Things that go Bump in the night..
What what? THREE updates in one day? Oh my, really! I found a bag of carriage bolts on my desk when rummaging around, and completely forgot that I had to a
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Monday morning lobotomy
Fueled by colder weather and the signed Kenny Baker panel in my droid, I decided it was lobotomy time! This is yet another of those posts where the build h
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My R2 is now signed by Kenny Baker!
So, since Sigge The Great ™ brought back an aluminium panel for the back of the R2 form Celebration VI, signed by Kenny Baker himself, it was time to get r
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Hollywood Memories...
When I spent a week in Hollywood, I just had to go to Grauman's Chinese Theatre and see the footprints of the "real" R2-D2 ... So ... the droid used for th
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Proper R2 Building Attire...
I figured that I would treat myself to some proper R2 building attire! I spent two nights drawing the pattern on my trusty MacBook, before finally uploadin
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The list of things to come...
So, even though my droid is starting to look pretty finished when it comes to construction, there is definitely a number of things that still needs to be f
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Fixing my shoulder hubs..
So, after fixing my first horseshoe, I've almost finished my second horseshoe. Same procedure as the first one, I decided it was time to fix the bad should
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Fixing the Horseshoes!
As I mentioned in my previous post, I had things I wasn't happy with in the horseshoes. The ribs inside the inner circle were not eve, due to some issues w
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Small changes...
Long time no update! That doesn't mean that I've been lazy though. Granted, I did have a vacation, and enjoyed it and have been relaxing, but building is b
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How much does an Astromech Droid weigh?
Well, since I packed my R2 to go to a family thing over the weekend, and R2 was brought along to show my young cousins, and to act like a music player for
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More tiny detail work....
Today was time to do some of the small bits I have postponed for some time. Really, some of it was really quick temporary fixes in order to get the droid l
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Test driving in the street
This may well be one of the biggest updates.... So, I did quite a few things and decided to take R2 on a quick test drive into the street.... Well... first
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