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Category Archives: Exterior Components
We need this book! Star Wars: The Blueprints
Star Wars: The Blueprints This upcoming gold mine of unreleased blueprints is something we’ve been anticipating for a long time. A long time. The unsigned version is going to be $500. Help us get a copy by buying a t-shirt! … Continue reading
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New Renders for Exterior Scaling
Stinson is working through the exercise of getting the scaling of the overall exterior as refined as possible so we can move ahead with footings. The key is to get the landing gear positioned and scaled so that it fits … Continue reading
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More exterior reference screen captures added
We’ve added several more exterior reference screen captures: http://fullscalefalcon.com/reference/
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Foundation pier and landing gear scaling
Just looked back at an insightful reader comment from Darth Humorous from April 2010 about the difference in scale from the 80 foot set blueprints vs. the current 114 foot full size dimension: “The plans for the landing gear are … Continue reading
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Concrete forms
Re-usable plywood forms are done and ready to be put in place for the foundation footers for the workshop. Some photos are here.
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First containers delivered for workshop
The first two (of an eventual four) 40′ shipping containers were delivered yesterday. More pics can be found in the Shipping Container Workshop gallery.
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Container workshop foundation and basement excavation continues
Planning on having a basement under each container stack with a floor-to-ceiling height of 8 feet. There will be concrete foundation footers poured, then 8 inch block walls built up for the containers to sit on. Heavy rebar will be … Continue reading
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Shipping container foundation dig
Pictures from the first two days of excavation for the concrete foundations for the shipping container workshop are here.
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Land clearing underway
I’ve been on-site every day since Saturday the 22nd (except for Sunday) cutting the roads and working on clearing the main Falcon building site. There is so much to do. So far I’ve cut a total of about half a … Continue reading
Clearing the building site
The bulldozer is reserved for the week of Dec 22-28. I will be out on the land during that time cutting the roads and clearing the building sites for the Falcon and the workshop. The equipment rental company will be … Continue reading