Build the Millennium Falcon...

Michael Sith said:

Love the MR Falcon, but a full build of this will be far better.

The question I would ask, is to prop builders.....

I'm shite at building things, so will this be an easy assemble, and easily put together by a numpty like me, or is this for the professionals, if so that in my book makes it a non starter

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Michael, there are assembly instructions each issue, and they have a dedicated forum set up

Hasn't evan got the rectangle radar dish. I'd be in otherwise. :roll:

Palitoy78 said:

. Im thinking about subscribing to this and perhaps taking a photo after each part of assembly, and keeping everyone here in the loop.
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Be sure to do this, I won't be ding this but would certainly be interested in watching one being built over the next couple of years.

A three foot falcon I'm very tempted.
I wonder if it's close to the scale of the original SW figure line?

I can't comment on the price as I am not familiar with pricing on models as detailed as this but I feel some are missing the point...

The satisfaction you would get from completing and displaying something like this cannot be matched, and its a great way into modelling. I am not a fan of the Deagostini series but for some this would make a great project.

Edit: **** it, I am considering going for this

I think they've pitched the price a little high.

But the point made on satisfaction on completion is a good one.

Heres a guy who's building it on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5s5xGQ52Kk
I picked up the first issue to see if the bits will be usefull, i have my eye on the hero series falcon, these bits might fit in the cockpit

grinchy said:

Heres a guy who's building it on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5s5xGQ52Kk
I picked up the first issue to see if the bits will be usefull, i have my eye on the hero series falcon, these bits might fit in the cockpit

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Grinchy,

Already done it pal. The parts needed trimming quite a bit but they do look ok. You will need to strip the falcon down mate, ill get a pic up in a bit

Lee

Here ya go bud. This is my secomd conversion of the Falcon.

Thanks for that mate, glad it fits with a bit of work, yours looks great, have you got the bits to replace the stickers on the mandibles? how much converting are you doing.

grinchy said:

Thanks for that mate, glad it fits with a bit of work, yours looks great, have you got the bits to replace the stickers on the mandibles? how much converting are you doing.

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Easy mate. Find some who is selling a stripped vintage falcon and buy the set of removable panels on one, it looks really good

Im actually going for a near Master Replicas look on a budget. Im spending noe more than £100 all in on this and im even fitting lights etc. Takes time but itll be worth it.

Easy mate. Find some who is selling a stripped vintage falcon and buy the set of removable panels on one, it looks really good

Im actually going for a near Master Replicas look on a budget. Im spending noe more than £100 all in on this and im even fitting lights etc. Takes time but itll be worth it

Well sounds like you will have a great bird once shes all done, post pics, maybe we'll have that prop thread up on the boards soon

When I first heard about the new model I was concerned about the detailing, especially with the interior. The Millennium Falcon's interior has got to be a compromise because as we all know, the sets from ESB don't fit inside the outer hull. The big "full sized" prop was built two-thirds of the actual size, which is clear from the size of the cockpit. Even if the prop is increased by a third, as is the case with the official schematics, there is a tough job in making the insides fit.

In the advert at 0:07 the corridor ring is very tight against upper hull, which is a feature of the official schematics. The movie prop had at least a couple of feet clearance between the top of the corridor ring and the hull to allow for the roof beams. The lack of headroom is a major problem in the official schematics and by the time you reach the loading room at the very front behind the mandibles, you'd be crawling.

There is a consensus among some modellers and fans drawing schematics that the Millennium Falcon should be double the size of the "full sized" prop and with the extra room, an interior that almost matches the ESB set can be constructed. I opted for the "double size" route for my Lego Millennium Falcon and it worked out very well. The biggest problem is that the cockpit turns out a lot bigger, but that's just one of those compromises.

In the advert, at 0:12 the cockpit corridor has a steep downward slope to counteract the cockpit being higher than the deck. Some diagrams have the entire corridor sloping gently upwards. In the film there isn't a slope at all, which is only a problem if you want to turn movie fantasy into fact.

0:14 the wall behind the chess table is too close, making the hold a lot smaller. Also the floor is wrong, as there is a grill pattern covering the section of floor surrounding the hexagonal access plates that Han and Chewie climbed down to fix the engine. Perhaps the final model will feature buffed up detailing.
I'll be very interested is seeing how the main ramp is connected to the deck in this model, as all of the official diagrams avoid this area completely. As the ramp hinges on the bottom hull, there is a huge gap to where the deck is. In movie magic, there's no problem – they just run up the ramp and editing does the rest. In my Lego Millennium Falcon the only solution that seems to work, is to have a flight of stairs leading from the top of the ramp up to the deck.

I'm pretty sure that the DeAgostini Millennum Falcon will be a fantastic item. I don't think that it will satisfy nit-pickers like me though!

Craig.

Having fun so far! :-D