Large scale Millennium Falcon Kit ID's**New Maps at start of thread**
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ChrisGFX
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here is a front render of my CGI Falcon. (its a WIP so the empty parts will be filled soon
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maybe you find it usefull too.
Chris
Love your work guys. I'm very much looking forward to seeing a blueprint of the 5-footer someday, Rodmart. I just know you'll get the hull curvature right. Photo from my kid's (uh, ok, my) Star Wars ABC book.
here is a front render of my CGI Falcon. (its a WIP so the empty parts will be filled soon
)maybe you find it usefull too.
Chris
Re: Large scale Millennium Falcon Kit ID's
You're quite right Eagle1, It is the Tamiya 1/35 Ssemovente part there, but just one half of the main gun at the right side as you can see in the picture. The other one I do not know were it came from.
I marked some of the other missing parts .
Other sections that are missing a lot of stuff are the Mandibles, you can see a lot of black shaped areas where something was stuck there before.
Hey Rodmart, yeah that pic in the STG book is great, but many of the details have been replaced or just not there as per the original, pristine model as per the pics in the 'chronicles' book. This pic I would say, has been taken around the time of 'Empire' & has been modified.
The 'Semovente' gun halves are clearly on both sides, I'm sure of it mate!.
It's just sooo frustrating that there just isn't enough original condition pics to go off, especially the underside!.
Stu
Rodmart85
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Good pictures friends, thanks Crackerjazz thanks ChrisGFX:thumbsup
I'll try to scan that page ( ouch :wacko) to see if I can see better with digital zoom.
I would love to get more ILM pictures on the pristine Falcon:love
Good pictures friends, thanks Crackerjazz thanks ChrisGFX:thumbsup
Chris, I took a look to my collection of pictures and I realized I have little info on that side, I'll keep looking and let you know if I find something!does someone know what parts are used on the bottom of the left tunnel. There are no photos of it ... or better ... I have not found any
Stu, you're right, I checked the Chronicles pictures and the other semovente parts are there, plus some more detail in the guns that I had never realized:eek, thanks:thumbsup
I'll try to scan that page ( ouch :wacko) to see if I can see better with digital zoom.
I would love to get more ILM pictures on the pristine Falcon:love
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The 'earliest' pics I'm aware of in a publication, of any quality, of the Falcon in it's 'original' condition, were in the 'Famous SpaceShips of Fact & Fantasy' magazine dated 1979 published by 'Scale Models' magazine as a one-off special for the UK market, but then was released in the US by 'Kalmbach' publishing.
The pics were just mouthwatering back then & still hold up today & do show what the Falcon looked like 'New' .
I think for my build, it will be in ANH configuration with the 3 landing gears, not the 5 as per 'Empire'.
Pics of the underside in her original 3 gear config are just darn hard to find!.:cry
Stu
The 'earliest' pics I'm aware of in a publication, of any quality, of the Falcon in it's 'original' condition, were in the 'Famous SpaceShips of Fact & Fantasy' magazine dated 1979 published by 'Scale Models' magazine as a one-off special for the UK market, but then was released in the US by 'Kalmbach' publishing.
The pics were just mouthwatering back then & still hold up today & do show what the Falcon looked like 'New' .
I think for my build, it will be in ANH configuration with the 3 landing gears, not the 5 as per 'Empire'.
Pics of the underside in her original 3 gear config are just darn hard to find!.:cry
Stu
Vegetarian JR.
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I obtained a valuable photograph of Y-wing!
They are nine in all.
It is very valuable though I don't know detailed information in the photographs.
And, I am looking for parts of ANH Falcon.
If you teach me this kit, I E-mail all photographs.
Please Help!
I obtained a valuable photograph of Y-wing!
They are nine in all.
It is very valuable though I don't know detailed information in the photographs.
And, I am looking for parts of ANH Falcon.
If you teach me this kit, I E-mail all photographs.
Please Help!
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Rodmart85
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Hi there to the Falcon maniacs... where are you?
Thanks for that great info Stu! I haven't get the magazine yet but I am looking for it.
I also would like to build my Falcon with the 3 landing gear configuration.
I've seen a small picture of the belly of the Falcon where you can see that the access bay's scratch was modified when the 4th and 5th landing gear structures were added.
In the access bay that now a days contains a section of the Tamiya 1/35 Shieftain hull you can see the complete vent section of the hull and different hoses running here and there. Unfortunately the pic is not good enough to Id anything else.
Unfortunately I do not know the parts VegetarianJr. :cry
I'd love to get those pics:cry
Well, here are my last IDs. It's not much but little by little...
Here ya go:
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The Tamiya Ferrari is 1/12 not 1/2, sorry for that:rolleyes
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Hi there to the Falcon maniacs... where are you?
Thanks for that great info Stu! I haven't get the magazine yet but I am looking for it.
I also would like to build my Falcon with the 3 landing gear configuration.
I've seen a small picture of the belly of the Falcon where you can see that the access bay's scratch was modified when the 4th and 5th landing gear structures were added.
In the access bay that now a days contains a section of the Tamiya 1/35 Shieftain hull you can see the complete vent section of the hull and different hoses running here and there. Unfortunately the pic is not good enough to Id anything else.
Unfortunately I do not know the parts VegetarianJr. :cry
I'd love to get those pics:cry
Well, here are my last IDs. It's not much but little by little...
Here ya go:
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The Tamiya Ferrari is 1/12 not 1/2, sorry for that:rolleyes
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Gort
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Hi Rodmart,
Thanks for the new ID's. I'm still here but swamped with house decorating work which is stretching on for a while yet! - keep up the good work and I'll catch up with the part maps as soon as I can.
The green part there is the rear deck of the Tamiya 1/35 M36 Jackson in case you didn't have that. Got a few of those parts already ID'd
Cheers
Nick
Hi Rodmart,
Thanks for the new ID's. I'm still here but swamped with house decorating work which is stretching on for a while yet! - keep up the good work and I'll catch up with the part maps as soon as I can.
The green part there is the rear deck of the Tamiya 1/35 M36 Jackson in case you didn't have that. Got a few of those parts already ID'd
Cheers
Nick
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Hey Rodmart, one Falcon maniac still here my friend!. Thanks for your latest parts find maps, they really are terrific mate!.
I was under the impression from various sources that the Nitto 1/35th 251/1 'Rocket Launcher' kit was the donor for the parts that sit on the vertical face of the gun turret in various places. Well, got this kit & the parts are wayyy too large. I'm thinking does Bandai do a 1/48th version?. Can anyone confirm the kit used for these parts?.
Calling Blackpig, where are you mate?. Your eye for donors is just legend!.
Stu
Hey Rodmart, one Falcon maniac still here my friend!. Thanks for your latest parts find maps, they really are terrific mate!.
I was under the impression from various sources that the Nitto 1/35th 251/1 'Rocket Launcher' kit was the donor for the parts that sit on the vertical face of the gun turret in various places. Well, got this kit & the parts are wayyy too large. I'm thinking does Bandai do a 1/48th version?. Can anyone confirm the kit used for these parts?.
Calling Blackpig, where are you mate?. Your eye for donors is just legend!.
Stu
Rodmart85
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Hello Eagle 1!
Finlay we made it to page 15 jajaja, we were stuck on 14 for a while
I agree with you, we must light the B.P. Signal for that kit...
Calling BlackPig!!
Going back to the missing parts theme, what about this "fence" on the radar, had anyone noticed it before?. I didn't... I was making Falcon caps and noticed it and went: :eek :eek
This is not the big radar model, you can see the gun turret behind.
What kit might be the donor for this missing part :confused
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Hello Eagle 1!
Finlay we made it to page 15 jajaja, we were stuck on 14 for a while
I agree with you, we must light the B.P. Signal for that kit...
Calling BlackPig!!
Going back to the missing parts theme, what about this "fence" on the radar, had anyone noticed it before?. I didn't... I was making Falcon caps and noticed it and went: :eek :eek
This is not the big radar model, you can see the gun turret behind.
What kit might be the donor for this missing part :confused
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ChrisGFX
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Falcon maniac? ... here is anotherone
look at the image ... its from the cover box of the MPC Kit from 1979.
As you can see it looks different in some parts as the Falcon in TESB and ROTJ. The Radar is like Rodmart showed. This is for the ANH Falcon only.
Chris
Falcon maniac? ... here is anotherone
look at the image ... its from the cover box of the MPC Kit from 1979.
As you can see it looks different in some parts as the Falcon in TESB and ROTJ. The Radar is like Rodmart showed. This is for the ANH Falcon only.
Chris
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Do you mean the 'ring' on the 'Saturn 5' centre part?. If so, yeah, I'd always known it was there originally & thought maybe it's from a tank kit, being the part that goes around the edge of the turret cuppola. I have found over the years similar looking parts but none that appear exact:cry.
Do you mean the 'ring' on the 'Saturn 5' centre part?. If so, yeah, I'd always known it was there originally & thought maybe it's from a tank kit, being the part that goes around the edge of the turret cuppola. I have found over the years similar looking parts but none that appear exact:cry.
crackerjazz
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Couldn't the screenshot be of the giant dish prop? The 5-footer's dish doesn't have the railings in this photo and the detailing more sparse. Or maybe the railings fell off at some point?
Couldn't the screenshot be of the giant dish prop? The 5-footer's dish doesn't have the railings in this photo and the detailing more sparse. Or maybe the railings fell off at some point?
ChrisGFX
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yes ... look at the other image I have posted. Its the ANH Falcon. For some reason they have modified the TEDB Falcon ... maybe parts were broken or so. The falcon which is at the exhibitions is the one (modified) used in TESB and ROTJ. They have added the two more landing gear boxes and made some more modifications. This was made on the original ANH model ... they never build another 5ft falcon.
yes ... look at the other image I have posted. Its the ANH Falcon. For some reason they have modified the TEDB Falcon ... maybe parts were broken or so. The falcon which is at the exhibitions is the one (modified) used in TESB and ROTJ. They have added the two more landing gear boxes and made some more modifications. This was made on the original ANH model ... they never build another 5ft falcon.
crackerjazz
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Wow, thanks for those shots. I couldn't believe they modified the old bird by taking this kind of detail off.
Wow, thanks for those shots. I couldn't believe they modified the old bird by taking this kind of detail off.
Rodmart85
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So that ring is an other mysterious kit!:cry
I don´t think they modified that detail, they must have broken it as so many other missing parts. I remember reading on the MAKING OF STAR WARS book that four people carried the 5 footer to and after the shots because it was too heavy. So you can imagine 8 hands pressing those poor kit parts! Like in this pic:
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The Radar side of the mandible has got a lot of damage, there are many big pieces missing like the truck part that goes along on the upper side of the mandible and even a Tamiya 1/12 McLaren M 23 part is there but now half broken.
Maybe it was one of the asteroids?:lol
The other thing that I realised while looking at that frame of the movie is that they used the big radar model for just one shot!
You know, I also thought that that detail belonged to the big radar model but then I checked a pic of it and I am sure the one on that frame I posted is the 5 footer's radar. You can see the Prince of Wales parts there.
Enough of missing parts here are my last ID's, this time from the Bandai 1/48 8Ton
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I've done my first resin copies of some of the Falcon Parts I have. These ones are mainly from the cockpit side of the mandible, that´s the blueprint I am working on right know - well, when I am not working on the X-Wing- and I am thinking of buiding just that section, but I am still missing kits for that, but here is a picture of the resin parts.
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Rod
So that ring is an other mysterious kit!:cry
I don´t think they modified that detail, they must have broken it as so many other missing parts. I remember reading on the MAKING OF STAR WARS book that four people carried the 5 footer to and after the shots because it was too heavy. So you can imagine 8 hands pressing those poor kit parts! Like in this pic:
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The Radar side of the mandible has got a lot of damage, there are many big pieces missing like the truck part that goes along on the upper side of the mandible and even a Tamiya 1/12 McLaren M 23 part is there but now half broken.
Maybe it was one of the asteroids?:lol
The other thing that I realised while looking at that frame of the movie is that they used the big radar model for just one shot!
You know, I also thought that that detail belonged to the big radar model but then I checked a pic of it and I am sure the one on that frame I posted is the 5 footer's radar. You can see the Prince of Wales parts there.
Enough of missing parts here are my last ID's, this time from the Bandai 1/48 8Ton
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I've done my first resin copies of some of the Falcon Parts I have. These ones are mainly from the cockpit side of the mandible, that´s the blueprint I am working on right know - well, when I am not working on the X-Wing- and I am thinking of buiding just that section, but I am still missing kits for that, but here is a picture of the resin parts.
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Rod
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Junk Pilot
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I've check TESB for the times when the 5ft Falcon were on screen and from what I've seen the railing in the dish was NOT there at the time of filming. It's strange they should modify this part when it really doesn't make any visible difference in the film or for the production to maintain accuracy with the full scale Falcon.
I've check TESB for the times when the 5ft Falcon were on screen and from what I've seen the railing in the dish was NOT there at the time of filming. It's strange they should modify this part when it really doesn't make any visible difference in the film or for the production to maintain accuracy with the full scale Falcon.
Rodmart85
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Hi Chris, hi everyone.
Heres what i've found looking at some pics.
It seems to be the same radar dish and base. The thing is that the base is turned 180° now a days from when Star Wars was filmed. So the detail we see on the screen caps of the support on the dish are now looking to the cockpit side of the Falcon, and the dish is been turned upside down as one can see looking to the wethering spots I circled in red in the picture below:
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In the pics taken now a days you can also see the little spots were the railling used to be pasted on the Saturn V part. All these leds me to believe it is the same radar, what do you think?
The pic with the yellow frame is the Big Radar Dish Model.
What remains a mystery to me is what did they use for the Radar Dish :confused
Anyone knows?
Hi Chris, hi everyone.
Heres what i've found looking at some pics.
It seems to be the same radar dish and base. The thing is that the base is turned 180° now a days from when Star Wars was filmed. So the detail we see on the screen caps of the support on the dish are now looking to the cockpit side of the Falcon, and the dish is been turned upside down as one can see looking to the wethering spots I circled in red in the picture below:
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In the pics taken now a days you can also see the little spots were the railling used to be pasted on the Saturn V part. All these leds me to believe it is the same radar, what do you think?
The pic with the yellow frame is the Big Radar Dish Model.
What remains a mystery to me is what did they use for the Radar Dish :confused
Anyone knows?
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