SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion - COMPLETED!!!

SirCharles77

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• Nov 8, 2016

• #221

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

Did a bunch of weathering on the bottom and got a first pass on streaks and rust down! She's looking pretty good I think!!

 

Last edited: Aug 19, 2017

Gus76

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• Nov 8, 2016

• #222

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

Very clean build. A please to look at. Great job!

 

astroboy

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• Nov 8, 2016

• #223

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

Nice!

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SirCharles77

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• Nov 8, 2016

• #224

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Thanks! I feel like it's overall not yellow enough...when I compare it to pics of the studio model and others builds I get that feeling. I can't tell if that is because most pics are taken under incandescent or fluorescent lights? And I am under white 5000k lights? Or if it's actually too white?

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SirCharles77

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• Nov 9, 2016

• #225

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So last weekend I ran into a problem...I was painting my falcon with turps and oils and it was looking great. I let it dry for about a day and a half and then I did a sealer coat with Testors dull coat. And I got this problem.

Here it is before the clear coat.

Here it is after. See the splotches on the streaks?

I talked to some guys on the Painting the Falcon facebook page and they think it's one of 2 things...or a combination of both. Either I painted the clear coat too quickly and the oils weren't dry enough. Or I painted the clear coat too thick and heavy and it "orange peeled" and the pigments accumulated in the bulges. Either way fair warning to anyone using oils with a clear coat after. Make sure it's plenty dry before doing it. And put clear coats on slowly with very thin layers. At least that what I am going to try next time. Which should be soon. I will report on how this goes.

 

Last edited: Aug 19, 2017

theyrenotdolls

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• Nov 9, 2016

• #226

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ugh...so painful man...thanks for sharing all of these hard learned lessons with us that will be following in ur footsteps.

 

SirCharles77

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• Nov 14, 2016

• #227

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

Update time!! Here she is! Half done!

I have finished painting the bottom half of my Falcon! All details are done including hash marks. Only thing left to do is to apply a clear coat in a few weeks to seal her up.

Let me know what you think! First pic is a top down. After that are some more dramatically lit beauty shots.

Only thing left I am contemplating is darkening some of the damage spots. Specifically the one on screen right in the first image.

Please let me know what you think! I wanna know if I missed anything or messed up anything. Or if I can do better. Remember, this one is practice for when I do my Deago Falcon build down the road.

 

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theyrenotdolls

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #228

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

wow...i'm not qualified at this point to say if you missed anything or whatever but I do think your model is going to look amazing when its assembled. what are you going to do about the screw holes later on?

Den

 

Ozzman78

Active Member

• Nov 15, 2016

• #229

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

WOW!!!! Just stunning paint work here.

 

SirCharles77

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #230

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

I am not sure what I am going to do about the holes. I don't wanna completely seal them as if something does wrong with the lights I wanna be able to repair. So I am thinking about making some plugs to go into the holes and just painting them after the fact. Need to figure out how to do that and be able to remove them without damaging them. Maybe magnets? Not sure yet. Gotta test some stuff.

Thanks for the kind words!!

theyrenotdolls said:

wow...i'm not qualified at this point to say if you missed anything or whatever but I do think your model is going to look amazing when its assembled. what are you going to do about the screw holes later on?

Den

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Pcoz

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• Nov 15, 2016

• #231

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

Looks great !

Such a huge transformation from the original toy to a beautiful MF Star Wars display !

I bet you're seeing each detailed section of this ship in your sleep though...lol :wacko

 

spacebob

Sr Member

• Nov 15, 2016

• #232

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Beautiful work, I love the use of the easel

 

SirCharles77

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• Nov 16, 2016

• #233

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So I have moved on to weathering the top. Wanted to get this warning out there again because it's very important. When doing the first step with turps and oils don't go too heavy on the amount of oils you use and you can't go too heavy with the turps! You can always add another thin layer to make it darker but if you do too much there's no taking it off. My top is a little heavier than I wanted. I thought I was using the same amount of oil as I did on the bottom but it looks a smidge darker than I wanted. It will still look good in the end but just be careful!

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Pinousse

Sr Member

• Nov 17, 2016

• #234

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

love:love

 

SirCharles77

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• Nov 26, 2016

• #235

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Just wanted to post another update! Getting really close to being done with her!!

I have finished first pass weathering on the upper body.

Before starting weathering.

Here is an example of going a little overboard on the oils on that first pass like I mentioned in my previous post. This again ended up slightly darker than I wanted. I would say this is probably double what I should have done.




After first pass oils have been applied.

And here's where it is now. This is after doing first pass oils for adding grime (basically a wash layer) and then another pass of oils to add the subtle streaking and then I let it dry for about a little over a week and added a dull coat.

 

Last edited: Aug 19, 2017

SirCharles77

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• Nov 26, 2016

• #236

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

Also wanted to add this. I used ground up match stick heads when I was doing my initial damage of the plastics and thought the color looked cool. So I decided to try it after the final weathering had been done. Its subtle but I think it adds to it.

Here is it after weathering.

Then I added some ground up match stick heads.

Here it is after igniting it!

And here it is after being all done.

Like I said the difference is subtle for sure. But there are some colors in there I wasn't getting from just the paint and powders.

 

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SirCharles77

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• Nov 26, 2016

• #237

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

So I wanted to start assembling this bad boy and so I got all set up and started digging into the lights! So here is some more progress!

The bottom half ready to go.

Wanted to take a shot of the light wells before putting in the wells.

Added the big wells.

And some of the little ones.

And the engine assembly.

I realized after the fact that two of the small wells go directly below my engine assembly. So I had to cut into the inside of the assembly to make room for the light. Not really a big deal. Just extra work.

All of the light wells are in place.

Then I started adding some of the actual lights to see how it's gonna look. Also hooked up some of the fiber optics. Having some trouble here but will post that in another update.

And here she is!! Got the lights in and the red fibers are showing perfectly through the running light fixtures I made earlier! I LOVE how its looking!!

I will post some pics of the rear engines a bit later. Gotta finish hooking those up but you can see here the lights are installed and working.

 

Last edited: Aug 19, 2017

SirCharles77

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• Nov 26, 2016

• #238

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OK, one more update for tonight!

I realized when I put her up on the stand that I have never gotten to the point of making the actual cover for the base of the stand. That wooden block just isnt going to cut it!! So I have been planning to do a Death Star base for now, but I wanted to make it in a way that it was modular and removable.

So here is what I got. Its only in 3d currently. Working now on doing some test prints to see how its gonna work.

What do ya think?

Here is a 3d model of the base without the cover.

And here is the cover modeled over top of it!

I think it looks pretty cool!!

 

Last edited: Aug 19, 2017

SirCharles77

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• Nov 26, 2016

• #239

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

I mentioned earlier that I was having some troubles with the fibers. I installed them initially by inserting them into the holes and then adding a drop of glue to the back to hold em in place. But what happened with a few is that the glue seems to have melted the fibers and they weakened and then they quickly broke off. I then had to drill out the holes to fix it and that was a PAIN!!!

So I am curious, what glue have you used to glue the fibers in that isn't melting the plastic? Or do you have any tricks that don't involve glue?

 

toothboy

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• Nov 26, 2016

• #240

Re: SirCharles77's Hasbro Millennium Falcon Conversion

Man this is a fantastic thread. I've been putting off starting on my Falcon but after your thread, I have no excuse!! Very inspirational, informative, and just plain awesome. Thanks for taking the time to post this.