I have been working off and on for the last few years on an AMT/ERTL Millennium Falcon model, and I'm kind of a stickler for accuracy. Because of this, I have purchased a few detail kits from starshipmodeler.com, namely, the side walls kit, the grille kit and the MadMan Fast Tramp lighting kit. The one thing I can never seem to find is the Cockpit detail kit, and that bugs me, because the one from the kit is straight-up crap:
I started scratchbuilding, and did a pretty decent job on the console and seats, but I could never get the back wall and the hatch part looking right. I had recently designed a prototype microcomputer case for work and had it 3D printed at shapeways.com and thought "I wonder how this would work for tiny model parts?" I did some research, and after a night of 3D modeling, I had my backwall parts designed, and priced it out on shapeways for their ultra detail frosted material. It was pretty cheap, compared to most detail kits, so I ordered one, and it turned out much better than I had expected.
After a quick wash to remove any left over support wax and oil, it takes paint very well, and glues nicely with cyanoacrylate. Here are a few pics:
The kit is a model all by itself!
Details
Assembled
You can check it out over at Shapeways.com
I have updated the Console project with some more images, mostly cartridges, and updated the zip file as well.
I updated the Venture Arcade gallery with some of the background images I use for my Mala Front-End.
I have updated the AER9 build gallery with more pics. I still need to put up more pics of the finished prop, but to be honest, I haven't taken that many yet.
I have put up a section with information regarding Datacrons in Star Wars The Old Republic. It is broken into three sections, Republic Datacrons, Empire Datacrons and All. There will be more information going into these page soon.