Sad to hear this.
Very detailed and meticulous build!

Don't be put off by things such as this as your build is very interesting.

Copyright rules are a strange old thing and companies hosting sites such as this do have to consider any implications for themselves which is fully understandable.

Its just a case of remembering if its not of your own work (picture or text) then its best not to post. Or if you do come across an interesting picture online post the link to it rather than the picture itself.

I would be very interested to see you build progressing as would many others i am sure. Hope you will share your ongoing build with us

Kind regards

Tony

Thought I would share a couple of cool videoes with everyone... First is the effective Hair Spray Weathering technique. It works extremely well... you don't have to spray the hair spray on with an airbrush either... can be just painted on with a paint brush. Also, one thing I've found it's alot easier to use the pump action hair spray then the rattle can hair spray, because you can skip the whole spraying into a cup with it, just by unscrewing the pump from it and pouring it into a cup. It is what they did to get the weathering effects on the Falcon... take a look and try it for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CNFdEZnQN8

Here's another realy good one for you guys... it's called the Salt Chipping technique... take a look at this video to see it in action!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0EWdr6t8m0

Thanks Rog! I'll be posting some new entries before too long. Am attempting to restart my server.

Will do my best... just don't ask for any links or references. I'll just post what I'm doing and chip in when i get a chance. Thanks bro!

Something I was looking at are these stupid indented "damage" marks all over the hull.



Been thinking about what to do to make them more realistic.  I've seen all kinds of approaches to the problem and I'm sitting here thinking that the marks themselves are in the proper place, even the correct shape.  I'm thinking that when they did a scan of the hull for these places, the computer couldn't interpret what was actually there and used a default setting to just make an indention instead of the actual way the damage was on the hull... and that got me thinking.  Perhaps if I just took the harsh edges off the sides of them they might look alot better.  So, I got out my dremel and a fine bit and went to town on all the damage marks.  I think they came out looking alot better... what do you think?






Came out looking better than I expected




What do you guys think?

Well seeing as I'm waiting for my paints from DOA to arrive I figured I would make myself a Airbrush Spray Booth so I didn't get paint all over the floor.  I did some research online and wow the prices. Even the small ones were in the hundreds. So I went to Walmart and picked up the following supplies...

- 7 sheets of 30"x20" foam core board
- 1 12"x12"x1" Hepa filter
- 1 12" inch square battery operated/ac adapter powered box fan
- 1 cheap power strip
- 1 cheap under cabinet fluorescent light



Total was under $50 bucks... not too bad.  I started with a basic design... (Note: each grid square equals 1 inch)



Since the sheets were 30"x20" inches I figured I would use one whole sheet for the working area.  So I set to cutting out my sheets.




Not having a compass, I discovered that using a paper plate it was the perfect size for the opening in the fan, and by folding it in half horizontally and vertically I could find the center with no problem.  I used it to cut a hole out of one sheet and then hot glued my fan in the center of it.  I made sure that I filled all the gaps to make it air tight.





I cut a wire coat hanger and used a few bolts, nuts and washers to hold the filter to the inner wall.  This will allow me to change out the filter relatively easy.  I used some weather stripping on the back side of the filter to give it a better seal against the opening I cut and started putting all the parts together.







Got everything together with duct tape and some hot glue along all the inside edges to make it air tight... here's the final outcome and first test run.

Final Spray Booth Test Run Video - Youtube

I think I'm ready for painting... what you all think?

I know right... sometimes I find myself just looking at the details in awe! :) Love it!

Sometimes I find myself just gazing at all the details on the lower hull just thinking to myself WOW... and I find myself seeing all the different kinds of parts they used from different kits. Like the gas cans, or the tank wheels. You can easily see the various parts they used with this kit. Really blows me away at how good they all look when they are on the Falcon. Almost as if they were meant to be there, but just enough outta place to know that's not what they were made for! I hope I can start painting this weekend. Almost got all the details planted on the lower hull. Still have some little greeblies to glue on and then the base primer and then the Krylon Ivory coat... I'm still debating on if I should use the Krylon thou... it looks good, and it's close, but I'm not sure yet. Might do a test piece and compare first... but then it's WEATHERING TIME! :) That's always the most fun part!

Looking really good, love what you did with the damaged hull pieces, did something very similar with a heated dremel, looks so much better and more realistic. Keep up the good work.
Mark