Jaitea's Falcon Projects

[Quaralane]

Wow
Lot of work going into this

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks for the comments guys,

Latest work, cockpit tube blu-tacked in place to get the idea

Panels

The inside

Top view, with fixed angle

I went to a fabric shop (ohh, holds up handbag ha,ha) I knew in my mind what sort of thing I was looking for, but I eventually found this stuff in the curtain section, its called 'Monsoon Slot Tape Clear'

I cut off all the moulded seams to free up the strands....I used a blade to dig out some of the vertical strands and leave a ladder style Koolshade effect, I then cut out a frame to surround the material

KoolShade in place

J

 

[ScreamingSamuraiStudio]

http://youtu.be/I8yr_StC3uw

Awesome work!

 

[Grendels]

Me likey that cool shade!

 

[JohnSimmons]

That looks great! Nice touch.

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks guys, it's going to be ages till I get this thing finished!!

Anyway, I've been adding details to the walkway

There's still a lot to do, but it's starting to come together

Closer

Sorry this is a bit out of focus

J

 

[Captain Han Solo]

That's looking really sharp my friend, Very clean crisp work!

I am enjoying watching the progress on this!

 

[Grendels]

It is looking sharp, nice to see a complete tear down and rebuild.

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks guys,

More of the walkway

Still to add details underneath

J

 

[Grendels]

Nice walkway!

 

[Jaitea]

Thankyou Grendels,

Just making sure that the new walkway fits the adjusted height of the sidewalls
Putting in blank sidewalls to test the measurements

With the top hull set on

J

 

[JohnSimmons]

Very nice, those side walls will look great. Love all the greeblies around the cockpit walkway.

 

[Grendels]

This ship is going to look great when done!

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks Grendels, no photos at the minute,

As I mentioned earlier, I also have the 1/72 FineMolds Falcon which I had bought clear resin engine nozzles for, so the plastic ones that came with the kit are going to be used on the MPC one.

I've been building up the inside of the ship to allow these pieces to fit

J

 

[Jaitea]

Sorry... Thanks merseajohn also ;D

J

 

[Jaitea]

New photos of what I've been at:

The new side walls with walkway set on

Side view

As I mentioned in last post, I'm using spare engine nozzles from my FineMolds Falcon for this build

Another view

A look inside

The structure

J

 

[Captain Han Solo]

AGAIN, FANTASTIC CLEAN WORK SIR!

 

[Grendels]

That looks sharp!!

 

[Jaitea]

Here's a video of the engine lights:

I took a cheap LED inspection lamp apart that I bought in a 'Home Bargains Store' for £4, I had a power supply the same voltage & ampage as the lamp, so that keeps everything nice & bright

I also added LED Xmas lights to use for Cockpit & Turret lighting.....you can see them taped up in a bundle

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
J

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely looking good. Nice improvisation with the lights