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Hi all!
I'm a huge fan of the Millennium Falcon, like all of you.
I've started my passion when I was 14 years old, just on the moment I've purchased my very first Millennium Falcon model kit, the old MPC/ERTL Millennium Falcon (which I still owns 44 years later!).
I've started painting it but I wanted to improve some stock parts, like the cockpit, the cannons, the landing gear and a large list of parts. So I've started scratbuilding them by hand with plastic, styrene, metal sheets and a lot of craftmanship.
But I don't know why -maybe tired of scratchbuilding-, I left the modelling for some years...
Surprisingly I've started again with it ten years ago, in 2013, just when 3D printing has started to be "popular".
So thanks to my knowledge about the Millennium Falcon, 3D design and 3D printing -with Shapeways-, I've starting modelling my first upgrade for my old MPC/ERTL Millennium Falcon, the cockpit.
And this way I've started designing 3D printed upgrades for the Millennium Falcon, and I keep designing parts for a big bunch of Star Wars models, mainly the Millennium Falcon kits, included our De Agostini Millennium Falcon. And this is a magnific huge kit than can be improved too. Yes, it can be!! But how?
So the answer to the question "How to improve your DeAgo Millennium Falcon?" there are several possibilities:
-Scratchbuild yourself the parts you want
-3D design and 3D print the parts you need
-Buy the available aftermarket 3D printed upgrades
-Add more lighting
-Repaint the model and add new decals
-Add more weathered effects
I will be posting here more tips about improving the DeAgo Falcon. On the attached image you can see my first 3D design for the MPC Millennium Falcon, the upgrade for the cockpit.
Many thanks for reading! TonyRR www.shapeways.com/shops/308BitsHigly detailed 3D printed aftermarket parts for scifi kits
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Rank: Administration  Groups: Administrator, Administrators Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 1,871 Points: 5,676 Location: UK
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Hi All,  I`d like to thank Tony for the added input to the forum, that I`m sure we will all benefit from. Tony does make some amazing enhancements for the Falcon and I wish him luck for the future. Regards Derek Admin.
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Rank: Amateur Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 08/02/2021 Posts: 46 Points: 138 Location: Spain
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Hi all again!
To take advantage of lighting you can get some parts of the cockpit or the turret well in translucent plastic. You will have to mask the zones where you need the light pass through. You can use masking tape and also liquid mask, that's like a liquid silicone that get solid once applied. These parts can be drilled with tiny holes for fiber optics or maybe you can play with unpainted buttons.
You can see my 3D printed cockpit backwall for the DeAgo Millennium Falcon printed in clear resin, and with the light bars and nav computer masked, ready for paint. Of course, the back of the parts must be masked too, and painted in black, with two coats, to block the light.
I hope you will like it!! TonyRR www.shapeways.com/shops/308BitsHigly detailed 3D printed aftermarket parts for scifi kits
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Rank: Amateur Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 08/02/2021 Posts: 46 Points: 138 Location: Spain
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Following my prior post you can see my 3D printed upgrade for the DeAgo Millennium Falcon cockpit backwall with a coat of paint.
This is the first stage, masking the different parts of the backwall, in order to paint it in different colours. After that it comes the detail and weathering.
The light bars are still covered with masking tape.
Of course this upgrade is available in my 308 Bits Shapeways shop -without paint-!
I hope you will like it! TonyRR www.shapeways.com/shops/308BitsHigly detailed 3D printed aftermarket parts for scifi kits
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Rank: Amateur Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 08/02/2021 Posts: 46 Points: 138 Location: Spain
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Hi all again!
This is the latest update on the backwall for the DeAgo Millennium Falcon cockpit. I've painted and weathered my 3D printed aftermarket backwall, adding all the possible details. No decals here, every detail is painted!
The next step will be adding fiber optics.
 TonyRR www.shapeways.com/shops/308BitsHigly detailed 3D printed aftermarket parts for scifi kits
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Rank: Administration Groups: Administrator, Administrators Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 1,871 Points: 5,676 Location: UK
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Thanks for another great update Tony.  Amazing paint work and not a decal in sight. WTG Regards delboy271155 (Derek) ADMIN
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