Millennium Falcon Studio Scale

[Stefan Hacker]

Hi Friends!

i just wanted to show you some progress on my recently started 32 Incher.

[ChrisGFX]

what an eyecandy! awesome!

[KrokoHunter]

great start :-)

[peza]

Eh up Stefan,wow buddy i love ya bottom!lol....hope mine turns out as good as yours
mym8...top work on the paint and weathering....mint..cheers peza

[Cylon-Knight]

Amazing! Such precise work. Thank you for sharing the photos.

[JAWS]

Looking good mate. What's that bottom picture from?

[Stefan Hacker]

Thanks everyone!

@Jase: I scanned the back of the Millennium Falcon 3-D Owner Guide book. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars...%27s_Guide
and scaled it up to compare it with the Maruska-Plan. It´s pretty close just the 4 holes in the mandibles are a little bit differnent. If someone want´s the PDF just let me know but the quality isn´t professionall. I just did it to get a feeling if the greeblies have the right size and the really fit pretty well if not spot on.

[Cylon-Knight]

Not to hijack Stefan's wonderful build, just a little diversion for you Falcon fans where it will be seen.

My wife found some Lego Ornament ideas... and among them "What a piece of junk." lol
I thought some of you might like to make one with Legos you might have for your tree.
(There is also Slave-1 and the Death Star if you are more Imperial Minded.)

Picture:

PDF of how to: http://www.powerpig.ca/lego_ornament_gui...n_2013.pdf

Site of all the ornaments (MANY more than Star Wars)
http://www.chrismcveigh.com/cm/building_...liday.html

Not QUITE studio scale, but I suggest you let the Wookie win. <eye roll>

[dbhs]

Very cool. I love seeing the very first part of a build.

[Stefan Hacker]

Update! More frames stuff

[dbhs]

That's gonna be a lot of LEDs !

[KrokoHunter]

LEGO Star Wars in the background = APPROVED!!!!

[peza]

Eh up buddy,only just realised that the bottom image was a photo,what a wolly!
love ya progress and i especially love the set up for the engine lights.....im things of
something along those lines,top work mym8!...peza

[JAWS]

Looking sweet Stefan! 

[MonsieurTox]

Very good start Stefan !

Good luck with your build !

[Stefan Hacker]

Thanks for your feedback guys! Means a lot to me!

[Stefan Hacker]

Lil update:

[JAWS]

Awsome Stefan!

[TALKIERG]

Coming along very nice Stefan,great job!

Don

[peza]

Wow those lights rock,really impressive!
loving your progress buddy.
top marks

[Stefan Hacker]

Thanks for your comments guys! So i´m back on the Falcon!  ;D ! 

[JAWS]

Very kool!

[kbilly]

Great start. Always enjoy seeing a falcon come together.

[Stefan Hacker]

Thanks! Hey are you also thinking my sidewalls are wrong on the disc? I guess they have to be more in the center. It´s very confusing with those armor plates. But i guess i need more space for greeblies on the sides.

[Stefan Hacker]

Here we go. Damn! I made a big mistake on the sidewalls. I guess the Maruska Plan was wrong on this point. The Sidewalls have to be higher to let the kit parts fit inside the trench. I had to remove a bit of the disc so the sidewalls are now more towards the center. Now i have to fill the gaps but i guess i can fix that without any problems. I was so much fun playing with kit parts. This is a magical momentan when something melts together and changes to a part of the  Falcon.

[Stefan Hacker]

BTW  I  also found out that the angle of the Cockpittube leads about 1 cm more in front of the centerpoint. Thats also wrong on the MR Falcon based Plan

[Scott Graham]

I've been looking at many pics of the falcon lately, since I've got a semi-complete one to revise and finish. I've noticed that issue too.

What I think it is is that the centerline of the tunnel moves forward towards the center. It seems to move off-center as it goes towards the gun turret. It makes that elliptical, angled edge not a correct ellipse also.

The elliptical/angled area didn't look right to me, so I had been trying to figure out what the problem is. I don't think it's the angle of the cockpit tube that's off, but the center greeblie area on the top.

At least that's what I came up with. What do you think?

[dbhs]

Holy crap that's a lot of lights. Is the middle row of smaller lights also LEDs or fiber optic? Will they be covered with a screen or light diffuser?

[Stefan Hacker]

(03-14-2015, 06:05 AM)Scott Graham Wrote: I've been looking at many pics of the falcon lately, since I've got a semi-complete one to revise and finish. I've noticed that issue too.

What I think it is is that the centerline of the tunnel moves forward towards the center. It seems to move off-center as it goes towards the gun turret. It makes that elliptical, angled edge not a correct ellipse also.

The elliptical/angled area didn't look right to me, so I had been trying to figure out what the problem is. I don't think it's the angle of the cockpit tube that's off, but the center greeblie area on the top.

At least that's what I came up with. What do you think?

I did another Coreldraw illustration and it seems to me that the centerline with the greeblies is right. Very confusing but i guess the right green line is the best point to get the right angle of the tube. The other ones more to the center would be wrong cause they are turned inwards because of the shape if the hull. Notice the red lines on the Cockpittunnel are perfect parallel.

[Stefan Hacker]

(03-14-2015, 06:25 AM)dbhs Wrote: Holy crap that's a lot of lights. Is the middle row of smaller lights also LEDs or fiber optic? Will they be covered with a screen or light diffuser?

Those smaller lights are FO´s powered by another 5mm LED. I´m  not sure about the cover but maybe a grill of maybe a grill with thin foil or somethiing like that.

[JAWS]

Really kool  Stefan.