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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Dome Wrestling and sanding and bonding and priming...
So, Even though my build has been a bit slow this week, I haven't really constructed anything else but the horseshoes.. :eek: I have been wrestling with my
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Scratch building ankle cylinders!
Down by his feet, R2, has a strange cylinder that sticks out. Actually on the middle foot he has two, but I have two of them from resin already, but I need
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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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Not much done over the weekend..
.. but I had to do something, at least =) Yesterday, I spent on becoming an EFR instructor and then head off to the Magic Bar to do a gig, and that went ju
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Skirt complete and first steps..
So, I gook the R2 unit outside and sanded it off good, before going wild with a 2-component bond (Plastic Padding). This was supposed to harden within 10 m
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R2 is now wearing a skirt and has a detachable center foot mount!
Felt a little better today. The cold is definitely on its way back, and I've taken things easy again. However, there are a few things that I've done on the
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More skin work and coin return!
Hello =) I'm glad that YOU decided to read my blog again today =) So, today has been one of those days where I made good progress, but mostly on small thin
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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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Inner skins glued in place, center ankles just about finished!
So, apart from making the slip ring explanation, I did glue the inner skins in place. It was a bit scary, as any mistake here can be hard to undo later on.
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Slip Ring explanation
I received a question about how my slip ring solution was, and I thought I'd explain it in unnecessary detail here: These are the pieces I cut out and the
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Biggest post so far...?
Wow! A lot of things to report after today! First off, I finished gluing the frame together as promised! When the glue was setting, I did do additional wor
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