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Almost there…

After a long night of building and trying to fit things into very small and cramped spaces, I have made some headway into what is really starting to look promising!

The body is still filled with holes, as I need to clear coat two more doors tomorrow, but I’ve started mounting the bits that go into the body here and there.

I still need to wait until tomorrow, as my fiancée really doesn’t like the smell of the E-6000 glue, so I have to do it outside!

I’ve got my vents and coin returns standing by, and once I’ve got my doors back home, the body will be more or less complete!

I’ll leave that as a teaser for tomorrow or the weekend, but I’ll leave you with this image before I hope to bed..

By |2016-12-06T00:00:56+01:00November 1st, 2012|R2-D2|Comments Off on Almost there…
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Updated paint list

Updated paint list:

  • prime right leg *DONE*
  • prime right foot shell *DONE*
  • prime right horseshoe *DONE*
  • prime right battery box
  • paint right leg
  • paint right foot shell
  • paint right horseshoe
  • paint right battery box
  • paint groove in right foot motor holder *DONE*
  • paint ankle locks
  • touch up center foot detail plates *DONE*
  • touch up center ankle *NEEDS MORE WORK*
  • touch up back side of left leg *DONE*
  • paint inside of long door *DONE*
  • clear coat body *DONE*
  • clear coat left foot shell *DONE*
  • clear coat left battery box *DONE*
  • clear coat left leg *DONE*
  • clear coat center ankle
  • clear coat center foot *DONE*
  • clear coat center foot detail plates *DONE*
  • clear coat doors for body (4 of them) *DONE*
  • clear coat ankle locks
  • clear coat ankle cylinder holders *1 DONE*
  • clear coat right leg
  • clear coat right foot shell
  • clear coat right horseshoe
  • clear coat right battery box

So, for those of you who are keeping track, this is what’s LEFT of that long list..

  • prime right battery box
  • paint right leg
  • paint right foot shell
  • paint right horseshoe
  • paint right battery box
  • paint ankle locks
  • touch up center ankle
  • clear coat center ankle
  • clear coat ankle locks
  • clear coat last ankle cylinder holder
  • clear coat right leg
  • clear coat right foot shell
  • clear coat right horseshoe
  • clear coat right battery box

The plan is to get everything apart from clear coating the right leg bits and possible the center ankle done tomorrow.

That would leave one more paint session last week to just clear coat the right leg, the center ankle and the ankle locks!

Woohoo!

(Also: please note that this is not taking in to account the blue bits and pieces such as dome panels. This is just the big, bulky plastic that we’re talking about here.)

By |2012-11-01T13:39:47+01:00November 1st, 2012|R2-D2|Comments Off on Updated paint list
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Another quickie..

I realized that a post without pictures is not as fun as it may seem…

Following last night’s update, I have glued and screwed the metal housing to my shoulder hub in to place

The aluminium sheet has been stuck in place with E-6000 glue and screwed down in the ends. This should definitely hold! The seam is also on the least visible part of R2. You’d have to look straight up into R2’s arm pit to see the joint, and you’d only see two of the screws anyway.

Once this has set, I will need to adjust the right arm opening slightly to allow for the slightly larger hub to fit into the socket.

And I’ve also glued the skin almost all around the Battery Box.

See? Looks MUCH smoother and better than the first time around! I know where I went wrong. I was in a building frenzy and didn’t have the patience enough to take things slow, one small step at the time. I wanted to finish everything NOW NOW NOW!

So.. In the end that has caused me a lot of extra work, fixing up small things that I was not 100% happy with. Tis was one of them. Now, I’m starting to feel much happier about the battery box!

There are a few other small bits and pieces I may go back and look over one more time, but on the whole, this is really starting to look good!

My paint plan is as follows:

  • prime right leg
  • prime right foot shell
  • prime right horseshoe
  • prime right battery box
  • paint right leg
  • paint right foot shell
  • paint right horseshoe
  • paint right battery box
  • paint groove in right foot motor holder
  • paint ankle locks
  • touch up center foot detail plates
  • touch up center ankle
  • touch up back side of left leg
  • paint inside of long door
  • clear coat body
  • clear coat left foot shell
  • clear coat left battery box
  • clear coat left leg
  • clear coat center ankle
  • clear coat center foot
  • clear coat center foot detail plates
  • clear coat doors for body (4 of them)
  • clear coat ankle locks
  • clear coat ankle cylinder holders
  • clear coat right leg
  • clear coat right foot shell
  • clear coat right horseshoe
  • clear coat right battery box

This may look like much, but really, the clear coating is relatively quick, and the touch ups is just that.. A few sprays and it’s done!

Really, it is only one more leg to prime, sand, prime, bondo, paint white, let dry, sand, paint white again and finally wet sand!

That is the time consuming procedure when it comes to the paint job! It’s worth it, though!

 

By |2016-12-06T00:00:59+01:00November 1st, 2012|R2-D2|Comments Off on Another quickie..
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