YOULI
That which does not kill us makes us stronger !
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You may know that a YT-1300 is seen briefly in Star Wars the Revenge of the Sith.
It's supposed to be the Millenium Falcon, I choose to see in it another YT-1300, anonymous, with blue stripes as a decoration.
Why do I choose to do it : first of all i've got a bunch of Millenium Falcon, including the 1/72 FIne molds model, but also a tiny version from the Rebel Base, a Cut away model from AMT, the revell's (done)... Second : I received a package from a friend (Bordeaux, France, the town of good wine even though I do prefer the wines from Alsace).
The lot he send me included a Terminator (1/9, Halcyon), a Klingon Battlecruiser (movie), a X-wing (small version AMT) and a very damage Falcon (AMT). All the kits are partly, and poorly done. It was a gift and since i'm famouse with my Sci-Fi model making, doing miracles with leftovers, my friend choose to send me those.
The Falcon though, a very big felow, was VERY damaged. The plastic is old and fragile, so the hull broke during its journey to the mountains.
THe model kit was done, built but incomplete, and painted only on a few spot (black, maybe charcoals black, don't know, it fade away with simple hot water). Some battle damage are visible, I will keep some, erase others. But, mostly, some clues indicated a very old model :
- the dust, nearly 2 or 3 decades of dust
- some parts were unknown to me, then I discovered the light system included in the very first edition of this kit
- even broken the batteries socket and the switch were recognizable
- the glue used here was not model kit cement, it's yellow, and not very effective here.
The landing gears are missing, the panels are glued as hell, clearly neoprene, a poor choice for a not very inspired modelist from the 70's.
In fact the plastic is so old that it break easily, the parts felt right as if they wanted to be removed.
Here is the old electric system, for two big batteries, the switch was inluded in the kit, in the rear section, and the light bulbs were still here...
Surprise : it works ! Even though I don't think I will have any use for this antiquities, it's good to have option. l.
It's supposed to be the Millenium Falcon, I choose to see in it another YT-1300, anonymous, with blue stripes as a decoration.
Why do I choose to do it : first of all i've got a bunch of Millenium Falcon, including the 1/72 FIne molds model, but also a tiny version from the Rebel Base, a Cut away model from AMT, the revell's (done)... Second : I received a package from a friend (Bordeaux, France, the town of good wine even though I do prefer the wines from Alsace).
The lot he send me included a Terminator (1/9, Halcyon), a Klingon Battlecruiser (movie), a X-wing (small version AMT) and a very damage Falcon (AMT). All the kits are partly, and poorly done. It was a gift and since i'm famouse with my Sci-Fi model making, doing miracles with leftovers, my friend choose to send me those.
The Falcon though, a very big felow, was VERY damaged. The plastic is old and fragile, so the hull broke during its journey to the mountains.
THe model kit was done, built but incomplete, and painted only on a few spot (black, maybe charcoals black, don't know, it fade away with simple hot water). Some battle damage are visible, I will keep some, erase others. But, mostly, some clues indicated a very old model :
- the dust, nearly 2 or 3 decades of dust
- some parts were unknown to me, then I discovered the light system included in the very first edition of this kit
- even broken the batteries socket and the switch were recognizable
- the glue used here was not model kit cement, it's yellow, and not very effective here.
The landing gears are missing, the panels are glued as hell, clearly neoprene, a poor choice for a not very inspired modelist from the 70's.
In fact the plastic is so old that it break easily, the parts felt right as if they wanted to be removed.
Here is the old electric system, for two big batteries, the switch was inluded in the kit, in the rear section, and the light bulbs were still here...
Surprise : it works ! Even though I don't think I will have any use for this antiquities, it's good to have option. l.