to get the correct "looking" spacing of the notches i have to adjust the width of them sometimes - my plating does not always jive exactly with the studio model and having the notch size float a bit i can make up for it in every occurrence
so my notches are all cut by hand, with an eye to proportion rather than accuracy
here seems like a good place to expound on my theory regarding accuracy as it relates to the falcon and other studio models
a 100% accurate replica is impossible with a 30 year old model - no 3D scan was performed at the completion of building for reference
you could have the actual model sitting in your room with you and be very lucky to get even 95% close to the model in its current condition
its current condition is far cry from what existed when it was built - a close study of available reference reveals that
the falcon was straight and true, clean and shiny looking when it was built - it is now twisted, scraped, broken and fixed, chipped and repainted, sagging and dirty
all that being said "close" is all you can get - we already have 95% or more of the kit parts on the falcon ID'd - the plans that I and many others have started with are also very very "close"
after more and more people make these the chances of getting a perfect one increases
but here is the hitch, when it does happen not a soul in the world will know it - because the needed reference does not exist to make it knowable
and here is the corollary - a SS falcon (plus many others) need not be accurate to be pleasing, with much respect to the fastest SS ESB falcon build ever completed, Paul Francis' rendition likely has less than 25% correct parts - and looks awesome...
with that i put forth my next photo - let the plating continue
so my notches are all cut by hand, with an eye to proportion rather than accuracy
here seems like a good place to expound on my theory regarding accuracy as it relates to the falcon and other studio models
a 100% accurate replica is impossible with a 30 year old model - no 3D scan was performed at the completion of building for reference
you could have the actual model sitting in your room with you and be very lucky to get even 95% close to the model in its current condition
its current condition is far cry from what existed when it was built - a close study of available reference reveals that
the falcon was straight and true, clean and shiny looking when it was built - it is now twisted, scraped, broken and fixed, chipped and repainted, sagging and dirty
all that being said "close" is all you can get - we already have 95% or more of the kit parts on the falcon ID'd - the plans that I and many others have started with are also very very "close"
after more and more people make these the chances of getting a perfect one increases
but here is the hitch, when it does happen not a soul in the world will know it - because the needed reference does not exist to make it knowable
and here is the corollary - a SS falcon (plus many others) need not be accurate to be pleasing, with much respect to the fastest SS ESB falcon build ever completed, Paul Francis' rendition likely has less than 25% correct parts - and looks awesome...
with that i put forth my next photo - let the plating continue