Second side vent
First off: Woohoo! I can has superglue! The first side vent is therefor complete! After trying out the "can opener" method on parts of the first vent, I de
Read entry ↗R2-D2
160 entries
Side vents: do they work as well?
After my initial attempts (that was quite successful) at making the pocket vents, I set out to do a side vent as well today. Mainly because I like to mix t
Read entry ↗
Building a pocket vent - the comic book version!
Just for fun, I've made a comic book version of how to build your own pocket vent.. Enjoy!
Read entry ↗
Finished my first Pocket Vent
Well, this post doesn't really come with a big cliffhanger, since the title pretty much says it all! Continuing where I left off yesterday, I did find some
Read entry ↗R2 / BUILD LOG
One year.... wow!
Amazing! Today marks the one year anniversary of me starting this build blog! So far: I've built an R2-D2 from scratch, mostly, apart from some parts like
Read entry ↗
Opening the vent
Not a lot done today. Yesterday was a full day with a lot of work and a late night gig. Today was spent mostly to prepare for my fiancée who's turning 40 t
Read entry ↗
So it has finally come to this...
First off, a quick picture of the results from last night: These doors needs a little more sanding and a good priming, but basic construction is all done!
Read entry ↗
He's making a list and checking it twice..
Well.. checking it all the time, it seems. I am of course talking about my R2-2DO list as I call it. The list. The list of things that needs to be fixed fo
Read entry ↗
Eradicating Irregularities
More and more small things are crossed off my list.. and many more things that I find along the way that never was on the list to begin with, but should pr
Read entry ↗
the small things
As I'm approaching a place where all this will culminate in painting the droid, I've been tweaking a few things here and there I have not been happy with.
Read entry ↗
Re:Wired
In this process of doing things that is not really taking the build forward, but rather redoing things I wasn't too happy with, I've spent the past two day
Read entry ↗
Many more small fixes...
I can really tell that the day when I have nothing else to do but to get the body painted is closing in, and fast! Today, I spent first sanding off the ski
Read entry ↗