5-foot Millennium Falcon - parts lists & complementary Info
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Those photos of the ESB underside pits are great! Would you know where they could be found, not marked up?
I did a bunch of research on the appearance of those revised pits:
The Mystery of the Five Foot Falcon's Undersaucer Pits
Maybe not the catchiest title, but there you have it. Here's an article on the last remaining mystery* of the five foot Falcon: details of the lower maintenance pits as they appear from 1979 onwards. I wrote this up while researching the designs for some 3D-printed parts.
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manugu
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Dear 3Dsf,Those photos of the ESB underside pits are great! Would you know where they could be found, not marked up?
I did a bunch of research on the appearance of those revised pits:
The Mystery of the Five Foot Falcon's Undersaucer Pits
Maybe not the catchiest title, but there you have it. Here's an article on the last remaining mystery* of the five foot Falcon: details of the lower maintenance pits as they appear from 1979 onwards. I wrote this up while researching the designs for some 3D-printed parts.
yes, I know, I heavily relied on your notes also and should have mentioned that here, so thank you!!
I'll pm you about the photos.
manugu
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... and I was mixing up colors. Missing part in 6 on top of the lunar lander is Aurora Forrestal or Saratoga. This info has been on 3Dsf's notes only ~6.5 years now, took me a while to find it.
Sorry jcoffman99, you're missing 59 kits now I guess
Sorry jcoffman99, you're missing 59 kits now I guess
Ah man....that's it...I'm shutting the whole thing down. lol... and I was mixing up colors. Missing part in 6 on top of the lunar lander is Aurora Forrestal or Saratoga. This info has been on 3Dsf's notes only ~6.5 years now, took me a while to find it.
Sorry jcoffman99, you're missing 59 kits now I guess
Nice!
manugu
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Hi fellow Falcon nutters,
here comes a little experiment. I have identified (99% sure!) the following part added on top of the starboard backwards FalGal plate…
… and will share its ID with anybody who is willing to share in return some unique 5’ Falcon info or interesting Falcon related stuff with me.
Here are the conditions:
- what you give is yours to share.
- you can share the ID afterwards with anybody, I don’t want to keep it secret, I just want a little fun out of this! Just please don‘t post it around here immediately…
- I‘m looking for any of the following, preferably in large quantities, but one would do just fine too: facts considered not commonly known, not public (or wide spread) photos from exhibitions or vintage footage, a nice shot from your builds if you have and want to share (preferably not posted already, but I’m not picky!), unknown greeblies IDs of course, mysterious kits (haha, at least I can try), digital greeblies that are close to the original or any other bit you think is appropriate or might be of interest.
- anything you sent I understand as private and confidential unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Now as with every experiment, I’m really curious what comes out this one!
Cheers
Manu
here comes a little experiment. I have identified (99% sure!) the following part added on top of the starboard backwards FalGal plate…
… and will share its ID with anybody who is willing to share in return some unique 5’ Falcon info or interesting Falcon related stuff with me.
Here are the conditions:
- what you give is yours to share.
- you can share the ID afterwards with anybody, I don’t want to keep it secret, I just want a little fun out of this! Just please don‘t post it around here immediately…
- I‘m looking for any of the following, preferably in large quantities, but one would do just fine too: facts considered not commonly known, not public (or wide spread) photos from exhibitions or vintage footage, a nice shot from your builds if you have and want to share (preferably not posted already, but I’m not picky!), unknown greeblies IDs of course, mysterious kits (haha, at least I can try), digital greeblies that are close to the original or any other bit you think is appropriate or might be of interest.
- anything you sent I understand as private and confidential unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Now as with every experiment, I’m really curious what comes out this one!
Cheers
Manu
manugu
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Look who smiles there! Thank you very much for letting us know Shamon, welcome to the RPF!And thanks for sharing a glimpse of your work.
Do you think both clones hide in that pit?
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Shamon
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I didn't notice at all! Thank you for letting me know.
And thanks for sharing a glimpse of your work.
Do you think both clones hide in that pit?
The size is also perfect.
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Yep, that's what I used on my build too.
I don't suppose you recall which tank that was from?
Without seeing the actual part, my concern would be the diameter. If you measure the part as used on the PG Bandai kit, that gear's diameter is ~11mm. Most of the spur gears I see in the radio control tank kit drive units are in the 5-6mm range.
It's certainly the right shape though.
Without seeing the actual part, my concern would be the diameter. If you measure the part as used on the PG Bandai kit, that gear's diameter is ~11mm. Most of the spur gears I see in the radio control tank kit drive units are in the 5-6mm range.
It's certainly the right shape though.
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manugu
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Hi Shamon,
I agree with Dave, no need to regret those sales. Here a pic from John’s 1/35 Nichimo JagdTiger from SciFiKitbash, which looks very similar to the one you posted. The shape looks good, as Dave already wrote, but the size does not fit
Cheers
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manugu
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Great find Shamon! ... I always assumed it was a piece of the rubber tubing from the Lotus 49.
Do you think the subsequent pipe that continues under the hull shown below is also connected to that piece? Shaddows would indicate that it sits right under the hull plating. On most builds I see it connected one 'level' down.
Do you think the subsequent pipe that continues under the hull shown below is also connected to that piece? Shaddows would indicate that it sits right under the hull plating. On most builds I see it connected one 'level' down.
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