My PG Falcon build...Thoughts and a second look!

[MARK M3]

This is my 1:72 Star Wars Bandai Perfect Grade Millennium Falcon build. It's probably THE BEST styrene reproduction of any pretend spaceship ever produced. Why? Because the good folks at Bandai had professionals who took their collective egos out of the process and just made the model based on the 5' HERO miniature as seen in the original Star Wars.
None of the usual"we are making a model of a real spaceship, not a model of a model"rubbish that permeates Most of the developing of other make believe spaceships. The model has all the nuances of the filming miniature, warts and all, No egos changing anything because it doesn't fit their perception and condenscending attitude that THEY know better than the original designers.
A refreshing approach to sci fi model development.
Wish we had more of it.

With that out of the way, My falcon was meticulously weathered and painted to reflect the filming miniature... I am boring like that and enjoy getting the subject matter as close to the original as possible.
Some mods were made as I threw out the Kit's supplied cockpit and fashioned what was in the filming miniature.The model was totally airbrushed.
Thanks.

Could you imagine if BANDAI acquired the Star Trek and Irwin Allen License?!?!

 

[joberg]

Extremely detailed work/paint job Mark; looks exactly like the picture on the MPC kit that I bought in the '70s

 

[MARK M3]

Extremely detailed work/paint job Mark; looks exactly like the picture on the MPC kit that I bought in the '70s

Thanks my friend, that's what I was going for!

 

[jake88]

You got the paint down perfectly. Especially the streaks, you nailed them. Those, in my opinion, are the most difficult aspect of the Falcons paint job.
Here a constant question I ask frequently; is it just me or does every model company including Bandai, make the cockpit and cockpit tube a little too small diameter to the scale of the rest of the ship? It’s my main beef when I look at any MF build. Perhaps the Deagostini is the closest. Just throwing that out there.

 

[DarthWilder]

Dang, that is some spectacular painting and weathering!

 

[MARK M3]

Many thanks!!

 

[rastanz]

Superb

 

[MARK M3]

Superb

Thank you.

 

[stevielewis]

Outstanding!

 

[Howard]

Astonishingly accurate!

 

[PHArchivist]

Who taught you how to paint...!?

Excellent work

 

[MARK M3]

Who taught you how to paint...!?

Excellent work

Thanks! Self taught!