Qrest Fourstar
Sr Member
Always love another FM falcon build diary.
I have also folllowed Dan's. Ive got it saved on my harddrive.
I have also folllowed Dan's. Ive got it saved on my harddrive.
Fine Molds 1/72 Millennium Falcon
- Thread starter Alaneye
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Alaneye
Sr Member
Thanks everyone who's following 
A little progress. I've built the sub-assemblies that go in the access holes on the mandibles and added the detail parts on the mandibles (or are they the jaws, not sure). Anyway, some pics
The one on the far right needed the most extra detailing, I think you can make out the white styrene. The second in from the right needed the strip with all the circles on it so I made one with strips of styrene and slices of brass tubing.
After priming. The far right one looks really detailed. I may add a few extra pipes and panels to the others yet.
Left side with other details in place. I did a little customizing here and there too.
And likewise the right side.
A little progress. I've built the sub-assemblies that go in the access holes on the mandibles and added the detail parts on the mandibles (or are they the jaws, not sure). Anyway, some pics
The one on the far right needed the most extra detailing, I think you can make out the white styrene. The second in from the right needed the strip with all the circles on it so I made one with strips of styrene and slices of brass tubing.
After priming. The far right one looks really detailed. I may add a few extra pipes and panels to the others yet.
Left side with other details in place. I did a little customizing here and there too.
And likewise the right side.
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STEVE THE SWEDE
Sr Member
Sweet! I have mine stacked away in the cellar, been there for years. Seing your work REALLY makes my fingers itch! Already looking forward to your next update!
Cheers,
Steve.
Cheers,
Steve.
tek2graphics
Sr Member
Looks beautiful! What are you using for primer? Can or airbrush?
Alaneye
Sr Member
Thanks. It's just Halford's own brand auto primer. Seems to work well.
Alaneye
Sr Member
:lol Well, I wrote that just after I'd started the build so I wasn't sure how far I was going to go. I guess I mean I'm not too bothered about using little details I can see on both the 32" and 5ft studio models, if I like the look of it. In the access points I even added a few little details that I made up myself. So it's not so much I'm aiming to capture the 'perfect' Falcon, but more a model that is bristling with fine detail and looks great to the eye, even though it might not be 100% accurate to either studio model.
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tek2graphics
Sr Member
I'm all for making it your own! :love Just makes it more interesting!
Great job so far! :thumbsup
Great job so far! :thumbsup
ozzyguanche
Sr Member
Being a Falcon fan as I am, I am enjoying your thread greatly.
Great detail work, The extras look like they should be there! Thats what you want to achieve and that's what you have done.
looking forward to rest.
Ozzy
Great detail work, The extras look like they should be there! Thats what you want to achieve and that's what you have done.
looking forward to rest.
Ozzy
Alaneye
Sr Member
Did you stall on it? For how long? I'm afraid of that happening with me.
Alaneye
Sr Member
Thanks, that means a lot since this is the first time I have attempted anything like this
Alaneye
Sr Member
Cheers for that. I worked some on it today and again I have been referencing the 5 foot model and using detail I can see on it. I am rationalizing it by thinking this build was somewhere in between the movies :lol
Anyway, here is the back of the cargo bay as built (apart from a channel I've taken out of the left side where the pipes went).
Then here with some detailing from the 5 foot model.
I could do with some good pix of the insides of the cargo bay if anyone has some.
A bit of pipework on the starboard side of the ship.
Again referencing the 5 footer for the most part, I added more detail I liked to the upper jaw.
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tek2graphics
Sr Member
VERY NICE!!! Makes me want to start mine!
darth_daniel
Sr Member
That looks great.
But I wonder, is all this detailing also missing when you´d replicate the 32" model? I haven´t looked at any MF reference pics so far because I won´t start mine for a while, but I had hoped the FM kit would be good enough so I can build it OOB, which I haven´t done for years...
Got to admit though, I really like what you´re doing to yours.
But I wonder, is all this detailing also missing when you´d replicate the 32" model? I haven´t looked at any MF reference pics so far because I won´t start mine for a while, but I had hoped the FM kit would be good enough so I can build it OOB, which I haven´t done for years...
Got to admit though, I really like what you´re doing to yours.
Alaneye
Sr Member
No time like the present
Cheers, Scratchy, you being the expert you are on customizing and all, thanks very much. The work you are doing on the 1/144 is insane!
That looks great.
But I wonder, is all this detailing also missing when you´d replicate the 32" model? I haven´t looked at any MF reference pics so far because I won´t start mine for a while, but I had hoped the FM kit would be good enough so I can build it OOB, which I haven´t done for years...
Got to admit though, I really like what you´re doing to yours.
Some of it is missing, but I'm sure you can build it OOB and it will still be a stunning kit, the detail OOB is crisp and as you add the pieces it just looks better and better. I can't wait to prime it so all the extra pieces tie in together. I might mask it off and prime that middle jaw later just to see how it looks.
I have been having a bit of trouble with the cement. It comes through a metal tube and even the drop it delivers is sometimes way too much for the tiny pieces of styrene I'm adding which then means I have to clean up around the part later. I've tried getting some on the end of a tooth pick but somtimes I end up with not enough on it and the piece isn't secure. Any tips from the kit building experts out there, or is it just a matter of practice?
darth_daniel
Sr Member
I have the same glue problems, but I´ve built models for 10 years and it hasn´t changed. I use Revell glue. I usually press the bottle until a drop of glue hangs on the tube´s tip, if it´s too much, I´ll wipe it off the tube with a piece of toilet paper, if not, I´ll apply it to the part.
The room I build in is not frequently used by the other family members so usually it´s not heated, when I start building the glue is fine. Then I turn on the heating and the warmer it becomes the more glue will come from the tube. So it´s a temperature thing as well. I´ve never tried it with my model building glues, but at work, we´ve kept superglue in the fridge. Maybe try if it helps.
The room I build in is not frequently used by the other family members so usually it´s not heated, when I start building the glue is fine. Then I turn on the heating and the warmer it becomes the more glue will come from the tube. So it´s a temperature thing as well. I´ve never tried it with my model building glues, but at work, we´ve kept superglue in the fridge. Maybe try if it helps.
