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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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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Dome sort of completed and some other stuff...
After my initial trip to the Sci-Fi convention, I realized that my front casters were a bit small. It was very easy for my droid to get tangled up in small
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Priming the dome...
After spending two days of painting the dome panels, sanding them, painting again, and sanding again it was time to test assembly of the dome! I bought a t
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Split Personality
Today was an exciting day! I had a package arriving from the US, and I knew exactly what it was! The alternate persona to my R2! I still haven't decided wh
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Domeworks
After my really lovely time in Gothenburg, I realized that next time I had a chance to take my droid out, I had to be there. This time, without any duct ta
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Boxing Day!
After more bloodshed, I've continued my work on the battery boxes. Firstly, I skinned the first one: It took a little while, as I had to do it in stages. O
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Slicing up the head!
After several attempts at growing my dome (actually I think I managed slightly), and getting my inner dome to fit properly, I decided to go the easy route
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New arrivals!
Today, I got a surprising call on the door. The postman arrived with a package, and it is rare that they do deliver these days, but I was lucky! Arriving o
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More horseshoes and dome measuring.. and some booster covers!
After my horseshoes had spent a day or so setting properly, it was finally time to de-mummify them from the blue tape! Looks pretty ok, I must say. I need
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Fixing the rockler bearing and more body work..
Will this never end..? Today, I have suffered from a gigantic cold, but managed to crawl out of bed around lunchtime and did some work on the droid! First
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Skirt, dome, feet and skin work!
So.. Looking under the skirt... A lot of time over the weekend has been spent with just going over fine details. Sanding, tweaking, that sort of thing. I d
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