Building R2-D2 Update, 3 Years and Finally Finished

[Megamicrofish]

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Received the aluminium logic surrounds and installed those and the Teeces logic displays




Waiting on the holoprojectors now to complete the dome

Legs, feet and skirt to go

 

[Megamicrofish]

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HE CAN SEE!

 

[Darth Brass]

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Woo hooo!

 

[Megamicrofish]

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More blue panels painted and fitted with 3M VHB tape

 

[Megamicrofish]

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A short video of the PSI and logic displays running off a single 9V battery

 

[shadowdemon777]

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Wow, he looks incredible! I want to make one too!

 

[Megamicrofish]

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All the blue panels are now on the dome

Still waiting on the Holoprojectors to be sent and I can finally finish the dome .

Legs have been ordered and are sitting in customs in the UK at the moment.

Also, tried weathering on a couple of scrap parts, I need a bit more practice and to look at a few more tutorials

 

[ataru72ita]

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I don't know how I could have missed this beautiful WIP thread, that is definitely one of my future projects after finishing 1:1 Vader and H.I.C.

Great job so far!!:thumbsup

Regards,

Alberto

 

[Megamicrofish]

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I don't know how I could have missed this beautiful WIP thread, that is definitely one of my future projects after finishing 1:1 Vader and H.I.C.

Great job so far!!:thumbsup

Regards,

Alberto

Thanks

Not much progress this week but the postman brought me some nice wooden legs, so I need to buy some more wood glue and paint

 

[Megamicrofish]

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I have been working on the legs over the last couple of weeks
Test fitting on R2

This is how the bolts connect through the shoulder hubs into the body (shoulder hubs will be covered in aluminium tape)

 

[Megamicrofish]

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Horseshoes test fit


After wood filler, primer and a lot of elbow grease I painted one leg

 

[Megamicrofish]

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Horseshoes filled, painted and glued on to leg. Also fitted aluminium ankle bracelet



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Just waiting on booster covers and a few smaller parts to finish the legs.

 

[Megamicrofish]

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Booster covers arrived, painted and fitted

 

[Megamicrofish]

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battery boxes finished up


Just waiting on Skirt, Holoprojectors and feet, I can see light at the end of the tunnel!

 

[Megamicrofish]

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Aluminium utility arms now fitted, I decided in the end to make these static, I just could not get them to open correctly without the fear of damaging the skins


R2 - Legless

 

[zorg]

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great job so far, i'm too scared to start mine.
its 90% alu.
why did they have to make him so damn complicated!?

 

[DBoz]

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great job so far, i'm too scared to start mine.
its 90% alu.
why did they have to make him so damn complicated!?

I'm in the same boat. Doing an all aluminum build and have been collecting parts for 3 years now. I have pretty much everything, but have been dragging my feet on starting the build because I'm afraid of messing something up. I need to get cracking, though because I want to be able to take him to Celebration VII next year.

 

[Megamicrofish]

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why did they have to make him so damn complicated!?

Tell me about it :lol

If I knew how many challenges that you have to try and resolve every time you add something to him and how many times I have nearly screwed up, I may never have started.

Also, there are sooo many intricate parts on him, I have had to learn woodwork, metalwork, painting plus about another 20 different new skills

Good luck on the Alu droid

 

[DBoz]

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Aluminium utility arms now fitted, I decided in the end to make these static, I just could not get them to open correctly without the fear of damaging the skins

Great build so far. It's looking absolutely brilliant.

The problem with the Utility arms not clearing the skins is a common one. It requires an angle to be filed or machined on the claw part of the utility arms to clear the skins. One of the last runs of utility arms on the R2 Builders club actually had this modification done when they were machined. For those interested, there are threads and pictures over on Astromech.net.

 

[zorg]

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i think i started collecting the bits 12 years ago, its got a plastic frame, can't remember the maker, fiberglass feet and skirt, the rest alu.

i'm scared to add up the cost.
i know if i started him it would take months to assemble. months i can't afford.

keep up the good work, it will be worth it in the end.