Deagostini Millennium Falcon with Cloud City Landing Pad

kokkari said:

In case anyone is interested in trying to replicate the signatures around the ship there's this. If I could remember where I got it from I would give them credit.
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Not sure how they deciphered Charles Bailey out that mess on the dish strut.

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kokkari said:

I wouldn't say "new" way. I've always used some sort of primer before painting all my models. I chose black on the Falcon because if I use my dremmel to chip away the base layer when making blast marks, the black will show through. ILM used black styrene for their armor plating and it shows through on many of the paint chips when you look close. It is a way of simulating this without using black styrene. Just be careful not to go all the way through both layers of paint when your dremmeling those chips.

Not sure if Steve D. used primer under his base coat. He sure didn't mention it in his videos. I always do to ensure maximum paint adhesion.

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greedo737 said:

Looks ****ing fantastic, kokkari!!!! I love your landing platform too!! How much to make me one?

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Gus76 said:

The paint job and weathering is superb!

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Stormy320 said:

I want that ship.

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bighead5 said:

Good to know. Thank you!
Did you use Tamiya primer for the black or what?


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kokkari said:

Does anyone else have this problem on there Falcon? My removable panel on the cockpit tube doesn't quite want to stay closed all the way at the bottom. Deagostini has magnets at the top, but not the bottom and it won't stay shut. I thought I would install some magnets at the bottom, but there is nothing to adhere them to. So, I was wondering if anyone else fixed this or has any ideas?

Thanks
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kokkari said:

I used automobile primer and adhesion promoter. The adhesion promoter was probably an overkill, but I did't want to take any chance of paint pealing off.
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Ollois said:

Just noticed that De Agostini missed off the notches next to the hull, at the rear of the tube piece

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kokkari said:

Yea, they missed a lot of those and the panels aren't 100% either in certain places. I trimmed off the plating in the circled area here and on the other side because that's how the studio model is. Not sure why they did it on the bottom and not the top. I also added the missing area of armor plating that was omitted by Deag.
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Ollois said:

I see you also cut back the edging by the Starboard Airlock door... nice work!
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