1:1 Millennium Falcon Cockpit Replica - Group Build

Wow, just wow!

Junkyard Jedi said:

Thank you Sofa for the opportunity to visit your amazing project, you and your team have done an out of this world job. As I said, any Star Wars fan would love to see this up close and personal. We will all be blessed when you get this out in the public eye, for all to see.

I posted a few pictures on Facebook on the R2 Builders page, and the fans went wild, Now at 121 likes, loves and comments of WOW!!! Amazing!!!.

Fuzzual and I will be back to help in any way we can
Thanks
Dan

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Hi D,

Thank you so much! It was my pleasure. And thank you for the continued support and kind words. You and C were/are so much fun and I really look forward to the next visit. Also, thank you for helping with the project. Those extra set of eyes solved a lot of problems and helped make everything move forward.

Look forward to the next visit!

joberg said:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where to begin? Nav Chairs: love it, getting there for sure (great new sturdy base it seems). The shot of the lit cockpit: priceless!!:cool
And the R2 unit are way cool!

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Hi J,

Thanks! It's been so nice seeing all those panel lit up again! We found a few loose connections and changes that need to be done but seeing her lit after all this time is always fun.

I'm loving how the chairs how turning out. Still have 2 more to go and the new bases/pedestals will make a HUGE difference. I have a few things to add to the base, cross beams to bolt the actual chair in place and a MDF skin with a few simple greeblies here and there (that's going to be fun).

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Fuzzual said:

Thank you so much my friend. I am so jealous that my folks and my droid got to see this in person. We really appreciate the amazing hospitality!!! Still the best build around!

B

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Hey B,

Again, it was my pleasure. We had an absolute blast! Have your mom tell you about lunch.

I'm looking forward to the whole clan coming to visit. That's going to be an insane geek out!

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Wavey said:

Great update!!! And with the lights on too!!!

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Hey W,

Thank you so much! I thought Christmas should come a little early this year.

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Friendly flyer said:

Wow, just wow!

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Thanks FF!

I'll take that all day long!

Hi Gang,

Just a quick morning update!

Got a package in the mail the other day... Izzy was kind enough to send me a few goodies! One full scale handle and some 1/4 scale pieces for the 1/4 scale cockpit I'm working on - I haven't seen that in a while!


There are two handles mounted to the canopy frame. Can't install these parts until then...


The first of many coats of primer


I made a slight error so I recut a hole template


These greeblies were slightly off center


Sanded and filled the old holes


Waiting for the paint to dry


Top one mounted... and then I found a few more errors so I had to wait for the filler to dry


A few close up pics of the new pedestals


I still have a few things to add - cross beams and a MDF skin


The CNC made this so easy!


A HUGE THANKS to Izzy for printing those parts!

Stay tuned for more, gang! Lots going on in the background...

SofaKing01 said:

Hi Gang,

Just a quick morning update!

Got a package in the mail the other day... Izzy was kind enough to send me a few goodies! One full scale handle and some 1/4 scale pieces for the 1/4 scale cockpit I'm working on - I haven't seen that in a while!
http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/...n Build 01170/20170424_195044_zpsluqgvvmf.jpg

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I've been hanging around here too long, I actually recognise where a few of these bits go!

Friendly flyer said:

I've been hanging around here too long, I actually recognise where a few of these bits go!

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LOL! Consider yourself hired!

Thank you Sofaking01 for the kind words. . I'm happy to be able to help out in any way I can. Let me know how the handle works out. Also looking forward to seeing some of the 1/4 scale stuff as well.

Hey Iz,You never stop impressing!Im looking forward to when you knock everyone back, including me, with what you're working on now!

Re: R2-D2 in the cockpit... I would love love LOVE to see R2 and 3PO attempt to fly the Falcon (in a movie sequel) under unusual circumstances, though something tells me it will be a missed / lost opportunity. I think BB-8 rules the roost now. Oh, well...

Hi Gang,

A quick little teaser update!





More to Follow!

Is that lower pick a weathered bit of the nav chair? If so, that's amazing weathering!

Hi Gang,

Another quick teaser! Enjoy





Stay Tuned!

Hi Gang,

Weekend Update Part I. Enjoy!

Continued work on the new back supports


Two rounds of filler, sanding and primer later


The pipe greeblies got some attention!


New pipe caps




Adding super glue




Primer, filler and 1st round of sanding later... more filler!


3 stages of work!


Another quick round of filler needed




My hands were SO sore!


Lots of laser cutting, redesigning and making things fit




Time to work on this frame greeblie combo


I was originally going to use screws but I really wanted it to look like the original so I dug through my collection of bolts




This required me to change the hole size on many of the greeblies - so I had to recut many of the pieces




Sanding and primer


Dry fitting


Interior side... UGH... UGLY MESS!


Sanded, filled and painted


This piece is going to be molded


Primer!


More details


Primer




Paint!




The bolts and screws will either weathered or painted black




Another dry fit


Interior side nice and clean... BUT


Decided to use 1/4" MDF for the interior side plate


Adhered this guy into place






MUCH BETTER! The 1/4" MDF adds a lot of bulk








And then I had my "UH OH" moment... Will a nut fit?


YES! Perfect fit!


Added filler to the AWESOME grab handle greeblie Iz printed for me! This will also me molded


I then weathering these cool looking greeblies














AHHH... finger print! I got rid of it!


I was short a few of these interested greeblies so I fired up the laser cutter








I both love and hate primer/ While it covers many mistakes it also points so some glaring errors and much needed fixes!


Heavy sigh




Started on the other 4 seat nacelles








Which leads to this...






I got SO excited I added primer a bit too soon


Forgot to add this detail


As you can see, the nacelle in the back fought me the entire way! The edges kept popping free


PRIMER!


TEST FIT!








When mounted, those vertical greeblies mount on the frame act as a "guide" for the nacelles






In several photos, the nacelles have red covers on them. So, before install the necessary font, I created these (not sure if I'm going to use them)


UGH!!!!


More super glue


Finally got started on seat #2!


Drilled a few holes


I used a mortise bit and made sure I had another piece of wood clamped to the other side to minimize too much splintering when the bit breaks though


How did it turn out? Not to good! lol




First layer of paint - I'll go back and sand smooth before adding another layer


I put together the seat pedestal and rested in place




It was now time to figure out how exactly to mount the chair to the new pedestal - I cut two pieces that will frame in the sides of the chair


Measured out and cut two holes


Using a bolt and "T" Nut


I drilled two larger holes on each side. This allows me to feed to the bolt and washer through and then thread to the "T" Nut that is mounted on the interior side of the pedestal - more pics later


UGH... this is why drilling pilot holes is SO necessary!


Let's get some paint on these nacelles!






I painted the back side of the back support panel black


When everything dried...




















And this is where we are... for now!


Stay tuned! Part II Coming up!

Love the shot with all those googly eyes on the nacelles Made my day Sofa! These Nav Chairs are the bomb! Eager see them completely finished.

Oh SofaKing Those nacelles are "Eye" poping!! LOL Wonderful work!! Okay now I need to build something!!
Cheers Éric.

Eye-eye Captain!!! Permission to drop saliva uncontrollably from the mouth area, Saaar?

Hi Gang,

Weekend Update Part II! This one ended with a BANG!

I installed the SW font and laser cut these nacelle cover plates






Primer


Painted red. The text will be filled with white


Lets jump to these... More sanding








Work continued on the other four nacelles for the other 2 seats


I then added the nacelle guides






First of many coats of weathering




I wound up having to remove one of the lower corners of the guide plate to make room for the lower frame carriage bolts




Guide plate mounted


Upper guide plate(s) mounted


I then added the red cover plate - I REALLY LIKE IT!


I know its not screen accurate so I'll leave it up to you guys/gals on whether I should include the red cover plate


Remember this little guy?




I was going to leave the carriage bolts silver but I really liked the idea of painting them and then scratching them up




Slightly sanded and scratched up




Adding weathering to other areas of the chair






I then laser cut a new interior piece




I FINALLY installed the "L" brackets to the headrest










More weathering - pipe in place


I'm really excited!




Interior pipe fitting






I beginning to focus much more attention on the other chairs




Dry fitting all the parts






BANG!!!! And this is where we are... UGH :facepalm


Stay Tuned for... Part III?

joberg said:

Love the shot with all those googly eyes on the nacelles Made my day Sofa! These Nav Chairs are the bomb! Eager see them completely finished.

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Hey J,

Aren't those googly eyes creepy! I couldn't wait to add the primer!!!! Thanks so much. I am so happy with how they're turning. I still need to place an order for the 1" rubber strips. That's going to be awesome!

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Daboudzi said:

Oh SofaKing Those nacelles are "Eye" poping!! LOL Wonderful work!! Okay now I need to build something!!
Cheers Éric.

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Hey E,

LOL! Thanks so much. It was a rough weekend. That one nacelle did NOT want to cooperate with me at all. The skin kept popping off. I had many "UGH" moments.

Now get out there and build!

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Wavey said:

Eye-eye Captain!!! Permission to drop saliva uncontrollably from the mouth area, Saaar?

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LOL! "EYE" see what you did there!

Permission granted.

This has seriously got to be one of the most amazing fan builds I have ever seen! Great job, well done.

Man those chairs are beautiful! I like the red cover plates -I vote "Yes".