I figured why not try this....I'll either be really happy tomorrow when I fire up the laser or lost in confusion. Each panel "should" be the correct size. I made the circle the correct size and then scaled up the pic to fit.
An RPF Open Source 5 ft Millennium Falcon Build/Reference Thread. All Are Welcome
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I use that technique all the time. It looks like you have a better camera than I do though as you're getting sharper details.
The thing is to double and triple check the plate pattern that Bandai uses. They get it wrong in a lot of places. The plating on the lower engineering deck for example is something they completely made up.
The thing is to double and triple check the plate pattern that Bandai uses. They get it wrong in a lot of places. The plating on the lower engineering deck for example is something they completely made up.
lol. I just used my iPhone.
I didn't realize about the plates until I watched your scanning video yesterday.
This is just a test to see how close I can get. I'll use the real Falcon pics if this works.
The plating differences between the model kit and the filming model look to be driven mostly by the fact that Bandai did everything in CAD and they made things symmetrical. If you compare the lower rear engine/landing gear deck from the kit (that I pointed to in the video), to the filming model, you can see very distinct differences in the location of panel lines and the little notches. There's a non-symmetrical 'wonky-ness' to the real model that the kit ignores.
Also some of the kit's molded in greeblies are oversized (when scaled up), which pushes panel lines in further out of whack. So it's just something to keep an eye out for.
That gun platform doesn't scale up to the correct size. The diameter of that part is ~3.35", which scaled up is ~11.75" but the diameter on published drawings is 11.50" - assuming I've done my measurements and math correctly, and that the published drawings are correct. Which is possible because there are errors on those drawings, at least the ones I have.
It is a good starting point though. Like I said, I did the same thing, and it will get you very close.
Also some of the kit's molded in greeblies are oversized (when scaled up), which pushes panel lines in further out of whack. So it's just something to keep an eye out for.
That gun platform doesn't scale up to the correct size. The diameter of that part is ~3.35", which scaled up is ~11.75" but the diameter on published drawings is 11.50" - assuming I've done my measurements and math correctly, and that the published drawings are correct. Which is possible because there are errors on those drawings, at least the ones I have.
It is a good starting point though. Like I said, I did the same thing, and it will get you very close.
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