The pictures I've posted show it to be much more stark / bold than it really is in normal lighting. Thank you for the compliments Kelly - I've painted the entire ship, still have a lot to go with oil wash, Tamiya pastels, hash marks and other misc. I'm open to all ideas - I just don't want to have multiple power sources - or to have to re-do anything if something better comes along. I'm hoping to hold off interior lighting until "a more elegant solution for a more civilized time" comes along. He's got a prototype interior set (but to me - it's too many "blinky" LED's). As I mentioned - the guy in England has the P'nP exterior light set that plugs into the onboard circuit. I have very little model lighting experience - just a few VooDooFx kit installs, and don't want to piecemeal the interior lighting. I agree with you Bill - something like that would work nicely. It covers up some molding sink marks - and gives it more credibility / functionality (in my mind) - really simple to add - painted them to match the other side colors - looks great to me. Also - I'm the only one (to my knowledge - of all that I've seen online) that's added "thrust vector plates to the inside of the plates. The positioning on the kit is good - it just needs to look more like the studio model in this area. I've redone every bit of external damage with a dremel and other tools. In the photo below - the basic panel work and some streaks have been done (more has been done since) - still have oil wash / weathering powders to go yet. As with any project - it's just a matter of personal preference. From what I've seen online - the majority of guys seem to be going pretty heavy on the weathering. The studio model (to my eye is overdone - and rightly so for it to show up on film. My basic overall thought is to keep it mostly inline with the 32" model from Episode V - but a "cleaner / tighter" finish. I'm further along than this - and it's tough to get the subtle shading to show up. I've really enjoyed it so far Here's a picture of the bottom from around 3 weeks ago. We're both a bit hesitant to go too far into it - without knowing how all of it is going to tie together in the end. A friend of mine has already had to undo some fiber optic work he did in the cockpit - because of later additions. Since I want lights in the cockpit / corridors / cargo hold - I'd really like to have a centralized system - not multiple different set-ups. He's looking into interior lighting as well. There's a guy in England who's doing a really nice "plug 'n play" light set for the underside lights (Episode V) for around $100 - but it's all pre-done - and best of all (to me anyway) is that it plugs into the onboard provided lighting circuit panel. I'm kind of holding off on the interior lighting - to see what's going to be offered. Here's a picture of the backlighting (before I added the greeblies). I hope you guys take the time to drop by and give us tips, tricks and any and all input in helping bring the console to life.Thank you for the compliments. What better way to finish off a project than to send it where it belongs. The overall plan is once the console is finished I will donate it to Chris Lee and his full scale MF build. I'm hoping to have working switches, lights, throttles and even the working monitor Han used to find the Lando System. this is a VERY rough shell and there is still an incredible amount of work to do to include the daunting task of identifying any and all parts on the console and in the cockpit in general. I created the basic shell in just a few hours. After a few trips to the local home improvement store and only one mis-measurement (GRRRR). With Stevestarkiller's help he was able to get me ALL the dimensions necessary to start the console build. I contacted Stevestarkiller and we chatted and before I knew it, I was studying his 3D model of the MF cockpit control panel and made the decision to jump in and build the one thing MOST OF US HERE have dreamt about doing - sitting behind the wheel of the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy. How many of us thought we were actually in the MF? Then I remembered the 1:1 scale MF being built in TN - just an hour or so away from where I live. I stumbled across Stevestarkiller's amazing 3D model of the MF and it simply BLEW ME AWAY! His attention to detail was mind boggling. Everyone here had inspired me to shake the dust off and get back to building. Having built and blown up models as a kid. After many years of looking at all the great builds I decided to become a member with the idea that I would tackle something "simple" like a 1/48th X-Wing build. Re: 1:1 Millennium Falcon Console Replica
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