Not sure if you're being serious or if I've offended you or something along the way???
The Force Awakens Millennium Falcon Projects
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Not sure if you're being serious or if I've offended you or something along the way???
astroboy
Master Member
I'm being quite serious.
I use a knife to adjust the edge line, but my teeth for any bending and mangling.
It's quite liberating...
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Jaitea
Master Member
Yeah I used my teeth too,...Although I did some more work with point nosed pliers afterwards
Using my teeth just gave me more control over pressure etc.....& as Astro said,....therapeutic & liberating
Heres the hull on my ANH version:
Thanks for the comments kokkari,....glad you bought the Bandai,....you did a beautiful job on your Hasbro,....this one will be also
J
crackerjazz
Sr Member
Hey, kokarri -- I did the twisting as well -- I showed some pics in my thread (http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=251475&page=3&highlight=crackerjazz) - I didn't have to use any heating device, just had to: (1) thin down the edges until really thin, (2) mark were to twist (3) use long nose pliers (4) Keep in mind to do the bend very slowly - as slowly as you can like in slow-motion. The slower the better -- otherwise the plastic will heat up on its own and snap/crack.
Vacformedhero
Sr Member
Great work here j, a question I have is regarding what if any glue your using , I attempted to remove the gold plating with cyanoacrylate (discovered this by accident) for c3po spare arm, but the super glue got in and split it, anyway I'm wondering what your going to use ?
Jaitea
Master Member
I haven't had any problems with superglue on Bandai,...just the turps issue,....don't know,....scary!!
Well I have a couple of MPC Falcons,....I started mucking about with one in the summer,.....& gave up on it......maybe because of the lovely job Hunkajunk did with his FM 72,.....so I boxed it away,....until a few days ago,.....I had an idea,.... if the Falcon was a burger.....what if I just make the meat out of foamex,....make the sidewalls the right depth etc,...then used the MPC hull as the bun,....with cuts in it to make it curve????
& roughly taped together:
Just mucking of course,.....but it miiighhht just work!!!??
John
crackerjazz
Sr Member
Your reference to burgers makes my hungry 
I've been trying to avoid it but burgers and fries and all that sodium is just irresistible, isn't it? Anyway, very cool job with that burger! I was thinking, too, that maybe a vacuformed shell can be made and MPC tunnels and other parts be attached? I remember reading one of Monsieur Tox's posts once where he mentioned something like vacuforming quarter dishes and putting them together to make the whole hull. I'd go for a single whole hull anytime but Mr. Tox's idea just might work. But I'm interested in seeing how this turns out -- you're a genuine Falcon nutcase!
I've been trying to avoid it but burgers and fries and all that sodium is just irresistible, isn't it? Anyway, very cool job with that burger! I was thinking, too, that maybe a vacuformed shell can be made and MPC tunnels and other parts be attached? I remember reading one of Monsieur Tox's posts once where he mentioned something like vacuforming quarter dishes and putting them together to make the whole hull. I'd go for a single whole hull anytime but Mr. Tox's idea just might work. But I'm interested in seeing how this turns out -- you're a genuine Falcon nutcase!
rbeach84
Sr Member
Of course it will work! But instead of just cutting slits in the 'bun', you'd need to remove wedges to allow for the new curvature. Shouldn't take much of a 'wedge' to make it happen; could be determined by overlapping the cut slit edges and measuring the excess in the overlap.
Regards, Robert
astroboy
Master Member
For some reason, that bottom image looks off to me in regards to the cockpit tube. It looks too high, as if it's not sweeping back properly.
Am I crazy?
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He means this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJaJDaONaOY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJaJDaONaOY
Guns Akimbo
Sr Member
Is it me or did that dish rotate a little bit between shots #7 & #8?
