Scratchbuilt Millennium Falcon 1/72nd

[Archive&Future]

Lower hull framing screwed together for the time being, with maintenance wells cut out

 

[Archive&Future]

It's difficult to find time to work on this at the moment, but here's what I built this evening

 

[blakeh1]

A pretty great night's work!

 

[Archive&Future]

Today I spent an hour or so applying the panel work

 

[Constantine]

looks spot on so far!

 

[Jaitea]

Ohhhhh.....looks so sharp....brilliant HH

J

 

[Archive&Future]

Updates: Little And Often

 

[Archive&Future]

Doing the panelling is easier than I was expecting, it's just very time consuming

 

[RKS]

As you have built several of these now from several sources, do you find that it's easier to construct from the ground up as you're doing here, or is it easier to modify an existing kit?

 

[Archive&Future]

As you have built several of these now from several sources, do you find that it's easier to construct from the ground up as you're doing here, or is it easier to modify an existing kit?

It's so much easier to build from the ground up, there's no work to undo or try to work around....I know exactly how every part fits together and how the rest of it will too....

 

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I have a week off work, so I spent today casting and fitting the six engine vents and then tanking forwards with the deck itself

 

[Jaitea]

Laavly......very nice job HH

J

 

[Vacformedhero]

Very slick

 

[struschie]

looking great! Time gor more greebles now

 

[Archive&Future]

Although the Finemolds' Falcon 'Ford Transmission' piece is nice enough, I felt it looked noticeably off; what you can see here is where I've taken a cast of the Finemolds' transmission, removed the spokes and replaced it with a cast taken from the Bandai Y-Wing. The little 'xx' detail isn't so accurate, but I can always cut that away on the casts I take from this master.


In other news, the aft starboard maintenance well is coming together pleasingly.

 

[CAPTAINCOX]

:eek amazing work! I am all humbled here.

 

[struschie]

I'm a big fan of your work (and the used parts)!

 

[Unes]

oh my god...this is so amazing thumbsup
Wonderfull!!!

 

[Archive&Future]

Thank you for all the kind words fellow RPFers

Nothing too interest to update, all I've been doing is panel work. As you can see, my process is to map out the panelling as a template, cut each individual panel and then transfer those shapes into styrene. There's probably a faster method, but this seems to be reliable enough for me to not screw up.

 

[Rats]

This is awesome work. Very inspiring. :thumbsup :thumbsup