5 ft. ANH “Wooden” Falcon

[joberg]

A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

 

[Treadwell]

Love it -- looks awesome.

For whatever goofy internal algorithm aesthetic reason, I always perceive the 'pilot tube dent' as ILM handler's/filmmaker's error

I dunno, I don't think production damage would bend the plating like that. It would just break it.

 

[Studio Kitbash]

I dunno, I don't think production damage would bend the plating like that. It would just break it.

Now that I think about it, you're probably right. It just looks so "goofy" to my eye, as in, "What interstellar galactic battle were you in that THIS was the result?" The other damaged areas are clearly/obviously/visually "direct hits" from enemy ships' laser cannons. Whereas this one always strikes my eye as a dropped prop that caught the corner of a table before hitting the floor, and film scheduling was too rushed to repair it since it would likely never get seen. But now that I'm saying it out loud, I wonder if there is a scene in A New Hope in which you can clearly see this area on screen?

 

[David3]

Its there on the full size set

 

[Searun]

Thanks David3 for your research on the pilot tube damage. Did not have this picture that clearly shows both the air lock & pilot tube flak hits.

 

[Studio Kitbash]

Its there on the full size set

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Nice! That's a definitive answer, and I'm grateful to know it. (And now annoyed that I'll have to include it on my build!)