In the meantime however, I purchased my first 3D printed 3rd party part for the Falcon. I bought a Nav chair that goes in the hold.
So here we have the 3D printed chair. It's printed in a transparent plastic.
I then primed the chair with gray primer.
After primming, I painted the chair silver (though it's hard to tell in the photo). After which, I sprayed the chair with hairspray. This creates a shield over the silver to protect the silver layer from more coats of black paint.
So now I have black paint over the chair. Because of the hairspray, I can then lightly scrape the black paint revealing the silver underneath, making the black look worn.
I then painted the cushions of the seat.
Next, I have a photo etch piece of a headset that is worn in the chair for communications. I also have several other of these headsets to be used in the gunner ports once I begin work on those.
Once cut, I bend the headset over a paint brush handle to get the headset curve.
And then paint.
Then attached to the navigation chair.
And a cable added to the headset.
And here we have the chair installed in the hold.
The hold is looking very realistic now.
So stay tuned. MUCH MORE TO COME....
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ReplyDeleteI carefully followed your blog and I admire your work!
I also subscribe to the edition "DeAgostini Millennium Falcon."
your work on lighting is great and I want to do the same.
could you give me more information on the type of equipment used, the wiring schematics of its location on the model?
a big thank you in advance.
I'm looking forward to following your blog.
see you soon.
I don't have any schematics. I'm doing it on the fly. At this point, some of it isn't set in stone yet and won't have a permanent placement to further along in the model. But as for LEDs and fiber optics, I buy them on Ebay.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/175ft-25mm-Colored-FIBER-OPTIC-FIBER-Sci-fi-Models-etc-FREE-illuminator-/371635118845?hash=item56872de2fd
LEDs on EBAY
just search for 3mm pre-wired 9v either warm or cool white (your preference) LED.
For the extremely small SMD LEDs I used for the wall sconce lighting on the long corridor, which are 3v, so you have to wire in groups of 3 for 9v power,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/401036678472?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT