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A fellow member of the RPF,David3, Took the time to put my Build up and put it on the box of the original 1978 MPC release of the Falcon! I personally love it!
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JOHN ROBINSON wrote:A fellow member of the RPF,David3, Took the time to put my Build up and put it on the box of the original 1978 MPC release of the Falcon! I personally love it!
I have that box (and kit).
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Bandai 1/72 Perfect Grade Falcon...I swaped out the kit supplied cockpit and replaced it with the internal details of the 5' Filming model's. Since this is a replica of the miniature I decided to make it a full replica...Next up it accurizing the rear engine lighting to how it looked in Star Wars(1977)

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way late to this thread, but WOW love it!
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An updated beauty shot of my Falcon with the correct cockpit interior and other refinements...
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#49 Post by DNA »

Man that's just perfect! I still have the Fine Molds and Hasbro Falcon to finish before I tackle the Bandai one. Thanks for sharing.

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Many,many thanks!!

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Some more pics of my Falcon before I update the engines per the 5' Filming model. Just some quick cell phone pics.

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My 1/72 PG Falcon build...After carefully reviewing my reference material, I went back and corrected details here and there on the upper hull to the point now I think Ill leave it alone. Going to revisit the lower hull and replace the engine lighting next.

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A couple more images of my completed Bandai 1/72 Perfect Grade Millennium Falcon.

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After finally calling the paint, weathering and detailing done, it was time to upgrade the stand. I had parts left over from the gazillion 1/350 Enterprise builds I did and they offered a simple and quick solution . I wanted to retain the lower gun detail. At first I was going the whole ILM route, but fearing I would misplace the gun, or worse destroy it somehow, I decided it needed to stay. I drilled a hole the size of the steel tube and using epoxy I cemented the inner attachment. The model is quite sturdy and easily removed if I want to do a Diorama or another display option. Since I plan on doing some EFX Filming on this model it works out quite well. Next up is the purging of the kits supplied engine lighting for a More accurate ILM effect as seen on the 5' Filming model...

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She's finished. I removed the engine lighting and installed Bright White LEDs of my own. However I did retail the grid detail...for now. I did remove it to see the look but it was too plain and boring. However,Who knows I may take it out and put my Clear strip back.
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So here is my finished Bandai 1/72 Falcon. I posted it with the Bill George photo on the left. The mods I did were the miniatures cockpit instead of the kit's supplied cockpit from Joe C, The engine lighting is my own(will post a pic shortly), The additional damage to the hull, a new stand. The model was airbrushed with Tamiya And Model Master paints to get as close to the original filming miniature as possible.


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The Lower Hull...
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#60 Post by joker36635 »

Looks fantastic, great work!
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