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 sho
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Just a quick update...
... to let you guys know that the work is progressing! I have no pics to go with this, sorry, but here is where I'm at since last time! I've fixed up the s
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Fixing up the power couplers
For a while, I have been searching for a pair of aluminium power couplers to replace my old, resin ones! After looking around for months and months, I boug
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Proper Paint Performance
After my decision to repaint my droid, I am MUCH more happy with how the paint is coming out! Since I cannot paint on my balcony, due to the moist and temp
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Proper drinking attire for an R2 builder
I just got myself a proper cup to drink out of, for being an R2 builder... Not bad, huh? =)
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To repaint or not to repaint. That is the question
This is just a short blog entry about the colour scheme of my droid. I have painted my droid with Plasti-Kote Satin Super Pearly White. Not sure if this is
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More Biker Scouting
So, today I've been working a little more on my biker scout, breaking two needles on the sewing machine, and putting it all together! I still have to mount
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A little bit of paint...
Over the weekend, in addition to flying all over the country and performing, I've been busy trying to get as much of my droid painted as possible! I've lea
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First painting done and new acquisitions!
Hey, what do you know! A third blog entry today! Well, I had to try out the paints I got! I've got 7 cans of satin white sitting in my room, and had to ven
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Mounting the Ankle... stuff
So, after the ankle wedge was done, it was a simple task to just slap some paint on to it. I've been toying around with ideas on how to mount this, as I re
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Building an ankle wedge
Something I've realized over the past year where I've been building my R2, is that I really love scratch building things from styrene. Styrene is very forg
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