Pt. 14 Hold floor and corridors

I had created a replica flooring to have printed in photo etch, but upon seeking out a company to print it for me, discovered that it would cost upwards of $300 to have printed because of the companies having to create a master to print from.  So as luck would have it, an actual model photo etching site is selling one they created.  So I purchased the photo etch and finally received it.

The photo etch detail is fantastic and looks great.   I want to have at least one of the floor hatches open.  So I'm having to cut out holes in the model floor.

Now priming and painting the floor.

 

There are i-beams in the floor of the Falcon, so I'm cutting some little strips of styrene to insert into the floor hatch for beams.

Using some EL (electro luminescent) wire, I want to have the surround of the floor hatch illuminated as in the movie.  So I've wrapped the frame with the wire and used hot glue to hold the wire in place and run the power wire out the side of the floor.

A shot of black paint before laying down the photo etch.

 





So here we are with a test run of the floor lighting.  I like the way this is looking.

I also received the last 2 corridor sections of the interior and got them assembled.

 The corridor for the opposite side of the hold

And the corridor to the gunner station of the Falcon.

 

And I received some more framework and hull pieces.  This is getting  BIG.

Well, that's it for now.  Still much more to come.  Been doing a lot of extra detailing of the interior of the hold.  So....


Stay tuned.  MUCH MORE TO COME.....