MR Falcon Modifications

[nightrider]

Thought I'd go ahead and start this thread for any who might be doing mods to their MR falcon. I've begun to repaint the top of the ship and I'm happy with what I've got done so far, I'll post some pics when a bit more is finished.

 

[Whiskey]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the nightrider @ Jan 5 2007, 01:23 PM) [snapback]1391006[/snapback]</div>

Thought I'd go ahead and start this thread for any who might be doing mods to their MR falcon. I've begun to repaint the top of the ship and I'm happy with what I've got done so far, I'll post some pics when a bit more is finished.
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Hey cool.

I plan on rebuilding the gun turrets for top and find room for a bottom one.

I've also started to fabricate landing gears

 

[neosporing]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the nightrider @ Jan 5 2007, 07:23 AM) [snapback]1391006[/snapback]</div>

Thought I'd go ahead and start this thread for any who might be doing mods to their MR falcon. I've begun to repaint the top of the ship and I'm happy with what I've got done so far, I'll post some pics when a bit more is finished. [/b]

looking forward to seeing your pics...it's the MR 'paintjob' that is preventing me from forking over the dough...

 

[PHArchivist]

Will be following this intently.

 

[Emeldahay]

Nice - some of the MR paintjobs look a little over aitbrushed - their painters seem to like using a wide soft nozel with black or brown and think weathering means 20 soft perfect circle of brown paint an inch or two wide.

 

[nightrider]

Whew, well it's 4AM and I just finished the repaint on my falcon, here's a couple of pics.
[attachmentid=11912][attachmentid=11913]

 

[KevVader]

Beautiful job. :thumbsup

Man, I gotta scrape enough $ together soon to get one of these.

 

[ralphee]

Cracking job sir, love it.

lee

 

[nightrider]

Thanks for the compliments........thought I'd include a pic that shows the areas I repainted. Circled areas were completely repainted, areas marked are where I touched up what was there or added some more detail such as rust.

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[nwjedidave]

thanks for highlighting the areas of your fantastic work .. do you have a before and after shot you can show us?

 

[xmart]

Wish I was as brave as you

 

[PHArchivist]

Impressive. And FAST.

 

[nightrider]

Here's a before photo.

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[ralphee]

Good god yes, way better, fast and worthwhile work.

lee

 

[Emeldahay]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the nightrider @ Jan 7 2007, 06:39 PM) [snapback]1392424[/snapback]</div>

Here's a before photo.

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Thats exactly what I was meaning - those big "skooshes" of paint that are meant to be weathering - when you see it from a distance it looks like a spotty leopard. Glad to see you removed a big bunch of them -

 

[Treadwell]

Nice.
You can't tell there's been a patch job done at all.
What did you use for the base color?

 

[Duck9000]

Amazing job. :eek It looks like the real thing :thumbsup

 

[Zenwalker]

Nice work nightrider, very well thought out and subtley done. BIG IMPROVEMENT.

 

[Darth Movado]

Amazing work Nightrider. You know how to handle your airbrush. Looking forward to your talent on our joint project bud. See you in two weeks.

Movado

 

[neosporing]

SCHWEET.

Looks incredible now instead of rolling off a factory line...