monsterpartyhat Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 (edited) While I've generally been sticking to the 1:144th scale of the Vehicle Model fighters and other ships, I just branched out into the 1:350th scale Millennium Falcon. Aka the "Mini-llennium" Falcon, or the as I've dubbed it, the Millennium Sparrow. (technically, Millenium Shrike would be more accurate - the Shrike being the smallest bird of prey, but that's neither here nor there). I did something a little different from the typical MF paint job (aside from painting the panels with TFA colors) - instead of leaving the side walls the base color and just dirtying them up, I painted them in contrasting Vallejo Metal Color metallic acrylics. Gun Metal as the base, with Duraluminum drybrushing for highlights. I also did the same for the maintenance wells. I thought it might look cool, and like I've done with my X-Wings, I like having the mechanical bits looking more, well, mechanical. I probably won't repeat it for the sidewalls of the 1:144 Falcon when I get around to that (although I'm *definitely* doing it for the maintenance pits - with all the layering in the larger kit you can get a lot of beautiful complexity there), but I do like how it looks. The engine is simply a transparent pearl blue over Duraluminum. No trick lighting, although I'm tempted to pick up another to see how much lighting I can pack into it. There's a lot more internal space to work with in the Falcon than in the box-scale X-wing or Y-wing. More pics if you click through to the flickr gallery, including some of the in-progress stages of weathering. Edited August 1, 2017 by monsterpartyhat Fixed all the flickr links. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 And what a lovely sparrow/shrike it is. I really like the way you've done the sidewalls and wells. Gives them a lot more depth and visual interest than basing them in grey. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterpartyhat Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 9 minutes ago, AndyRM101 said: And what a lovely sparrow/shrike it is. I really like the way you've done the sidewalls and wells. Gives them a lot more depth and visual interest than basing them in grey. Andy Thanks! I'm *really* looking forward to painting the maintenance wells on the 1:144th Falcon (in a way, this was a practice run for the bigger bird). The way they've engineered the larger model's wells in layers makes for a lot of detail possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterpartyhat Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 Update: I fixed all the flickr links. Flickr's flic.kr short URL service seems to be broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Great build on the itty bitty Falcon. As far as lighting goes, engines and front mandible lights are no problem, I think you could also do the landing lights and if you purchase a cockpit from Shapeways you can add light there too! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 That looks really great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterpartyhat Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 7 hours ago, Madmonk said: Great build on the itty bitty Falcon. As far as lighting goes, engines and front mandible lights are no problem, I think you could also do the landing lights and if you purchase a cockpit from Shapeways you can add light there too! Nice - those landing lights looks really good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 a really lovely and smart little fledgling - very well made, beautifully weathered and presented final piece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Nice work! I really like the model especially the lighting. Your thread however, raises a long standing question that has bubbled in my brain for some time. If Star Wars happened a long time ago in a galaxy far far away - then how would they possibly know about falcons? And if they don't write using the English language alphabet (and they don't!) then how did they end up with A,B,U,X and Y wings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterpartyhat Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 13 hours ago, Bandsaw Steve said: Nice work! I really like the model especially the lighting. Your thread however, raises a long standing question that has bubbled in my brain for some time. If Star Wars happened a long time ago in a galaxy far far away - then how would they possibly know about falcons? And if they don't write using the English language alphabet (and they don't!) then how did they end up with A,B,U,X and Y wings? The magical technology that brought us well-edited audiovisual streams from a galaxy far far away includes a magic Babel Fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Perhaps its not technology. Perhaps it's proof that the force is real! Anyway, enough of this thread drift - good job on the Century Sparrow! (A millennium was way too big for such a cute little thing) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterpartyhat Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Hah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Cracking build.......love it and a different level entirely from the Revell teeny tiny kit. The technique for the sidewalls turned out great too..might have to copy that! Dermot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterpartyhat Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Yeah, it's really a mind-blowing amount of detail for such a tiny kit. Look at this comparison between the 1:144th scale bird and the 1:350th. It's not so easy to tell them apart! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 That is an excellent paint job, nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterpartyhat Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 (edited) I just found a build of the 1:144th scale Bandai falcon with highly detailed sidewalls and greeblie bits. Definitely the nicest slightly-alternative paint job I've seen for the Falcon: Amazing Gundam builds in that account, too. I'm going to paint the details on my Falcon a lot like this. Edited August 11, 2017 by monsterpartyhat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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