Ronster said:

I would like to touch on something you mentioned earlier about the mandibles face being under the ring (well it is in the ESB and ROTJ version anyway) I am not sure I have no time today to really check this but will do soon. But as I have been saying about height gain and if the cockpit in the ESB & ROTJ versions is actually also higher.

Ronster, not sure what you mean by the 'ring' (unless you mean the circular cockpit window at the front), but I was actually suggesting the top edge of the 'mandible' looked as if it was slightly below the level of the *side* cockpit windows (no matter which movie version of the cockpit section you wish to refer to).

And here's another interestingly-angled mock-up I came across, which shows what I mean quite clearly -

Now I really must move on from this particular issue...as my kids are missing me. ;)

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@ RicOlie_2 - yes, that 'birds-eye-view' Falcon image was just something I randomly googled for reference. However, I did a quick check for you...but although there seems to be a couple of similar graphics out there in the same style, I can't find where they originated from to begin with.

@ Anchorhead & adywan - thanks for the info. about that 'missing spar'. Interesting to hear that the full-size cockpit originally had glass (or perspex?) in place too.