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D-Day (Dome-dagen in Swedish…) (and ankles…)


So.. Today was D-Day!

One of the first items I ordered for my R2 build arrived.. in this small package:

Opening the box gave me this view:

Removing the plastic and paper gave further info about the mystery contained within..

Yes, it is my laser cut dome that finally arrived! It will sit on my shelf for two weeks before I can start working on it…

After the joyful feeling of receiving this box, I started working on my main ankles.

I realized that I had forgotten to add the ankle locks built into my ankles, as I did with the center ankle. I may fix this before skinning the ankles or not, but for now, I’ve left them as is.

Main ankles are mostly glued together and are not going to harden before doing any further work with them.

Note the cables running through, which is just a placeholder for trying out the cable channel. The pinpoints are not yet sanded, and are therefor still a bit uneven, but I have plenty of time to fix that! =)

Finally, I also unravelled the blue Mummy inside my work area, and it turned out to be my left foot shell, now complete. Needs a little bond and sanding on the lower parts, but other than that, looking good!

Now, I take a little break from R2 building. I’ve had a few intense buildweeks, but for the next two weeks I have other plans… I’ll tell you more on that later!

I’ll see you with more updates in February!

//Micke

By |2016-12-06T00:01:58+01:00January 18th, 2012|R2-D2|Comments Off on D-Day (Dome-dagen in Swedish…) (and ankles…)
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Center ankle – COMPLETE

So .. I fulfilled my goal of the day.

The center ankle is now COMPLETE !

Naturally, it needs painting, but I’m saving the paint job for spring, when it is actually good enough weather to be outside for longer periods of day!

The ankle has been cut out, assembled, glued together, sanded, glued some more, used putty everywhere to make the seams nice and smooth, sanded some more and now finally, they are DONE!

It seems a droid part is never 100% finished.. I took some spare bits of styrene and reinforced my center foot inside, to make it more sturdy. Once the glue has hardened properly, I should be able to stand on the foot shell!

I’ve also finished gluing together the left foot. Details on the foot is now complete, and once the glue has hardened (no pics on at the moment) I’ll subdue it with putty and sand it down once more, to make complete!

I’ve also gotten the tracking number from Daren Muren about my lovely dome, and it seems it has made it into the country now at least! Delivery should be tomorrow or Thursday. In the nick of time!

For now, I’ll just leave you with these images of my center foot and center ankle put together and posing for the first time. Kinda looks like it’s hovering, to be honest.

But … I’ll save the hovering bit for my next project 😉

By |2016-12-06T00:01:59+01:00January 17th, 2012|R2-D2|Comments Off on Center ankle – COMPLETE
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6 hours of building today..

.. and I got a lot of stuff done ! =)

First off, I sanded the half-moons i glued together last night, and look at what beauties they are:

I am very happy with them!

So, having the half-moons done, the next thing was to mount one of them on the foot shell that I had almost completed earlier:

Halfmoons looks nice eh? I also glued the tops of the foot shells, so they need to be sanded down, after that, it’s just a matter of fixing the details underneath the foot.

Seeing the foot like this really makes me feel that “oh my .. I’m REALLY building an R2!”

I have not cut out frame rings yet, or received my dome, my build is only other details at this point.

I figured I had more time, and I didn’t want to make another foot just yet, so I thought “Why not make the center angle. The few curves on it can easily be done by hand!”

Said and done, I freehanded the semi circles, worked out fine. I also expanded on the center ankle and went off spec. I added a little “lip” to allow for better support for the 18 degree angle the foot is going to sit at.

I decided to make a fix-leg droid, for stability, and I also figured that if I didn’t like it, it is something that is a lot easier to take out than add afterwards =)

Note the extra lip ad the marking for the hole. I don’t have a pillar drill (yet) so I’ve only marked the hole for drilling later. I’ve also sanded the edges to make sure the supporting part of the ankle is 90 degrees angle at the back, where it will be screwed into the skirt, bottom ring, and also sanded off the corners with my sander. It was try easy making the curves with the sander!

Tomorrow I’m going to do the beefy ankles on the sides of the center ankle, and after that, I can write off the ankle and foot as complete!

Now: time to have a few friends over for dinner, and tomorrow I hope to have my dome here!

//Micke

By |2016-12-06T00:01:59+01:00January 15th, 2012|R2-D2|Comments Off on 6 hours of building today..
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