Mandibles Part III: Upper Mandibles

Here are some renders of the upper mandibles.

And here is the kit part breakdown of the upper mandibles:

The mandibles contain our first set of access pits, which are areas of detail recessed beneath the main hull.  I've included renders of what these groups of parts look like outside of the context of the mandibles for a closer look.  One of the things I find interesting about the greebles of the Falcon is that sometimes they are very localized.  For example, the P51 Mustang parts on the forward access pit on the port mandible are clustered together.  I can imagine whichever model maker was working on this part pulling this kit from the shelf and using these parts to quickly fill in this access pit.

Here's a render of our progress so far.  As always, thank you for reading!

Next time: Lower Mandibles: the spine tingling conclusion to the mandible saga!

Mandibles Part II: Outer Mandibles

There's not much to say this time, so let's look at some renders of the outer mandibles!

Here is the kit breakdown for the outer mandibles.  Sorry for the similarities in some of the colors, there are just too many kits involved here!

And as usual, our build progress so far.

The front 3/4 views of the ship are starting to come together!  Thanks as always for reading, or I guess looking at renders this time!

Next time: Upper Mandibles