Center foot done!
So, got my center foot done today! It needs a little filling putty on the underside and a touch more sanding, but I am really pleased with it! Apart from t
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New parts, feet getting done and some more stuff done..
I know .. I've been lazy, not updating this here properly! Good thing is, I've been building! I've narrowed my search for glue down to really 3 candidates
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Legs galore!
So, finally got around to sand down my other leg and both motor holders. That, and I continued working a little on my center foot, which is my next project
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Nail polish remover, center foot and more sanding!
So: After emptying several tubes of model kit glue, with various results, I got back on trying to find the raw chemical, Ethyl Acetate, to glue together my
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So another day of building...
No pictures in this update, no point, really, as what I've done is basically finish off the second leg and managed to build the second foot holder at the s
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Some new years building progress...
So, since I've had a lot of time on my hands during the new years, I've managed to get quite a bit done! I took a few trips to the hardware store and picke
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More building done ..
So, after cutting a lot of styrene, I found an old tube of polystyrene cement among my old model colors. Unopened. That cannot be, I decided, so that had t
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Today's job.. cutting plastic and semi circles..
Today's job: Cutting more styrene. I've cut out 2 large sheets of square pieces. Plenty of work. I've also managed to fix a circle cutter of my own for the
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Skins completed, plus my fridge has been restrained...
So.. Another full day of working with the skins of my R2. Now, all skins are cut out, apart from some details that I need a circle cutter to do. I've even
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Started work on the skins!
So, since it is christmas, and I have a little time on my hands, I started working on my skins! Originally, I had wanted someone to cut these with a laser
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A cheap, working solution for lights in the Holoprojectors...
After reading another builders blog, I got inspired to work on the light in my own holo projectors. I have these, really nice hp's from BobC: These are CNC
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Gripper arm blueprint.. ?
Since receiving my HUGE book of Star Wars Blueprints, I decided to take some measurements from some of the tools inside and convert them into digital bluep
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