Falcon Gun Turret Displays

[3DImpact]

I thought I'd try to tackle a somewhat obscure yet still iconic (it seems to me that there are a lot of those in Star Wars/ANH) prop replica this time - the Falcon's gun turret displays.

The Parts of Star Wars folks have nicely identified most of the greeblie bits on these, most importantly the base display units:

So it was just a matter of gathering the bits and putting them together...

Watching the movie you can see that the onscreen prop had some red illumination inside the larger bottom display so I wanted the inside of that one painted red and inserted four red LEDs lighting the interior:

Time to paint and assemble:

The various knobs were something I wanted in actual machined aluminum for the proper look. Thankfully, eethan has a great thread here where he is doing a wonderful job of machining these things. His work is superb and really made this project possible.

Pretty much done!

The little red and yellow dots were provided by tatooinemachine and the so-called 'tophat' greeblies are the hydraulic fittings IDed here. I'll replace the small dot stickers with ever so slightly larger ones soon to better match the on-screen size and spacings and I'll replace the hydraulic fittings with eethan's custom-made bits as soon as I get them ordered and they are delivered. Other than that I think this is pretty much done! It's been fun and it makes a great addition to my gallery display.

Dan

 

[eethan]

oh man, that looks awesome! thank you so much for sharing Dan

 

[t2sides]

Wow Dan!

That’s simply INCREDIBLE!!!

You nailed the look and feel perfectly!

This could definitely pass for the real thing- and the little remaining details will be the cherry on top!!!

Congrats on such an original replica!!

It’s so cool that so many others contributed research over the years! Truly a post of what the RPF is about!

-Sean

 

[joberg]

Very nicely done

 

[Storm]

Beautiful !!!!! incredible build, hydraulic IDed look very good on it.
I am at the paint job for mine. The "white line" it is a kind of sticker? i don't know where to find that ^^'
And what did you used for the 2 blue button?

 

[3DImpact]

Beautiful !!!!! incredible build, hydraulic IDed look very good on it.
I am at the paint job for mine. The "white line" it is a kind of sticker? i don't know where to find that ^^'
And what did you used for the 2 blue button?

Thanks!

Yeah, those hydraulic fittings are darned close - I think that's just verification that that ID is pretty much good-to-go. Until perhaps some vintage found version shows up I'm sure eethan's machined bits will look even better though, as they've been model fit to the onscreen reference.

I just used white vinyl tape for the various white strips, cut to size to match the reference images. I didn't have an ID for whatever off-the-shelf 1-inch blue buttons were used all over the sets in Star Wars so I just cut my own for now from 1/8-inch thick blue acrylic sheet. If someone can point out a source for those vintage buttons I'll replace those eventually as well...

Dan

 

[3DImpact]

Thanks Sean!

 

[eethan]

Hey Dan, by curiosity, what is the diameter and height of the found fittings to compare to my machined parts please? Thank you
I'm really happy you pushed me to do those parts, the result is a really great little prop

 

[woodywaverider]

Beautiful !!!!! incredible build, hydraulic IDed look very good on it.
I am at the paint job for mine. The "white line" it is a kind of sticker? i don't know where to find that ^^'
And what did you used for the 2 blue button?

For stuff like that I use vinyl automotive pin stripe tape, if you can find a roll like this then you get several different thickness all on one roll and it works out cheaper

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Your prop looks absolutely fantastic. I love the red illumination great touch.

 

[Storm]

Thanks for yours responses, i will buy white vinyl tap

 

[3DImpact]

Hey Dan, by curiosity, what is the diameter and height of the found fittings to compare to my machined parts please? Thank you
I'm really happy you pushed me to do those parts, the result is a really great little prop

This ought to give you what you need...

And thanks again for all the wonderful greeblies you are machining - they are a great resource for this community and your work is much appreciated!

Dan

 

[eethan]

thank you, so yeah, they are quite smaller than my machined parts, so they should be a good accuracy improvement normally thanks Dan and your words are much appreciated!

 

[Dagobah Don]

Beautiful !!!!! incredible build, hydraulic IDed look very good on it.
I am at the paint job for mine. The "white line" it is a kind of sticker? i don't know where to find that ^^'
And what did you used for the 2 blue button?

great build!

 

[greeble_gremlin]

love this thread!
Now I got a damn ear worm!...
De Duh de Da Dah! DAHH!

 

[TatooineMachine]

This really came out great Dan! What part did you use for the simple round knobs on the back of the lower viewer?

 

[eethan]

This really came out great Dan! What part did you use for the simple round knobs on the back of the lower viewer?

Hey Chad, to answer you, Dan posted a full explanation on the size needed for those parts and what he used on my run thread here:

Unlimited Run - Machined aluminium Michell replica greeblies and Falcon fluted knob

Hello guys, This is a thread to centralize all my Star Wars greeblies, mostly my replica Michell part as well as my new fluted knob replica :) I am now a carrying quite a few Star Wars greeblies on my website and hope to be able to machine yet a few more in the future! Don't hesitate to post...

www.therpf.com

I think I should turn some simple cylinders of he proper size and offer a full kit for that prop with everything included for more clarity, it would be nice
cheers

 

[3DImpact]

Thanks eethan - you just beat me to the reply!

Dan

 

[eethan]

hey guys,
I'm using Dan's thread again and I'm taking advantage of this to thank him because I originaly made those parts at his request and he has been a great help all along, so thank you Dan! I hope to work with you again!
I have just released full aluminium kits for this cool little prop if someone else wants to put this together
you can see the details on my project run thread:

Unlimited Run - Machined aluminium Michell replica greeblies and Falcon fluted knob

Nice Eethan, how do the new knobs mount?

www.therpf.com

 

[joberg]

Sharp pieces for sure eethan

 

[3DImpact]

Amazing work on all the bits for this! I hope to see others do this prop - it's a fun one...

Dan