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This looks awesome! I still have my circa 1984 model from Return of the Jedi.
Amazing build! I'm looking to add a Falcon to my model shelf and after looking around it seems that the MPC is a solid option. Would you agree to that?Also if I could toss a few questions at you; Did you use any after-market products/photoetch?
Any tips that you would suggest for a Falcon build? Thanks in advance.
It's great to see older Star Wars kits being built!
So what exactly does Kool Shade look like? I have read it was the panel texturing on the TIEs, first Vader's then the standard fighter's. It would seem a sun shade would look more like the standard TIE's panel texturing.
So does anyone know where Vader's TIE panel surface came from?
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Very nicely done. I too have the ROJ kit in the stash. I know the new release has the side thinned to the more correct look, but I was unaware that someone made a resin set. Can you let me know where you got the resin set? Great job.
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Josh Ryder Amazing build! I'm looking to add a Falcon to my model shelf and after looking around it seems that the MPC is a solid option. Would you agree to that?
Amazing build! I'm looking to add a Falcon to my model shelf and after looking around it seems that the MPC is a solid option. Would you agree to that?
I don't know if I would recommend the old MPC kit. It is 1979 vintage and even then, I did not think it was a good quality kit. As a child, the "new" sci-fi kits like the MPC X-Wing, Darth Vader TIE figher, and Falcon were not even the same quality as the Monogram Colonial Viper, Cylon Raider, Buck Rodgers starfighter and Dracoian Marauder.
Back in the 1990s, I lucked upon the original lighted MPC Falcon unbuilt. I already had/still have my original Return of the Jedi version of the Falcon (lights removed) from 1984 or 85.
I bought Falcon Models "guts on the outside" sidewalls from Jack Smith and other items to make this a more accurate kit back in the 1990s.
I also have a Revell of Germany version from around 2008. I think it is a much better model kit albeit quite a bit smaller. I always kick myself because I didn't buy the Fine Molds one when I had a chance to do so in 2006.
I opted for both the Jengo Fett and Boba Fett versions of Slave 1 (Boba's came with a white metal Han Solo frozen in carbonite) instead.
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