eye with filler
And filled, ready for painting.
Date: 07/30/2010
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eye on dome
And here it is painted and installed. It's a little rough, and the width is a tad off, but it's totally scratch built so I'm quite proud of it. And it finally makes R2 look like R2!
Date: 07/31/2010
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test lens
Used the old 'Plastic Bottle' method to make a radar eye lens. Unfortunately, the only bottles I could find in a suitable size and curve that didn't have dopey patterns moulded into the plastic were green. Also, the glue reacted with the plastic around th
Date: 08/08/2010
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soundtrack shirt
My first piece of electronics for R2...the thinkgeek soundtrack shirt. I don't know if they've upgraded the amp on this or not, but I'm finding it plenty loud, even with the cheap plastic speaker (Which will be replaced)
Date: 08/15/2010
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bigbang shirt
And while we were ordering from thinkgeek, my wife got herself a tshirt.
Date: 08/17/2010
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painted holo
Date: 09/16/2010
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current state
R2 in his current state, circa 20/09/10
Date: 09/20/2010
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charge bay detail
Adding detail to the interiors of panels with opening doors
Date: 09/23/2010
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ipod bay details
This is where the ipod / iphone connector will go
Date: 09/23/2010
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Charge Port 1
Completed charge port detail with primer
Date: 09/26/2010
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Charge Port 2
First attempt at aging the port...not very happy with it.
Date: 09/26/2010
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Charge port 3
The final charge port... eventually I want to put a strobing light behind it to simulate a power source.
Date: 09/26/2010
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