Millenium Flacon 4

OK, this is a piece that I know drives modellers crazy. The sensor dish/array. Personally I know i've spend countless houurs scouring the internet and old photos and stills for pictures of some of the finer detail on the falcon. This particular piece seems to be missing from all close up shots that I could find. Happily though, I have been able to locate a few pictures that were clear enough for me to get a good idea of what the detail should look like.

The following are the pieces not totally assembled yet, but at least you can see the progress on the detail. There is some aging and some correct color panels being done.

Here is the front of the dish. I believe there are a few red markings that need to be placed on it, however I'm still double checking my facts on this particular detail. But as is, I'm very happy with the outcome.

This is the base to the dish itself. This piece took sometime and patience with moulding putty to smoothe out seams that otherwise would be way to visible.

And lastly, the rear view of the dish. The two grey panels were taped out and painted. Then the aging and black detail was added.

I will do my best to document this project with as many photos as possible so people will have some record of the falcon here online. So if anyone needs any close up photos, or more of a specific piece, please let me know and I will accomodate as I can.

I will say that all is coming along at a nice easy pace. I'm not rushing this. Hopefully for now this is enough. As the sections come together I will add more.

Millenium Flacon 3

Pictures galore. I haven't updated this in a few weeks, but fear not, I have been toiling away on this project. I have just been awefully busy with other projects that I have been unable to update.

Over the past few weeks I've managed to do some more basic priming and painting before the electronics are added and the final model is pieced together.


The landing gear were painted and detailed. The pads beneath the "feet" were painstakingly taped out and painted. Not that anyone will really see the detail, but I know its there.

And following below is just a whole slew of images of finished pieces or pieces in the throws of being details. not pictured is the ever allusive radar dish. Its drying and I didn't want to disturb it. There has been much tweaking to many of the parts, the radar dish being one of them with countless hours trying to smoothe out seams with moulding putty.

And now without further delay...."in process" photos of the Falcon's parts.

The upper and lower windows for the two guns. Before and after detail of paint.

Upper and lower guns assembled so the parts are movable. I may glue the bottom one in order to keep it from swivelling down.

Struts for the gangplank. The upper portion of the cockpit and the seats themselves. Trying to solve the problem of a missing instrument panel. I'll have more updates about that once I focus in on a solution.

In-lays before any specific detail. These are just painted a flat primer gray to give them more definition. Weathering and depth need to be added with some black detail.

Finally, the housing for the landing gear with the necessary holes for the landing gear struts to be pushed up into.