09-04-2022, 01:17 AM
The following is a mockup design of the Upper Jaw box in either sheet styrene or acrylic. The latter probably being prefered as it will hold its shape better for the large flat surfaces.
This was primarily for a friend who is also working on a model of this bird.
I am yet to decide if I will go this route with my Upper and Lower Jaw boxes. From what I can tell from early ILM pictures is that the originals were carved from laminated plywood. As were the docking arms.
It seems that the popular choice for safely supporting a studio scale 5' Falcon under construction these days is to employ a mobile workshop engine stand.
I'm looking at making a bench stand that is essentially the same size as the one fabricated by ILM originally.
As a fun sidetrack, I made a very rough photo alignment to work out the approximate proportions of the original.
I'm not sure if I did much design work in August. I was fairly busy with other projects, however managed to still do a bit of part mapping.
So this is essentially where I am at at the moment. Hence future updates will likely slow down to a real time pace.
There has been quite a bit of digital greeblie part design that has happened here and there since first starting on this project. I will likely share progress of this in the not too distant future, along with the rest of my build as it takes shape.
Originally I was planning to 3D print most of the greeblies. However after being inspired by what others have achieved or are working on, I too have stupidly decided to try for a largely all styrene donor build. A few of the super rare kits will likely being the exception to this rule.
More to follow, thanks for watching!
This was primarily for a friend who is also working on a model of this bird.
I am yet to decide if I will go this route with my Upper and Lower Jaw boxes. From what I can tell from early ILM pictures is that the originals were carved from laminated plywood. As were the docking arms.
It seems that the popular choice for safely supporting a studio scale 5' Falcon under construction these days is to employ a mobile workshop engine stand.
I'm looking at making a bench stand that is essentially the same size as the one fabricated by ILM originally.
As a fun sidetrack, I made a very rough photo alignment to work out the approximate proportions of the original.
I'm not sure if I did much design work in August. I was fairly busy with other projects, however managed to still do a bit of part mapping.
So this is essentially where I am at at the moment. Hence future updates will likely slow down to a real time pace.
There has been quite a bit of digital greeblie part design that has happened here and there since first starting on this project. I will likely share progress of this in the not too distant future, along with the rest of my build as it takes shape.
Originally I was planning to 3D print most of the greeblies. However after being inspired by what others have achieved or are working on, I too have stupidly decided to try for a largely all styrene donor build. A few of the super rare kits will likely being the exception to this rule.
More to follow, thanks for watching!