The Bandai Millennium Falcon is Fantastic! 1/350 Scale Plastic Model Kit Build & Review
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- A heavily customised YT1300 freighter it had a number of owners during it's life, being used for smuggling cargo and even as a symbol of the rebellion against the galactic empire.
Join me in this video as I build and review the1/350 scale plastic model kit of this amazing little kit from Bandai! I highly recommend that if you can get your hands on a copy of this Millennium Falcon, then you should get it!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Inside the box
02:35 Products used
02:45 Build begins
04:48 Painting begins
07:49 Weathering
09:24 The finished model
09:30 History/stats of the kit
10:32 Final review
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Lol the one person who disliked this video is probably some Tie Fighter Pilot who got shot down from the falcon
probably
Bloody beautiful looking model Matt, and it's size is truly impressive :D I look forward to the video!
Thanks a ton!
loved the 'hello there' - if you know you know
:)
I haven’t watched Star Wars, but that is a beautiful ship and build.
Thanks!
You should watch it.
That's a very nice little kit👍
I love it
At 3:20 you say, “It looks to me like it would almost snap together.” I assume you weren’t aware that it’s actually a snap together kit? All of Bandai’s current Vehicle Models and Mecha Corre kits like this one are snap together and insanely detailed.
This kit, 006, is actually the version from A New Hope only. From The Empire Strikes Back, the Falcon is fitted with two additional landing gear boxes, and this is the version depicted in kit 015, which is exactly the same as this kit, but with a different lower hull. The Force Awakens version with the rectangular rectenna is also available from Bandai as part of a box set.
I have a build video of this kit on my channel where I talk about the various Falcon versions.
Nice build and I agree that it’s a great kit to get your mojo back. I’d love to see you do more like this!
thanks for the info! No, i was not aware that it was a snap-together kit (some of the parts make me wonder if they would actually stay in place without glue though)
Not normally this early great looking kit!
Thanks!
Sweet job, sweet kit. I have two of these. The dish was formed by a third die ! WHAT !
thanks :D
My favorite spaceship!
:)
Nice build. Enjoy your tamiya acrylics. If you wish to use them for your airbrush, try thinning them with laquer thinner instead of the normal tamiya acrylic thinner. It sprays much better. Thin it at around 1 part thinner to 1 part paint. You wont regret it. Can't wait for more. Keep it up!
Thanks for the tips!
Now this is going to be awesome
I hope so :)
Model Minutes It definitely was great job 👍🤘
And every video of yours I watch on the tv to see all the awesomeness
Great work.
Thanks!
I've watched this 3 times now, lovely result on such a tiny kit! I think I'll have to get hold of one! Great work!
Thanks! I'm sure you'd do a gret job of yours!
Just picked this one up a few days ago, and looking forward to building it this weekend. I need a fun little kit right about now.
Hope you enjoy it!
Wow, looks cool
Thanks!
Amazing job on the Falcon Matt. Also huge props for painting it entire by paint brush. I thought it was airbrushed based on the thumbnail............that shows how brilliant your paintwork & weathering skills are! As for these Bandai Star Wars kits..........they are amazing.
I started working on the Bandai 1/72 scale Y-Wing Fighter a while ago...........the detail on that kit is crazy. Most of the build of kit was just gluing small plastic tubes all over the fuselage........I didn't know there was meant to be 60 different pipes/tubes on a Y-Wing. But It killed my Mojo for the kit..........after seeing this, has inspired me to pick up the kit again........after the other kits I need to finish!
Thanks! I've got a R2D2 & BB8 kit in the stash to do as well at some point
@@ModelMinutes cannot wait to see that. And yes the force is clearly strong with you!
@@ShuttleFactoryScaleModels 😂
Incredible job Matt, I love this small millennium falcon, you deserve to do more of these high-quality models! I have been in Disneyland 2 years ago and saw the falcon there, and I must admit.... Holy crap, the kit got more detail than the actual ship!!! Keep up the great work Matt.
Thanks! Will do!
Most beautiful and impressive close ups!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Very nice build and video. Will be a good reference when I build my slightly larger Revell Falcon. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Great looking final product. Great video!
Thanks a bunch!
Great video, can’t believe I missed the premier though!
Next time!
Very cool indeed.
thanks :D
Nice job👍
Thank you! Cheers!
wow that must be detailed
It's a great kit
The detail on the Bandai Star Wars kits is incredible, even the 1/14500 Star Destroyer. The only kit in the range that isn't great is the Death Star II, but it's in 1/2,700,000 so they have a very good excuse.
@@funghazi Jeez that is tiny
I need to get myself the bandai AT-ST, love the chicken walker
It's pretty cool
Great result for what seems a very small kit.
Thanks 👍
Nice build i have the 1/144 version and it's amazing. As for what version this falcon is, it's from the new hope, you can tell from the landing gear. This version has one nose gear whereas the other versions have 3 nose gears
Thanks for the info!
nice build...nice weathering. Just getting back into modeling myself, after 50 years off! Just getting my star wars kits in, had to order from Japan. Keep up the good work!
Thanks!
Very nice work mate 👏
Thanks :D
Nice one
Thanks 🔥
Bandai makes some cool kits. I've been thinking about getting their Star Wars AT-AT in 1/144 scale, as I hear its very detailed for its size.
If this is anything to go by, i would not be surprised!
Very nice result. I also never knew you could mix Vallejo paints with Tamiya acrylics - that's a useful trick, thanks :)
you can, but they want to separate after a while, so have to work quick
very cool.
cheers!
I am using vellejo acrylics for my b17 and I’d say there really good to use and handle
They really are :D
Oh no that intro too many puns
Lovely little model. Tiny downer about the stickers, but that's a minor gripe. Great detail throughout, though. Your finished model looks fantastic. The model is not that different in size to the one that came with the old MPC 'Empire Strikes Back' 'Hoth Rebel Hangar' set (worth getting, solely for the Rebel Transport). It's not a patch on the Bandai kit for detail, being from 1980, but, as they say, 'Scrubs up a treat'. I have one, that I'm making into a variant YT-1300 - if you read a lot of the novels that Disney said are not canon (then used big chunks of in their movies, tut, tut), then you find out that the YT-1300 is basically, the Star Wars equivalent of the Ford Transit - available in thousands of different versions. Hmm. That basically means that Han Solo and Chewbacca are 'white YT-1300 men' racing around and causing a racket.
yeah, i've seen some videos on YT about the lore behind this kind of ship
As a nerd I love the amount of star wars reference's
:D
Just a warning for anyone who doesn't know, unpainted Bandai plastic really doesn't like enamel washes and thinners. They can easily weaken thinner plastic parts and crack them.
thanks for the info!
I just bought the bundle kit (blockade runner 1/1000 & millennium falcon 1/350) for just 8 pounds
thats a good price for those!
Talk about saving space and paper. That is is crazy how they used the box for the paint and assembly guide.
How did the Tamiya + Vallejo turn out for you? Those are two very different paints. I've heard it's a big no no. Vallejo is pure water based, whilst Tamiya is alcohol plus water. Because of this the paints never mix well and they separate quite fast. Also Tamiya is bad for brushing unless you use a retarder which slows drying time so the paint gets more time to level itself. It is great for airburshing though.
Overall a nice build. I myself got out of Star Wars. The last three movies were a complete letdown for me. Even Rogue One as it completely threw Kyle Katarn's story out the window.
yeah, i noticed over time that they wanted to separate after being mixed
Just too let you Matt that bandai kits are actually designed to be a snapped together no glue is required and glue tends to brake down the plastic over time make it brittle
interesting
0:34
-Obi wan
:p
Nice job Matt. We're you tempted to give it a quick clear coat?
nah, it seemed fine to me as it is
Ive wanted to see this when it was kn the youtubebbanner :D
:D
Nice model, though it’s currently £17 on Amazon, which is a bit much! Your build looks great! Glad you’re getting on well with the Vallejo Model Air. How do you find the Tamiya paints? I’ve not tried these.
Yeah, i did mention in the video that there seemed to be a bit of a price increase due to a lack of availability which is a shame. The tamiya paints are quite good but you gotta thin them properly
Have you built the Revell 1:241 Falcon? Seems pretty similar and would be interesting to hear a comparison seeing as it’s still only around £8
Not yet, but thanks for the suggestion
Well hello there general minutes xd
haha!
The Star Wars Bandai kits are all designed to be snap together no-glue kits, even the larger ones. Occasionally some fiddly parts are better glued than lost, but generally you don't need glue at all.
apparently so
Nice video but i heave 1 question why you paint this model with a brush
The only paint that I would have airbrushed is the grey at the start, but I didn't think that it was worth setting up all that equipment deciding that it was quicker to do it by hand
I thought the 1:241 Revell Falcon I built was small! The Bandai seems to have better surface detail, but the Revell one does have clear parts. I masked and airbrushed all the panels, therein lies madness. 😹
:o
Have you ever considered the 1/72 scale "Schwerer Gustav" by hobbyboss? Or even the 1/35 scale one...
that the railway gun?
@@ModelMinutes yeah it is, its very big Over a meter including the base I believe, and would take more than your average spitfire to put to together ;)
@Arlen Langham Lol yeah
Would extra-thin cement damage paintbrushes?
No. They would go hard tho.
I've not experienced anything like that happen to mine so far . .
Need to prove I am Mod-Worthy
:)
Why people liking? I just said I really want Mod, but hey I dont mind :D
@@comradecheems1843 :P
That's err, smaller than I expected...
Yeah 😂 the thumbnail makes it look quite big which is down to the exceptional level of detail
@@ModelMinutes its like n gauge railways. You do it for the detail but its bloody hard to get it upto scratch haha
Bandai always engineer the tooling to produce the best kits.. no wonder they were chosen to make them
It's really a great kit!
What shop did you get it from?
this was a few years ago, so not sure i remember now
Try nearly £18.👍
i know :( it's a shame that they have gone up that much
Do you think he will build the melienumama falcon
the big one?
@@ModelMinutes just the meleniam falcon in general
Did I got mentioned on the channel as a new UA-cam member?
Sadly not in this one - you wont see it in any videos that were edited before you joined. You will see your credit for the first time in the F16 build video
@@ModelMinutes thank you for your answer. I didn't know it takes so much time to edit. Credits for you taking so much time for making great content for your channel!
@@Vespa_adventures Thanks! Yes, it can take ages to make videos. I tend to work 3 or 4 videos in advance to compensate for any unforseen hiccups. This way I have videos that can consistently be released. Generally, it takes about a month from when I finish a model to it being shown on youtube, but it's not always the case
@@ModelMinutes wow! Didn't know that. I definitely keep supporting your channel.
@@Vespa_adventures thanks 😊
M O D what does that spell MOD!
lol
OK, just, just a thing here...
It's worth knowing that polystyrene cement is not a glue, it's a chemical weld. This is might not be important except, I see you brushing PSC over the outside of the greeblie panels, and this is a bad idea. Polystyrene is a material composed of loads of long chain polymer strands, styrenes, that are static and locked together in a mesh, somewhat like felt. PSC turns those strands from solid into a soup of styrene strands and acetone. When the acetone evaporates the styrene strands lock back into being static, but, due to brownian motion, having moved somewhat. This mean that two pieces of polystyrene are now sharing styrene strands, in effect, these two pieces are now one contiguous piece. This is great for modelling as this is WAY stronger than any glue can achieve, but...
If you paint a detailed section with PSC the cement will melt those pieces. Not all that much, but on a kit that small, enough is enough. Most styrene kits are designed so that join areas are internal, this is part of why the instructions give you an order of assembly. When you painted PSC on the edges to attach the upper discy thingy whatsit, you will have melted some of the detail work.
Enough to matter? Probably not, but worth mentioning. Most scale model channels seem to not know this. I've seen people trying to use PSC to bond materials that are not styrenes, even professional level modellers. It's not a bad idea to know this, though, since as you improve this effect becomes more relevant.
It's certainly pleasing to see you starting to use a liquid cement, much better results will ensue as PSC gel leaves much of the gel after evaporation, leaving blobby bits that are an absolute arse to remove. Just, just be aware that it's a melty, melty thing you have, use it appropriately.
Also, as I'm putting this much down, it's a genuine pleasure to see someone who's not at an apex level building kits, and bravo to you. Anyone interested in starting in the hobby must find it disheartening that most channels are seriously museum level professionals, more entry level stuff is a jolly good thing, after all the most important thing is to enjoy yourself.
thanks . . . I'll answer your comment paragraph by paragraph:
I know it's not a glue and have some knowledge of how it works. I call it a glue every now and then because constantly repeating "cement" in the voiceover will get dull.
Tamiya extra thin is designed to be applied in the manner I used it, seeping into gaps through capilliary action. The risk of melting the details is incredibly low.
Yes, some people do use the wrong glues for the wrong things, but that's how we learn what does and doesn't work.
Thanks! Yes, I agree, liquid poly is much better to use - most of the time. I will use the gel-type cements occasionally depending on my needs.
I'm glad you enjoyed my buld and video. I wholeheartedly agree that not all channels should have museum quality works as it's an unrealistic aim for beginners, and watching Plasmo et al from the start could give higher expectations of skills than is likely to produce results. It is certainly more important to have fun and learn at your own pace!
@@ModelMinutes Yeah, yeah, exactly. Been decades since I built any models, but I know a couple of kids that are just getting started, and it's tremendously useful to be able to show them a realistic early target, and your videos are superb for that.
If I cam across as patronising, I apologise, my thinking is that others might also read the comments, so I try to be as clear as i can be.
I still wouldn't have painted over the greeblies like that, but I must admit that's being somewhat anal...
Appreciate the reply!
@@Belzediel Thanks, I hope that you and those you show these videos to find them helpful, and at the least, enjoyable :D
Lol I have a bad feeling about that
haha :)
Stickers!😥
@@joeshmoe9978 yeah . . stickers . . .
"Why is this thing inaccurate on the model? Cuz the Force, stupid!" -typical Star Wars nerd excuse
Space wizards
What's a melenial falcon
Just kidding.. I know it's from avengers
I think you're confused . . . star trek right?
Honestly.. I don't know. I can't remember and I know Google is stupid and lies
I wouldn't mind this kit but I really don't like Star Wars I only like Star Trek
fair