Looks good to me ,top work. Its a big learning curve with getting to grips with paint finishes and something that you will always improve on and learn by on every model you build. Im still learning with every post on here with techniques and ways to do things that's what makes this forum so special people share to help others get their builds to a standard they could only dream of.

That's a tasty piece of work, nicely done.....

Regards

Alan

I think it looks fantastic. As I am new to weathering could you please explain what you did and how you did it?


Thanks in advance.

For this model I very closely followed Scale Model Medic's technique for painting. He hasn't finished his videos of painting to Falcon yet but he did a very nice job documenting what I used here. I'll explain what I did beyond his example as well.
You can see his videos here:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
And still awaiting the conclusion with Part 4.

I'll just run through a list of the techniques I used.

The cockpit and turret interiors were sprayed and then hand painted and dry brushed. Had to do this first because most of the build was going to make them inaccessible later.
I used a hand drill and scribe to gouge out the hull to represent the blast marks and other bits of damage over the hull top and bottom.

Masked off the cockpit interior and the turrets with liquid latex before adding a primer coat that's pretty simple.

Then there's a dark pre-shading that went into all the heavily recessed places and panel lines. It doesn't show much in the final product.
Then there was a base coat. Two actually because the first one ended up being too dark. Having to spray it again covered up most of the pre-shading.



I then hand painted a layer of hairspray onto each panel that was a different color (dark grey, red, yellow, light grey) before masking them off and airbrushing the appropriate color.

I then brushed some water onto those panels once they were completely dry in order to achieve that chipped and flecked appearance.
Then I airbrushed the entire model with a clear varnish to lock in the look at this point and protect the work I'd done up to this point.

To be continued...

an excellent job very well done indeed

Ok the fifth blast mark on the upper hull is about 2mm too far to the left, Leias dress is not the right shade of white, Chewies bandoleer is too light, Hans hair is the wrong shade and Lukes right hand isnt bandaged.You didnt paint the 23rd rivet on the upper hull and the radar dish is about 4mm too wide, there is no interior on the gun bays and it doesnt have any fiber optic lighting.

How could you be so reckless as to post a Falcon with such flaws

Happy now?

I usually don't like to give criticism when I myself don't have much on here to be criticized. However you asked so here goes.

I don't like the way the rear circle vents are painted. I don't know if its just the photograph or not, but they don't look like vents with exhaust residue. They just look like the vents were painted black/dark grey and then the paint was smudged across the back to try and get the effect of exhaust residue. Like I said, it could just be the photo, but that's how it looks to me.

Other then that I really like how it turned out. I myself will never paint anything that small of scale.

Looking for a picture now. Without a picture I think the best way I can sum it up is that the vents themselves need to pop a bit more so they stand out a bit more.

Ok here is a photo. Not that great, but kinda shows what I am thinking. The grills for the vents are fully painted, then darker spots are applied to make them look dirty in areas, and then there is the residue but its lighter then the grills.

In your photo it looks like the grill is the same color as the outer ring with heavy residue streaked across.

Yeah that picture is horrible but I was in a hurry and my search results kept pulling Mercades Benz photos for some reason.

Anyway this critic is of course my own opinion and that may be the reason it looks wrong to me. I have grown up with the way it was done on the studio model so that's what I am used to. If your trying for a different look with something that's a bit dirtier that's cool. I appreciate people that try things out of the norm and not do the same old thing.

I still think that you need a bit more definition/separation. I wondering if something as simple as panel lining between the grill and ring would make a difference without changing the effect of being dirty.

Also if your wanting to try something different and change things up a bit. You could make one side darker and dirtier then the other side. Give it a little asymmetrie. Plus it's not unreasonable that some vents would give off more waste then others if things aren't in tip top shape.