FM Falcon finished!

ralphee · May 8, 2006

STEVE THE SWEDE · May 8, 2006

I think you've done a great job. Personally I can't wait to start building mine. I haven't had time yet to inspect every detail yet but what's inaccurate about it?

Cheers,

Steve.

superjedi · May 8, 2006

Looks great, Ralphee.

ralphee · May 8, 2006

Thanks fellas, well Steve we all know about the mandible angle thing, but to me the dish looks too small and somehow the cockpit doesnt look right, im not really whining about the bugbears of the kit, just the price and the size of it i guess, that coupled with its innaccuracies just niggles me a bit. That said its a wonderful little plastic kit, but thats all it is, for $200 or whatever its just a small plastic kit. I mean to the british pound, its almost half what my probe droids costing... Guess im just hard to please if its not studio scale lol.

Betamin · May 19, 2006

I think you did a damned impressive job on it. :thumbsup I hope I can make mine look half as good.

Boba Frett · May 19, 2006

Sweet.... :thumbsup :thumbsup

captjustc · May 21, 2006

Nice work, hope mine comes out as well.

Clutch · May 22, 2006

So how big is it?

ralphee · May 22, 2006

Tiny. Bout 17.5" long, my kingdom for a studio one lol.

PHArchivist · Jul 24, 2006

Ralphee, what color did ou use as your base color?

ralphee · Jul 30, 2006

Hey there, base color is a mixture really, the hull was primed in flat black, then a coat of tamiya buff and deck tan mix. Final coat is tamiya dark yellow, it looks the real deal in the flesh buddy. Then again why not get hold of the floquil grime, its what was used on the props. Hope thats of some help, cant wait to see your lil bird, its been a great thread.....lee

PHArchivist · Jul 30, 2006

Cool man -- thanks.

Grime? Or Concrete...?

Funy you mention it. Concrete is what I've heard, and after seeing the MR bird in person I thought you may have used Concrete too.

But Concrete seems just a tad too rich for the smaller scale FM kit. So I was considering using a mx of Grime and Concrete.

MonsieurTox · Jul 30, 2006

Grime .

ralphee · Jul 31, 2006

Thing is i think grime would nail it, even on the lil FM. I struck lucky by using a black undecoat, it dulled all my base color and didnt make it too vibrant considering the colors i was tinkering with. Maybe try grime, if it seems too "warm", mist it with the concrete? Could be a plan?........lee

Dymerski · Jul 31, 2006

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Cool man -- thanks.

Grime? Or Concrete...?

Funy you mention it. Concrete is what I've heard, and after seeing the MR bird in person I thought you may have used Concrete too.

But Concrete seems just a tad too rich for the smaller scale FM kit. So I was considering using a mx of Grime and Concrete.
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I did the MR falcon...the base is 50% grime and 50% white.
Dean

ralphee · Jul 31, 2006

Well there you go lol, straight from the man who knows the shiznit lol, thanks Dymerski.

PHArchivist · Jul 31, 2006

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I did the MR falcon...the base is 50% grime and 50% white.

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Thanks Dean -- that fits right in with my "gut feelings" on it...

Ewok · Jul 31, 2006

Ralphee.....it's a beauty :thumbsup Love the detail and overall look. Congrats to your new display. Keep it up like that.

ralphee · Jul 31, 2006

Thanks Ewok, but i really feel mine sucks now in comparison with what some guys are turning out with this lil kit, some folk are killin it big style.

PHArchivist · Jul 31, 2006

Did some color testing today and Floquil Concrete is NOT EVEN CLOSE.

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