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The Millenium Falcon was always my favorite ship in the movie. It was so asymmetrical, weathered, and captured the high-tech
"souped up jalopy" look. Even though it was aiming for a beat up look, it always looked FAST. On top of its interesting design, it always had a starring role in the movies (working or not).
Construction wise, this kit required trimming down the side panels of the ship in order to make the overall thickness accurate. The rear side panels merely required removal of about 1/4". For
the front forks, major rework was avoided by sanding down the edges to a taper on the top and bottom halves, and sanding an angle on the side panel inside edges to match the taper on the top and bottom
halves. This ended up removing about 1/4" also.
The cylindrical "hatch" pieces on either side, interestingly enough, seemed to match up to the new thickness. The small, angled
pieces right next to the hatches also had to have 1/4" removed.
Also, additional greeblie pieces were attached to the side panels for a more three dimensional look. The as-molded detail was a
little sparse. The usual car transmissions and aircraft carrier details were used.
Lights were added for the cabins and forward floods. For the hyperdrive engine, three A Penlite light bulbs were
mounted on a reflecting panel. A cellophane panel with Magic Scotch Tape diffuser was attached around the hyperdrive to replace the transparent piece with a terribly visible seam in the middle.
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