Again, DeAgostini did good job with mixing the construction between frame assembly, some exterior details and building motorized loading ramp. The ramp assembly is quite complex including hinge mechanism and scale details. Additional LEDs are already mounted on a frame. Ramp assembly completed as separate part of bottom frame. Bottom frame completed! Bottom saucer looks…
Issues from 19 to 29 completed. The construction went smooth basically focused on internal compartment and corridors. It looks like Millennium Falcon! No plans for detailing interiors, but who knows, maybe one day I will focus on that. Out of the box (boxes) parts looks like a perfect base for customization and it resemble movie…
Stages 13 to 18 provides parts for internal compartment, corridor and bottom fuselage construction. As I am not planning (still) put extra effort on internal parts of the model – I’m building it out of the kit parts. There was some gluing and “standard” plastic model procedures. I like it looks atm – if I…
Punch it Chewie! Kit’s parts are organized in 100 construction steps (that means – a hundred of different sizes plastic bags full of parts and a hundred of paper magazines that include instructions manuals and additional StarWars & MFalcon related informations). First 4 steps were nicely prepared, then the rest of the model is just…
The time has come to move-on and take to the workshop biggest model in my backlog.Deagostini Falcon Millennium in 1/43 scale! What a beast! I was collecting all parts of the model by subscription it took like 2 years, 100 issues – lets start! I already aquired some extra parts to improve details of the…
Whats left? – windows net and some final touches.Kit net is made of hard plastic, I was planning to do it in more realistic way… I used tamiya masking tape to replicate net based on kit example. After painting it looks spot on! Additional weathering, fuel stains and “battle damage” was added – and…. It…
Nascar race cars in superspeedway configurations are not symetrical when it comes to wheels camber and toe. I went oob settings with the suspension alignment, but unfortunately i wasn’t sattisfied with the outcome the car was set to high and not properly aligned.Again, based on the pictures and general informations, I modified the suspension to…
Yup, I decided for more challanging wheatered, beaten raced version of my miniature – I found it more interesting.Whetering of the tires was real challange, nascar tire wear is superextensive and it is not symetrical. I used photos of the real car from the end of the last race of 2023. Additionally I added tire…
Photo documentation showed that wheel rims colors is not unified – it looks like polished metal on spokes with dark insides. I went with two tone paiting, but I think I over-complicated it a bit 😉, anyhow, I love final results. Looks like the real thing to me! Sharing my way if someone would like…
Time for a top coat.GX112 SuperClearIII UV Cut applied. After some polishing work the body looks as it should. As I’m working mostly at night – I took opportunity to took a picture within direct sunlight, the colors really popped up! In meantime I applied internal decals and tire markings. And put chrome silver bare…