Let’s Build: 1/144 Millennium Falcon, Part 1

20 thoughts on “Let’s Build: 1/144 Millennium Falcon, Part 1”

1. You guys gave up on the De Agostini kit too fast. Waaaay cooler.

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2. yea. im really dissapointed they didnt keep up with it. it was the major reason i originally signed up for a premium membership.

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3. we haven’t given up on it! saving it for something special–definitely count on seeing it in the future.

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4. I got this kit when you first talked about it in hopes that you would do a build. So excited that you’re building this! I am also thinking about the painting part and am not sure which way to go. In doing some Google searches when I got it, I saw the light kit that I now think I have to get. I also saw there is a nice cockpit mod and someone is selling a mod kit for the vents on the top of the body with I think brass mesh screens that looked super. I know this would be so simple for Sean, but I thought I would suggest it anyway. I would love to see some custom printed trays for builds like this that you do on Tested. A place for each of the tools you use and some compartments for pieces to rest in before they are needed in a build. May make them jumping off the table a little less frequent occurrence. As fate would have it, I have Star Wars on TNT when I was watching this!

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5. the overhead camera works really well for giving more screen real estate to where the building is happening. i think if you add in a simple overlay of who sits where, i.e. whose hands enter the screen from what direction, it’d offset the lack of spatial orientation.

   for the close-ups during building: if something mandates a closer look for appreciating detail than the camera and its white balance can deliver, could a photo possibly fill that spot?

   also, hell yeah for that transformers design documentary!

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6. Can you link to the lighting kit? There’s a couple of them on eBay so I’m not sure which one to get…

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7. Never mind… Just heard norm say the name of the lighting company!

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8. Link to the lighting kit: http://www.tirydiummodels.co.uk/Bandai_TFA_Millennium_Falcon_Lighting_Kit/p2467900_15043696.aspx

   Guys, the top view is great…. just not… 100% of the time :/

   Seeing your ugly mugs as you build is part of the fun! Why not swich back to multiple angles. One or two full table/body views, this top view and a close up cam which is, in my opinion, vital(!) to these builds. We want to see the details on these pieces and how things go together. Just the top view robs us of the awesomeness of the kit.

   Also, please bring Will back in for monthly episodes of the De Agostini build… pretty please.

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9. what brand are those paint pens he is using?

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10. we haven’t given up on it! saving it for something special–definitely count on seeing it in the future.

    Sweet looking forward to it. I subscribed to the DeAgo Falcon right after your first video. Having seen it at Celebration Anaheim and then you guys starting on it, I took the plunge. I’m JUST about about finished. Need some more painting work to weather the top.

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11. Tip for clipping from sprues. YOu guys were doing it but I thought it would be good to explain why. Trim with the flush cutters a little away from the part itself. Some plastic is harder to cut and you run a risk of warping or bending the part during the cut. Then take the X-Acto to clean up the nub, then a sanding stick to smooth it out. Sometimes after putting the piece together you’ll still need to sand. If you are painting, a shot of primer will help reveal seams you might need to fill or rough spots from where you clipped and trimmed off the sprue that need more sanding.

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12. Some add-on goodies I have found for the Falcon:

    Photoetched add-ons (I have the grills on order, will report back): http://www.greenstrawberry.cz/star-wars.php

    Lights: http://www.tirydiummodels.co.uk/Bandai_TFA_Millennium_Falcon_Lighting_Kit/p2467900_15043696.aspx

    Original dish plus many other upgrades (have these on order too): https://www.shapeways.com/shops/308bits?section=Falcon+FM+1%2F144&s=0

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13. Hi guys, I’m working on this one too 🙂 If you want to check the progress https://www.facebook.com/1729761283974343/videos/1761002380850233/

    With greenstrawberry add-ons and my own light system.

    Marcin

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14. tirydium have sold out of the lighting kit now – that’s the power of Tested!

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15. I wouldn’t call Bandi “snap-fit”. That evokes images of Revell Snap Tite modes, which are generally simplistic beginners kits. Bandi kits have incredible detail and precision. Maybe “precision press fit” would be a better category. I’ve done a few Gundam MG (with my son) that have had 4 different colors co-injected on one sprue, even hard and soft materials co-injected into a single piece! Some of the best injection molding technology you’ll find anywhere. Love it.

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16. That is really cool!! Do you sell your light system?

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17. No, unfortunately no. This my own small project. A lot of fiberoptics and LED’s.

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18. we haven’t given up on it! saving it for something special–definitely count on seeing it in the future.

    Soooo glad to hear this! I am about 80% done with my DeAgostini model, and decided to take the plunge and build a second one because it was so fun, and I’ve learned a lot from my first one. (May have to try and sell my 1st one when I’m done.)

    Like above, this was the reason I joined Tested a year ago. Looking forward to seeing what you guys have in store for it. I’ll be over here waiting like a kid the night before Christmas, going crazy with anticipation…

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19. Double post

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20. You guys should just give the sprues a wash for the next (next?) kit.

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