Bandai Millennium Falcon 1/144 ANH Version

[jaitea]

Hi guys

I've been a member for a while but this is my first post here,....My name is John & I'm from Carrickfergus (10 miles from Belfast)

You might get to notice that I tend to build 1 craft......in different scales.....different versions......

....the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars

I've built various MPC kits (the one from '78),....the most recent I spent quite a long time on & sold it to a collector about 95% completed

I've got 2 FineMolds 1/72 & 1 of the 1/144

I'm in the middle of modding the big Hasbro toy Falcon (works out to be 1/48)

& two of these fantastic Bandai 1/144 The Force Awakens Falcon kits

So....this thread is dedicated to the Bandai kit modded to reproduce how the Falcon appeared in the first Star Wars 1977 (A New Hope)

I got my Shapeways parts today (27 Nov) sculpted by Tony FZ6 & I started modding

Dish:

Really Really happy with the detail on the printed parts:

Started plating:

Constantly smoothing & refining

Thanks for looking

John

Welcome John and have long admired (aka Bookmarked) your work over on RPF!

While I mostly build winged and rotor things myself, I'm on a bit of a Star Wars vibe at present and recently got a Revell 1/72 Falcon (to go along with a 1/144 Fine Molds and half built AMT kit in the attic). I think I'm trying to convince myself I can make something good out of the Revell one.

Look forward to seeing more pics!

Cheers,

Dermot in Dublin

Wow, thanks for the welcome Dermo (& the likes guys).....Yep theres a lot of these birds being built at the minute

Theres a good bit to catch up to where I am now with this build (paint & PE),....but this was the next in my progress:

TFA docking rings are a bit plain,....while the 5 footer is more random

Gonna have to find some really fine greeblies for the cockpit walkway:

Thanks for looking

John

Edited February 10, 2016 by jaitea

[jaitea]

Some more of my progress:

Stripped down the piping & re-positioned the entex engine a bit:

Thanks for looking

John

Edited February 11, 2016 by jaitea

[Habu12]

Thanks for the hot tip on the Shapeways dish! Just ordered mine.