Building R2-D2 Update, 3 Years and Finally Finished

[Halliwax]

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looking good! are you a member on astromech?

 

[Megamicrofish]

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looking good! are you a member on astromech?

Yes, I am :thumbsup

 

[Lear60man]

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Beautiful build! Question..... do you have some sort of internal rod or pipe connecting both legs at the shoulder so they do not move independent of each other? I hope the question makes sense. My legs are independent of each other and makes positioning a little tricky ( he has to lean up against a wall. Mind you, I'm about 85% finished.

 

[Megamicrofish]

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Beautiful build! Question..... do you have some sort of internal rod or pipe connecting both legs at the shoulder so they do not move independent of each other? I hope the question makes sense. My legs are independent of each other and makes positioning a little tricky ( he has to lean up against a wall. Mind you, I'm about 85% finished.

Thanks!
There is a steel rod going through the centre of the hubs, but the legs are independantly connected to the frame with bolts each side. (see picture)


If I was going to go with a 3 leg setup I would have probably gone for a "gas pipe" set up similar to this

 

[SofaKing01]

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Gorgeous!

 

[Rhyno45]

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Those look really sweet.

 

[Lear60man]

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Mega, Thats exactly what I was thinking. Thank you for confirming my plot.

 

[Megamicrofish]

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Lots of interest in the Holoprojectors

All info for these over at the R2 Builders
http://ukr2d2.proboards.com/thread/1268/aluminum-holoprojectors-german-run

 

[Megamicrofish]

The sun came out and I decided to crack on with the build
Got the steel feet out of storage and hit them with self etching primer, then a couple of coats of white and then sealer.
Next day, fitted the aluminium plates and the hose fittings.

Side plates also painted

 

[Megamicrofish]

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My last parts arrived, Shiny!

Not so shiny!

 

[Megamicrofish]

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On to the battery boxes.
Added the hose fittings and harnesses

Legs now complete

Please ignore the shy suitcase

 

[Megamicrofish]

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Put everything all together and ...........

 

[Megamicrofish]

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It has been 3 long years since I started this project, A lot has happened to put poor R2 on the back burner for a while.
I have 2 new toddlers (now 2 and 3) which obviously has taken up lot of my free spare time .


Anyhoo, I am proud to announce that R2 is finally finished.

I’m pretty pleased how he has turned out, He isn’t weathered but I like the clean “throne room” R2.

I’m sure he will be naturally weathered by the kids anyway.

 

[Psicorp7]

Way to go! Looks great!

 

[Halliwax]

congratulations on completing him! he looks great :thumbsup

 

[kevin926]

Ditto, looks great. If it weren't 100 degrees in my garage I would be working on mine.

 

[ImperialShuttle]

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Put everything all together and ...........


http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj233/megamicrofish/r22_zps6xno3bq3.jpg
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj233/megamicrofish/r23_zpshg7tbqvx.jpg
[http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj233/megamicrofish/20170520_155758_zps99ik9awc.jpg

Stunning. Few things get me as geeked up as a finished R2. One of my bucket list items.

 

[Lichtbringer]

It´s nice in it´s pristine look. thumbsup

I was today on a shopping tour for mine, but as i´m still collecting parts i´m lightyears away from such a great display peace as you are.

 

[russellsch]

Man that looks so good! I've always wanted to build an R2. Yours looks spectacular.

 

[OpenR2]

Awesome!