My DeAgo Falcon

Started weathering the mandibles today. Black washed, base color drybrushed and the black lines added.

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More details the coming days
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I really need to finish them before the next delivery arrives, whch will end with assembling upper and lower hull
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Cant await to finally do this major step and see her in all her glory :)
 
Here we are again
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Issues arrived up to #93

But before THE major step, I needed to finish painting the mandibles first
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Next, preparing for THE moment, mandibles, sidewall frames and engine difuser mounted

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And now, holding the breath for a few seconds, I slowly married upper and lower half, and .....

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... everything fits nice and perfect. A few paint touchups are needed later when all the final detail-greeblies are added
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Good looking update pics . Thanks for sharing .
Did you light - block the interior of the mandibles where the LEDs are , and what did you do to alleviate the ‘ gap ‘ in the engine area ?

Ged :thumbsup
 
Thank you Ged :)

Well, as for your question, I did nothing for both areas you mentioned. The mandible headlights are orignaly sitting in a 1mm tube already.
As for the engine light, I was thinking about some minor modification to the curved boxes, but although the missing LED is noticeable, I am fine with it as it is ;)
 
Finished the engine cover... for now ;) This is what I am able to do without the missing plant-on parts. As far as I researched, five of the seven remaining issues will deliver them.

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Almost there
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Mounted all sidewalls and the dockingrings. Will do the weathering on them tomorrow. Also will start adding details of the back end from the last 4 issues..... and a few unused sprues from earlier issues.

The next update will show the finished Hunk of Junk
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Not finished as mentioned last update
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I demounted the top back end for easier handliing. Took me the whole day to ALMOST finish the engine cover. Still need a few color touch-ups, but I want to let the glue settle over night.

Starting point after Issue #93 ( Mainparts assembled and repainted ) and parts added from # 96, 97, 98, 99

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With still some weathering work missing here and there, I am pretty satisfied how it turned out at this point. I am positivly surprised how the seams from the main parts are hidden, only visible when you know where to look at
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And at last, THE day has come. After 2 years in building, my 32" Studioscale Replica of the ESB Falcon is over. I really enjoyed the ride and really wish DeAgostini would continue this kind of work. I really would go nuts if the would transfer MR´s AT-AT into a weekly build-your-own project.

Anyway....

Ladies ( are there even any ??
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) and Gentlemen, behold the final pictures

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Unfortunatly I cant show of the interior. Don´t know, maybe I accidently glued the removeable panel at some points or something of the inner frame is slighly warped, but the panel is stuck somewhere and I really don´t want to force is off. On the other hand, I never had plans to display it open anyway, so I don´t worry about that.
I also didn´t build the landing gears as I want to display it in flight mode. The landinglights, which are meant to come on ONLY when the gear is installed is just temporarly activated for the photos only. Should I choose to display them later I might glue a small plate over the trigger within the gearbox.

Only thing left now is to mount it to the wall with the delivered TV-bracket.
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Thanks everyone who followed, for all your tips and feedback and I hope you enjoyed it.


Over and out !!!


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Congratulations mate , that’s one beautifully finished lady ! ( all hand painted , weathered right !? - incredible ! ) Thanks for sharing your journey .

Only opinion I offer regarding how you plan to display her , I wish it were not on the supplied stand . From what I’ve seen on other builds - it’s not very articulated , restricts displaying options , and it hides so much of the underside ! :facepalm But , hey it’s just a biased opinion on my part . As long as you’re happy !

Looking forward to what you tackle next ...

Best regards ,

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Thank you ged :) yes everything done by hand :)

Actually I share your opinion about the supplied stand as its just a basic TV mount.
But I am also pretty restricted of space for this behemoth to display it flat as I would prefer. I might try to replace the metal mounting plate with a glass one or maybe I try something with fingers so the underside is more visible.

Whats next ?
Well, I just started the Eaglemoss DeLorean ;)
 
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Thanks Lear60man :)

Here my FINAL final photos. :) :) Thats the bracket as delivered by DeAgostini, and although I would have prefered something else to display it in a more flat flying position, its not as bad as first thought. The arm would extend out to about 40cm, but I don´t want to risk it to break out of wall due weight shifting.... or have one of our curious kitties jump up onto it

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Thanks for sharing Scooby :thumbsup

It doesn’t look too bad at all ! You can still see the bottom turret , which is cool :cool . Did you have to provide the ( longer ? ) spacers , or did they come with the stand ?

Either way , Congrats again on your beautiful lady .

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Love it! I think your falcon looks great. I plan on using the supplied wall mount as well and now I know what it will look like. Thanks for sharing.
 
Thank you, thank you guys. Just for info, if you put the mount twisted 90° to the wall ( the "elbow" would need to point upwards ) , it might be possible to display the Falcon in more flat position. But as mentioned above, due weight of the model I didn't want to risk to either have it breaking loose from the wall or in the twisted position the arm joints might get dragged down by gravity.
 
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