Hi Dave,

Do you know if there are going to be decals for the plates later because there are parts that should have the various reds and blues that I don see on your parts. The first turret we received had the different coloring, but I have not seen any since.

Thanks Dave,

The only reason I say this is because i have seen some of the plating on the back of the Falcon with the actuators, and the panels don't look like they have any red paint on them like the parts you got in issues 33 and 34. I would hope that we wouldn't have to pain tit on our own.

You are correct in saying they do not have any coloured panels on them as they do not, however painting them really won't be that difficult if or when it comes to it. Rest assured that If they require painting it will be covered in detail in the magazine, much like the painting of the inspection pit was

Wow. Your shots of the completed framework really are impressive Dave. Your methodical approach to this build has also been a huge help for me. Always looking forward to the next installment!

That is correct, it has been mentioned quite a lot on the official Millennium Falcon Build forum that a painting guide and reference pictures will be supplied.

I always advocate following the instructions as you never know what is further down the line when building a partwork. There are groups on Facebook where lots people have raced ahead and already stuck their panels on as well as painting them which is quite risky.

I'm waiting for the instructions to say to apply the panels before I do and am only priming them at this stage. At a guess I would say that there is a specific order the panels need to be applied to get them all on and seated correctly.

Start to make up the cockpit parts today, was struggling as suffering with the dreaded man flu

I decided to add some colour to the side panels to make them a bit more interesting, ended up using a few different colours, all pictured. I will put some kristal clear over the colours once they have fully dried.

The interior of the cockpit will probably be sprayed Vallejo German grey primer

I have also started to redo my hold in a much cleaner look but dont have pictures of that yet.

Loving your work... I too have been suffering the man flu .. Its a terrible time that not only loses income but also makes you revisit hold, cockpit .... Whatever fills the day... I think by comments we both posted on the " official" falcon forum that we are both happy to carry on and do our own thing to the build.. Good luck with what you are doing with yours .. Looks great ... As does everybody elses who takes it as there own personal model and does as they please...

Nice clean job on the cockpit, Dave. Never hurts to add a bit of color for interest.

Not much been happening on this, I have put the chairs in the cockpit and finished the decals on the back wall, I just need to sort out how I am going to light it, this might wait until a later date when I can see what kind of space and there is and have enough parts built to work out wiring runs.

In the meantime here are the pars from the latest delivery. I have started to assembe the ramp but will refrain from attaching it to the frame and motor for the time being as I am still having a think about what I am going to do with it.

I have also now gone around the frame and made sure all the screws were tight, once done I took some super glue and put a blob on the end of each screw, this should stop them from coming lose in future. As you can imagine this took some time to do

Looking good Dave