YAFF - Yet Another 5 Footer Falcon Build

[Dazza007]

There are three different types of rails in the Uboat kit, each with slightly different spacing between the stanchions, which is why a couple are longer than others. There are a couple bent slightly too.

There's also 2 additional sealab parts, combined to form one circle, that sits on top of the Saturn V 3rd stage bottom. You'll also notice that the cut down sealab parts that create the 11 outer "petals' are not curved to match the dish. Those are hard plastic parts and so are flat, with only the two ends glued down.

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Thanks for that - I got rid of the surface rings, and I also just noticed the penciled in ring marks don't match up as well - cant believe I never noticed
It basically depends if the come from the shorter version or longer version, but Im sure you already know this

Yep hadn't forgotten the ring on the Saturn - hopefully get that done tonight

 

[Dazza007]

OK fixes based on Daves comments - thanks for the info - I would never have spotted that
Anything looks out of place, just let me know

 

[Searun]

Nice drafting work on another iconic portion of the Falcon’s immortal design.

 

[swgeek]

Nice work. Looks like you have a remnent hanging out on your Sat V part though. There should only be three tubes sticking out and the middle one should be solid.

 

[Dazza007]

Nice work. Looks like you have a remnent hanging out on your Sat V part though. There should only be three tubes sticking out and the middle one should be solid.

Thanks swgeek for the feedback,
By Remnant do you mean the little nub sticking out underneath thee 3 tubes?
I modelled this based on what I saw in the photos of the Studio Model.

 

[manugu]

I think there was an additional antenna attached when it was the dish of the later blockade runner. This is probably the remains. So not part of the sat v but correct to have on the dish I guess

Image found on The Millennium Falcon — Kitbashed

 

[RealDaveWinter]

Also just an FYI, the J2 engine mount on the Saturn V part needs to be rotated. It's not perfectly parallel to the ground plane. It was rotated counter clock wise the distance of one of those raised rib lines.

 

[Dazza007]

Also just an FYI, the J2 engine mount on the Saturn V part needs to be rotated. It's not perfectly parallel to the ground plane. It was rotated counter clock wise the distance of one of those raised rib lines.

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cheers for that - always hard to tell from the photos. I'll fix that now

 

[t2sides]

And don’t forget- this is often missed - the dish is 180 degrees out in all these reference pics - it has been ‘flipped’ when on tour - so be sure to display the dish with what looks like the bottom above is actually the top.

This affect the rear too - it’s why you should see the bent tube at the back side at top of the wheel, not bottom. This also affect the orientation of all the part IDs.

 

[Dazza007]

And don’t forget- this is often missed - the dish is 180 degrees out in all these reference pics - it has been ‘flipped’ when on tour - so be sure to display the dish with what looks like the bottom above is actually the top.

This affect the rear too - it’s why you should see the bent tube at the back side at top of the wheel, not bottom. This also affect the orientation of all the part IDs.

Oh many thanks for that - explains a few issues i was having when comparing the photos against other 5 footer builds, where the other builds seemed up the wrong way (But now I know were Correct) - had me confused, as I didn't imagine any of the builders here would get it wrong

 

[Dazza007]

Might seem like I'm jumping all over the place here, but I received my LED COB lighting strip for the Engines, so was too tempted to throw a quick Arduino sketch at them to see how they went. Ignore the colors - it was just a test for addressing each LED. I plan on having various engine states start up, failure, normal, hyperspace etc -


I use a light packing material as a diffuser - works really well and gives it a bit of a granular look
Videos attached - one without the Diffuser, one without, and one with a bit of an animated flicker - looks more blue on the video than in real life

 

[Dazza007]

I know its not 5 footer, but at the request of some people I did a resin version at 50% size just to see how it worked out. Needed a bit of tweaking for the koolshade section, but generally looks pretty good - if too small for my liking

 

[joberg]

A beauty for sure...love those prints

 

[Dazza007]

Many thanks to everyone for your support/advice etc to make this as close as I could get -
Have basically finished the Radar Dish - so will be releasing that to the public on the weekend.
Now back on to the Jaws

 

[Dazza007]

Well here is the results of my last weeks work
Inner Jaws pretty much done, just one more part to add, and a few tweaks here and there, still working on the outer jaws.
(I've done both ANH and ESB Inner Jaws, and will be doing the same for the outer parts where required.)

Thinking I might start a new thread, specifically on the 3d Modelling and printing side , so keep an eye out for that

 

[joberg]

Wow...I'm sure, because of you, sharing your STL files of those renderings, more people will be able to tackle the building of that iconic bird

 

[Dazza007]

Getting enough pieces together now that I need to lock down the frame and internal structures.
Its going to be a sturdy center disk (And channels for all of the wiring and electronics), with lightweight segments making up the curved decks.
The plan is I am going to model the entire deck including panels, here's the port Forward Quarter so far. and then slice them into connecting chunks split along the channels as in the picture below

And here's a photo of the very first test deck piece (PFU2), fairly light (100gm), and very strong - so should do the trick

For the Main Strength I am going to do a simple internal structure using 20x20mm Aluminum T Slot - basically 1 bit through the docking tubes, then 2 out the front through into the mandibles, and 2 at the back to strengthen the engine deck

That the plan anyway - always subject to change - but it gives me something to aim for

 

[joberg]

This is going to be a solid frame for sure