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#61 Posted : 03 June 2015 16:45:57

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So I took some of my small shrink tube for covering soldered wire and shrank it down to it's smallest form. About the exact size needed for the binocular portion of the console.




If you notice in this photo, the binocular portion has more of a glow of blue light due to the light source being down inside.





The inner diameter of my tubing is enough to actually house 3 fibers.





So because 3 fibers can fit inside, creating more light, I pulled them back a bit inside the tubing so you don't actually see the fibers themselves, but a glow of light emitting from the tubes, pretty much like the film.









I think they turned out pretty well. Much better than using that tape I originally did. And I was just notified of my next shipment on Monday, so hopefully today or tomorrow I'll get parts 9-12. Woohoo!!
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#62 Posted : 04 June 2015 17:00:16

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Well done... that looks incredible!
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#63 Posted : 04 June 2015 17:05:32

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Very nice Son-of-Cole. I'm going to add that to my own bag of tricks. I feel it will come in handy.
Thanks for sharing.
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#64 Posted : 05 June 2015 04:56:07

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Just have to say this is fantastic...keep the updates coming!
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#65 Posted : 05 June 2015 05:05:03

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its looking great, Cant wait to see more and to see how everything looks put together and with all the lights going!!!


Adam
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#66 Posted : 05 June 2015 14:16:35

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Great work! I might have to steal the idea with the shrink wrap BigGrin
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#67 Posted : 07 June 2015 02:45:34

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The lighting of the console is simply amazing. I can't even imagine how much time it took to drill out and run each of those fibers. A lot of patience going on there!!! Excellent work my friend!
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#68 Posted : 13 June 2015 07:32:01

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So I got my new set of parts in 2 weeks ago. Been sick the last 5 days, so the model was put aside unfortunately. So here they are.








So I thought I'd start out with the easy stuff first. The skeleton.



















Pretty simple and easy to do. Seeing parts of the hull really gets me excited. Especially at how big this sucker is gonna be.

So next up is priming the new walls and then we have the door arch.







After pulling all the little pillows, it was time to sand off the edges.















Then attach them to the arch.














Next up, the outter arch.








So the hole pattern is wrong in the arch. So I decided to cut away the holes to more accurately reflect the Falcon interior.











Next up is that there are hoses and such inside that arch. So with the dremel tool, I route out the center of the arch so I can put small wire inside to look like hoses.
















And then set in some wire.






I had an old Slave One laying around and was looking at it's pieces and found some sections to cut out and place inside my wall cutout to make it look a little more busy. So I glued them inside my box





Painted them black then did some dry brushing




Added a couple wires




Used this piece painted for the lower cut out (which can't really be seen because the nav console covers it :()





And there ya go with the cutouts filled.







So now it's time get to the wall hoses.








Masked off the hoses to paint the red and black stripes which appear in the film.










And the hoses on the wall. But it's not accurate to the Falcon.






Using set photos as a reference, I added a few more wires to the wall and re-shaped the one large white hose to curve and go into my wall cutout as it does in the movie.





And the wall attached to the hall set.






Time to paint the remaining walls to match the rest of my hall.





Then it was time to cut out a path in the wall and floor for the fibers and wire for the navigation console













AND.... The interior so far with the walls attached.









I just need to paint that red wire black behind the console so it doesn't show so much.




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Faaaaaantastic Colson.
I'm really enjoying your attention to detail. Many of your mods and observations are making their way into my build. Thanks for posting.
The pipe work is looking really "Falcon like". It's amazing how reshaping some kit parts and adding a few of your own really creates the overall feel of the movie set. Great eye for detail on your part.

BTW, I also want to compliment you on the quality of your photos. You are are taking the time to set up some very clear and aesthetic angles of your build process.
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CRphoto wrote:
Faaaaaantastic Colson.
I'm really enjoying your attention to detail. Many of your mods and observations are making their way into my build. Thanks for posting.
The pipe work is looking really "Falcon like". It's amazing how reshaping some kit parts and adding a few of your own really creates the overall feel of the movie set. Great eye for detail on your part.

BTW, I also want to compliment you on the quality of your photos. You are are taking the time to set up some very clear and aesthetic angles of your build process.



Thanks CRphoto. I also forgot to add some photos of the wall cutouts, which I just went back and re-inserted into my post of what I did.
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Stunning lighting, well done ThumpUp
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Awesome work Colson ThumpUp
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#74 Posted : 14 June 2015 00:55:51

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Now that I finally got me LED panel to light the back of the cockpit, I drilled some holes and added some blinking fibers in the back as well to break it up. Sorry the video won't embed. But here's a link.


https://youtu.be/IswIf_cCWmw
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#75 Posted : 15 June 2015 04:09:06

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So it's finally getting to a point where I'm kinda at a stand still until more parts arrive next month. So I decided to join the band wagon and for starters, rotate the window frame of the turret.















I also attached the light leak strips to the inside of the cockpit tube. Though I think black paint is going to be needed as well inside to help block. And I'm going to make a little internal slip to cover the horizontal seam to keep light from leaking there as well.







I also decided to make a little back section for the bench where there is not backing. So I cut out some styrene and made a little slip to go over the back.








Then primed it...







A little putty to make it blend in better....






Then added some little bit to the top and painted to match the walls










And there we have the set with the newly modified bench.

















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That looks really good. Cool ThumpUp
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Brilliant work Colson Cool

Don't worry, you will have plenty more to do in future issues if your going to be adding your own touch.

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#78 Posted : 15 June 2015 11:23:51

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looking great !!!


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#79 Posted : 16 June 2015 05:11:46

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Hey Colson, any chance you could list for us all of the paints (brand and color) you have been using? You listed a few in the build so far but not all.

I am specifically interested in what colors you are using in your interiors! The seats, couch, flooring, etc.

BTW, I am so impressed with your work so far I have basically decided to copy what your doing as much as possible! AMAZING WORK! I just ordered my fiber optics tonight. Between you and Warthog there are going to be some amazing looking falcon builds on here.
Charles R.

Building: DeAgostini Millennium Falcon...hasn't built a model since 1996...this is gonna be interesting!!
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#80 Posted : 16 June 2015 05:27:44

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CharlesRAnderson wrote:
Hey Colson, any chance you could list for us all of the paints (brand and color) you have been using? You listed a few in the build so far but not all.

I am specifically interested in what colors you are using in your interiors! The seats, couch, flooring, etc.


I've been using all Tamiya paints. The cockpit seats and game bench were khaki (XF-72), with some black wash and some deck tan (XF-55) dry brush. On the rear cockpit seats,the cushions are deck tan with some brown (XF-49) wash. I also painted the back seats Flat Aluminum (XF-16), then seasled with hairspray. Once dry, I painted with flat black. Then added a bit of water on the paint to soften and began scraping away the black to expose the aluminum underneath. The cockpit interior is German Grey (XF-63) with black wash. Highlights done with either dry brushing Flat Aluminum (XF-16) or using silver from the Tamiya pastels. To dirty stuff up I use the Mud and Oil Stain pastels. I also use the Rust and Sand pastels for some highlights. My wall interiors for the hall I'm using Tamiya Metallic Grey (XF-56). And again dirtying up with the pastels. Oh, and as of right now, my floor is actually a print from my computer. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to deal with the floor. It actually doesn't look to bad with the print on it. I've created a floor for photo etch, but have yet to find a reasonable place to get it done for me.
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