Well, here's something else on the side I've been working on. Since it's getting so close to the Falcon being complete (only 2 more months) WOOHOO!! I've been working on my table for display.


I started by purchasing the Lerhamn kitchen table from Ikea.









I also purchased an in dash LCD display, a media player and a little bar speaker.







To start, I needed to cut the legs down about 1.5" in length. This will allow it to pass through a doorway once I've attached my spacer and mirrored top.










So the first thing before attaching the legs is cut out a hole in the table for the LCD display.

































After getting the LCD ready to install, I mounted the LCD, media player and speaker in place as well.















And wired it up, per my diagram I did. It helps.










I then attached the legs.












I also want a lower shelf, so I purchased an additional table top, notched the corners to fit inside the legs....










and secured some brackets on the legs to support the shelf











And here we have an almost completed display table. The LCD will show video of the Falcon build which I've posted on my Youtube channel. My plan now, is to get a plexi black mirrored top that is raised about 3/4". I purchased a strip of red LED, which will be set inside and create a glow around the whole table under the mirrored top. See my concept on my first post. Then a plexi case to cover the model for display.







The monitor can be pushed back inside the table when not in use.






And the almost completed model to get a scale reference of the table.

Awesome job, and awesome idea as you can display any model on it and do a slide show or something to show your progress and journey on the builds.

That looks really cool Colson.

Can't wait to see the final look with the red LEDs and cover in place

I also want to have some sort of plaque on the side of the table as well. Been waiting to see if there's anything that comes with the model. If not, I'll have to do some hunting around. But that one on Ebay is pretty cool.

Very nice work on the recess

WOW! That's a really nice display table, great job. Your falcon is going to look awesome on it.

My friend Paul won that on eBay and the guy ended up sending him this dinky little etched acrylic lamp with the Falcon on it. It looked good but not what he wanted. Turns out the guy that is selling that wants like $3000 for those big aluminum plates with the details etched on it. And if he doesn't get that amount in the eBay listing he ends up refunding the money. Pretty lame if you ask me. If you didn't pay $3000 for it, be prepared for a disappointment in the mail my friend.

Yeah... after he bought it and got the little lamp as a replacement (he won the eBay bid for like $30) we found out they... the guy was expecting the bids to get up to at least $3000. We found his site online here... I don't think he'll ever sell any at that price thou! http://www.millenniumfal...6-a058-91b6-3d6448d67f4e

[quote=Metal Mech]here you go. I posted this a while back. Hobby Lobby in the US for around $25 but I got it 50% off


http://forum.us.model-sp...spx?g=posts&t=16274[/quote]


I saw that at Hobby Lobby. Almost got it, but didn't. I may see if they still have it.

Hmmm. Just an observation.

Just saw issue 94. At this point, it's attaching the side pieces to the Falcon. Of course, like the mandibles, the frame is screwed to the top and bottom hull, but then the side panels are to be glued to the side framework. The ISSUE... for those of us who have gone all out doing lights... if anything were to happen where a light went out or something, we would not be able to take the Falcon apart to access and fix if the side panels are glued on. Once glued on, the side framework cannot be access to unscrew the top to access.

My one thought at this point is to get tiny magnets and attach them to the side panels and not actually glue them in place. Kind of like the upper hull center piece, drill a tiny hole on the backside of the side piece (not all the way through obviously) and glue in a tiny magnet that would grab on to the metal frame to hold in place. While the lugs fit rather snuggly into the metal frame, I just don't know that that's enough.

While I don't anticipate lights burning out since they're LED and should last hundreds if not thousands of hours, and in reality, the Falcon will rarely actually be turned on (for me anyway), it is something to think about to be able to do repairs.