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Millennium Falcon

By Yasunori Umebayashi






This is my Millennium Falcon built from the cut-away kit.

I used photographs from the STARWARS Chronicles and personal observation of the model at the exposition in Kyoto to faithfully reproduce the filming model. The headlight was added by using High-Brightness LED. Back jet entrance was made to shine by using the fluorescent light (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp-CCFL)(BLUE). The gangway was lighted with electroluminescent sheet from the inside. Light (High-Brightness LED) was shone on both sides of the gangway.

The window frame to the cockpit was added with plastic sheet. A detailed cockpit instrument panel, doorway, and a back seat were built using parts by Falcon Kits. The cockpit is lit by LEDs through optical fiber. (blue, red, and white). The side and the back of the cockpit were lit with more EL-Sheet. The passage was added behind the entrance of the cockpit going in and out, and it lit with EL-Sheet. The passage to the center room was lightened in the EL-Sheet (white), shining in the room in two places through more optical fiber (blue, red, and white), including behind the sofa of the chess table in the room. The warning light (red) was made to shine in two places of the indoor both corners. Plastic sheet and pipe were added to various places.

Image: Bow

Image: Stern

Image: Cockpit

Image: Cockpit closeup

Image: Interior detail

Image: More interior detail

Image: Landing ramp

Image: Surface detail

Image: Cockpit lighting

Image: Lighting construction

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