Millennium Falcon Alternative Early Concept Version

[Jaitea]

Hey folks,...I was thinking
If I could kit this model....(which I can’t)....

This would be the box art,...ha!!

John

 

[gedmac66]

That’s Too Cool mate ! ..., at least your model turned out the way it’s actually depicted on this version of the box art John !

 

[Analyzer]

Perfect!

 

[jusdrewit]

This is amazing, great job!

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks guys...some progress on the underside painting....no photos yet, but it’s appeared on the Modelermagic site

John Stuart – STAR WARS – “Johnston” Early Concept Millennium Falcon - Modelers Miniatures & Magic

This is model is based on a sketch that appeared in The Art of Solo: A Star Wars Film book which shows an artist sketching a version of the Millennium Falcon halfway between the Pirate Ship model (which later became the Blockade Runner) & the now familiar Falcon as we know it. The artist is

modelermagic.com

Thanks for looking
John

 

[Hunk a Junk]

Hey folks,...I was thinking
If I could kit this model....(which I can’t)....

This would be the box art,...ha!!

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John

In an alternate universe, I had this kit and spent thirty years of my life trying to fix all the inaccuracies...

 

[robn1]

In an alternate universe, I had this kit and spent thirty years of my life trying to fix all the inaccuracies...

Let me guess, the side walls are too tall and the dish is too big

 

[Jaitea]

An image that my son made,

Thanks for looking

Underside painting soon

John

 

[Jaitea]

I added a cockpit interior to the model....used the original MPC seats & some greeblies

Thanks for looking

More soon

John

 

[StevenBills]

Love it!

 

[Hunk a Junk]

I feel stupid for only realizing this now, but it's interesting how close this early design came to what Dave Filoni later used as The Ghost in SW Rebels. I hadn't read anything that they specifically went back to Johnston's early design for inspiration, but seeing how much they've borrowed from concept art in other areas it certainly seems possible.

 

[colinjreed]

Now you just need a model of yourself sitting in the cockpit. The paint job looks so good, it definitely needs to be used in some Star Wars property somewhere

 

[Jaitea]

Love it!

Thank you StevenBills

I feel stupid for only realizing this now, but it's interesting how close this early design came to what Dave Filoni later used as The Ghost in SW Rebels. I hadn't read anything that they specifically went back to Johnston's early design for inspiration, but seeing how much they've borrowed from concept art in other areas it certainly seems possible.

I always connected the Ghost to the Alien Narcissus, but now that you mention about the concept Falcon, I really see what you mean

Now you just need a model of yourself sitting in the cockpit. The paint job looks so good, it definitely needs to be used in some Star Wars property somewhere

Wow, thank you colinjreed,...still the underside to do

John

 

[Fett_Ish]

Love that you used MPC bits! Great looking model!

 

[Jaitea]

Still to paint the underside of this....think she’s feeling neglected!!

John

 

[Stormy320]

Probably discussed - but you could say this cockpit is more accurate since you don’t see the Falcon via the live action filming on the left side outside the window.

 

[kokkari]

I'm so late to the party on this build. I just finished reading the whole thread. Thank you for sharing about foamex. I need to try using it. I am blown away how clean and perfect your panels are on your plating! This model is a perfect marriage of scratch building techniques, found parts, kit bashing, and 3d printing! It's a one of a kind piece of art John! You should be proud.

 

[Jaitea]

Thank you Kokkari, I’m sure you know I’m a really big fan of your work, but this build just came to my brain & somehow it developed,...such a pleasure to build with no hiccups,...every problem had a painless solution, I really want to attempt something personal like this again
Thank you for your comment

John

 

[TazMan2000]

I don't know how I missed this. Very cool.

TazMan2000

 

[Pepperbone]

There is an architectural modeler (and so much more) that has a fantastic site full of resources called David Neat that has a whole slew of interesting techniques and materials explained and demoed. PVC foam is one of them. Spanish Plastcraft games makes gaming terrain pieces in PVC foam. Quite useful as it holds such a high resolution compared to extruded polystyrene if you wish to "sculpt" it. You can put it in a CNC mill and get high res detail, you can heat form it and even vacuform it. Like Jaitea says in the video - it's very easy to work with.

It's commonly used for printing big photos on as you can have a photopaper substrate on it and it's quite light weight.

Just catching up with this (I need a more time...).
David Neat's site is amazing! Thanks for pointing it out.