Wednesday, May 24, 2017

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!

2 comments:

  1. Your work is truly amazing! Please do continue to update this Blog. Your Part Maps are the BEST I have seen to date. Your Blog is playing a crucial role in fulfilling my dream of building the ANH Falcon!

    "Thank You" for all your hard work and sharing this out

    Kevin B.

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  2. Thank you, Kevin! I'm just cobbling together other people's hard work though! I've been MIA recording lectures for a class I'm teaching, but I'm finishing that up next week so new updates will be coming soon. Thanks again!

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