[MOD] Upgrades to Set 75257 - Rise of Skywalker Millennium Falcon

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After assembling my copy of set 75257, it was immediately apparent to my eyes at least that a few of the proportions and details in this set were off compared to the starship seen in the Star Wars films, but it was some time before I ever got around to seeing if the model could be improved. But now, after reviewing a few stills from the original movie trilogy and using them to get the proper proportions for the Millennium Falcon, my 72527 now looks like this: 

The most glaring issue with set 72527 as originally designed, in my opinion, was the proportions of the nose. The nose tips of Millennium Falcon are slightly wider than they are tall, while the nose tips of most Lego models of this ship are taller than they are wide. I found that by shortening the nose by two studs (making the nose tips 3 studs wide instead of 2) had a major improvement on the overall look of the ship. While I was at it, I also moved some of the details on the nose around a bit to get them as close as possible to their positions on-screen. 

Underneath the ship, I wasn't happy with the fixed landing gear, so I designed a set of retractable feet that also allow the ship to sit higher off the ground, almost enough for a minifigure to walk underneath. I couldn't figure out a way to make the screen-accurate number of seven landing feet without completely redesigning the technic-brick built frame, which would have required disassembly of the entire ship. 

The blaster turret up top received some more minor changes to make posing easier: 

The biggest modification, however, is that the passageway from the cockpit to the rest of the ship is now present. Granted, the space was too small to make it screen-accurate, but since the rest of the ship interior is only marginally accurate it fits in and makes much more visual sense. 

The outside modifications that made the passageway possible: 

And the inside modifications (not all are visible, as the proper angle for a photo was hard to obtain. However, in the photo you can see about half of the floor space gained by the modifications.)