crackerjazz
Sr Member
Hi, here's my conversion build of the Hasbro Legacy Millennium Falcon. I got it at bargain price, but, still, it was painful to put under the knife. Star Wars toy fans will burn me at the stake, but here goes nothing:
The toy is based on the 32-inch, including size and details. Some errors are easily recognizable - the cockpit's too big, the gear boxes too high, sidewalls also too high, jawboxes and cannons too big. The hull curve, though, matches the 5-foot Falcon more than it does the 32-inch, and the 5-foot is what I'm after. I plan on rebuilding it slowly, shaving off the details little by little and replacing them.
I've cut the sidewalls and gearboxes down to proper size and cut off the cockpit as well. Looking good so far. I think Millennium Falcon models are meant to be built really big and detailed. At worst I'll have a huge Falcon hanging from the ceiling "zooming" above the TV.
Here's the Falcon with innards taken out and sidewalls "narrowed":
Those big "B-25" gun turret frames will have to go and be scratchbuilt to specs:
Nice 5-footer curve:
Those sidewalls are begging to be detailed:
View from above:
These "manhole" heat vents will need trimming down:
Maintenance well cutting:
The toy is based on the 32-inch, including size and details. Some errors are easily recognizable - the cockpit's too big, the gear boxes too high, sidewalls also too high, jawboxes and cannons too big. The hull curve, though, matches the 5-foot Falcon more than it does the 32-inch, and the 5-foot is what I'm after. I plan on rebuilding it slowly, shaving off the details little by little and replacing them.
I've cut the sidewalls and gearboxes down to proper size and cut off the cockpit as well. Looking good so far. I think Millennium Falcon models are meant to be built really big and detailed. At worst I'll have a huge Falcon hanging from the ceiling "zooming" above the TV.
Here's the Falcon with innards taken out and sidewalls "narrowed":
Those big "B-25" gun turret frames will have to go and be scratchbuilt to specs:
Nice 5-footer curve:
Those sidewalls are begging to be detailed:
View from above:
These "manhole" heat vents will need trimming down:
Maintenance well cutting:
and better than it has any right to look statring out as that toy version of the falcon :cool
