Scaratch built 32" ESB Millennium Falcon

[JAWS]

Ok so just spent a couple of days gathering more reference & doing some kit scans. More of those to come soon. Thought I better get back to some building so jumped on the Falcon bench to do some checking & have realised there is a small ledge where the dome plateing steps back from the mandibles Its 2-3mm high so I had to add that in. I got my template & marked the height needed from the edge then marked that on the support struts. Got the knife & hacked the edges off!
   
   
   
I simply used the straight edge of some 1.5mm styrene Ive used for the whole base shape & measured a 3mm line all the way across. I then got the trusty stanley knife & ruler(put Blu Tac on bottom of ruler to stop moving ) & ran it across the styrene until the strip came away.
   
Checked it twice to see if it was relatively straight & even then glued down
   
   
   
Put the dome sheeting on top to do some more checks. Gotta check ya self before ya wrek ya, build. I say!
   
Ok thats looking alright & is something that I nearly missed so its really important to keep your eyes open & recheck everything
   
   
   
Starting working on the boxes for the jaw etc. Now I realise I still got along way to go cause thi stuff takes a bit of thinking to get accurate & fit! So I definately got some new hurdles & challenges ahead of me. All good with fancy light tests etc but now the real works starting