SO, after seeing the amazing model created by braders82 over on Reddit I decided that I needed to follow suit. A lifelong Lego and Star Wars fan, I have been coveting the Millennium Falcon kit (#75192) since it was released. Unfortunately, the $899 price tag has prevented me from actually OWNING this set… next best thing? Model it in SketchUp!!
I downloaded the PDF instructions and started modeling each piece, then adding them to the model. Here is a look at Bag #1 completed!
erhmagerd nergasm component modeling funtime!
I wonder if the folks at Lego use SketchUp. I guess we might never know as their product development is pretty much military grade secrecy.
AWESOME job but why didn’t you just use LeoCAD or similar? Something with ALL the pieces already in the library? Then bring it into SU. Still killer start. :+1
I remember a video I saw on it and I swore that they were using Solidworks (iirc).
I’m really just looking for something fun to model in SketchUp. It’s not the destination, but the journey that I am after!
Journey on good sir 
Thanks for sharing.
Wow, very cool! It’s going to be even more awesome when completed.
…and this way you never have to worry about stepping on any of them barefoot!
The real painful experience!
What a feat that would be if we got the animation too…
Isn’t it great when you actually enjoy the modeling part? Looking forward to the next update
I generally always have a personal model going… something I am doing just for me… If you only model things for work, modeling can stop being fun!
Truer words were never said!
Sorry for disagreeing completely, but I only model for work and it’s the fact that I do it with SketchUp that makes work even better and funnier.
But I love my work so that helps too. Mod lling is still tiresome but never boring.
Outside the work scope I have better things to do than modeling though 
draw as much for the work as for personal realization. I learned a lot in my personal achievements. Drawing with Sketchup is so fast and efficient. In fact I draw everything that can pass me by the hand. My databases for 13 years are huge and allow me to be so effective at work because I knew how to have fun with SU. Have fun
Very nice, I like that.
No need to apologize! It is different for everyone! For work I end up modeling things that are created for specific purposes, or models that are selected by someone else… My “me time” models are things that I want to model. Helps keep modeling fun… for me!
I’m really curious how you’re going about creating each piece to spec. Do you simply have bricks sitting around to reference (that’s what I would probably do), or do you just eye it? Really curious about the process, since the real parts are so precise and meticulous.
