Finished: Shuttle Tydirium Teardown & Conversion

Re: WIP: Shuttle Tydirium Teardown & Conversion

The front seats do, but rather than ordering two sets of falcon seats, just to get the four I needed, I just ordered the one set and put the falcon nav seats in there too :D
 
Re: WIP: Shuttle Tydirium Teardown & Conversion

The front seats do, but rather than ordering two sets of falcon seats, just to get the four I needed, I just ordered the one set and put the falcon nav seats in there too :D
Man, I need to go re-watch ROTJ....

There seem to be several sellers and scales of those seats, (1/72, deagostini, Hasbro) Which ones did you end up getting?
 
Re: WIP: Shuttle Tydirium Teardown & Conversion

Joshua Maruska has unbelievably kindly made the Falcon front seats as 3D models for free!

https://grabcad.com/library/millennium-falcon-captain-s-chair

Nice! thanks for the heads up nkg! I actually have access to some very nice printers....

Hmm, Now I have to figure out what scale to print it. I've heard the original scale was 1/48th I think? This data says it's 1/35.

EDIT: According to this, it would be 1:48th scale. http://www.theforce.net/SWTC/lambda.html Its in the section under "Kenner Toy"
 
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Re: WIP: Shuttle Tydirium Teardown & Conversion

OK!
So, sorry I took so long to update, but the Shuttle is now as done as any project can ever be. Got the weathering done, the registration marks and all that. I'll take another pass at it at some point, but I just don't see the shuttle being heavily weathered.

For the base, I used an old record turntable platter, and painted and chipped it up. Thought it looked pretty cool!
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After that, It was mounting, attaching the wing guns and buttoning it up! Not quite sure what I'll be doing next.

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Looks nice. I would have filled in the line on the side where the pieces go together. But really great job either way. That lighting crazy.
 
Looks nice. I would have filled in the line on the side where the pieces go together. But really great job either way. That lighting crazy.

I seriously thought about it, but I wanted to be able to go back in when I learn more about Arduino and add in servo motors to actuate the wings via remote. That, and in case any component fails over the years, I want to get back in there instead of having to say "Well, that part used to do something, but it broke".
 
Great job! I would have filled all the gaps/screws, remove the cockpit hinge to make it less of a toyish look.
 
Great job! I would have filled all the gaps/screws, remove the cockpit hinge to make it less of a toyish look.

True, I just need to get back into it to eventually add servo motors, and in case something goes bad over the years.... Don't want to be stuck explaining why this or that light doesn't work anymore. "It's a 10 cent/ 30 minute fix, but I sealed it up 5 years ago..."
 
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