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    caseyg83
    Jan 14, 2018

    Bandai 1/144 Millennium Falcon

    in On the Bench

    I've had a pretty productive weekend with my little Falcon. After tracking down a misdelivered order of LEDs and fiber optics to my neighbors porch I mocked them up in the sub-light engines to get an idea of how they look. I will have to fabricate some type of enclosure to contain the light bleeding out of the nooks and crannies. The real challenge is trying to figure out how to cram a 9 volt battery in there.


    Paint work is mix of Tamiya and Vallejo colors. Overall it is going well but I'm already tired of the endless cycle of masking, mixing, spraying and cleaning...

    Hope to have this wrapped up by the next meeting





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    FFL
    Jan 15, 2018

    Nice Falcon! I would like to see it in real life but won't be at the Feb. meeting. Could you possibly bring it back in March? Thanks, it looks great.

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    caseyg83
    Jan 15, 2018

    I won’t be at the March meeting so it can wait until April. I’ll bring my 1/72 scale Falcon as well so you can see that too.

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    FFL
    Jan 16, 2018

    Thanks and looking forward to seeing them.

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    greg.kittinger
    Jan 18, 2018

    I like the paint work!


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    caseyg83
    Mar 02, 2018

    I've made some progress in the last week. I had planned on stuffing all the lighting, battery and led controller in the model but I just can't make it work and keep the structural integrity intact. I stumbled across a piece of concept art from The Force Awakens (visible in the background on ipad) that inspired me to build a base to hide some of the electronics in. The rocky mess below the Falcon is a mix of foam, plaster and paper mache that will have some snow applied.





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    FFL
    Mar 02, 2018