building my own millenium falcon

dnalor

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Yes the lighting works..

The engine is great
The cockpit could be a little more..
and the upper turrent could be...hum...a LOT less :)
because there is a light leaking to the front. :-(

i installed electricity socket. in the under turrent
so that i can take the falcon from the wall mount when needed.


Also i have installed the armour plating around the ship but i think i have to re-glue some of them again...
 

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dnalor

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And again i found something..

what do you guys think about this?
Yes the ends need to be made nice but it's about the tubing alone.
 

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Zathros

I think that tubing looks awesome. It is the kind of detail that really brings the model to life! :)
 

dnalor

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yes but isn't it to much?..
It has a little shine on it..

On the to front pieces it looks great but on the hull i don't know it's so...there...
 

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Rhaven Blaack

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If you really wanted to, you could have painted the tubes a dull light gray, but other then that, I think that you are doing a GREAT job in this model.
It is detail like this that give a model that little extra special spark and sets it apart from all the rest.
 

F131

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What the guys above me said. The little detail is what sells the model and truly makes it yours. Spray a little dullcoat over the model to knock down the shine....but mask off any clear parts/windows.
 

ARMORMAN

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paint it with dullcoat (but I would have thought you would want to clearcoat the model at the end of construction to add a little protection).
 
Z

Zathros

You can always paint the tubing! If you went to a Hobby shop, you could find grey tubing that bends really easily, with minimal heat applied. Either way, it looks really god!

:)
 

ARMORMAN

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I have an inkjet, and I have airbrush Futured models and spray clear coated models with no problems. The key is to do light coats.

Print out a test page and try it out.
 

dnalor

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hum....i should try that..maybe was with my try to much liquid..

But now first i have a holiday of a week :)
And a try of dismanteling my laptop fixing it..and hope to re-assembling it :)
 

dnalor

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WHAAAA...
i found the error before i got to the screws...:)
the battery was defective...that's why he didn't started..
(yes i tried also with the ac/dc cable)..
so with the cable and battery-> no go...
only cable and no battery -> works like a charm.

Now i need a new battery and then i'm completly mobile..again :)
 

dnalor

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Yes my little vacation is over...and my falcon was still waiting for me :)

I made nice endcaps for the cables on top..
And started to glue al those small greebles parts on the hull..
 

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Zathros

Looking real good Dnalor!! I don't think you could have to much detail, well, maybe, but that is no problem here with that! :)
 

dnalor

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A little question..
what is happend with

studioscale.com

that was one of my major reference sites..
 
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