by FourEyedMonster | Jan 9, 2021
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. And so the new year begins with an oft quoted classical novel line that aptly describes what happened to me last year. Worst due to the ongoing pandemic, enough said. Best because I got to spend (and actually still...
by FourEyedMonster | May 11, 2020
And so another journey ends. Having begun more than four years ago, the project initially gathered momentum; then faltered; inevitably got shelved; and like a shy phoenix it was tentatively resurrected before the current stay-at-home exile saw the 1/144 scale...
by FourEyedMonster | May 8, 2020
Above the desert sands of Jakku, a planet in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Millennium Falcon finally made its big screen return after its original debut more than forty years ago in A New Hope. This fictional planet is actually based on the sand desert of Rub' al...
by FourEyedMonster | Apr 21, 2020
With all its separate pieces and sub-assemblies fully painted and accounted for, the Millennium Falcon was finally ready to be put together. After years in this hobby, I seem to have settled upon a modus operandi that involves painting a miniature figurine or scale...
by FourEyedMonster | Apr 18, 2020
Bits and bobs consisting of the Radar Dish, Exposed Upper Hull Innards and a Front Nose piece that supposedly houses concussion missiles were all that's left to be painted for the Millennium Falcon. Although there's still a desert base to assemble and paint, all...