Fine Molds Millennium Falcon finished

[Gunpowder]

Well , where do i start? I originally bought this kit from Hong Kong. It was then delivered to the wrong address , the guy denied he had it , parcel force rang him and told him it was illegal to hold something not addressed to him , parcel was suddenly discovered!
I put alot of work into this one. I cut out the slots in the armour hull plating amongst other things. I accidently sent some of the parts to a member in Australia , luckily they are on theyre way back to me.Times got hard and i had to sell it. 4 months go by and i really missed it. Luckily a member on Britmodeler contacted me and let me have it back as he had not touched it. Well it is now finished and i am exceptionally happy with it. The paint is a custom mix of Tamiya Deck Tan and White , weathering was done with my own mixed dirt colour.
The display case was bought for one i had when this model first came out. It was professionally made and originally had a mirrored base and back. The back got broken so i replaced it with a piece of perspex. I piece of black card covers the mirror base.
HUGE thanks to TonyT for letting me have this , and my Y wing back!

 

[Bryancd]

Beauty!

 

[NAZGÛL]

Well done! Nice kit that FM. You managed to balance the weathering!

 

[imaginager]

One of the best finishes I've seen on a Falcon. Top work!

 

[Scratchy]

Nice. I hope mine looks that good when I start it.

 

[CelticWarrior]

Stunning, i'd love one but can't paint and the Sideshow version is too expensive.

 

[JMChladek]

Very nicely done man! Built stock or slightly modified and these models easily look the part IMHO. The story makes it even more satisfying a build as well I imagine. About the only thing that didn't happen to this one was winning it in a card game. :lol

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Good you got it back. That was cool of the buyer.

It's looking real pretty! :thumbsup

 

[cayman shen]

Really, really nice looking finish there!

 

[Gunpowder]

Thanks for the comments guys. Next up will be the slave 1 , 2 Ywings , X-wing and Tie.

 

[PHArchivist]

Very nice work. Nice display too.

 

[Scott Graham]

Looks great. Good job!

 

[HadronMM]

Excellent work. Hard model and hard paint job.

MM

 

[MiniVader]

Wow! Nice work. Is this the cut-away model? if so, do you have photos of the interior? I have a similar kit and I am just about to start it.
Great paint job too.

 

[JMChladek]

The Fine Molds Falcon is a unique model kit in no way related to the MPC mold (which was modified to make the Cutaway Falcon that AMT issued about 10 years ago). I suppose it would have been cool if FM did offer it as a cutaway, but the references for the Falcon's deck plan vary so widely I doubt they would be able to do one that would be considered accurate to everyone.

 

[Zombie_61]

Well done! Nice kit that FM. You managed to balance the weathering!

I agree. I see so many modelers get so heavy-handed with the weathering that the end result bears very little resemblance to any of the filming models. Strong work! :thumbsup

Wow! Nice work. Is this the cut-away model? if so, do you have photos of the interior? I have a similar kit and I am just about to start it.
Great paint job too.

I think you're referring to the kit produced by AMT/Ertl. The kit in Gunpowder's post was produced by Fine Molds, is considerably more detailed than any of the AMT/Ertl Star Wars kits (more than 900 parts), and is considerably more expensive (generally in the $200 range).

 

[Gunpowder]

Thanks guys
Funnily enough i do have a cut away falcon to build. I wont correct the sidewalls etc on it as i have this one for "best". I got my AMT cutaway one recently from ebay for 99p!

 

[HaWK]

How long did it take you to build?

 

[Gunpowder]

How long did it take you to build?

I would say about 2 weeks in total

 

[GeneralFROSTY]

Gee whiz brother! NICE job! This kit (in any incarnation) has always scared the heck out of me - there is so much going on with it, but you captured all the details. Bravo!thumbsup