Jaitea's Falcon Projects

[scratchy]

Nice work Jaitea, I like that you added a little bit of a slope to the turret base. It's these little details that get missed but are needed to make an MF build whole.

 

[Quaralane]

Very nice little update, Jaitea

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks Jurasikfrank, it's good to get back at it again,.....tooooo busy in work

Thanks Scratchy, the turret on the FM is a bit too right-angled, I just used filler & sanded it down

Thanks Quaralane, I'm sort of going between these two kits at the moment

Just a quick update of the interior of the jaws on the MPC:

The main central detail on top & bottom are the subframes of 1/144 HUMMWV (Dragon twin pack)

So hopefully I can move on to the underside, & add details

J

 

[peza]

eh up buddy,lookin great mym8!lovin the detail in the front missile compartments!have you got any images of the circular mount for the antenna dish,there are some details on it that i aint done yet?cheers peza....top job so far ace

 

[Jaitea]

Hey peza,

Here's what I've got of the 5foot Falcon dish, it protrudes from a hole in the hull:

.....and here's what I've got of the 32" Falcon, where the dish base is surface mounted:

Hope this helps,
J

 

[peza]

eh up j,yeah thats just the ticket mym8.it`s the 32" dish version im after.cheers buddy....peza

 

[Jaitea]

Glad to help peza, anything else gimme a shout

Some images of where I'm at:

The cockpit cone & walkway are temporary attached

J

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely looking good with what you've done to her here

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks Q,

Its moving along nicely

A close-up on the Dish base & platform etc

I reduced the diameter of the base:

The gap in the hull needed reduced also, some false panels were placed:

I had to create a new platform for the dish to sit on:

That's all tonight
J

 

[Jaitea]

Ok doing a bit on the underside:

How it looks from the outside:

& with the rest of the ship:

Thanks for looking
J

 

[JohnSimmons]

Looking awesome J!

 

[Quaralane]

Hope these things are still a labor of love for you.
I'm definitely liking the results so far

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks John & Quaralane,

Yes I'm still loving this build, but I had a little accident and dropped a part, the cockpit tube (which is quite heavy due to parts of it being made of PVC), which was only tacked on with superglue, fell off...falling only about less than 2 foot and smashed the cockpit frame.

I repaired it, but looking at posted photos, it doesn't look the way it did, gonna have to fix it

Got Radar Dish bracket made

Finished off some pipework near the turret

Thanks for looking
J

 

[JohnSimmons]

Just beautifull J, honestly one of the best Falcons I've ever seen.

 

[peza]

eh up buddy,lookin good there mym8,i can only keep lookin at yours and scratchy`s builds and wish mine was moving forward with such pace!.......keep up the good work mym8!!cheers peza

 

[scratchy]

The detailing is amazing, I'm looking forward to when you start painting Jaitea.

 

[Jaitea]

Gotta say thanks for the really great comments guys, it has been a long build(s) but really this site has kept me going.

Scratchy, thanks for the new dish(s) (I also bought another for my 2nd FineMolds 1/72 Falcon)

It is a necessity after doing the mandible/jawbox mod....It matches perfectly the dimensions of the modded jaw, cockpit & docking rings:

Top View:

I'm back on the MPC again & I think I've made improvements to the Cockpit cone

Thanks again for the support guys
J

 

[Jaitea]

I've been working on the FM Falcon's Cockpit, it's still a bit rough, here's a lighting test:

Some photos of the MPC & FM Falcon:

MPC new cockpit frame (hopefully no more accidents)

New Turret frame....gonna scratch a gunner station based on the FM one:

Thats it so far, thanks for looking

J

 

[peza]

eh up buddy,ya kits ya lookin well smart mym8,i love ya mods on the old mpc kit,i had one years back and i remember the back decks were very poor in detail.and as i expect you have done a cracking job!top marks...
it`s you and scratchy that have kept me movin on my build,evan if it`s been slow it`s still slightly going forward and not shelved which is where it could of ended up for abit but i would of been tit`sed off with myself.....thanks for the insperation.(not to good at spelling).cheers peza

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks peza, we inspire each other, I'm modifying kits......you are going the next stage....total scratch build....now that inspires!

Yeah, it really was the fantastic builds here that pushed me to by the MPC kit....if you look back at page one of this thread, I was doing something completely different.

J