32" SS Millennium Falcon

[scratchy]

Well, I may as well place a thread up here with the rest you guys. This Falcon will lie dormant in the meantime, it's more of a kit collection and supplies accumulation project right now, until I can acquire enough parts to be 100% certain of the proper dimensions for the shape of this "Hunk of Junk"

[JAWS]

Thats the way Jay. Nice start. Will be an interesting build with your capabilities.

[Aurora]

if your using josh's plans then you will be good until you get to the ribbing for the dome.

[kbilly]

Got to start somewhere.

Have you got any dimensions you're 100% certain of ?

[scratchy]

(02-08-2011, 10:12 AM)omes72 Wrote: Thats the way Jay. Nice start. Will be an interesting build with your capabilities.

Thanks for the vote of confidence Jase

(02-10-2011, 02:23 AM)Aurora Wrote: if your using josh's plans then you will be good until you get to the ribbing for the dome.

If these are the plans that are in .pdf format, then yes, they look pretty good. However, I will use the parts to be sure.

(02-10-2011, 05:45 PM)kbilly Wrote: Got to start somewhere.

Have you got any dimensions you're 100% certain of ?

yes, the strips for the side wall, not including the .040" (.080" combined) thicknes of the top and bottom sheet of styrene is 28mm.

[scratchy]

Hi guys, can anyone offer some information which kits these two highlight parts come from. I'm guessing that the purple strip is a scratched piece that was needed to cap-off the Tyrell part



I'm in the process of laying out the kit parts to get better measurements for the portside mandible.

[Mensaboy]

the green (most of it) is the front of the turret, roco gepard, the bit under the airfix matilda wheels looks to be putty

after some close evaluation i think the purple is a slice from the other Tyrell transmission half

[scratchy]

Thanks Mensaboy! I'll have to give those Tyrrel parts a closer look.

[MonsieurTox]

Jay, what did you use for the channels ? I havent been able to find the right size in the Plastruct line... Not wide enough, not thick enough etc...

Yeah the green part is from the Roco turret.

As for the purple, I was like Mensaboy and thought it was from cut from another transmission part :



But after a close look to the pic of Mike Fulmer building the strips, I noticed it was just stock styrene sanded to shape...

[scratchy]

That Tyrell end piece does look like it's a scratched addition, however, what you guys did for your part, trimming a section and glueing it to the end really does look more consistant with the details.

MT - the strip that I have shown in the pic is from Evergreen Scale Models. Those two pieces are #159 .060X.250" (1.5X6.3mm) 1/4 Scale 3X12 strip..... which really doesn't look good enough, they're just a little thin.

I also have the #169 .080X.250" (2.0X6.3mm) 1/4 Scale 4X12 strip which looks a lot closer to the reference..... I'll be using this piece. I glued two pieces of .060" styrene together to make the back plate which the Matilda and Tyrell parts are glued to and it looks really good.

[MonsieurTox]

Thanks J !

Gonna buy some Evergreen C-strips, and strip-off my parts from the styrene plates lol

[scratchy]

(04-17-2011, 09:54 AM)MonsieurTox Wrote: Thanks J !

Gonna buy some Evergreen C-strips, and strip-off my parts from the styrene plates lol

That sucks!.... not that you have to go purchase some strip styrene, but you have to go back into the work you've already done.

[MonsieurTox]

Dont worry, I already did it once (those were my V2 mandible walls ! :p). I use to do everything twice or more (mainly when I paint a model... Need to strip the paint off 3 or 4 times lol).

[peza]

eh up buddy have you done anymore on ya build mym8.....peza