, and it's no fault to them as they have no frame of reference, have NO IDEA who much "fun" it is to mold and cast something.
Done properly, its a considerable amount of work and investment.
I have been doing it for years, and I think Im just figuring it out. Now that I have, I'm probably running away from it.
It really hit me when, the MR falcon came out, and as thank you, in addition to the artist proofs we were given, we also got a second one UNASSEMBLED.
To say the BAG of parts was intimidating would be an understatement. I knew at that moment, anyone doing a "individual piece kit" would be crazy.
My scratchbuilt falcon has taken years. I grab a part here and there, over time.
So I have got to see everything involved with it all at once. A good thing I might add, I probably would have never started it.
As to see it all at once, is mind numbing. On Moe's kit, much of the side wall work is done like MR did it, cast as one part. You have to do so in order to make it affordable.
Even still, we have yet to complete our dicussion on the best way to do it. Considering the reality of the current economy, that discussion is probably moot.
Frank
VOODOOFX
Well-Known Member
Thats 4 kits, Brundelfly & Moe count me in, I will even design a lighting system for it if you like! Thanks Randy
jedimaster
Sr Member
Make that five if it ever gets off the ground.
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