The Millennium Falcon
Starting on the legs
The legs are going to be problematic.
The toy had very shallow legs moulded into the bottom hull that are not fall enough to let a ramp open properly. I fill in a lot of recessed screw holes with filler. When I gingerly drill pilot holes where I want the legs to go I realise just how thin and weak the plastic is on the bottom of the ship – I need to strengthen this in some way, or adding legs is just going to snap the ship in two.
I remove the lightweight filler I put into the leg decreases yesterday, and replace it with traditional wall filler which will be much stronger once dried. I don’t have easy access to metal plates, and don’t really wAnt to take up all the free space putting a wooden frame inside the ship. As I am renovating my house I found some offcuts of laminate flooring that is very strong while being relatively thin. I cut some shapes out of this to fit snuggly in the floor recesses above where the legs have to go.
Once the laminate flooring is fitted I glue it in place with lots of not glue. I leave this overnight to set solid.
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