Jaitea's Falcon Projects

[Jaitea]

Thanks for the encouragement guys....I was shaking a bit cutting those mandibles off, but I think I'll be able to make a repair job.

Quick side-note, Michael Biehn from Terminator, Aliens & The Abyss was in Belfast yesterday:

I took this photo as a ray of sunlight shone on him from an upper window in Belfast's W5 exhibition centre.
He quickly moved after this stating that he wasn't a vampire....the sunlight was a bit uncomfortable.

Back on subject!

The Mandibles removed:

The top jaw box shortened, widened and new details added:

The port-side mandible placed in, now with blank sidewalls:

As you can see, the circular openings on the mandibles will now need relocating, and reduced in diameter:

J

 

[Junkie]

Wow. Major surgery. Looking great man.

 

[JohnSimmons]

Yeah very clean job and Allready looking better. Fantastic.

 

[Grendels]

Nice work!

 

[Quaralane]

Going to be interesting watching this flow

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks guys....can't stop working on this one!

Added some details to the top jawbox:

The 1/144 Panthers should be coming today or tomorrow

J

 

[Jaitea]

Still waiting for the panther kits from China, but still working on bits

J

 

[ModelMakerMike]

Excellent work!
I especially love your YT-1350 design!!!!
I have an MPC Falcon I got off Ebay, that I am going to make a custom ship out of....However, not quite sure how I am going to modify it yet.

 

[Quaralane]

Liking your mod work here

 

[blakeh1]

Turning out nicely. Thats looking like fine molds level detail!

 

[Grendels]

Looks good!

 

[Captain Han Solo]

AWESOME!

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks for the comments guys!

The tanks came!

Detail starting to build up:

Other parts of the tank are useful too!

J

 

[JohnSimmons]

Wicked!! I never thought about using the top of the tank, it works perfect. Fans look great to!

 

[Quaralane]

Very nice work here

 

[Jaitea]

Why thank you Quaralane,

Some more work:

J

 

[astroboy]

is there a list anywhere of kits to get to make your MPC falcon shine?

 

[Jaitea]

Sorry, meant to say thanks to Merseajohn!

astroboy: some pieces are parts I've gathered up over the years, but I have bought 3 1/72 Panther tanks for the project, lots of similar details used on the 5foot Falcon & as I mentioned I bought a pack of 3 1/144 Jadg Panthers off ebay....these were pre-built & painted.....search for "TAKARA WTM02,1:144" and you'll find them.

If you want to get an idea where ILM sourced their kit parts from, The Replica Prop Forum has a thread going there where parts are identified:
http://www.thereplicapropforum.com/f10/large-scale-millennium-falcon-kit-ids-new-maps-start-thread-104116/

Oh and I have also used electronic parts off my sons scrapped PS3.....so its really a Star Wars Blu-ray project!

J

 

[Grendels]

The rear deck is looking great!

 

[NecronautDrummer]

Awesome detail on this, Jaitea!