Further Progress on Panels + Pictures of The Original Panels

Painted the rest of the panels:

Bought a 200cm long 2cm diameter PVC pipe for $4 and cut 30 0,5cm thick rings:

Had several sets of decals printed (I only needed one set but thought I might as well fill out the sheet with several to give to others who might need them):

The decal with the black dot pattern goes over the window that covers the yellow LEDs on panel #2 (the one that is going to sit below the main "hero" panel with lots of blinking lights.

Added the decals on the panels, and I also got help from my girlfriend to make the small circular stickers that go on most of the panels, and lastly glued on the rings:

Note the right side panels from top to bottom are on the left and vice versa:

With natural light:

Now I'm waiting for the yellow LEDs that go in panel #2 and the rest of the greeblies (there are well over 100 bits and pieces to glue on in total) to make it look "screen accurate".

This might be a good time to share pictures of the original panels (something that might be nice for those uninitiated or unfamiliar with the Han In Carbonite prop). These pictures are humbly borrowed from Philip Wise of rebelscum.com, a legend in the HIC building community, who was central in discovering that the original sidepanels came from the instrumentpanel of an old Volvo 343.

Left side from top to bottom:

Right side from top to bottom: