The Build

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  Freight loading door

  Eurobricks user "bricksmarlin" posted some pictures of his Millennium Falcon and the tweaks he's performed. Unfortunately this forum doesn't number posts so you'll just have to scroll most of the way down the page until you see the series of photos.
  
  I really liked the one where he added the freight loading door in the gap between the mandibles. I believe he was insipried by Marshal Banana's Millennium Falcon. There is clearly detail there in the movies. So why did the Lego designers overlook this? Instead this area is just left open exposing the innards of the kit.
  
  I don't remember where I found this but someone posted a Lego Digital Designer model file (lxf). I'm hosting the original file on my site to help people build this part. I also have the xml parts list so you can easily track down the pieces you need to construct this.
  
  I particularly like this modification because it improves the structural integrity just a little bit in an area of this kit that I think is kind of weak. The ventral rectangular structure that the forward-most landing gear goes through isn't held on very well to the frame. This helps to secure it to the doral rectangular structure just a little bit more.
  
  Click to enlarge the photos below.