My Awesome Millennium Falcon Build Thread!

[Buttonman]

I have very little interest in Star Wars and absolutely none in model making yet I'm drawn to this thread every time it is updated!

[hippynumber1]

Thank you, Buttonman, for your interest.

First coat of paint for red panels before 'distressing'... These painted stages are optional but I couldn't think of any reason not to give it a go.

[Ghost MacRoth]

Optional??  Have they any idea the type of folk they are selling this to!

[hippynumber1]

Optional??  Have they any idea the type of folk they are selling this to!

Hey, you watch your mou...oh, fair point, actually. 

[Ghost MacRoth]

Heh, remember, I'm just waiting for you to finish, so I know I can buy the kit in one hit!  At that point...OCD will be a major factor in it's construction!

[Zenith 666]

If not for the mega collection I think we'd all have this.Thanks Tharg,Molch-r and Hachette.

[Jim_Campbell]

I love this thread. That is all.

Carry on...

Cheers!

Jim

[hippynumber1]

Same as yesterday but with grey panels.

[TordelBack]

Brother but that is looking wonderfully gribbly! And this is just the underside.

[hippynumber1]

Brother but that is looking wonderfully gribbly! And this is just the underside.

I will assume 'gribbly' is a good thing... 

[Mikey]

You've probably said earlier on, but did you paint the whole thing or was it just a wash? Looks perfect in any case, and the colour on the panels is a must and really brings it alive.

M.

[hippynumber1]

Hi Mikey.

On the underside, the only parts I've painted (so far) are the red and grey panels; the body of the thing is already that dirty light grey you see in the pictures. I guess this is why they say the painting is 'optional'; it really would look pretty good without the modifications I'm doing. Not being anything like a pro modeller I'm only going for a very light modification with brushes; the intructions we're being provided are for the really top-notch guys with air-brushes etc and involves a complete respray of the hull in a base colour and then layering on top of that.

[hippynumber1]

Yellow panels and 'rust' lines.





Light grey and dark 'oil' smears

[TordelBack]

I'm intrigued by the missing panel(s) beside the forward hold(s).  What's going on there?

[hippynumber1]

That's where the maintenance recesses go (the bits with my lovely copper pipes); not long until they are attached...