Final Outer Dimensions
Using the DK Ultimate Collection blueprints as our guide, we have calculated the final outer dimensions of the structure. The DK blueprints use the same overall length as the Robert Brown estimate. From there, we arrive at:
- Length: 114 feet
- Beam (docking ring to docking ring): 81.485 feet
- Height to top of body (not counting quad-laser turret): 24.878 feet
- Height to top of dish: 30.889 feet
- Clearance: ground to landing gear bay level: 7.779 feet
- Clearance: ground to outside bottom of cockpit tube: 13.081 feet
Time Frame
This will take 5-7 years, but after all, isn’t the journey the real reward? Work is already underway on the workshop/storage facility which is scheduled to be mostly complete by late 2011. Shortly after that, work will begin on the concrete foundation footers and piers for the Falcon.
Scaling
We’ve done quite a bit of research on the full-size sets, both interior and exterior, and there is little coordination between the two. For instance, the interior set of the cockpit is way larger than the dimensions of the separate exterior set part of the cockpit. For those interested, I was able to resurrect Robert Brown’s “Ship of Riddles” site using the web archive wayback machine. That’s where I first encountered the problem that existed between interior and exterior scales. This has been an tremendously helpful source of information for full-scale building endeavours.
Here is an example of the disparities between the interior sets, exterior sets, and some kits as calculated by Robert Brown:
----------------------------------------------------------------- Data: Saucer-Diam: Length: Height: +%: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Elstree Set 19m/62' 24.3m/80' 4.9m/16' datum WEG Source 20.5m/67' 26.7m/87.6' 5.2m/17' + 7 % LASE 24m/78.8' 30m/102' 6.27m/20.4' +27.5% My 1st Calc 24.5m/80' 32m/104' 6.3m/20.6' +29 % 1982 Plans 26.2m/87.4' 36.9m/122.9' 8.85m/29.5' +52 % XWvsTIE 37m/120.25' +53 % 1:100 Model-Kit 35m/116' 46.5m/152' 8.97m/29.4' +84 % ----------------------------------------------------------------- Final Calc 27m/89' 34.8m/114' 6.9m/22.4' +40 % -----------------------------------------------------------------
Our numbers have also been adjusted based on measurements taken in August 2008 from the Master Replicas Falcon.
