The Robosapien
New Member
Hi everyone. Well, I’ve never contributed to any forums or sites like this before, so this is a first for me! It’s been many years since I did any model making and I was mediocre then to say the least but anyway, lets go. Here is my version of the Legacy Millennium Falcon (I do love Star Wars). I managed to find this one on Ebay, complete except for the chess pieces! I knew what I wanted to do with it, I wanted to take it apart, paint more detail inside and fit some Fibre Optics, so this is a diary of our journey together; off we go!
I guess everyone has seen this model before but, just for the comparison, here is an image of ‘The before’!
This is the top of the model showing all the included electronics.
And the inside.
I took the model apart and removed the electronics and all of the interior walls for priming. The Gun Well was a nightmare! It is made of ‘oily plastic’ and wouldn’t take paint to well at all, I found out the hard way after putting some masking tape on, and it taking the paint off! I had to remove all the primer I had already put on and start again, I used ‘car bumper’ primer this time (it worked for me!).
I guess everyone has seen this model before but, just for the comparison, here is an image of ‘The before’!
This is the top of the model showing all the included electronics.
And the inside.
I took the model apart and removed the electronics and all of the interior walls for priming. The Gun Well was a nightmare! It is made of ‘oily plastic’ and wouldn’t take paint to well at all, I found out the hard way after putting some masking tape on, and it taking the paint off! I had to remove all the primer I had already put on and start again, I used ‘car bumper’ primer this time (it worked for me!).