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Thanks Rhaven, that is good to hear. I thought I should check, just to be safe.

I have a question for the admin guys. I have been chatting with the 2 gents who own my local comic book store where my Sulaco model is currently hanging. They are very excited about the upcoming Falcon build and have asked 2 things. First they would like to hang it from the ceiling, just like...

Thanks @zathros I'll definitely try glueing them down and maybe smoothing it out a little.

I thought the same thing about the hairyness. Glueing it sounds like a good idea, I'll try that. It was just a quick test of the idea anyway but all advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks. I'd rather try it out now than mess the model up halfway through.

I've just been trying out some techniques to get the damage more realistic and I think this gouge looks quite good. I layered a few bits of card and then scraped at it with an old scalpel blade. I only had a black marker to hand for burn marks but on the actual model a friend is loaning me his...

@bigpetr you're welcome. @Revell-Fan..... absolutely because I can. To quote George McFly... "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything."

If you're interested I have a huge collection of reference pictures from this link. It may be useful to you too... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xbhdubf5qd2w9ac/AAAmB7d1qyhXSmK-np6l4Y15a?dl=0#/

@bigpetr That's awesome, thank you. :bowdown:

Ok guys, I'm fairly new here and haven't done a build yet so... here goes. When I have finished my current project I'll be attempting to build the Millennium Falcon using Shunichi Makino's templates upscaled to 285% and Uhu02's falcon cockpit downscaled to 39%. I'm also going to try getting the...

Quick mock up of both cockpit outer walls for scale check. It turns out that Uhu's files need to be at 39% to fit perfectly. (The one in the pics is 40% and there is a small gap). I think this might work. Admins: Although I'm not starting the Falcon until my current model is finished, should I...

That's awesome @bigpetr Thank you. As a side note, I've been thinking about those gun turrets. I may be able to utilise some of uhu's cockpit parts to make them. That'll be interesting.

On the left is Sunichi's falcon cockpit nose at 285%. On the right is Uhu02's cockpit nose scaled down to 34%. Not a bad match for someone who's not sure what he's doing with scaling. I'm thinking I might be putting a detailed cockpit in. :laughrolling:

@bigpetr thanks for that. It all makes sense now. thumbsupthumbsup

Thanks. How do you work it out? Just for future reference.

Ok, I've downloaded the new and updated templates for the Millennium Falcon from Sunichi's site and I have checked the upscaling at 285%. Im not sure how to work out what scale that is but the model will be around 2 and a half feet long I think. Preliminary work shall commence once I have...

@bigpetr Not found out how to do that yet so I will have a look later when I get home. Thanks for the help. @Cybergrinder I think it may take a while but I'm looking forward to it.

I think I might go bigger. I went to get some 210gsm card from hobby craft today. 250 sheets so I definitely have enough.

Just upscaled 200% in Adobe Acrobat print dialogue in poster settings. Ran a test print and this is the result. I think it might work.

That sounds possible but im not sure how to do the upscaling at the moment. Any advice would be helpful. I have lots of foamboard left over from doing the launch platform for the shuttle so that would be ideal for strengthening.

@Gandolf50 I think I'll do a test build in A3 format and then decide if I want to do it any bigger. I have had an offer today from a comic book artist, who said that if I get the card, he will do the printing for 150, which is better. I can get 50 sheets of the required card for only 20 pounds...