The Full Scale Millennium Falcon Project

Hi Gang,

I have been trying to post images for the past several weeks… Enjoy!

New console greeblies just arrived!  Thanks Starkiller and Maruska!
    

3D Printed Vickers Vents from Maruska!  Thank you my friend!  Isn’t 3D printing amazing!
    

250+ toggle switches just arrived!  I will unscrew the ring and paint silver… 250+ times…
 

I took the time to build platforms with casters – this makes it VERY easy to move and also provides a solid base to mount the panels… No more questionable measurements!  : )
   

I then stained both platforms flat black.  No sense in painting them.  These will see LOTS of abuse…
 

More to Come!

I’ll let the pics speak for themselves!  Enjoy!

UPDATES!  The door frame almost finished!  Still working on the slider mechanism for the door…

Hi Gang,

Well… I finally got those pesky side panels skinned and they fit like a glove!  I’m prepping them with filler and paint and hope to have them pinstriped by tomorrow!

More to follow!

Updates!  Enjoy!

Hi Gang,

One panel down and toggle heads have been painted silver!

  

More to Follow!  : )

Hi Gang,

Some quick updates!  It looks like a beautiful weekend!  Let’s hope for some progress!

Painting some of the MANY rocker knobs

Painted the toggle head silver

Hi Gang!

This is the panel where Han flips the switches and cuts to the sublight engines.  The original (we guesstimate) had approx 170 switches. Since we don’t know what switches were used and I’m using the cheapest commercial switch I could find, I had to do some thinking as to where the switches were going to go while keeping with the basic layout. In the end, I only removed 20 or so switches… which means I have to drill 150 holes… not to mention the holes for the LEDs…

Took all the measurements and then circled the holes to be drilled (the best part is I get to do the measurements twice – after it’s painted)

Using a wood screw and a hammer I lightly tapped a pilot hole

Another panel ready for drilling, painting and pinstriping!

The other panel needed more filler so I’m waiting for that to dry before I begin the process described above.

More to Come!

Hi Gang!

I was finally able to get those dreaded upper side walls framed!  After rethinking a few steps I realized what was confusing me…  Now all I have to do is skin the panels and then paint and pinstriping!  I added a brace on the upper panels to keep from twisting when I removed it from the assembly.  This really helped out!  Enjoy!

More to Follow!  WHEW….