A time lapse of my complete build of the Revell Millennium Falcon along with some still images (06718)
The build itself went together very well and there weren’t too many pieces so it came together rather quickly but it was very enjoyable. I airbrushed the rear blue part which gave a nice even colour and the decal a nice surface to sit on. For the main grey colour I used a rattle can as a lot of paint was needed but it gave the perfect finish.
The clear parts were a little weird and weren’t as transparent as they usually are, I think it might be because the windows are small and all the parts are slightly curved and thick. I tried to make them look a little better but it was hard to do because of the small size, in the end they do the job but it’s a shame Han Solo and Chewbacca along with some of the detail in the cockpit isn’t completely visible.
Painting the detail of the model was quite difficult. With the unusual panel shapes preventing masking it meant hours of painting by hand as neatly as possible which ended up being pretty therapeutic. This kit was easily the hardest paintjob I’ve done but the end result looks brilliant. There were also plenty of decals to be applied, some struggled to sit properly with the raised detail on the model but after a few coats of a decal solution and a little coaxing they settled nicely. A few ended up being unusually brittle and started to split but when positioned on the model the decal sat well.
Once all the painting was done the model still looked quite flat so the next challenge was to try and bring out some areas in the weathering process. I looked at some reference images and videos which led me to decide to use weathering powders which worked great in getting into all the small gaps and gave a great finish especially with the exhaust smoke. Afterwards, chipping was added in areas that I saw in the images that were damaged. I also drilled some holes into the top of the model and weathered them to look like blaster damage, I think they came out convincing.
As decals leave a glossy finish when applied I finished off the model with a spray of matt varnish giving the final finish and sealing the weathering.
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