Jaitea's Falcon Projects

[peza]

cheers buddy for the kind words ace,i`ve just taken ya advice and had a look back at some previous builds,i did like model man tom`s wiring and build his wiring is like spagetti junction.i am lighting mine but if it`s going to be that hard i`m gonna have to take classes.... it`s amazing...once again cheers buddy...yours chris perry..aka peza

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely looking excellent

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks Quaralane,

I'm still working on the FM Falcon's cockpit, & scratching an interior walkway

Fitted 'headlights' to the mandibles so they are now closed in, I'll post more images today

J

 

[Quaralane]

Impressive. most impressive

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks Quaralane, a few updates for the FineMolds Falcon......and a setback

The Landing gear covers:

Just push the forward end of the cover:

The other side of the cover....one end of the piece has its support removed and packed out in the mid part with a low strength rubbery fridge magnet attached

Parts of the bay is cut out to allow the piece to pivot out.....metal attached over gap:

The landing gear part (not completed).....the 'bird cages' carved out:

This piece requires a stronger magnet than the covers:

The piece in place:

The boarding ramp....I created a hook at it's axis:

The modded entrance:

The ramp slides in & hooks on:

Had to use flash to photo this one:

Now....heres' the setback.....after attaching the landing gear, I thought the legs were too high....the Falcon just didn't look right, so after checking reference photos & blueprints of the full scale ESB falcon I dropped the height....all's good.....then I discovered that the main thing that was throwing the whole landing gear thing off was that the mandibles weren't level with the rest of the ship......I'm going to have to correct this...you can clearly see that they point up:

Thanks for looking, have a good Xmas
J

 

[peza]

eh up buddy.love ya progress and wish you and your`s a happy christmas ;D

 

[Quaralane]

Good luck with the mandibles

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks Peza and the best to you, thanks Quaralane, I got them sorted (well to me they look OK)

Heres some photos of the WIP:

I didn't like the FM cockpit console so I scratched a new one with help from SteveStarkiller's thread on the RPF site:

And the lit corridor:

A view inside:

The Mandible lights

Thanks again for looking & have a very happy New Year
J

 

[peza]

eh up buddy.neat work man! can ya show some more of ya cockpit and ya inner detail of ya walkway on the boarding ramp cos i`m getting up to that stage soon mym8..anything would be so helpfull ace! cheers peza

 

[Quaralane]

Excellent work.
And I meant to say that I liked your removable landing gear work

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks Quaralane & Peza

Peza, a couple of photos of the cockpit, still more to do on it:

The landing gear doors:

The hinges on the doors are from an old busted Dell laptop keyboard:

Back to magnets....I've made 2 electrical contacts with magnets for the power to the cockpit lights:

J

 

[Jurasikfrank]

Really nice detail.
You keep amazing me Jai !
btw Happy holyday!

 

[peza]

eh up buddy,wow thats lookin mint mym8!love ya hinges and ya legs cheers peza

 

[Quaralane]

Each update blows my mind

 

[Jaitea]

Thankyou for your support guys,

I've been undoing some of the work on the FM Falcon, after seeing some fantastic work on the RPF by Avanaut:

http://www.therpf.com/f11/rehearsal-my-hopefully-perfect-1-72-millennium-172203/

I took apart the cockpit interior and am going to use Ozzy's graphics printed on acetate with rear lighting, maybe EL...dunno....so not really any images of that.

I have moved back to the MPC ship and have attached the two scratched access bays near the rear of the ship:

After fitting these parts I realised that the lighting box I had made for the engines now wouldn't fit any more...so I had to dismantle it and make it fit.

Now with a smaller lighting box I have started making an interior for a cargo hold....(the open area which was originally designed for storing batteries on the first issue of this kit)

I'll hopefully make a cargo ramp/lift like the one in the Haynes manual:

I've been able to use some parts I had discarded off this kit like the old sidewalls for the interior:

The piece doesn't look straight in this photo but its not glued in yet, to allow me to fit the lighting box:

Thanks for looking
J

 

[Glorfindel]

This is some great work.

 

[Quaralane]

More excellent work on that MPC bird

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks very much for the support guys,

A little work on the Landing gear area & loading bay...sorry I sprayed the detail in black.....it's a bit hard to make out

It's mostly made of a 1/72 Panzer Tank....trying to keep in theme

The part is still removable because of the lighting box which I haven't finalised yet

Hopefully moving on to the more visible a loading platform in the next few days

Thanks for looking

John

 

[Jaitea]

Some images of the loading ramp, please excuse the temporary landing gear :

There are still bits of detail to be added:

There is also to consider where this part goes (highlighted) when ramp is lowered

Thanks for looking

John

 

[scratchy]

Nicely built work there Jaitea. How are you going to display your Falcon once the build is finished?