THANK YOU!
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THANK YOU!
Timmythekid
Sr Member
So, having spent weeks trying to track down adhesion promoter in the craptacular small town I live in, I finally tried Napa, and discovered a can at two bucks on clearance! Yay! Question for those that have gone this route - this stuff should grip to the PPE of the Falcon, and once I've got that on, I should be able to use CA as normal for the new resin parts, is that correct?
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Another thing that just occurred to me, years and years back I picked up one of the last of the original run of DP Vader Classic Action helmets. I was told at the time that to get paint to stick to the heavy vinyl of that lid, I'd need to hit it with a flex-adhesion coating first. Anyone know if the adhesion promoter is the same thing? Can I just go nuts and adhesion-promote the heck out of that old lid, then spray it up in a nice gloss while I wait for the Falcon parts, or is flex-adhesion promoter something different?
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Derp, one LAST thing - anyone who has received a level two or three kit from FZ/Salzo, can you confirm if the cockpit is missing the panel scribing present on the stock part? I presume resin is fairly easy to scribe, but just want spend some of my waiting time to try and work up a template of panels and/or scribing which may need to be added back.
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Another thing that just occurred to me, years and years back I picked up one of the last of the original run of DP Vader Classic Action helmets. I was told at the time that to get paint to stick to the heavy vinyl of that lid, I'd need to hit it with a flex-adhesion coating first. Anyone know if the adhesion promoter is the same thing? Can I just go nuts and adhesion-promote the heck out of that old lid, then spray it up in a nice gloss while I wait for the Falcon parts, or is flex-adhesion promoter something different?
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Derp, one LAST thing - anyone who has received a level two or three kit from FZ/Salzo, can you confirm if the cockpit is missing the panel scribing present on the stock part? I presume resin is fairly easy to scribe, but just want spend some of my waiting time to try and work up a template of panels and/or scribing which may need to be added back.
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FYI on these parts, you should still be able to see the "shadow" of where i cut off the smaller parts on the larger part to aid in location. There is too much of an undercut on these "rail" things to cast them as 1 part.
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rbeach84
Sr Member
Ok you will need to go to this link http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=236356 to get on the list ok.
Thanks, Leyrich!
Robert
Hi Timmy!
The casted cabin cone long is the second improved version that has some panels engraved but not all the panels. I've designed later a new version that is not the actual casting mould...
Cheers
Timmythekid
Sr Member
SGluedMyFingers
Well-Known Member
Timmythekid
Sr Member
From what I could tell by someone's posted pics of their received kit, it looks like the cone has some panel lines engraved fore-aft, but lacks the complex, notched paneling of the stock piece, and which are on the only version of FZ6ès cone now viewable at Shapeways. Now, I'm actually starting to wonder if I've got some of my reference pics screwed up, as looking back through everything, I've got some pics of the 32 incher which seem to suggest it doesn't HAVE that complex paneling, and that I may have had some 5 footer pics mixed up in my 32 inch reference folder. Oddly, over the thousand or so pics I pulled of the Onedrive archive, the starboard side of the model isn't photographed at all, and I've got no direct views of the outboard side of the cockpit.
Jaitea
Master Member
SGluedMyFingers
Well-Known Member
That helps. It will be what it is and I'll be glad for it. Shouldn't have commented about my "hating" upgrading upgrades. That reflects poorly on those who are working hard to provide something better to work with.
SGluedMyFingers
Well-Known Member
Starboard views of the 32" cockpit. Not too complicated.
Oh I want!
Timmythekid
Sr Member
Thanks! Yeah, the front views I had, which is what I was starting to reconsider based on, but not those side views - I think it's just going to be a couple of lines that need to be engraved, as well as a weird notch nearer to the koolshade area.
Vacformedhero
Sr Member
I have learned a lot from the RPF especially from the reference photos of the Five Foot Millennium Falcon model, I was tired of going through my stored files trying to find the one item I was scratch building so this week I created study reference sheets that show a particular feature of the falcon and I assembled multiple views of that, for example the mandible end details I am scratch building, I thought I would share these with everyone so they can dip in when they are scratch building areas.they can be accessed in my public profile folder here:Thanks to everyone who has shared images of the models, as its very hard for me to get access to the movie props. I will create sheets later on for painting features later on (When I finally finish scratching ), i will be adding to these as I focus on other areas.
http://www.therpf.com/members/vacformedhero/albums/5ft-anh-millennium-falcon/
http://www.therpf.com/members/vacformedhero/albums/5ft-anh-millennium-falcon/
CAPTAINCOX
Sr Member
Hi guys
Had a short pause working on the Falcon was sick and was just watching one series after another on TV, well stuff you do when ur sick I guess.
Getting down to finalizing the figures and the last touches on the cockpit and ran in to a really small problem but I like to hear your opinion on this...
The Navi Chairs: The back structure I always thought was some sort of metal frame of some sort, like a ejection seat (as the main part are from the Martin Baker MkIV) but looking on this shot from the set it looks more like some kind of reinforcement in some weird material...almost like cast or resin and you even see the screws its attached with (I guess not screen relevant)
Whats your take on this.
Cheers guys.
Had a short pause working on the Falcon was sick and was just watching one series after another on TV, well stuff you do when ur sick I guess.
Getting down to finalizing the figures and the last touches on the cockpit and ran in to a really small problem but I like to hear your opinion on this...
The Navi Chairs: The back structure I always thought was some sort of metal frame of some sort, like a ejection seat (as the main part are from the Martin Baker MkIV) but looking on this shot from the set it looks more like some kind of reinforcement in some weird material...almost like cast or resin and you even see the screws its attached with (I guess not screen relevant)
Whats your take on this.
Cheers guys.
