Tabio Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) Hello I've recently finished the excellent Fine Molds Falcon in 1/144. It is excellently moulded with very little cleaning up to do, and it could fit together with practically no glue. It only took me a couple of weeks which is really fast for me. Damage on the underside and topside near the jaws was done with the sharp end of a needle file, and the top deck blast holes were done with a twist drill and then roughed up with the needle file, I did a bit of preshading and then went for Xtracolour Vietnam grey which I'd used on a Phantom, thinking that the weathering would warm it up a bit, and I'm happy with how it ended up I think the colour turned out right. the coloured patches were painted with Citadel foundation paints and the grey was a Vallejo colour, rather than using the decals. Likewise I masked up the windows with tape rather than cutting out their masks as it seemed much easier. Weathering was done with oils, and a few panels were gone over with a thin oil paint filter to change the shade.it was left in half until I'd painted inside the 'jaws' and engine. The engine was hard to make look good, I wasn't entirely happy with it but it's as good as it will get. Smokey bits were Tamiya Smoke, I didn't want it too dark like some are. It was all sealed up with Tamiya clear with some flat base added. I used the stand from a Polar Lights 1/1000 Enterprise as they're really good, the stand in this kit was a bit clumsy I thought. This is a practice run for the main event- the 1/72 kit! Here's the pics. Edited October 3, 2013 by Tabio 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmonk Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Tabio, That's a great build and the weathering looks spot on. I'm using an AMT cut away version of the Falcon to practice on before tackling the FM 1/72 version. Big mistake as it is an awful kit. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the bigger version. Cheers, Warren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinj Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Nice work Tabio also think the weathering looks spot on Thanks for shearing Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 (edited) I agree with Warren and Martin - the weathering looks great. Well done! Edited October 5, 2013 by PlaStix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 I like the falcon you've built! Love the paint choice too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Well I can't see anything wrong with it! Very nice, cleam build. Looking at the design like this, It makes me wonder. As a freighter, there can't be much room inside for freight!. Cheers Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Looking at the design like this, It makes me wonder. As a freighter, there can't be much room inside for freight!. The common belief now is that they shunt cargo containers. The containers (possibly even a train of containers) would connect to the ship in-between the forward mandibles, hence the need for an offset cockpit. Could be an interesting way to display a YT1300, ehhh?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Cool, very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I really like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakingModelsAgain Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Best looking hunk of junk in the galaxy! Beautiful rendition, love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabio Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 Thanks everybody! I really enjoyed making this, especially the painting. I hope to do some more sw kits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 looks fantastic nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calimero Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 this is a great and well made model - I am glad to see it as I often see and consider this kit on ebay but have never been too sure of the scale - that shot of the cockpit puts things into perspective now for me job well done to you - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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