My Imcold's X-wing build

It is quality model. Some discusion here. As I mentioned there Falcon has 2500+ greebles and lots of them are complex parts themselfs. With paper there is no cheating - you must do every single one of them manualy:
http://www.zealot.com/threads/star-wars-millenium-falcon-from-shunichi-makino.179906/

Xaero is preparing for Shinuchi Makino Falcon too. He is planing to do it in original studio model 1:21 scale:
http://www.zealot.com/threads/1-21-scale-millennium-falcon-hopefully.179960/page-3#post-1018951
 
Wings are finaly made stronger and completed. Canons and few greebles will be added after their assembly to the fuselage
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Fuselage is also reinforced to take the weight of wings:
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Added tube for stand:
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The texturing on this model is awesome!! ;)
 
Really, come by and say "Hi!" when your done! :)
 
I decided to remake nose cone and R2D2, I did them two years ago and my abilities improved a little (also thanks to watching all your build threads and absorbing good stuff).
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Comparison of old and new R2D2:
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What are my new "tricks"? More precise cutting, use of appropriate paper thickness, more patience, waterforming
 
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It's something you can only due if your printer uses Pigment Ink, or you are willing to paint the parts afterward, which really adds depth, by the way. Start with a spoon, and make some blister, letting the excess paper hang off. The cut along the line you made and you will have your first compound curve out of paper, do it right, you can glue the halves together, and make either some kind of small spaceship, of your own making, or a blister pod, mounted on an aircraft or space ship. The possibilities are endless. You will need something to form the paper against. You can to negative, that is using the inside of a compound surface, like "DanBKing" did in his "Orion from 2001 A Space Odyssey", or positive, like using the top of a spoon or other object, and putting paper on top. You can also use glued wet laminated strips, applying the glue which won't stick to a stainless steel object, if wood, apply glue on top, let dry, then apply on bottom, for more strength, using it as filler, and sand lightly, then paint. This is one way of making flared fenders for older style cars, or making blister surfaces for aircraft, and anything else you can think of. Never try and make too much of a curve, you can always glue segments together. :)
 
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In case of R2D2 waterforming is only a bonus. Thinner paper (80gsm) and realy careful and precise cutting did the trick. In this size even a little cutting mistake makes big imperfections when assembled.

R2D2 (and whole X-wing) is printed on laser printer. I cut the part of the dome, bush it with water from non-printed side and then, still wett, lightly brush with rounded metal tool against palm of my hand to curve it. Then glue it to finished part of dome, let it cure a little and use rounded metal tool again on this whole object again. Then attach another part using same process again. Dome was constructed from 4 parts.

I have no problem with colour peeling, you just have to be careful around the edges.
 
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bigpetr said:
I decided to remake nose cone and R2D2, I did them two years ago and my abilities improved a little (also thanks to watching all your build threads and absorbing good stuff).
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Comparison of old and new R2D2:
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What are my new "tricks"? More precise cutting, use of appropriate paper thickness, more patience, waterforming
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Wow!:surprise: :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown: That R2 Unit is simply amazing!:Drinks::Bravo: Fantastic job!:King::King::King::King::King:.

I've got to try that water forming technique sometime.thumbsup I always thought that 80gsm paper was a little too thin. I guess you proved me wrong on that.:hammerhead: You always learn something new everyday.:)

Thanks for sharing.:animated:

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I'd like to get that Porsche 917L!! :)
 
My Lord, that is the best (TIE?)DUH!! X-Wing Fighter I have ever seen! :bowdown::bowdown::bowdown::bowdown:
 
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Thank you for nice words:).

I was wery happy with result when I assembled it all together, like for an hour:). Then I started to see all the imperfections again, I think you all know that from your experience:).

There are three thinks that are not accurate enought to original model becuse some reference material came to mee too late. Nosecone joint to the fuselage, some texture details on "intake" part of engines and paneling on "intake" part of engine (this bothers me the most, because this is most noticeable). But only the "experts" from studio scale model building scene would know so I decided to let them be.;)
 
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