Ollie White Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Hi all . Joined this forum a while ago, been a long time lurker and thought it was high time I joined in. So here goes. Already made a start to this project. As per title i'd like to do an Empire strikes back version of the Falcon. My fav movie of all time! The fundamental difference are alot more lights, the gaining of the two extra landing gear and landing gear bulkheads. Also the lower maintenance pits are different. The cockpit is also different compared to the first movie, but luckily The kit comes with an empire cockpit already..... I bought the parts needed from shapeways.com . https://www.shapeways.com/product/FCV ... d=67653474 Obviously this has turned into a money pit... >_< so hope I dont fluff this up.. Choping into the hull eeeeek.. Marking out new maintanence pits with tape Parts Tacked in place with CA glues then epoxied. I used previously cut hull material to re-dress the maintenence pits. Also a good blast of primer. came out great so pleased . Phew! Upon studying the movie the Falcons headlights are sometimes Red and sometimes Clear so I have installed two Bi colour 3mm LEDs. Added strip LEDs for rear engine With a ramp up and flicker effect. Using an Arduino nano. The Youtube video does'nt do it justice the fade up is much more gradual but you get the idea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLnkOYh_PXE&feature=youtu.be Using 3mm LEDs sanded flush to hull for landing lights and 5mm LEDS used in a 10mm hole for the Well lights. I put the Well 5mm Leds in bulb holders from an old AMT kit. Also used 2mm Lighthouse Leds for the warning lights. Thats all so far. Next on the agends is to start work on the cockpit. But for now time to lurk and admire all your amazing models. Cheers Ollie 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 That is one hell of a start to your forum posts, very nice work and great taste in films.... 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie White Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, rockpopandchips said: That is one hell of a start to your forum posts, very nice work and great taste in films.... 😉 Very kind . Thank you. Still scratching my head in how I will display this one. Not sure if i'll do some kind of diorama. Or just a stand for flight mode. Cheers Ollie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Welcome aboard! That looks great, I've failed miserably at most of my lighting attempts (mostly due to my head exploding with it!) ao am always in awe at projects that have it done so well 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie White Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Hunter Rose said: Welcome aboard! That looks great, I've failed miserably at most of my lighting attempts (mostly due to my head exploding with it!) ao am always in awe at projects that have it done so well Thank you for the warm welcome. lighting models is a learning curve for sure. Feel free to message me if you need any help with wiring. Cheers Ollie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Welcome to the forum, Ollie. As said above, this is a great start. Love the lights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie White Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) Work on the cockpit Some decals (Very nice) and a lil hand painting (not so nice, to small for my clumsy hands). I sanded smooth 90% of the raised details so the decals would adhere neat and tidly without air trapped behind. Cheers Ollie Edited April 28, 2020 by Ollie White 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenBills Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Wow, that's looking great! I did my PG Falcon as an ESB Falcon with all the lights, but those landing gear boxes weren't available yet when I did mine. Yours is looking awesome! SB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie White Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) 18 hours ago, StevenBills said: Wow, that's looking great! I did my PG Falcon as an ESB Falcon with all the lights, but those landing gear boxes weren't available yet when I did mine. Yours is looking awesome! SB Thx alot pal very kind of you to say. Feel free to post a pic of your falcon. I did check your profile but didn't see any falcons . Cheers Ollie Edited May 7, 2020 by Ollie White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenBills Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 On 5/7/2020 at 5:14 AM, Ollie White said: Thx alot pal very kind of you to say. Feel free to post a pic of your falcon. I did check your profile but didn't see any falcons . Cheers Ollie Yeah I didn't do any build threads of my Falcon. I did, however, take photos of the process, which you can see here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmC4FMfa I built it with the intent to take photos and make composites. You can see a few of those here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskCsXqJr SB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie White Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 On 10/05/2020 at 02:43, StevenBills said: Yeah I didn't do any build threads of my Falcon. I did, however, take photos of the process, which you can see here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmC4FMfa I built it with the intent to take photos and make composites. You can see a few of those here: https://flic.kr/s/aHskCsXqJr SB Wow! Simply stunning Falcon build Steven. What a paint job! Weathering! Amazing! Really like yout photography too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenBills Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 Thanks! This kit is sure a fun build. Have fun with yours! It's looking great so far! SB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 That's terrific Ollie... Enjoying this and looking forward to the next instalment. Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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