MPC/ERTL Millenium Falcon Resurection

kookoogr said:

I would like to address another major issue of the build, the colour of the model. I have read many threads, saw videos and the more i try to find the more i get confused and the fact that i am inexperienced with painting scale models makes things more troublesome. I know that the colour from model to model varies, there is a difference is screen calibration so i can compare photos etc. So here are some questions i have

I am thinking of using as a base colour the tamiya insignia white, i read and saw videos that many people use it as a base colour and after applying layers of other colours and weathering the base colour will change dramatically. How many cans will i need 2-3? Also as a primer should i go for a light grey colour, does it matter?

For painting the various panels on the falcon i will need extra colours such as red, yellow, light grey, dark grey. Any suggestions on these colours?

As i watched a series of videos i saw that people use a variety of brands on top of the base colour and then they seal them with a clear coat. I have some Humbrol acrylics/enamels and humbrol washes along with some Molak enamel colours and a bottle of Humbrol clear along with brown, white, black oil paint tubes. My question is will there be any issues with the tamiya base colour. As a primer i will use a tamiya one. Clearly the best way is to use the same brand along with the clear coat in order to avoid any problems but since i may have some of the colours i will need i would like any opinions on the matter

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kookoogr said:

Wow pony your falcon is amazing, you made me think seriously lighting my falcon and maybe using an arduino for effects with the lights, your photos are added at my reference collection. A couple of questions though, did you use the stock cockpit interior and added the shapeways cockpit walls? Also what is the thickness of the optic fiber you used?

I continued my falcon segmenting the construction into areas and working on them so i won't get ''drowned'' in the things i need to do. I am doing right now the pipping and i managed to remove the the radar base with no damage, i just had to go very slowly with a fine saw, a tiny drill bit and a dentist tool i bought in order to use it as an engraver. I am using various pics as reference, mostly Jaitea's, in order to bring the falcon as close as possible to the movies, deepening on my modeling skills of course


Here i realized that i placed at the wrong place the pipe at the bottom of pit so i scratch built a small box with styrine, even though the result of the box is not the expected i will remove it and use a piece of copper sheet bent into the shape of a box for the pipes to fit.

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Here is the job i've done so far, the pipes are not glued yet, so i can make corrections when needed, except for the straight ones at the nose section of the ship

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kookoogr said:

Thank you for your interest , I have stopped working on it temporally since my working hours have increased dramatically from April until late October (10-hour shifts minimum), also i need to finish a canadair cl-415. The good news is that a couple of months ago i received haystack's upgrade kit and it is amazing, the last work i did on the model is to glue the pipping.

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