Bandai 1/144th Millennium Falcon from SW, TFA
- Thread starter micahrogers
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Thanks. I'll try to get some pics of "shrinking" the LED strip to make a better light source for the engine.
The engine exhaust grill unlit...
Lit by just 3 LEDs from the strip in blue mode.
flash on,
and flash off.
The "hot spots" from the 3 LEDs is apparent.
I love those LEDs and your model is comming toghetter nicely.
At a wild guess...I'm presume you are using Vallejo paints on your hamburger?
Yes AV Vallejo, Model Air, Game Air, and Model Air Metallics...
Strick67
AKA Dinoreplicas
The engineering of this kit is top class. Just look at those tiny tubes. Great job so far! 
Oh, and there we have it again,
INDEED it does..!
Oh, and there we have it again,
INDEED it does..!
Thanks for all the encouragement guys, it helps more than you can know.
Today 15Sept2022, I must add a Happy Birthday to my wife, and youngest stepson... Happy Birthday to Bobbi, and Ryan!
For the update, I was up at 0430 with stomach problems, so I haven't done much today... New soldering iron made it, a cheap Ryobi 18V soldering station, but man it solders.
These are 12V RGB LEDS from a mood lighting kit, 3 in the cockpit, and these thre will light the gun tubs, and boarding ramp.
I solder both ends of these three, cause, the other elements will get thier power from this one. I soldered solid copper wire across all three terminals on one end, and only to B on the other.
Then folded so that an LED points up, one down and one into the ramp.
Also in the above pic, you can see my main power coming up thru the lower gun shield, immediately aft of the stand mount. I am going to pose it in left banking climb.
Then 12 LEDS get folded up, and taped together to light the engine grill. You can see the process I use to fold them here.
I'll get pictures of the work on the stand tomorrow.
Today 15Sept2022, I must add a Happy Birthday to my wife, and youngest stepson... Happy Birthday to Bobbi, and Ryan!
For the update, I was up at 0430 with stomach problems, so I haven't done much today... New soldering iron made it, a cheap Ryobi 18V soldering station, but man it solders.
These are 12V RGB LEDS from a mood lighting kit, 3 in the cockpit, and these thre will light the gun tubs, and boarding ramp.
I solder both ends of these three, cause, the other elements will get thier power from this one. I soldered solid copper wire across all three terminals on one end, and only to B on the other.
Then folded so that an LED points up, one down and one into the ramp.
Also in the above pic, you can see my main power coming up thru the lower gun shield, immediately aft of the stand mount. I am going to pose it in left banking climb.
Then 12 LEDS get folded up, and taped together to light the engine grill. You can see the process I use to fold them here.
I'll get pictures of the work on the stand tomorrow.
Now a, hopefully brief, interlude, the stand...
I have added the battery pack, and switch to the 'sand base' Bandai provides, Cut a 7" circular plaque from Wally World to accept the battery pack as well, and mated the two together.
First coat of Vallejo Plastic Putty to blend the seam..
This is going to take multiple layers of putty to blend it in...
I', also encasing the power wire that runs up the support base in the putty.
I'm sanding high spots, filling low spots, till it looks okay.
I have added the battery pack, and switch to the 'sand base' Bandai provides, Cut a 7" circular plaque from Wally World to accept the battery pack as well, and mated the two together.
First coat of Vallejo Plastic Putty to blend the seam..
This is going to take multiple layers of putty to blend it in...
I', also encasing the power wire that runs up the support base in the putty.
I'm sanding high spots, filling low spots, till it looks okay.
"Wally World" if the fictional theme park in the movie, National Lampoons, Vacation. It is also my colloquial euphemism for Wal-Mart Super Centers...
Stand base coated...
Next will be putting the sand on the base... Maybe making a wake affect...
Next will be putting the sand on the base... Maybe making a wake affect...
Sand and poly-fil dust cloud added... working on painting the sand and dust cloud today...
work on the model is at a stop waiting on a new bottle of AV Vallejo black primer.... So I took the base outside and played with the camera on my new S22 Ultra...
Amazon should deliver the primer by Tuesday, and I can get back too work on the Falcon.
Amazon should deliver the primer by Tuesday, and I can get back too work on the Falcon.
Great fence skills between those two trees - and it sucks having to wait for bits so you can carry on (I'd start another model) 