Chrome Vader

Thank you! This one was a labor of love, for sure. Thank you for the advice on the photography! This was my first time photographing a MOC. I agree, a smaller aperture would have been better. I was up late photographing it, and I had lost my remote shutter trigger, so I was getting some camera movement from pressing the shutter button on long exposures. I would like to take some better pictures of it and replace these posted ones, maybe use a flash instead of just the overhead ceiling light. In any event, the model was completed a couple of months ago, so I was just wanted to get it shared.

No, not deliberately, anyway. To some degree, I am just adding to the great run of MOCs that have come before. There are some obvious parts usages that are a staple of many MOCs, such as the 4x4 modified plates for the engine flaps, curved slopes in a SNOT fashion for the gunner turrets, flex tubes for much of the tubing, etc. But I specifically tried to avoid using any signature techniques already employed by other builders, as I wanted to do my own from the ground up. There were a few areas where I found an existing technique to just be the best look, such as the circular maintenance holes on the mandibles and the exterior cylinder of the cockpit access tube--both of which are very similar in outward appearance to what TLG used on the UCS set. However, everything "under the hood" throughout the model, and most of the outer shell, is scratch-built from the ground up. In hindsight, some things are probably over-engineered, but this was my first large-scale MOC, so I've learned a few things along the way.

This is awesome! You captured the proportions perfectly.

Thank you! Yes, it's actually sturdier on its feet than it is on the stand. I just like the elevated display better.

Thank you! I'm still learning how to photograph MOCs, so hopefully I'll get some more photos to flickr soon. Thank you so much! Yes, I like the 32" model best myself. Some details of my MOC (mainly on the interior corridors and rooms we don't see in movies) I took some creative liberty with, such as the wall texturing in the straight hallway left of the gunner positions and the interior of the cargo bays. But I tried to capture most of the canon details as best I could. At some point I will place minifigs for some movie easter eggs. I did build landing gear--added a photo of one in the OP. It stood on the landing gear for many months as I built the interior, but I always intended to have the model on a stand for the most part. I left connection points inside the landing strut holes to attach covers, but I haven't built them yet...one of those things I will eventually putter on more. Thank you! Thank you!

Hello everyone. I am new to Eurobricks but wanted to share a 1/40 scale Millennium Falcon MOC that I scratch-built over the course of the last two years, off and on. I chose the scale by building the smallest cockpit I could that was perfectly cylindrical, structurally stable, and open enough through the elbow to accommodate a minifig walking all the way down the tube--then I scaled the rest of the ship off of the cockpit. It is just about exactly scaled to 1 stud=1 foot. I incorporated as many of the odd angles and slopes as I could, including the gentle slopes to the landing gear boxes, the taper of the upper and lower "jaws" between the mandibles, and the dome-shaped hulls. The model has a full OT interior, including all rooms from the official cross sections book, with a small trade-off of making the forward cargo bays slightly smaller than they should be to accommodate technic support for the mandibles. There are fully detailed maintenance bays below the floor of the main hold, and there are two escape pods under the floor in the engine room (I know there should be five, but I didn't feel like rebuilding the main frame to make room for three more). Two smuggling compartments--one in front of the boarding ramp, the other in front of the cockpit tube entrance--hold a total of five minifigs with the covers on. The central gunner positions are removable, as is the entire central core and gunner turret access ladder. Some scaling magic was necessary to make a replica of the movie set fit in this small space, but I am happy with the result, as it is true to layout and orientation seen in the movies. With the central core removed, the model can be picked up through the hold in the center of the main frame. The main frame itself is entirely housed in the lower dish of the hull, below the "sandwich center" of the cross section. I am pleased with the strength and rigidity of the model, as it has zero flex when picked up, and the mandibles have no sag. The model is entirely Lego, with no modified parts (other than some pneumatic and flex tubes that I cut to shorter lengths to save money over buying rare and expensive short lengths). Nothing is glued, either on the ship or the technic stand. I will continue to tweak some things a bit as I have time and interest, but at the moment I am considering this MOC complete and have moved on to other projects. (Edit: The details, proportions, and shaping were largely based off of the 32" ILM model from ESB) Some stats: Part count: I have not counted, but based off of some known numbers (like the roughly 1,000 technic pins in the main frame), I estimate it is around 20k parts, give or take. Weight: I have not weighed it, though my best guess is roughly 30 lbs. Dimensions: It measures 34.5 inches long, 24 inches wide. Play features: The boarding ramp is functional. The right-rear cargo bay doors slide in and out of wall pockets. Two escape pods under the floor each hold a mining. Two smuggling compartments. Maintenance bays under the floor. Gunner turrets and articulating cannons. IMG_0773 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0763 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0766 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0770 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0771 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0768 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0776 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0779 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0781 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0789 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0790 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0791 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0792 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0793 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0794 by Z W, on Flickr IMG_0795 by Z W, on Flickr C930001A-60C8-4410-B45A-3597AC282166 by Z W, on Flickr

This is awesome! I love the sleekness, but I especially love how accurate the overall proportions are. That's quite the feat at that scale! Genius parts usage as well.

You've got some genius part usage on this, representing the details really well at that scale. I particularly like the ski sticks for the gun barrels, the technic panels for the cockpit tube, and triangular road signs for the base of the radar dish. The docking port ends look excellent as well, the brick-built cockpit is fantastic. I do prefer the 3-stud mandible holes as well--I think at this scale the printed tiles for the details will work just fine. I'm a sucker for the sleek, minimal studs look, and this does a magnificent job with that. The sand blue instead of dark grey is also a nice choice. You've done a marvelous job capturing a convincing "look" for the Falcon at this scale. This is so far beyond the realism of the official play-scale sets it's almost unreal.