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Cutting Logic

The time I’ve dreaded for so long was finally upon me.

There is no way back.

I need to cut open more of my dome in order to finish off my droid.

Today, the time came for the Front Logic Displays to be cut out!

As you may have seen on older pictures, these were already marked out on my inner dome:

Said and done, armed with my brand new dremel (an original one, not a cheap knockoff anymore…), I started cutting open the inner dome for the front logics.

It took a little while, but working slowly, the results were pretty good. After cutting them out, I test fitted the aluminum Logic Surrounds, and filed away until they had a nice fit.

Once that is done, it is time to add the logic surrounds..

This is a test fit with the outer panel in place as well, to make sure everything is in place.

I simply had to test with the outer dome in place, and this dome is not joined, so it is not in exact position, but I had to take a look.. So, I added the front logic displays and put the lid on…

Lights on..

Blinky lights… so .. pretty..

Glow in the dark R2 … =)

The lights are leaking out through the unpainted skins where the styrene is thin… and .. well.. considering I have no vents installed, there are a few holes as well =)

Tomorrow, It’ll be the rear logic display. Then it’s “only” 4 holes for the holo projectors and PSI’s ..

By |2016-12-06T00:01:37+01:00March 20th, 2012|R2-D2|Comments Off on Cutting Logic
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Foot Shell done, and droid mounted!

Hey! =)

I sanded off my second foot shell today, and cut holes for the motor and drilled holes for the cables and nuts.

Second battery box has half the skin glued on and will be done tomorrow.

Didn’t have much time to do anything useful today, but I mounted the legs onto my droid after the second foot was done, and it is really starting to look decent.

Most of the time today went to cleaning up my small office, now that the major part of construction is finished..

I had to take it out for a spin in the living room again… this is such a fun build! =)

Next steps are priming and painting, but that will have to wait until I’ve cut holes in my dome!

I’ve got electronics to mount! =)

By |2016-12-06T00:01:37+01:00March 19th, 2012|R2-D2|Comments Off on Foot Shell done, and droid mounted!
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Second foot shell..

One of the first things I did in my R2 build was one of the foot shells. It was with that I learned how to work with styrene, and also what not to do.

That is one reason why I decided to build one foot shell at the time, and the second foot shell has eluded me for almost the entire build.

Now, no longer.

I started the build on the second foot shell a few days ago, and so far, it has gone quite well!

Yes, a can of spray glue and a bottle of greek olive oil was used to skin the foot shell, to get the proper curved face. Last time, I simply did this freehand, and using these can made my life a LOT easier!

It did however cause a new, interesting problem. In order of fasten the printouts on my other styrene pieces, I had to improvise, as I had taped the can of spray glue to my foot shell already..

Here below are the detail pieces of the bottom of the foot shell.

 

Assembled and ready. Now on to the final pieces for the detail plate of the foot shell.

As the faithful reader you are, you may remember that I’ve already finished the half-moons a while back…

This means that it was a simple task of cutting the detail plate and the parts that goes on it –A fairly simple job!

Glued and ready…

Nice and clean when ready! =)

Next step is to glue the detail frame and plate onto the otherwise ready foot shell…

Looks pretty ok, even the curved piece looks pretty decent!

Last thing done for the day was to remove the tape and fill in the joints with Tamaiya Putty. This is done, and the foot shell is setting until tomorrow when it is time to sand most of it off, and get nice and clean seams!

Once this is sanded, only big construction thing left, is to finish off the second battery box, which in reality only means skinning it, and that’s done fairly quickly!

Then time to work on the dome for the next week and a half to get the dome presentable for the sci-fi convention in two weeks!

 

By |2016-12-06T00:01:38+01:00March 18th, 2012|R2-D2|Comments Off on Second foot shell..
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