Building The ANH 5'Millennium Falcon

[Tsophika]

That looks really great, Stu.

 

[ralphee]

Stu that really looks brilliant, front section looks spot on mate!

lee

 

[eagle1]

Thanks Craig & Lee. I figured if you fudge the cockpit, especially the front window part, your whole Falcon will just look plain wrong.

I don't think Iv'e said this here before, someone just reminded me, but my cockpit interior will be based on the full sized set as best as I can get get it. The actual models interior is just awful & begs for detailing.
The Falcon cockpit guys over in the general forum have done some outstanding work on this which I can translate to my model for a pretty accurate interior, many thanks to them.
Stu

 

[kbilly]

The cockpit looks friggin awesome. You're off to a great start!

 

[imaginager]

Nice! The sanding effect is uncanny.

 

[Cadeus]

Have you considered having the interior 3-D printed? This guy is making some pretty cool models for that purpose: http://www.therpf.com/f11/millenium-falcon-parts-3d-printing-168520/

 

[MonsieurTox]

Stellar cockpit ! The frame looks spot on !

 

[Stormy320]

Wow!:eek

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

Man, that hits the spot!

Total genius working out how that front window was done.

 

[joewhite]

What a weird design on that front piece! You hit it dead on! Wow!

Joe

 

[Moska]

Well done, Stu.

It looks perfect thumbsup:thumbsup

Rafa

 

[eagle1]

The cockpit looks friggin awesome. You're off to a great start!

Cheers mate, maybe one day you can come down & see her in person?.
Or rather, bits of her at the mo:lol

Nice! The sanding effect is uncanny.

Thanks Allan, yeah, a strange phenomenon going on there for sure. I really don't ever want to do another one. Thank the maker for casting

Have you considered having the interior 3-D printed? This guy is making some pretty cool models for that purpose: http://www.therpf.com/f11/millenium-falcon-parts-3d-printing-168520/

No 3-D printed parts will be used. I intend to scratch-build everything that isn't a kit part.

Stellar cockpit ! The frame looks spot on !

Many thanks Julien, means alot from you bro, your eye for detail is freaky, so I must have got it pretty down pact:lol

Wow!:eek

Thanks mate!

Man, that hits the spot!
Total genius working out how that front window was done.

Yeah I know what you mean. 30 years looking at it, & now it's in my hand, doesn't get any better.

What a weird design on that front piece! You hit it dead on! Wow!

Joe

Thanks Joe, yeah, never in a million years would you have dreamed up this piece, but there you have it, another weird part from those crazy ILMer's:lol

Well done, Stu.

It looks perfect thumbsup:thumbsup

Rafa

Thanks Rafa

 

[crackerjazz]

Fantastic job there, Stu! I can imagine the man-hours you put in for studying, researching and working on the cockpit. All of it has really paid off.

 

[Jaitea]

Looks perfect.....you do realise that you are now creating new reference photos......

John

 

[jedimaster]

Well.... I'm not gonna tug your Old fella.... Looks right... He he. Now get on with it!:behave:darnkids

 

[Cadeus]

It amazes me that here we are, 35 years later, making new discoveries! What an adventure!!! It is simply beautiful.

 

[Exxos]

I am just going to throw this out there since I have not seen it suggested.

Could the octagonal part of the front of the cockpit have been a faceted shallow, plastic bowl or lid? Altered to remove a base, lip, and/or handle?

 

[Duncanator]

Looks like you are off to a great start. Remember that the original builders were "eyeballing" the build too, so trust the kit parts and trust your eye. Any plans they may have had were just jumping off points anyway.

 

[eagle1]

Fantastic job there, Stu! I can imagine the man-hours you put in for studying, researching and working on the cockpit. All of it has really paid off.

Thanks mate. It does seem that most of the time is pouring over ref & finding/placing kit parts to get the best possible outcome, rather than building, but when it actually does materialise into the physical parts, then that's very gratifying.

Looks perfect.....you do realise that you are now creating new reference photos......
John

I hadn't thought of it that way. I guess, yeah, every step with pics taken is a help to other builders. It's all a learning curve, finding out by doing just how parts were done & fit to each other.
Remember though, this is my interpretation of how I see things, how I go about building her, other builders will have their take on building etc... .
End result though is a big Falcon.

Well.... I'm not gonna tug your Old fella.... Looks right... He he. Now get on with it!:behave:darnkids

Cheers Simon, yeah, yeah, back to work on it, I know, cheeeshhh:lol

It amazes me that here we are, 35 years later, making new discoveries! What an adventure!!! It is simply beautiful.

Thanks.
Yeah, my biggest modeling adventure yet, getting there, slowly!.

I am just going to throw this out there since I have not seen it suggested.

Could the octagonal part of the front of the cockpit have been a faceted shallow, plastic bowl or lid? Altered to remove a base, lip, and/or handle?

Not sure, my method worked for me, so I won't be pondering on this part again

Looks like you are off to a great start. Remember that the original builders were "eyeballing" the build too, so trust the kit parts and trust your eye. Any plans they may have had were just jumping off points anyway.

True, kit parts are our friends:lol

 

[3d-builder]

Wow great update you get a sense of size in the pic
where your holding it!:thumbsup I don't think I would
have a place big enough to keep a Falcon this size......
so I will let you keep it!thumbsup