Hasbro Hero Millennium Falcon Modification

[Constantine]

Nice work, its also good to see how well the Hasbro falcon and how it can be improved. I got mine about two weeks ago.

 

[Jaitea]

Get stuck in guys, thanks for the comments ;D

So I finished the Fuel pressure thing & made a mould of it,.....thinking of making a vacuum chamber,.....I had a bit of trouble with bubbles

They're not attached yet,....just set on at the minute:

Thanks very much for looking

John

 

[Constantine]

Wow very nicely detailed the fuel thingy turned out great!

 

[peza]

Wow buddy,ya motoring on with the engine end mym8.top job,
i did read somewhere if you have trouble with air bubbles cast ya
bits on a washing dryer for the vibration brings the air to the top...
now I've only red this i don't know if its true,but worth a stab at!
top work buddy looking all the extra's you've put into this one ace

 

[Ozzman78]

 

[Senorjacob]

You're making it look so easy! But I'm pretty sure it's more than I could handle.

Great work.

 

[Wolf Star]

Sweet detailing.

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks very much guys for the comments

I've been doing a bit of overtime in my work work, so I'm only getting back to whats important now!!

So the past couple of days I've been working on the engine nozzles,....I made it from plasticard, tubes & some kit-parts

...and I moulded it,.....I need to have 13 of them......3 done

I need to drill out some parts & remove the engine section of the Hasbro

Thanks very much for looking

John

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Very nice mate

Gag

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely going to look sharp.

 

[jake]

Amazing work John! Great molding skills.

 

[Grendels]

Wow buddy,ya motoring on with the engine end mym8.top job,
i did read somewhere if you have trouble with air bubbles cast ya
bits on a washing dryer for the vibration brings the air to the top...
now I've only red this i don't know if its true,but worth a stab at!
top work buddy looking all the extra's you've put into this one ace

This is pretty much how they get the air out of concrete. They use a big wand that vibrates.

Nice work on this!

 

[Jaitea]

Hi guys, thanks for the comments,.....more updates on the engine nozzles....

....hard to get them in a curve

Now that this bit is done I'm gonna move on to the sidewalls

Thanks for looking

John

 

[cargoman5126]

Have been watching your progress..great work and much inspiration to work on one..thank you

 

[Quaralane]

Main engine's looking pretty good there

 

[peza]

Eh up buddy,nice work on the engine vents!!!!they look sweet...
I've gone into full envy overload!!!!!lol,once I'm ready I'll send ya my version..
TOP JOB MYM8

 

[Junkie]

Just catching up on this thread. Very awesome modelling man. This is looking killer.

 

[Jaitea]

Have been watching your progress..great work and much inspiration to work on one..thank you

Thanks cargoman,...have you got one....I'd like to see your progress

Main engine's looking pretty good there

Thanks Q,....my hands are hacked to pieces,.....I have 3 cuts & 1 blister doing all that cutting,filing & sanding

Eh up buddy,nice work on the engine vents!!!!they look sweet...
I've gone into full envy overload!!!!!lol,once I'm ready I'll send ya my version..
TOP JOB MYM8

Absolutely no problem peza,....I'd say yours will look more refined

Just catching up on this thread. Very awesome modelling man. This is looking killer.

Thanks Scott.....gonna cheat a wee bit in next post.....a guy on RPF bought double parts from shape ways (3D printed)
and I'm buying some of the parts off him,.....I was intending to model those parts myself & cast them but I've taken the easier route

Thanks for the support guys

John

 

[Boxster]

This thread is so full of win! I am still waiting for my LHS to have a sale for this one.

 

[Constantine]

Great job on the grill!

 

[Jaitea]

....some sidewall fun:

I made the Starboard mandible wall,....I decided to try & keep as close to the original as I could.....although the original is very flat & has a lot of areas where there are no details.....so I added a bit of depth
The top is the build,....the bottom is the cast:

I bought some of Tony's (FZ6) ShapeWays parts from a member on the RPF who accidentally bought double of a few parts,....
I got the actuator rods,...which need modified to fit my ship & the F1 boxes

I lowered the height a bit of the boxes:

The area where the old boxes were removed need filling

Thanks for looking
John

 

[peza]

Eh up buddy,lookin sweet mym8 nice work on the side detail.have you any images of the top section bit between the mandibles?i know the bottom section fires the torpedoes but i have no ref photos of the top inner bit?
p.s any news on the ARC cannon mym8...keep up with the top work dude

 

[The Nylon Gag]

"What a piece of junk" ;D

Nice

Gag

 

[JohnSimmons]

VERY nice man

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks Peza, I'll have a look & see if I have any photos of that,...The ARC cannon was a bit of a pain to replicate,.....but I think Ive got it sorted now,.....there will be a flash/seam line that will need getting rid of.....cleaned up

Thanks Gag,.....this one isn't as amazing as your project

Thanks John,.....I'll honestly get some parts sent this week,......I couldn't let them go as they were


OK.....Because the boxes have an open area, you can see under the part,....the mandibles need that area repaired,...so I spent a bit of time filling in holes & gaps

I also removed some of the pipes,....which I'll have to replace:

Thanks for looking

John

 

[JohnSimmons]

No worries mate, this is amazing work dude.

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks John

As I said I bought some of FZ6 (Tony's) parts off Samster,....the 2 F1 boxes & the thruster actuator rods...the rods were designed to replace the rods which were on this toy,...but I made the plates a bit larger....(cause they are larger on the 32")...so the rods are a wee bit shorter, so I lengthened them:

The sidewall dry-fitted:

I opened up the vent things on the jaw & made new walls for it with card

Thanks very much for looking

John

 

[Quaralane]

There going to be anything left of the toy when you get done with this, Jaitea?

 

[JohnSimmons]

Stunning!

 

[Grendels]

Nice!