Trevdog67
Falcon: Details - Part 1
Part 1 of a video I shot showing the details on my late 1970s era Star Wars Millennium Falcon plastic model kit that I made when I was a young boy 35+ years ago. This model and several others like it were stored in the attic at my parent's house in Nova Scotia. 2 weeks ago I was visiting and found them in the attic. This needs quite a bit of work. The transmitter dish on the top was broken off (I still have most of it), and the gun for the lower gun turret is detached. Also, the landing gear are missing, and the engine no longer lights up. I hope to eventually fix it up over the next next few months/years. Maybe involving some 3D scanning and printing to replace some of the parts, and some rewiring of the lighting.
This model comes from a time just after the initial success of Star Wars and (I think) before Empire Strikes Back was released. I remember going to the scale model section of the Towers Department store in New Minas and seeing this huge box with the Falcon in it (there was only one) on the shelf and looking at the gigantic price tag of something like $24 CDN at the time and wondering how would I ever pay for such a thing. Luckily, my parents bought it for me eventually, after I kept going back to the modelling section of the Toy Department each time we visited the store to make sure that the model was still there.
Falcon: Details - Part 1
Part 1 of a video I shot showing the details on my late 1970s era Star Wars Millennium Falcon plastic model kit that I made when I was a young boy 35+ years ago. This model and several others like it were stored in the attic at my parent's house in Nova Scotia. 2 weeks ago I was visiting and found them in the attic. This needs quite a bit of work. The transmitter dish on the top was broken off (I still have most of it), and the gun for the lower gun turret is detached. Also, the landing gear are missing, and the engine no longer lights up. I hope to eventually fix it up over the next next few months/years. Maybe involving some 3D scanning and printing to replace some of the parts, and some rewiring of the lighting.
This model comes from a time just after the initial success of Star Wars and (I think) before Empire Strikes Back was released. I remember going to the scale model section of the Towers Department store in New Minas and seeing this huge box with the Falcon in it (there was only one) on the shelf and looking at the gigantic price tag of something like $24 CDN at the time and wondering how would I ever pay for such a thing. Luckily, my parents bought it for me eventually, after I kept going back to the modelling section of the Toy Department each time we visited the store to make sure that the model was still there.