Hi guys,
The truly superb Bandai 1/72nd Perfect Grade Falcon is now upon us and people are already doing some incredible work on the exterior paintjobs and detailing of the ship.
I really want to get some improvement made to what is quite frankly an "average" decal that Bandai have supplied for the rear wall of the cockpit. It seems like nobody is having any real success with this yet. The sculpted detail on the rear wall is nice but it pretty much makes using the decal impossible because no matter how much Micro-Set and Micro-Sol is used, the decal will not conform correctly around the sculpted details.
I'm thinking that the sculpted details should be removed and a better quality decal should be used on the panel.
The excellent "Haynes Owners Manual for the Millennium Falcon" book has an awesome graphic for the rear wall (I think it was done by Chris Trevas). I'd like to try and get a waterslide decal of this by scanning the book, removing the numbers from the panel and then scaling it to the correct size for printing.
Alternatively, would Stevestarkiller or Maruska be willing to create a true elevation of the rear wall panel from their awesome 3d models of the ANH cockpit interior which could then be scaled to the correct size for printing as a decal?
I think that there would be a demand for a decent quality and accurate rear wall decal which has been scaled to the size to fit the Bandai kit part.
Come on guys. Let's get this done.
My Falcon needs an accurate rear wall!!!
Chris
The truly superb Bandai 1/72nd Perfect Grade Falcon is now upon us and people are already doing some incredible work on the exterior paintjobs and detailing of the ship.
I really want to get some improvement made to what is quite frankly an "average" decal that Bandai have supplied for the rear wall of the cockpit. It seems like nobody is having any real success with this yet. The sculpted detail on the rear wall is nice but it pretty much makes using the decal impossible because no matter how much Micro-Set and Micro-Sol is used, the decal will not conform correctly around the sculpted details.
I'm thinking that the sculpted details should be removed and a better quality decal should be used on the panel.
The excellent "Haynes Owners Manual for the Millennium Falcon" book has an awesome graphic for the rear wall (I think it was done by Chris Trevas). I'd like to try and get a waterslide decal of this by scanning the book, removing the numbers from the panel and then scaling it to the correct size for printing.
Alternatively, would Stevestarkiller or Maruska be willing to create a true elevation of the rear wall panel from their awesome 3d models of the ANH cockpit interior which could then be scaled to the correct size for printing as a decal?
I think that there would be a demand for a decent quality and accurate rear wall decal which has been scaled to the size to fit the Bandai kit part.
Come on guys. Let's get this done.
My Falcon needs an accurate rear wall!!!
Chris
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