DeAgostini Millennium Falcon Customized Build Pt. 1 Cockpit Build
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- This is a slideshow I've put together of my DeAgostini Millennium Falcon cockpit build. I will have further slideshows of the interior hold as well as timelapse video of my hull painting.
For those of you in countries where this video cannot be viewed, you can download my videos from the right column of my Falcon Model Blog.
Please check out my blog for much more building details and photos. falconmodelbuild.blogspot.com
"The Asteroid Field" courtesy 20th Century Fox composed by John Williams
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Just got my kit today!!! And.... you are the reason. Thanks for posting these!!!
Awesome. Have fun building it
Excellent work, the patience & skill speaks for itself!
I used most of your ideas for the cockpit. Sans the fiber optic lights.
Thanks for the vids, your build looks great
Wow. Seriously I have to take my hat off to you for having both the skill and patience to do that. Really impressive.
Impressive!
Most impressive!
Great! For the price, that's how it should have come in the first place.
very nice job! I've noticed that you even did the cracks in the leather of the navigator seats. That is what i call details...again, good job!!!
Empressive work most empressive u are truly gifted
i just buy the first ed of deagostini MF and off course, my "inspiration" its you. thanks for the details on videos and wish me good luck ! May the force to be with you.
Absolutely perfect!!!!
OMG see very real!!!!!congratulation very, magnific job and thanks for rec the video im from mexico
Outstanding
Thanks Christopher! Time to get going on my paint job!
Fantastic job!
I watched almost all your videos. You are an absolutely amazing model makler. I just got my first two parts packages for the Millennium Falcon. My question is what were your sorces for the lighting you did throughout the ship? I did find most of those photo etched metal parts on Ebay and saved them to my wish list. I want to take my time and do the best I can using some of your techniiques. I am a fairly good model maker. I mainly build a lot of O scale kit for my O Gauge train layout. I did build a Millennium Falcon kit many years ago. I am not sure of the manufacturer. It is probably made AMT or MPC. It is about a foot and a half long with a cut-away removable section on the leftside to reveal the interior. I did weather that model using the picture on the box as a guide.
I get most of my lighting material on Ebay. Some on Amazon. Here's items I use from Amazon.
amzn.to/3R4yocN
Hi Chris- been following your work on your TH-cam channel. Really impressed by how you work. I’m starting out almost brand new to modelling and for my first challenge taking on the Millennium falcon by deagostine.
Hope to see you pick up the X-wing, but I’m interested in the lights and sounds and how to get it all working. The internet has too much information
Awesome build and inspiration. I’ve wanted this model for a couple years, and after seeing your videos. I decided to pull the trigger. I did have a question about the paints used for the seats, and corridors. What colors and or weathering pastels
The seats I believe I used Tamiya wooden deck tan XF-78. Not sure specifically in the corridors what you're referring too. The cushions I kept the kit color and just used some mud and dirt pastels to dirty them up. The walls and floors were done with Tamiya metallic grey XF-56
A beautiful build for sure, Christopher!
Can you tell me where you got the fibre optic filament and flashing light sources. I’m looking to do something similar but in 1/144 scale.
Thank you and may the force be with you!
Kindest Regards, Ray from Sydney Australia
The fiber optics I get from a guy on Ebay. Great seller. www.ebay.com/itm/25mm-150ft-Colored-FIBER-OPTIC-fiber-Star-Trek-Star-Wars-model-lighting-etc-/262885861147?hash=item3d3537e71b The flashing LEDs were also Ebay. No particular link though. Just search 3mm flashing LEDs.
Nice job MTFBWY
Wow. how many pieces have this De Agostini kit? And Which scale is?
It's thousands of pieces. It's roughly 1/43 scale. Though they call it 1/1, due to it being identical to the studio scale shooting model.
I see you change the music Chris
Yea. Get some flack from Fox about it. Nothing bad, but they don't like it, and just notify TH-cam that it's theirs.
hello for the main screen of the cockpit next to the lever you use a bigger fiber
That's actually just a 3mm LED behind the cut out I made for the screen. You're just seeing the light come through the sticker that came with the kit. Only .25mm fibers were used on the cockpit.
Christopher Olson Thank you for your answer
Awsome work ...i was just wondering the control levers the ones on the dash were they custom made or did u get them pre made from somewhere...
Those come with the kit
@@modelsbychris i was wondering that ..couldnt find any indication of what issue..but thanks
@@deancronin1338 They arrive with issue 6. You can see them here. www.scaleautofactory.com/build.php?file=starwars/deagostini/instruction.xml
@@modelsbychris ah thanks dude...actually just got pack 2 today :)
Christopher, I don't think I have ever seen fiber optic cable in various colors. Where were you able to find it? Great job throughout your Falcon. I have 6 shipments but don't plan to begin construction until we move in August. I would like to think I can get mine close to the beautiful job you've done with yours.
I have a couple links posted on a comment below of where I get them. A seller on Ebay
Thanks man, and again, Of all the builds of the DeAgostini Millennium Falcon I have seen on TH-cam, yours is by far the best I have seen. Your doing a stunning job. Thanks so much for sharing your idea's.
great job!!! could you guide me how to make the modification falcon cockpit For DeAgostini Kit issues 1-7 the Paragrafix
Check out my blog of the build and see if that helps. falconmodelbuild.blogspot.com
awesome video....one question....how are you making them blink?? (laymens terms please)
The blinking is from fibers hooked up to blinking LEDs. You can purchase LEDs that already blink. I have 3 of them and fibers running to them. It gives a randomness to the blinking with 3 different LEDs.
Hello again Chris. I’ve just started my Millennium Falcon build. So I’m about to ask a very noob question. My apologies. Question about the priming/ painting the seats. How did you hold the seats up on the styrofoam block?
I use toothpicks and Quake Hold. It's a museum putty to hold items on shelves, if you're not familiar. It just a tacky putty that sticks to about anything. So I just put a little blob on the end of a toothpick and stick the parts to that, in an area where it would be glued and doesn't need to be painted. There are probably other things out there similar you could use. I just happen to have the Quake Hold because I use it on the bottom of my models to keep them secure on my shelves, since I do live in SoCal.
Christopher Olson thank you Chris. I hope my falcon turns out almost as good as your sir.
@@tyroneweb Just have fun with it. It's a beautiful kit.
Awsome, where have you bought the led set, I d like add that in my model, thx
The fiber and LEDs I get from Ebay. Not a kit, I rig myself. Ebay seller me80
How do you get away with playing the score music? I can't whistle Dixie on my channel without getting flagged for copywrite violation
I credited the label and Williams in my notes. I've been notified by TH-cam that it's copyrighted music and that I can't monetize, but Fox can. Other than that, they said it was fine.
Thanks!
la puerta pienso hacerla corrediza y que se active junto a la rampa de entrada, utilizando el motor de una unidad lectora de dvd de pc, la que mueve el cabezal.
Yes, sure!.
Hey mate. I'm curious I take it you have an external power for your model? How did you achieve this? Ive looked and cant seem to figure it out. Any help would be great again.
Hi Christopher. Can you tell me what color paints you used for your chairs?
It's been quite a while now, but I believe I used Tamiya deck tan for the chairs. When I started the build, I unfortunately didn't document some of the stuff the way I do now. Didn't know my videos would be so well received, so I changed up how I did them for more tutorial purposes.
Christopher Olson no problem. Thanks for the response. We are all blown away by your talent and knowledge. It is a beautiful model.
@@tyroneweb I'm pretty positive I used Tamiya deck tan
@Christopher Olson thank you.
Hello again! I just subscribed and am doing the cockpit with paragrahix. I was going to use the backlit led that comes with the kit and paint holes with clear paint and add some fiber optic like you did. What are you using to run to power source? I know the kit comes with AA. Where are all your others going?
I'm running the whole Falcon off of a 9v 1.5a power supply. Using the kit board as well as additional boards I soldered. I did split the input to both boards, as running all my lights through the kit board was not enough juice. It couldn't handle the amperage. You can see more detail in my part 7 video "Hull lighting and Wiring". I had finished my cockpit before Paragrafix had released their cockpit etch, and before I even knew about his etching. Otherwise, I would've probably used his as well. But I'm very happy with how mine turned out.
I'm curious - is that a dremel unit being used to drill the 0.25mm holes? If so, what dremel unit and where are you finding a chuck that can take so small micro drill bits?
it's not the chuck. It's a special set of bits i have that have a larger end to fit in the chuck. like these.
www.microdrillbits.com/image/ebay_images/76/221793887676.JPG
Not bad , but don't remember ever seeing ,passenger jet style steering system in the Falcon ,,, I could be wrong !!!!
No, that's what the steering system is like on the Falcon. The kit controls are slightly different, but essentially the same. You can even see here in the starwars.com 360 degree virtual cockpit.
www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-360-view-the-force-awakens-set-panoramas-at-starwars-com
Hi... the blue transparent paint...is that microklear with something blue added or a specific product... thanks!
The paints I used are Tamiya clear paints
great job, please send us a parts list I want to do the same to my cockpit
There's really not a parts list. Here's where I got the fiber, and it comes with an LED to illuminate. www.ebay.com/itm/175-feet-Colored-25mm-FIBER-OPTIC-MODEL-RR-LIGHTING-Tiny-FREE-illuminator-a3-/262386124166?hash=item3d176e8586
As for blinking LEDs, I just did an Ebay search. But here's a link for those. www.ebay.com/itm/25-PCS-3mm-White-flashing-pre-wired-LED-light-5v-6v-9V-12V-DC-20cm-blinking-/252260750783?hash=item3abbe995bf:g:eagAAOSwbqpTyXrW
@@modelsbychris the link with the tiny illuminator no longer works
On Ebay, just search for user me80. That's who I get my fiber and illuminators from. He's got lots of stuff
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Chris, what model airbrush and compressor set up are you using?
I have a double action Paasche airbrush and a Badger Million-Air compressor
hello I have a question on the size of the optical fiber to know if you had chosen 0.25 or 0.50 thick for the Cockpit, and the control console thank you
I used .25mm for the cockpit
thank you video helped me a lot
@@mejinvegeta2040 you're welcome. I'm glad it could help. That's the reason I really do my videos
Great build(s)!
Q: I s that (pre-)colored fiber optic filament you're using? What is your source for that?
Yes, they are pre-colored. If you cut a length, that will remove the color from one end and cut the color down. Here's a link.
www.ebay.com/itm/25mm-150ft-Colored-FIBER-OPTIC-fiber-Star-Trek-Star-Wars-model-lighting-etc-/262885861147?hash=item3d3537e71b
Thanks for the reference!
What was your white light source for the colored fiber optic cables and where was it located?
Wow ... mega! I'm really impressed :-) One question ... which LED you place in the front cockpit console (big hole ... painted blue in the back) and how you fix it ... thx!
It was just a 3mm 9v white LED I used. in hind site, because it was a pain, I'd use a 3v smd LED and a resistor. Those LEDs are about the size of a grain of rice. Used them on my interior hallways.
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How did you get the fibre optics to flash like that
I used 3 different blinking LEDs and split the fibers that I wanted to blink between the 3, so they're all a little offset.
Christopher Olson oh right I see I'm getting this kit soon and your videos are amazing I so want mine to look like this , do you have videos of the fibre optic installation and we're did you get the different coloured fibre optic
I get them on Ebay from a seller named ME80. Really good guy, and fast
Christopher Olson Thanks mate will check him out are you on facebook
Christopher Olson what size of fibre optic is that
amazing job.... i cant believe it jajajaaj
$1500 for this model. Nope... will try the perfect grade one from Bandai.