More lighting!!! This time in the cockpit.
The photo etch set includes a large piece for the back and side walls of the cockpit. I mucked up the decals when I went to apply them but fortunately I’d taken a scan of them before and could reprint a set. Once I’d done that they went on smoothly the second try.
Continue reading FINE MOLDS MILLENNIUM FALCON Part 5-Cockpit
I’ve been completely neglecting updates here for some considerable time now, so trying to do a bit of a catch-up on the build of the Falcon as it has progressed a long way since the last update. So I will post a series of updates in rapid succession and get up to date.
After completing the landing gear the next part I wanted to focus on was the engines. For these I wanted something that showed the engines in a lower power mode as intention is to have it landed. So not off, but also not on either. So this is a bit of my imagination and not really something we have actually seen ever.
Continue reading FINE MOLDS MILLENNIUM FALCON Part 4-Engine Lighting
Hopefully this is the final push on the landing gear and I can finally get onto another part of the model.
On the set you can clearly see piping hanging down around the landing struts and I wanted to replicate these.
I had some Wave Option Part springs which looked to be about the right size. So after some testing I cut some to length. I used 2 sizes as the image above looked like they might be different (although might just be perspective), but even if not I think it adds extra interest and variety. Continue reading FINE MOLDS MILLENNIUM FALCON Part 3-LANDING GEAR (Chapter 3)
Landing gears have been painted up using Vallejo off-white with a small squirt of sky grey. Not too worried about being able to match that colour because the legs are going to be most heavily weathered.
I need to weather the landing gear up and wanted to go to town on this a bit as it’s probably going to be the most beaten up area. I applied some stippled Sky Grey over the base colour (this was used in the mix so works well with it), focusing on the edges most. I then applied some darker grey (Games Workshop) again focusing on the edges and when most of the paint was off the brush I scrubbed it around a bit more.
Picture below is the landing foot and baffle mainly completely painted. Problem is this was quite time consuming, so doing 7 is going to take a while.
Knocked back some of the darker points with some Sky Grey, trying to create layers and variation in the process. and used some MIG Rust Streaking fluid to add some rust and fluid leaks onto the surface. Also used this partially as a wash into recesses and then used a dry brush to scrub it round.
Onto the landing gear and first battle with photo etch.
Continue reading Fine Molds Millennium Falcon Part 1-Landing Gear (Chapter 1)
The Cutting Mat 