[quote=colsonAnd if you look at screen caps from the actual film, there are no domes on the floods. They are recessed lighting. You can see inside of them.[/quote]

Gotcha, was just going by the look of the photo you had there. I wasn't planning on doing any extra exterior lighting so I never really researched it.

That has been my thoughts for quite a while

Based on the size of the dish, someone really familiar with the MR could easily calculate the scale height of the side areas, you could make little plastic tabs and start mocking up the top half directly above the bottom.

So I have been doing some other work on the Falcon as well, in the meantime. Now that I have through pack 48 and the bottom complete, I did notice with the vector plates the # and mold tabs on the bottom side, which may been seen once the model is built. So I filled in and puttied those.















I then decided to cut between the vector plates to make it appear more realistic and functional. Obviously, in order for the actuators to move the plates, they'd have to be independent of each other.

















So, a completed bottom hull.












I also finally finished my custom made hold wall pipe and fitted it in. I used some 1/2" PVC pipe and cut in half lengthwise.













Then some painting...













Weathering.....







Fit into my custom styrene hold wall...









And fit into the hold. Now I just need to add some greeblies on the beams and pipe across the top.








I also painted the pipes that came with the kit for the opposite wall. Made them more film accurate and weathered as well.




















And in the hold.

Planning on coping that mod as well. Its a nice simple mod that makes a world of difference.

So I also did some more work on my corridors. Finishing off the one side of the hold. I will clean up the LED wires down the long corridor, and I've decided to go with a breadboard for soldering connections so things can easily be changed.








And some shots of it lit.

I'm using the photo etch floors from Paragrafix. The screws on the bottom are attaching the DeAgostini floors. The photo etch just glues on top. I also went with LED tape under the floors. You can see photos of how I did the LEDs on my post # 186 on page 10.

Your interior looks really great! I just started my build and I was thinking of using a bunch of Shapeways pieces, but I may rethink that and go with the photo etched parts. Tough decision.

Thanks for sharing your build. You have some mad modeling skills! How long have you been making models?

Wow, that interior looks amazing. Thought I was looking at the real thing. Well done

That's great! I'm glad to see that the landing lights are on the Falcon. Did this diagram come in the current issue?