Facebook group, there's quite a few some dedicated to the studio models which are great for reference and some to the model itself . The Differences of the 5 footer Star Wars version (or A New Hope) to the same model modified for Empire Strikes Back. I guess as far as stickers go, they're great, very detailed and easy to work with, but when I tested them, they leave a very obvious ridge.

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Includes an LED unit, Photo-Etched parts, water-transfer decals, a custom display base, and instructions. If you wanted to really push the boat out in terms of paint you could go the route of "screen accurate" paints by Archive X enamel based paints ( Pretty expensive, I have some and will be using these with Tamiya and Gunze Sangyo). However, if paint were to flake off the red replacement part, the original color of the falcon should not appear underneath, but rather the primer of the spaceship from which this plate originally came. This is just one reason why why I stated in the afore mentioned SSM thread that the “5 footer” IS the miniature we see both landing and taking off from Bespin. In the original kit, only very few LEDs are provided for the drive, which has already been criticized by some model builders.Theres a thread over at Starship Modeller about the likeliness of Bandai releasing a large scale Millennium Falcon model kit hopefully soon, the main topic being whether it will be based on the 5 foot Falcon or the 32" Falcon. You've probably been watching videos on YouTube, these are the most accessible and there's quite a few on there with some good tips. The characteristic panels on the back of the cockpit light up as seen in the movie, evoking memories of memorable scenes. The right side also received its appropriate framework and further connections from the middle to the lower level.

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I've just finished a 1/340 Bismarck and (given on-going lock-downs) have now decided to push-myself a little with a Bandai Millenium Falcon Perfect Grade 1/72. Whatever your age or experience level, you’ll be able to find something to pique your interest at Hobbies.The next reason is that the chippings taken from the film and adopted by Bandai in the decals are way too coarse for this scale in my opinion. For the PG 1/72 Scale Millennium Falcon, white lights were chosen as a sign of respect toward the first movie. The three iconic landing gear legs are illuminated with LEDs and sturdily support the ship they did in the movie. This can be overcome using decal solvents but be advised to leave them some setting time and work them to settle down to avoid silvering from the transparent sections.

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With regards to aftermarket parts, I believe there are some about but I'll be building mine out of the box. It is in Japanese but the pictures of the original props are the best you can find in any book available and the big size (the book is 39. You just have to do it your way but always push yourself a tiny bit to do something that takes your builds to the next level.With washes, be careful using anything enamel based as the plastic has a habit of reacting adversely to the thinners used to wipe them off. Actually, even though the ANH set Falcon didn’t have the extra hull boxes, it DID have one of the “landing legs” in the guise of the pipe-looking utility in the exact location of where the landing leg would protrude (from beneath the hull box) in the next film.

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Mercifully, the hull shape does indeed look like that of the “5 footer”, and after reviewing the trailer showing the Falcon maneuvering over what looks to be a Tatooine landscape, I can see all 5 landing gear hull boxes, which includes the 2 additional front boxes.You would also want to get some flat panel LEDs to back the photo etch(get these from "Age of plastic", just google that with "Millennium Falcon" and it will take you to his site, loads of great info there too and links to his 3d printed parts.