tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52106342908350804762024-03-05T07:11:50.766-08:00Bith's DroidChronicling the build of my first full astromech replica!Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210634290835080476.post-57015701257107792752015-11-02T14:59:00.001-08:002015-11-02T14:59:16.699-08:00Episode X: Return of the BuilderWell, it's been a while! I took R2-DZ "Dizzy" to that convention in Austin -- the feet were temporary, but everything was operational! I took video with my phone, but that's apparently long gone. I do have one picture though, TA-DA!!!<br />
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Unfortunately, as I was leaving, Dizzy basically disintegrated. :( All the structural problems, too much weight on styrene, and builder error...and Dizzy had to be wheeled out on a stretcher (okay, a hand truck)!</div>
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Needless to say I was pretty dejected after all that work. A VEEEEERRRY long building break was had. Then, slowly, I began to plot droid fixes. I decided to go with a wood frame, aluminum skins, and use all the other parts I had on hand for a re-build. I began gathering parts again. I attended another event with Dizzy in progress to show the kids that we actually make these little guys. This past summer we of the Central Texas Droids had a build day, and Dizzy's new body was started.</div>
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Today, I destroyed Dizzy v. 1.0 so that I could salvage parts. Yes, I felt like a Jawa! And yes, it was pretty sad...</div>
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Here we go again...</div>
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Destruction in progress.</div>
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GOODBYE OLD FRIEND!! :'(</div>
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...if a good motivator is a deadline, that is! A convention at the end of the month, which will feature a Central Texas Droids table, is my deadline. I am set on having Dizzy rolling by then! I'm still waiting/hoping for resin feet, but I have everything else so it's time for a push to the finish line (he can run without feet, as those are just shells -- easily added later).<br />
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I began by finishing up the support that goes across the base of the dome. This holds some of the electronics and a slip ring. A little drilling and done!<br />
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I'd decided to add a door to the frame for access to switches. Here I'm affixing a hinge:</div>
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Alas, it did not quite work out. I'll revisit this later, as it's not critical.</div>
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Next it was time to actually glue in the utility arm boxes. I just used some scrap styrene to make supports:</div>
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...put them into position...</div>
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(I apparently decided to take many pictures of this exciting step!)</div>
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...and they are done!</div>
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Next it was time to work on attaching his very heavy legs. I needed to widen the holes a touch, and reinforce the bulkheads. Boy the inside of his body has gotten gritty over time, and look how the glue has yellowed. *cue foreshadowing music here*<br />
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I decided to start leg attachment with his center leg. It was a real bear to do as one person has to maneuver the frame onto the bolts while the other has to aim the center leg. I roped the Mr. into center leg duty. Here Dizzy is supported in position using some of our art books:</div>
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Did I say the center leg was a bear to attach? Oh boy were the outer legs an adventure. It took several tries each time and the maneuvering was one of the hard parts. I am quite pleased with how his "replacement-leg-from-another-droid" turned out though! Still need to add more weathering to it.</div>
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It took two of us, but we moved Dizzy up onto the kitchen table to make affixing the motor mounts easier. In the process we heard much cracking and snapping. :-( It seems I've added far too much weight to the little fella and his styrene body is beginning to fail!! Oh, dear...</div>
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I'm also able to see (from this perspective) that his base plate is flexing due to the strain, and this is messing with his leg angles...Oh boy!</div>
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What now? *sigh* Well, as a temporary fix I plan to try to reinforce the base plate with some aluminum, but I've had to admit to myself that I've overloaded the styrene frame, and now I'm going to have to switch to a more hefty solution. Looks like a wood frame is in my future! Wheeeeeeee!</div>
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Over the last few days I've been getting many small tasks done. But mostly? Mostly I've been researching the electronics part of droid-building -- a topic on which I know just about nothing! Happily, I'm bringing myself up to speed bwahaha!</div>
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Okay, back to the small tasks: I used a hole saw to create a hole for the slip ring in my styrene dome electronics support board. This is not a club standard part...just something that I hope will work!</div>
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Test-fitting the board again, and drilling holes in the dome ring for eventual permanent mounting. The board will actually flex a bit and be attached <b>inside</b> that ring.</div>
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Affixing more of the J.E.D.I. components. Double and triple-checking wiring!</div>
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Mounting my motorcycle speakers to brackets. I may just secure them to the base of my droid, room permitting.</div>
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Removing the bolts that came on my braided hose. That little saw did the trick easily. Unfortunately the outer diameter of the hose was a bit big for the little resin hose receptacles, so I had to order replacement hose. </div>
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Still, I proceed: because I want to pass the hose through these little receptacles, and they were blocked on one end, I trimmed them back to where they were hollow. Again -- easily accomplished with that little hand saw.</div>
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Following Teeces' blog and Dave E.'s patterns I glued "chords" to the back of the door to maintain its curvature. My chords look really rough. But they will do the job I think!</div>
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Finally, here's a pic of all my electronics "notes" -- print-outs of the plans of others, mods by me, and scratch-sketches of plans specific to my droid. I've had to order a small boatload of additional little electronics components, but I'm waaaaay more confident in my ability to get my little guy up and running by myself now! :-D</div>
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I bought a ton of fasteners, but it turned out that bolts and washers that I had on hand did the trick!</div>
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Below are the fasteners I opened but did not use.</div>
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Below are the fasteners that I did not open, so get to be returned.</div>
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TA-DAAAAA!!</div>
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I worked all weekend on my droid, and was too tired to post, so here's a Monday morning re-cap:</div>
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As I prepare to install Dizzy's legs, I'm pausing to work a bit on the last of his main body bits. Once his legs are on, he'll be much lower (right now he's perched on a stool), and the work will involve more back-<strike>breaking</strike>bending labor.</div>
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<u>Saturday (mostly -- sometimes I'll add a few minutes of work from one day to another, blog-wise)</u></div>
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I was pretty thrilled at starting on the main electronics, even though the wires were a bit heavy (12 gauge) and I later undid this and decided to go with 14.</div>
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And I've been working on enlarging these bolt-holes for several days. Using a blade bit finally did the trick. Look at all the styrene dust accumulating inside poor Dizzy! This is the area where the legs affix to the body, and even though it has been reinforced several times I'm thinking about adding even more!</div>
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I'd decided to follow the method Teeces (barrettandcarly.com) used to install the A&A gear set. It looked really simple, and I figured I'd spend about 20 minutes on it. TWO days later I can testify that the simple jobs are often the ones that'll get ya! It proved frustratingly difficult to get the holes from the hub drilled into the gear, as that plastic is really slippery. Depicted below is evidence of my many attempts. :-(</div>
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It took me a while, but I finally figured out why -- there were these little plastic plugs all around the Rockler bearing that I'd never noticed before. Popping them out helped quite a bit.</div>
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Luckily my gear set came with an extra small gear. Doubling up seemed like the way to deal with this problem. Now that the hub is screwed onto the motor shaft I can't really test it until power is applied, so we shall see!</div>
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All that took maybe 3-4 hours over a couple of days. I also ran to the hardware store, and spent quite some time researching online (again). All in all it was a pretty full day!<br />
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I have made what I think is my FINAL list of droid to-do tasks:<br />
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I "designed" the caster mounting system for the center leg. I love fractions! Seriously, I did not need to write out 4.50 minus 3.25 did I? Apparently I did.</div>
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Beginning the caster mount.</div>
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And, just like magic, it's done!! </div>
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A final check on the clearance of the caster -- 1/2 inch, as planned. Hooooooraaaaaay!</div>
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Cementing in the bolts that will hold the leg to the body. Remember when I said I should buy shorter ones? Yeah, me too. That would have been good. These are not splayed out the way they look -- that's the effect of my phone's camera, which seems to have a bit of fish-eye in the lens.</div>
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Perhaps that should be "wee" -- as in: I got a wee bit of droid work done Friday! Very wee. Behold: the single drop of red nail polish dolloped onto the side of motor to indicate where to run the positive wire. Because, when mounted to spin the dome, this motor's terminals will be underneath and difficult to see. Yep! That's all I got done!</div>
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(Although I did do a fair amount of reading/researching as I'm beginning to get near the electronics installation and wish to be prepared.)Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210634290835080476.post-91405448091022806812013-08-08T15:13:00.002-07:002013-08-08T15:17:23.361-07:00Dizzy, Grumpy, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bleary, Achey...Oh Wait -- Droids Not Dwarves!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Two days of building will be covered in today's post, PLUS a bonus pic from the Cosplay Symposium here in Austin that the Central Texas Droid Builders members attended. Below see Dizzy and Jamie McShan's awesome R2! This event was actually a couple of weeks ago, but I forgot to post about it I think. :-)</div>
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Next I used a template to drill holes for the bolts that will attach my center leg to the body. I may go get shorter bolts as these seem like overkill haha! </div>
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I snipped off the ends of some nylon bolts I'm planning to use to attach all the leg "bits" to the legs. Some parts will be glued on, but some seemed a bit on the heavy side so I wanted the option of reinforcing the join this way.</div>
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Test-fitting the placement of the "bits" and deciding how to proceed (that last part is not pictured haha).</div>
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Inserting the bolts that will attach the legs (via the shoulder hubs) to the body:</div>
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And now we're caught up to today! First I painted a couple of pieces that I'd missed. No pics of that!</div>
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Then I began screwing bits on. You can also see the little cuts on the bracelets that enabled me to pop them on without removing the ankles. I fixed those cuts but didn't take a pic of that.</div>
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Test-fitting all the parts that attach to the ankle. I decided not to affix these until I get the feet.</div>
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I'd never permanently attached the ankles to the legs so I did that now, using screws on the sides. I then Dremeled out a little dimple on the part that will cover each screw. So clever of me! :-)</div>
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Gluing those side parts on.</div>
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Affixing the cylinders to the center ankle.</div>
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Look at that! LOOK AT IT! The center ankle is now attached to the center foot shell! And the distressing/weathering has commenced! Good thing too, because...</div>
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I had to utilized a grrrrrrrreat deal of force to get the 3/8" bolts through the 3/8" holes, and I CRACKED the foot shell! Luckily this is not a structural piece, and the crack isn't that big. Whew. </div>
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Next up was sanding off all that <strike>cake frosting</strike> Bondo I'd applied yesterday. Look what I found in the utility room: a power sander! Woooo! I didn't even know we had one! Wow did this make the job MUCH easier!</div>
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After the first coat of paint there were still issues, but I pressed on. With every layer the legs began to look a little better. There are still odd spots here and there. But *sigh* that's what distressing is for!</div>
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Yes, that was a Yoda-ish reference. And descriptive of my droid-building method, which seems to be: one step forward, two steps back!</div>
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Anyway I'd mentioned last time that I was waiting on my new ankles. Well they are here, they are gorgeous, and they don't quite work with the A&A legs. More dismantling needed to be done, and cutting of scrap so they/d fit right.</div>
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I also trimmed up the outer leg skins, although I was unsure if I'd be using them or going with the Bondo method.</div>
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Aaaaaand I discovered there were many small issues, again, derived from mixing and matching droid stuff. This time it's the A&A legs with the styrene skins from Dave E's plans. Those center holes would not have worked, and holes needed to be drilled for access to the leg bolts, and much trimming and Bondo-ing was looking likely. I decided to ditch the skins and just Bondo. It meant losing that nice little gap on the skins, but some ILM droids don't have that anyway!</div>
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So off went all the skins I'd affixed - the leg on the right is all stripped down:<br />
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Taking a little bit of time to re-tape off the ankle cylinders as I'd painted one of them with the wrong color.<br />
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Test fitting the placement of one of the lovely new ankles. It turned out I needed to shorten the legs by about an inch and a half. That was fun. :-(<br />
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In preparation for the upcoming paint job on the legs I decided to remove the ankle bracelets, and, by cutting a small slot in them, make them easy to slip on and off with the ankle still affixed in the future. I just didn't want to have to tape them off during painting. Yeah. </div>
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All that took about 4 1/2 hours. Uploading pics and writing usually adds another 45 minutes. I wish I'd logged how much time I've spent on each step! </div>
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<br />Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210634290835080476.post-15809137636757024942013-06-16T14:49:00.001-07:002013-06-18T09:42:14.595-07:00A Few Little Droid BitsAfter yesterday's marathon I only got a few things done today. Among them though was noting a couple of mistakes from the past few days: if you've studied the pics you'll have seen a piece of styrene I drilled out as additional support being test fit on the center ankle. On the BOTTOM. Oooops! I did not need to re-drill holes in the frame base because the bolts that came installed on my center ankle are on the bottom! D'oh! I also bought the wrong M3 screws for attaching the motors to the motor mounts. Even though Teeces handily provided a chart of hardware needed for styrene droids, and even though I WROTE DOWN M3 12mm -- for some crazy reason I bought 30mm...and no way will those work! Ah well!!<br />
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Final mistake: I never ordered a beefy ankle set. Those used to be available from Keith, but he's not currently pouring resin parts. Bah! What to do? Well, I decided to yank off the ankles I'd attached (which I would have needed to bolt on anyway) and order Calvin and Brenda's nice new resin outer ankles that INCLUDE the beefy parts! I hate undoing work, but nobody else is providing the beefy ankles right now.<br />
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Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210634290835080476.post-54419076350519363422013-06-15T15:12:00.001-07:002013-06-15T15:12:14.528-07:00What Six Hours Will Get YaYep, you read that right: I spent six hours working on Dizzy today. You are about to see how <strike>much</strike> little one can accomplish in that amount of time!<br />
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First I must say that every building session involves a bit of housekeeping. It might be tidying up the area, gathering tools/paint/hardware/parts, it might be a tiny bit of research/reading, and it might be making a list of what one wishes to accomplish on that day. Usually it's all of that. During the session there is often sweeping-up, clearing out bits of trash/droid-waste, uploading pics for the blog...you get the picture! Often one is test-fitting, adjusting, test-fitting again, and then perhaps actual gluing or bolting or whatever. So very glamorous, I'll tell you!<br />
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Today included all of the above...over and over and over and...<br />
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I began by sorting out all the hardware I'd bought yesterday into carefully marked baggies:</div>
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Test-fitting the nuts I'd bought for the center ankle. I'd stupidly painted the threads, but luckily got the nuts all the way on!<br />
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Next I started enlarging the holes to attach the shoulder hub to the frame. The force knocked one of the supports right out! It was fine though, as I realized the holes not only needed to be larger -- they needed to be in a different configuration!</div>
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So I started on that piece I'd knocked loose. Here you can see the original small holes alongside my pencil marks for the new holes:</div>
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Pencil marks on the frame part that did not pop out:</div>
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And to prevent pop-out on the other side I clamp the area tightly:</div>
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Glueing the hub sections together and test fitting the bolts: </div>
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Test-fitting on the frame. None of the holes lined up perfectly so this was a VERY LONG PROCESS involving boring out the holes and skin area with the two files in the picture. </div>
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Before final test-fit I apply the silver tape. This looks rotten. I no longer care. This is about 4 hours into the build. At this point I'm tired and cranky and silently cursing those with the ability to make perfect droids. Okay not really. But...I wonder how that is even possible!!? *sigh* Then I tell myself: at least I'm making a droid -- even if he's messy. How many people do this? Not too many, Liz!</div>
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I had to hammer the last bolt in, but one hub is on!!!! O.M.G. Yes, I danced a little.</div>
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On the other side I see a half inch gap. This side has always had weird gap issues. I don't want to think about what that could mean -- I know I made a mistake somewhere long ago -- so I figure I'll deal with future, um, leg <i>issues</i> down the road. :-(</div>
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I flip him over and begin marking to install his skirt!</div>
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Something smart I did (yay!) : drilled, inserted bolts through the skirt into the frame, then taped them in place so I could put the nuts on later when he's right side up.</div>
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As feared, my resin ankle bolts are configured differently than the styrene one would have had. So, time to drill fresh holes. Those are unnervingly close to the old holes. </div>
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So I prepare an extra layer of styrene support that I'll glue in later. Here it is being test-fitted on the center ankle.</div>
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I flipped Dizzy upright and secured his skirt. WoooOOOOooooOOOOOooo it's dark inside a droid!</div>
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Not pictured: gluing in his large data port. Also not pictured: knocking one of the FLD wires loose while trying on the dome. Still. STILL!! Look at him! So near done!! Squeeeeeee!</div>
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Aaaaaaaand I'm calling it a day! Whew! Now how much on my list did I actually get done? Hmmmmm. About half. Which is typical. I did add a couple of things and remove one thing. And so it goes! THUD.</div>
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<br />Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210634290835080476.post-28584397348961968362013-06-15T08:35:00.001-07:002013-06-15T08:35:38.362-07:00MeltificationNo, I guess that's not really a word. But it seems to describe well how styrene behaves when it gets quite warm. As in when the friction of a power tool is applied to it for any length of time.<br />
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I'd forgotten the days of melty plastic all over my expensive router bit back when I was cutting the frame...but oh how I was reminded yesterday afternoon!<br />
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The day began with a lengthy visit to the hardware store. My hardware store has the amusing moniker "Zinger." Difficult to forget! Yet, like all hardware stores it is like a siren to droid-builders: we are called inside, and time seems to vanish in that place, and without the watchful companionship of my husband I worry I'd be there still! Hunting, hunting for that perfect fastener...<br />
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Anyhoo, here's the day's haul:<br />
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If I've planned everything correctly there should be only one or two more visits for hardware before this little droid is done!</div>
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For the first building project of the day I resumed work on my FrankenHubs. Half-inch holes needed to be drilled through the circle pieces I glued together yesterday. This styrene is lovely tough stuff, and using a spade bit to drill by hand took a while -- long enough for...meltification!! Note the styrene "goo" that forms around (and inside) those holes as a result of the heat:</div>
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I decided to break out the old drill press, hoping the process would be faster and result in less melting.</div>
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Using the drill press resulted in exactly the same amount of meltification, and oddly, was taking much longer in the set-up process. Also do note the clump of melted styrene clinging to the tip of my bit. That had to be scraped off every single time!! So, back to hand-drilling I went.</div>
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How I clamped the pieces (here I was also drilling out the 5/16 holes):</div>
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And how melty they always looked when done. I see much filing in my future! And clean-up of styrene "goo." :-(</div>
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Since I had the spade bit on, I went ahead and also drilled the half-inch holes for the motor-mount pieces:</div>
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Now all this was actually much more work than it would appear in this short blog post; I ended up feeling quite tired -- and when one gets tired, one should put the power tools AWAY! And that is what I did! </div>
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More SOOOOON!</div>
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In order to make progress on the droid, many of my build days involve skipping randomly (and a bit frenetically) from one little bit to another. Yesterday was like that! </div>
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I began with more painting. Rather than use the blue painter's tape, I thought I'd try masking with some heavy-duty post-it notes I had. Why do I keep trying to reinvent the wheel? Using tried practices would save me much time and frustration! I guess it's my creative side... Anyway, here is the center foot all "masked" with stickies:</div>
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And here is the unlovely result:</div>
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Even worse on the back side. Well, there wasn't a "back side" until now!</div>
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Luckily, that was the only part I tried my masking experiment on, as all the other parts were just getting more coats today:</div>
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And, a little bit of artsy "weathering."</div>
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Next came work on my shoulder "FrankenHubs." I'm marrying Dave Everett's design with the A&A hubs. First I glue some of the Dave E hub plates together. They will be drilled out to match the A&As.</div>
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Enlarging the frame holes to match the A&A hub holes:</div>
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Finally, I used some scrap to make a little support plate for the Large Data Port. This part of the frame seemed really flimsy, and I had no idea how else to get the LDP in. Let's hope this works!</div>
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The rest of my build time was spent thinking thinking THINKING. It took quite a while to figure out how I'd handle the FrankenHubs (and to list for myself the hardware I need to buy), and to plan getting the LDP in, and all the leg greeblies on. Today I'm getting myself to the hardware store to get fasteners, because STUFF NEEDS AFFIXING! And SOON! :-D</div>
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Sorry to have been away again, but I <i>was </i>actually getting a bit of building done! Some time in late May I began working on my outer feet. I began with the motor mount bits, some of which were a bit difficult to cut...</div>
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Never fear! I found my spare blades and finished this bit up. I was planning to get straight into building the styrene feet when I heard a lovely rumor that resin outer feet might be possible sooooon! Since I'd decided those were what I wanted I put the feet aside while waiting, and went back to the legs.</div>
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This work was done today. I planned to bondo the rough sides and sand before painting, but I'd bought bondo glaze and not putty. Don't buy this stuff -- it's stinky and useless!</div>
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I also noticed that the glue I'd used did not want to hold these shiny bits together...the second the legs were out in the heat and humidity there was failure. </div>
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I got out my new all-purpose Weld-On and fixed that area, and then affixed the skins rather than go out hunting for Bondo. I'll still need to get some at some point, but I wanted to move these legs along!</div>
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I also moved forward on getting all my remaining pieces sanded, primed and painted!</div>
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First layers of color for the leg parts: </div>
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And first layers of metallic paints for the two legs:</div>
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I'm starting to feel as if leg assembly is around the corner! Wooooo!</div>
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What better way to spend Star Wars day than by working on ones droid? Okay, lots of you were doing FCBD, and that's cool, but still! My husband is out of town, so to keep myself out of trouble (haha) I've been on a real roll with droiding! Wooooo!</div>
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As usual, I began work with changes in my plans; I realized I didn't have the proper glue on hand to finish off the legs (it's on order), and that I needed to both get that dome further along and get the leg resin parts painted, so I decided to move along with those two projects and leave the legs alone today.</div>
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I also changed my approach to getting the electronics boards into the dome. Rather than have them screwed into stryene, then glued into the dome as recently planned (thereby risking glue failure and electronics plummetage), I elected to try attaching them to the dome ring as I've seen others do. For some reason I decided this required removing the dome ring, which I'd thankfully never glued in. Or did I...?</div>
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Well, I'd never NEEDED to glue it in, because man that is one tight fit! I hammered away -- even <i>warping</i> the ring in the process, and still only got it about halfway off when I realized...</div>
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Duh! I could just attach the boards to the piece of styrene I was planning to stick across that ring to hold my slip ring! I'd been hammering away for about 1/2 hour at this point (and realizing that some silicone from my PSIs had actually seeped a bit into the join -- thus gluing the ring to the dome. Sorta.). I just love wasting time, don't you? ;-)</div>
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So, I took that piece of styrene outside to trim it up. Here I've staged for cutting and painting and trimming and sanding and:</div>
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Trimming the styrene to shape:</div>
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And test-fitting it. Eventually it will be screwed to the underside of that ring, which is actually the top side, but I think you get what I mean.</div>
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Like many builders, I have multiples of some parts. Here I'm comparing wood booster covers with resin ones. The wood ones needed more work, but were much lighter, so I went with those. First up -- they needed to be shortened.</div>
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It's been ages since I used this little jigsaw. It was one of the first tools I ever owned. *proud*</div>
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While putting away my jigsaw I saw an old familiar sight: styrene snow!! :-)</div>
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Next up was some Dremel work. One of my annoyances with the Dremel is how sometimes the collar will pop off when one is trying to change tools. Here I have to use a clamp to remove the collar. Meh!</div>
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Taking some time to get the first layer of primer on some of the parts:</div>
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More detail work -- fine-sanding some edges. Before:</div>
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After! (Now repeat x 84ish)</div>
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A second layer of primer applied...</div>
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And some "aging" on my hoses while I'm outside...</div>
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Now comes the sad part! There is always a sad part. My drop cloth was rather old. And apparently quite fuzzy. Bits of fuzz embedded themselves onto every. single. part. Waaaaaaaaah! Guess who gets to sand each part thoroughly and do this all over again really really soon! AFTER I get a new drop cloth! Me! Me! I do!</div>
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Feeling a bit low after all that work down the drain, I returned indoors to try to "finish" that dome electronics install. After all the thought I've put into it, it should be a straightforward process, right? Well sure, if you are not me!</div>
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Well, some things went right: the bendy nylon screws made installing the FLDs and RLD a breeze. </div>
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But using that cross-piece of styrene to affix the controller boards was not so easy. Even though I measured carefully there was pulling on the part of the wires and it looks like I'll have to re-drill those holes elsewhere. Not pictured: wires pulled loose, and wires found to be too short. :-( Oh, Liz!</div>
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I temporarily put the JEDI LED piece here; eventually it will be in the body of Dizzy. I also decided to show off my latest injury: while hammering the dome ring back into place I hit my thumb! Woo!</div>
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And so ends another day in the life of your humble droid-builder. If I've inspired you to at least avoid my mistakes then my job is done. For today at least... See you soon!</div>
Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210634290835080476.post-72870808647201586132013-05-03T17:36:00.001-07:002013-05-03T17:36:48.492-07:00Meet "Dizzy!"Yes, my droid finally has a designation! I'd been thinking about it all this time, and let's face it: R2-?? just wasn't very catchy. I've finally settled on R2-DZ or "Dizzy." I have a feeling this name will suit him well!<br />
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I began today's work back in the dome, gluing in the screws for the electronics (today was a perfect day for gluing and painting once the wind died down). Again, I used the bezels to make sure they'd look straight from the outside.<br />
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The glue I used was plumber's "goop." I searched but couldn't find a glue recommended for resin to nylon. Weird, but sometimes Google does not help, even with my mad word combining skills! ;-) Anyway, I utilized some beer caps to pool goop in, and dipped the rough end of each nylon bolt.</div>
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I'd earlier vacillated back and forth between using the styrene legs I'd cut, or the A&A legs I'd bought long ago. After a year or so to think about it, and after weighing both sets and finding out there was only about a 3.5 lb difference in the weights, I went ahead with the A&A set. I even still had the PVC glue on hand, unopened, from when I'd bought these! Mind you, I'd have chosen the styrene legs if I still didn't have a bit of work to do on them...but I'm on a bit of a roll droid-wise, and really want to get him DONE! </div>
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The method was fairly straightforward: test fit, apply PVC glue, affix, and clamp. I used some old 6-32 bolts I had lying around to poke into some of the holes to help with the accuracy of placement. I'd let each layer set up, then move on to the next.</div>
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Part way through - and as the legs are handed (yes, I think that's funny too) - I kept them labelled at all times.</div>
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Taking a break from the stinky glue to quickly slap some paint on the ankle bracelets. From blogs I've read doing this now will be a thing I do not regret, as they need to be put on soooooon!</div>
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While getting the ankle portion ready to glue I noticed a thin film on one side of each piece. Weird! This was not mentioned in the instructions, but logic tells us not to try applying glue to it, so away it was peeled!</div>
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One down, one to go...(and when I got to that other leg, sure enough, I'd gotten a bit tired and began making handedness errors...luckily I caught them before the glue was truly set!)</div>
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Aaaaaand: two legs nearly all done! Tomorrow I hope to get them skinned, and to start painting all of their resin details...it's also time to start thinking about the hardware I'll need for those details, and for mounting the legs to the frame! Whew -- bit of a long day, but it's nice to see some real progress again!</div>
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O, what a fine choice the nylon bolt were! Already I'm seeing many tiny boons...</div>
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First, in preparation for removing the heads so they might be glued into holes drilled into the surrounds, I marked the "good" end of each bolt -- the end that would not be cut, and would therefore still admit the screwing on of a nut. I'd made the error of gluing in the wrong end once before; sadness ensued as I yet again had to re-do work! Look how nicely the sharpie marks show up on these bolts!</div>
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Once marking was done, sawing of the bolt heads commenced. Turned out the complicated "securely clamp bolt to table, attempt to saw wiggly bolt" method was not needed because...</div>
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the nylon bolt heads could easily be snipped off with scissors!! Woooooo! Yes, I'm easily pleased.</div>
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Drilling the bolt-holes into the resin produced these fun spirally ejection ribbons of resin residue. Poetic!</div>
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Here's a test fit of one of the bezels. I'm using the bezels to make sure all of the lights will look as straight as possible within the surrounds. One more neat feature of the nylon bolts is that they are mildly bendy, so there's some forgiveness there for any holes that were not drilled perfectly perpendicular to the surround. I'm sure none of them are perfect actually, as I did the drilling freehand!</div>
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Next up: glue! Unfortunately today is reeeaaaaalllly humid, so work had to stop. Still getting used to this Texas weather...hope to be back building soon!</div>
<br />Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210634290835080476.post-72661143315138592492013-04-25T12:24:00.000-07:002013-04-25T12:24:21.013-07:00On the matter of installing all these electronics into the dome I had to do quite a bit of thinkin'. Scott had advised not to have the circuit boards actually touching the aluminum -- yeah, I didn't know that! :-) I'd also not drilled holes in the inner dome as Victor's blog had wisely suggested; I planned to do that later, but in preparation for CVI last year I'd made that possibility much more difficult by installing the HPs and surrounds. I <i>really</i> didn't relish the idea of actually undoing all that work...<br />
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So I had two problems: create a barrier for the boards against the metal, and make a mounting system for them that was solid yet practical (in that I could easily remove the system if maintenance was needed).<br />
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I believe I've come up with a design for installation that will solve both problems: I'm going to screw the boards to thin sheets of styrene, which will then be welded to small styrene blocks glued into the dome. The "welding" is achieved easily enough using Weld-On, but the gluing of the blocks into the dome will require some trial and error. E-6000 comes highly recommend as long as it's allowed to cure properly so I'll be trying that first.<br />
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In preparation for all of this I needed to place the electronics into the dome and get all the wires under control. Here I'm using cocktail napkins to cushion them. We never drink cocktails at home so I have no idea why these were even around!<br />
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The other mounting issue involved placing the boards with the LEDs against their corresponding surrounds. I decided to use a technique similar to how I mounted the Radar eye: cut off the heads of bolts, glue them into holes drilled into the resin, and secure with nuts. I needed a fresh supply of all that stuff so I took several hours off to hunt for a decent hardware store in my new town. Aaaaand I had luck! I decided to go with nylons nuts, bolts and washers, just to be safe around the electronics. Here I'm test-fitting:</div>
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As usual, all things droid take at least 3 times longer than anticipated...but, slow progress is better than no progress!<br />
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Upon my return from CVI, I'd basically just tossed all my droid stuff in a few boxes, which promptly got buried in the back of our <strike>junk yard</strike> utility room. After several major renovation projects on the house that utility room looked like a hardware store had exploded in there! I finally convinced the Mr. that it was time to organize it -- and it took a full day, but we did it! Droid parts excavated, I was ready to start the leg of the build that I like to call "finishing." As in: it's been 3 years -- and I'd like to enjoy my droid someday -- so it's time to buckle down and get in some quality droid-building time!</div>
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In the Droid Room during CVI Scott Gray, inventor of the JEDI Control/Display electronics system, had walked me through a few basic installation tip, and we'd gotten the FLDs going, and duct-taped into my dome. FLDs are the cool blue and white twinkly lights that shine out from the double rectangle windows on the front of R2 - FLD stands for Front Logic Display. </div>
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We didn't have time to do more at the convention, but I left grateful to Scott for the instruction (and the invention!), and feeling much more confident.</div>
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Yesterday I decided to hook up the rest of the JEDI Display by myself. It took hours of careful re-reading of the documentation before I felt ready to begin, but once I'd gathered the needed tools and supplies it went really quickly! I decided to control the nest of wires by labeling them. Clearly. With GIGANTIC labels. :-D</div>
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I only hit one snag: After initial hook-up, I couldn't get the RLD (that's Rear Logic Display) to work. Hmmmm... I looked over all my connections with a magnifying glass, finding nothing loosely seated. Eventually I discovered the obvious: I'd forgotten to run power to it! </div>
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The lights are soooo shiny! Tomorrow I have a plan to get them installed, and a nice rainy stay-at-home day on tap. Wooo! </div>
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Hello fans of the scruffy yellow almost-droid! I'm finally getting back into building my buddy, and I realized I'd never followed up with pictures from last year's CVI!</div>
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Let's get caught up then, shall we?</div>
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My droid arrived safely via the Droid Transport, and I wheeled him into the Droid Room at the Convention Center. After being assigned a spot, I got him into place.</div>
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It was such fun to watch the room fill up with Astromechs of every designation!</div>
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I'd ordered a banner stand and here I pose in front of it, along with my placard. Blurry pic courtesy of my husband ;-).</div>
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A friend dropped by with his nice camera and took this shot:</div>
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One of my goals for the event was to attempt to make some progress on the installation of the electronics, as I knew there would be a wealth of wisdom present. Below is my supply box -- I'd packed everything I imagined would be needed! Turns out I'd not bought several critical things, but JEDI Control Designer Scott Gray came to my rescue! </div>
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Here began the fancy installation process, where I used a ton of duct tape to test fit stuff:</div>
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Thanks to the attentive tutelage of Scott, my droid shone for the first time!! I tried to buy him a drink later, (Scott, not my droid haha!) but he already had one...so, next Celebration I owe you one Scott!</div>
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This is how the work table looked while the lights were being installed:<br />
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And for the last day of CVI my droid sparkled!</div>
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Now that I'm all caught up, it's time to get back to building! It's been about 3 years since I started my astromech...and I really want to see if I can get him done SOON!</div>
<br />Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210634290835080476.post-51817302259946319722012-08-21T08:00:00.000-07:002012-08-21T08:00:09.816-07:00The First Transport is Awaaaay!...my droid's first transport to a Celebration, that is! I actually squee'd when the R2 Express pulled up in front of our house!<br />
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Neighbors came out to gawk at it! I think the entire city of Austin was impressed.</div>
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Because my droid was boxed, loading it was actually pretty easy: we just lifted it straight up and in!</div>
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Thanks Jamie, Damien and Mike for undergoing this grueling trip for our droids!</div>
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And, they're off! Safe travels, and see y'all in Orlando!</div>
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<br />Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210634290835080476.post-86353671758274955582012-08-19T14:42:00.000-07:002012-08-19T14:42:35.956-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, droid fans, it's been a while...a LONG while! Over a year, in fact, since an update. Turns out I got distracted by a wee move halfway across the country!</div>
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Anyway, I needed a bit of a jump-start to get back to working on my droid, and deciding to bring him to Celebration VI in Orlando was the very thing. I didn't have much time, so I focused on getting all his dome parts siliconed in.</div>
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As you can see, he's depending a fair bit on support from Mr. Duct Tape. I'm a bit worried about the Florida heat and humidity and how they might not play well with my Artoo's glues.<br />
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My many moves in the past few have taught me that screws and bolts do like to wriggle loose during transport, so I took the time to add loktite to everything. Also spilled a bit, adding to his distressed interior baseplate!</div>
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I need to seat his dome firmly in the dome ring...but I guess I'll wait until I get to Florida...need to get him packed!</div>
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Below is my box of essential droid travel supplies. This will also double as a stand for him; because he is legless he's a bit shorter than completed droids. </div>
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His innards are now packed with all my electronics supplies, as I'm going to try to hook up his lights and stuff on-site at the convention. Fingers crossed...</div>
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All snug in his bubble-wrap. Hope he arrives intact! He looks pretty comfy...</div>
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He's traveling in a standard wardrobe box. Almost ready to get taped shut!</div>
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I had to do a little decorating, of course!</div>
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Where's he headed? You can meet my R2, along with 60+ others at CVI, in the droid room of course!</div>
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<br />Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210634290835080476.post-43470153939932264742011-07-10T15:56:00.000-07:002011-07-10T21:23:29.520-07:00Body of EvidenceYesh it's getting harder to come up with blog entry titles!<br /><br />Anyhoo, two days' worth of building to cover, so let's get to it! I began yesterday by removing the frisket from the coin slots part. This didn't come out as nicely as my other frisketting. I was pondering hand-painting the wee slots, when my eyes fell upon my jars of colored pencils. You may have seen them in the background of some earlier photos -- but I've got something like 350+ colored pencils! Oddly the pencil that stood out was an <span style="font-style: italic;">exact match</span> for my school bus yellow paint, so I thought I'd give it a try...and whaddaya know? It worked perfectly! A little clear coat and nobody will be the wiser. Except y'all of course.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsYXgoL-pi6hyY3WleNvSXi4qwRALNqpOm512wWvADQdTGZZabsyxeY3OR3DXFW8NbBsi1OJvF6RQ-1U94k-ijRJqDXoI-miIhzJx1t0Q0VpIUPJoh2lNFHTJx7Ect4tw4ZTJIFj8xzxG/s1600/2011-07-09_10-49-48_101.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsYXgoL-pi6hyY3WleNvSXi4qwRALNqpOm512wWvADQdTGZZabsyxeY3OR3DXFW8NbBsi1OJvF6RQ-1U94k-ijRJqDXoI-miIhzJx1t0Q0VpIUPJoh2lNFHTJx7Ect4tw4ZTJIFj8xzxG/s320/2011-07-09_10-49-48_101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627925221196542866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here I'm gluing the internals into the center vent surrounds. This is a view from the back:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdODccOTHdOi3_F2JQ1xPBpNz-I_UoT8AIju3qUrQTIV19cXkPH0FNcM1N0atp-yANS8rdihd0KUJY9lc_nHYZzShJ96iCIUDZqH4-BErY5odqIkmVmTS9fOGerdSHNG7LRhMpsnOEkly/s1600/2011-07-09_11-07-19_532.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdODccOTHdOi3_F2JQ1xPBpNz-I_UoT8AIju3qUrQTIV19cXkPH0FNcM1N0atp-yANS8rdihd0KUJY9lc_nHYZzShJ96iCIUDZqH4-BErY5odqIkmVmTS9fOGerdSHNG7LRhMpsnOEkly/s320/2011-07-09_11-07-19_532.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627925213979382226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I decided to get the magnet glued onto my restraining bolt; I'm not sure if I'm going to use one, but you never know!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUNewhyphenhyphen7PXyZWA_etGGXkklX0ytms7WhI_thgVZ91buxpS6jvpfY3InGVFlhc8LZDsNWaWDo8VGr9q7-to0KInFmg3WrIop76F_AaVe4RSzidAFNO5t5pS9vWDPaHy98pyOxh5FCgMW_x/s1600/2011-07-09_11-12-25_106.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUNewhyphenhyphen7PXyZWA_etGGXkklX0ytms7WhI_thgVZ91buxpS6jvpfY3InGVFlhc8LZDsNWaWDo8VGr9q7-to0KInFmg3WrIop76F_AaVe4RSzidAFNO5t5pS9vWDPaHy98pyOxh5FCgMW_x/s320/2011-07-09_11-12-25_106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627925215809981778" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Some more weathering, then clear coat, and here we are!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1gAjefDPpWGjE_gSUYeGMVtVlWCv41bPq0T_q4u8Hvt9DVv_JNQVP1khovjK8TSv_XJzbwlc6AGXtuZY8nFZEaKnc7Lt4UC5EmY7nDpCz1JnhujAKPdOtdFCovEeYoTynfkAl2kJh-5R/s1600/2011-07-09_12-25-56_188.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1gAjefDPpWGjE_gSUYeGMVtVlWCv41bPq0T_q4u8Hvt9DVv_JNQVP1khovjK8TSv_XJzbwlc6AGXtuZY8nFZEaKnc7Lt4UC5EmY7nDpCz1JnhujAKPdOtdFCovEeYoTynfkAl2kJh-5R/s320/2011-07-09_12-25-56_188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627925208725273538" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I went ahead and got those coin slots in using silicone. I also tried silicone on the coin returns, which are made of styrene, not resin. This turned out to be a problem...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwf-fOe0HXys27pcmz_O4s0GWOuOAAKPcqB0XHB8PVkBFxxZdiapyxWsFYjFyBBoRWS_InUtreh5XEURSI4J9rlcfCDPpFXfcVJaSTKK67pqHb9sIyZpKA9kiRKQYVOJ3XvlD27ctBjiZ/s1600/2011-07-09_13-26-39_974.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwf-fOe0HXys27pcmz_O4s0GWOuOAAKPcqB0XHB8PVkBFxxZdiapyxWsFYjFyBBoRWS_InUtreh5XEURSI4J9rlcfCDPpFXfcVJaSTKK67pqHb9sIyZpKA9kiRKQYVOJ3XvlD27ctBjiZ/s320/2011-07-09_13-26-39_974.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627925204095294754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Trying silicone out on the side vents (styrene) too:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCRKSoj8wfIRqzLgDNAmy5FRxqGKPZ1sDuSk4AmR-11Ww7hgdzdAw0DLJIMPSMXbQ3ursedWo8PVZ5wS039B1DKpfRRua4V5Uo8QmpftQytTa_EW__CjxCwVWcZc0X5s1CLLP5LnNxZB8/s1600/2011-07-10_09-33-29_538.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivCRKSoj8wfIRqzLgDNAmy5FRxqGKPZ1sDuSk4AmR-11Ww7hgdzdAw0DLJIMPSMXbQ3ursedWo8PVZ5wS039B1DKpfRRua4V5Uo8QmpftQytTa_EW__CjxCwVWcZc0X5s1CLLP5LnNxZB8/s320/2011-07-10_09-33-29_538.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627924603575145442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And the lower vents...and I think you can see the problem. It's just too thick, and styrene wants Weld-On, which essentially melts pieces solidly together.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-u482PNBfahysxuJ2sQZ6P5ArNkOHFJf7_KuUT-YJDUk7GmoA3muekmIBYBmt5mFDzple7vrKpu7MXEgvBqR_waGXc76VK7ERcpaV8fPrslqij5O6Ht_SOYXEopOVypsV6pKoywQIzm-/s1600/2011-07-10_09-36-53_763.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-u482PNBfahysxuJ2sQZ6P5ArNkOHFJf7_KuUT-YJDUk7GmoA3muekmIBYBmt5mFDzple7vrKpu7MXEgvBqR_waGXc76VK7ERcpaV8fPrslqij5O6Ht_SOYXEopOVypsV6pKoywQIzm-/s320/2011-07-10_09-36-53_763.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627924599411373234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I decided I'd redo them all...tomorrow!<br />Which is today.<br />So let's resume!<br /><br />One of the lower vents was blocked by a frame upright piece. This is due to some incomprehensible mistake I made early on...I've yet to figure out how I messed up, but it has had consequences ever since.<br /><br />Anyway it needed trimming so the piece could fit so I marked it and got out my Dremel.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGgkpkdlBRqH23Q_W6k7XxM_OMgZjb9pAbYpZRB8P3Wn34Ai-7HhafMDkAO9tH0bnqG_S37kYyGQIF_-M32qlCSNc0ULCnfRq69sBSdWf74M5v88Z2PM6JFhcjYK5QVbc2QDbQbi9gSgG/s1600/2011-07-10_09-56-02_454.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGgkpkdlBRqH23Q_W6k7XxM_OMgZjb9pAbYpZRB8P3Wn34Ai-7HhafMDkAO9tH0bnqG_S37kYyGQIF_-M32qlCSNc0ULCnfRq69sBSdWf74M5v88Z2PM6JFhcjYK5QVbc2QDbQbi9gSgG/s320/2011-07-10_09-56-02_454.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627924591936799986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A bit of wiggling and the section popped out nicely, and I hope the frame is no worse for the wear...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ipa7wIQ56VvAf2y8-5xbvtpy-KXRKTpCotwFKU8Vov8GLrn2JHAV3XTyHQkDfVisp0pgrK5E7lwcnaaPmpLHKTZyJG0lD87I6D6CK7rwoxRLTfIn_595mCFhaTF_uAxZO0y4iLrFL9Qv/s1600/2011-07-10_09-59-34_918.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ipa7wIQ56VvAf2y8-5xbvtpy-KXRKTpCotwFKU8Vov8GLrn2JHAV3XTyHQkDfVisp0pgrK5E7lwcnaaPmpLHKTZyJG0lD87I6D6CK7rwoxRLTfIn_595mCFhaTF_uAxZO0y4iLrFL9Qv/s320/2011-07-10_09-59-34_918.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627924587095716194" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Vent installation went well:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWPFtoIY8QyJQsvzO1-ktDY0BJfJP7L5o0ClQplSBzYpM91puWk-QraG4Il6bGmtGufrvEkss69l4jDwHYGN6bIf5Ny3FN891k0cqGY-DRPz5xQUZe0nnG_cPeZ2l_O6IvXvbrfr7T_K8/s1600/2011-07-10_10-05-52_284.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWPFtoIY8QyJQsvzO1-ktDY0BJfJP7L5o0ClQplSBzYpM91puWk-QraG4Il6bGmtGufrvEkss69l4jDwHYGN6bIf5Ny3FN891k0cqGY-DRPz5xQUZe0nnG_cPeZ2l_O6IvXvbrfr7T_K8/s320/2011-07-10_10-05-52_284.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627923980261142226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />For the rear coin returns, again due to the frame uprights being offset a bit, I had to do some trimming to get them installed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf18egjRuEAsLZTr3SfO15K-oC7blXicEQtAmSeGJ132KR8DPtfC9zyXo39b2Nbvvcdl6RfBOrja_SDe0JvWF8KKGYAxr1jH-R6oxRP_KLxgk4QQ1fgZ6f_aRSg4lasqlOEfBzXAQ8udb7/s1600/2011-07-10_12-22-18_404.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf18egjRuEAsLZTr3SfO15K-oC7blXicEQtAmSeGJ132KR8DPtfC9zyXo39b2Nbvvcdl6RfBOrja_SDe0JvWF8KKGYAxr1jH-R6oxRP_KLxgk4QQ1fgZ6f_aRSg4lasqlOEfBzXAQ8udb7/s320/2011-07-10_12-22-18_404.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627923378384682786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I saved the worst of the frame offset problem pictures for last. Here the side vent has an entire 1/2 inch of extra space! I'm pretty sure I can fix it to look okay using some scrap styrene and an acetone slurry, but...I worry about how this happened, and what it might mean for the leg installation later. Hmmm, guess I'll climb that hill when I finally get there! But this is just plain UGLY:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHINzS29Vn3E_xF3x_71FZnX2Yjx02WoRMuXjBdBSvIbJRV0UicUl2QsYn8ViP6x0aHySErfoG6yYZK8sSFvAp-gmA12udtwD3kjR5tp049-5ZuSHbsC5NXHp28TgonpXlBPvBFcPs5Pk/s1600/2011-07-09_13-27-53_355.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHINzS29Vn3E_xF3x_71FZnX2Yjx02WoRMuXjBdBSvIbJRV0UicUl2QsYn8ViP6x0aHySErfoG6yYZK8sSFvAp-gmA12udtwD3kjR5tp049-5ZuSHbsC5NXHp28TgonpXlBPvBFcPs5Pk/s320/2011-07-09_13-27-53_355.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627924607518027218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Anyway, the styrene parts installed, it was back to getting the resin parts put in. In a few places the inner skin was protruding so I trimmed it back:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qLcGRm-aPq02FDNyBLG2ItxKd3IY9rTM0FUip2W2W8gtIap2cz5qRvNNzxGbQtCIdZMhQjZTj2eAR8_858tKEAdQvOgM8kLEvTq48BMMeKDxB1rnrolTukNFRkT_zqQiEQjf9_ir1_jP/s1600/2011-07-10_10-07-46_79.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qLcGRm-aPq02FDNyBLG2ItxKd3IY9rTM0FUip2W2W8gtIap2cz5qRvNNzxGbQtCIdZMhQjZTj2eAR8_858tKEAdQvOgM8kLEvTq48BMMeKDxB1rnrolTukNFRkT_zqQiEQjf9_ir1_jP/s320/2011-07-10_10-07-46_79.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627923968637202370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Much better!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElxYbe760SiiM1r8kOd-LeRTxs0BKMpXPpWYwsUfk1O5faeCjjpcJG2JI7r0TEFEKncBBykcTMUK5OGFiA6PIUyzV8S5tv8i7ocag_v1h8zMYzZoOSAKuZSrjKUkzNiMfb2IXu3qFnFU7/s1600/2011-07-10_10-09-00_91.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElxYbe760SiiM1r8kOd-LeRTxs0BKMpXPpWYwsUfk1O5faeCjjpcJG2JI7r0TEFEKncBBykcTMUK5OGFiA6PIUyzV8S5tv8i7ocag_v1h8zMYzZoOSAKuZSrjKUkzNiMfb2IXu3qFnFU7/s320/2011-07-10_10-09-00_91.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627923966444011218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I could have prepared these octagon ports in advance, but I didn't. Doing it now was actually good as I could trim to fit and test right away!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYIWk-HH00b_NrkKFPQKw4V_JPXiGOqFOjR8nmIMrc_wwVvb8pDeIyHk3gT6w6YULs0HS8CU6m5_OoZz1Tl-8AS6fE0cDl3patdGmlNoNx4ct89bHg6BI3aVB8y54T19QjK3Q6aOiM1GI/s1600/2011-07-10_10-32-15_589.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYIWk-HH00b_NrkKFPQKw4V_JPXiGOqFOjR8nmIMrc_wwVvb8pDeIyHk3gT6w6YULs0HS8CU6m5_OoZz1Tl-8AS6fE0cDl3patdGmlNoNx4ct89bHg6BI3aVB8y54T19QjK3Q6aOiM1GI/s320/2011-07-10_10-32-15_589.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627923959836494530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And when I couldn't get everything perfect, weathering filled little gaps. This method is not recommended for building all droids of course, just mine! ;-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcR-NoYoDZtYtFpzQ6GOJrvRNw1WRh44Qt_cwwkv3p9Tp-FEbdTVBhE8wVHZ1L3jO7YJcFY_3tBKxWdHQJRCLX0I1arZUL8gvpwz9a9lbS09HmLWaIgWcX8_63460aWY-9UOXPXRVceThy/s1600/2011-07-10_12-09-35_468.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcR-NoYoDZtYtFpzQ6GOJrvRNw1WRh44Qt_cwwkv3p9Tp-FEbdTVBhE8wVHZ1L3jO7YJcFY_3tBKxWdHQJRCLX0I1arZUL8gvpwz9a9lbS09HmLWaIgWcX8_63460aWY-9UOXPXRVceThy/s320/2011-07-10_12-09-35_468.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627923383565615442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here I'm preparing little support pieces of styrene for other resin parts.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiso8hfJh26WYMCq7wSUAIXdgsUFM60_vomLWvgE44ls9n1IRp_saEQl_J_W5EbDQh6UZ79yXj7mDM9NUBr3v8ywWgBaco7vq2sDoF-QjQaRMYtQ7yghZXdmi9_94bzOf-1JH4rHPbHK6ma/s1600/2011-07-10_11-46-41_88.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiso8hfJh26WYMCq7wSUAIXdgsUFM60_vomLWvgE44ls9n1IRp_saEQl_J_W5EbDQh6UZ79yXj7mDM9NUBr3v8ywWgBaco7vq2sDoF-QjQaRMYtQ7yghZXdmi9_94bzOf-1JH4rHPbHK6ma/s320/2011-07-10_11-46-41_88.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627923391919183746" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ready to hold up the lower front vent:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLp5CZH5ISJjwdwUlFF_MC-tKPPMYWGMVX_xYmrum6taGhN7eQN0KfpC4okd2ChqCMseYU4er7MunKZzpWMjHhNrBNIHFjVn5qnxhgBhaH30v7DhAOweAHgfFsDhInZ8LHEocIiWzq-hu/s1600/2011-07-10_11-38-03_42.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLp5CZH5ISJjwdwUlFF_MC-tKPPMYWGMVX_xYmrum6taGhN7eQN0KfpC4okd2ChqCMseYU4er7MunKZzpWMjHhNrBNIHFjVn5qnxhgBhaH30v7DhAOweAHgfFsDhInZ8LHEocIiWzq-hu/s320/2011-07-10_11-38-03_42.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627923956573701730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here they are both installed...took a bit of finessing with styrene supports.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpivC8DaSUX6KbeplzcRJv27o6d6QLZOIOYpRwJkvlLH0fJmdnc_IoPqpmRCA0d9JuVj52M9-nF7NNIQQQXhQXpeg2-aBJPxliBIW0VqeTVEx5zqbh4khXs8UPpdhQLRaumdXUgg44WsXe/s1600/2011-07-10_11-51-50_341.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpivC8DaSUX6KbeplzcRJv27o6d6QLZOIOYpRwJkvlLH0fJmdnc_IoPqpmRCA0d9JuVj52M9-nF7NNIQQQXhQXpeg2-aBJPxliBIW0VqeTVEx5zqbh4khXs8UPpdhQLRaumdXUgg44WsXe/s320/2011-07-10_11-51-50_341.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627923385540748482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A rare shot of the inside. Due to the thickness of the frame rings, some of these parts were rather challenging to set.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpNKRNWk2TENdLd19Mq62ETH2XB7FZfwkf9ItMwiHEgQH69-uWGz5slx3n6zXU0tYeTGxM1a2MfDhyphenhyphen6ec1_O1Sx9A-OPabCWlviYLrpN7a47e2cKeVH3zr5mAMO8-Eqbj9_An0BsWfJR_/s1600/2011-07-10_11-44-48_564.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpNKRNWk2TENdLd19Mq62ETH2XB7FZfwkf9ItMwiHEgQH69-uWGz5slx3n6zXU0tYeTGxM1a2MfDhyphenhyphen6ec1_O1Sx9A-OPabCWlviYLrpN7a47e2cKeVH3zr5mAMO8-Eqbj9_An0BsWfJR_/s320/2011-07-10_11-44-48_564.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627923395927140674" border="0" /></a><br /><br />These ports had frames and I needed to do some trimming/paint removal before finishing them up:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SeIh4e_kILP2-trxdslB-eOSM4ey1RlX-NMpZkq_bxLOYjYfwV8JwNG-1chLta2VcrMvSyouJGujlj4FlJl6_IW3FVUuuGtT0drcz7y_ME2K3Uw5ZSTp3JqbgDLVbobHQwbF6444u9Wg/s1600/2011-07-10_12-57-00_395.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SeIh4e_kILP2-trxdslB-eOSM4ey1RlX-NMpZkq_bxLOYjYfwV8JwNG-1chLta2VcrMvSyouJGujlj4FlJl6_IW3FVUuuGtT0drcz7y_ME2K3Uw5ZSTp3JqbgDLVbobHQwbF6444u9Wg/s320/2011-07-10_12-57-00_395.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627850029692456450" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dremel to the rescue! They fit perfectly. Unfortunately...see the one on the left? How it's not aligned properly? I didn't notice that until it was installed on the droid. Luckily it's on the lower backside, but still... :-(<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdEmMa8wBj8J8Kvt_W7htGkXu0HIv9T-vbKZbcOstEhiwjN8oqJBjnkXhRnnDsyYTdeLxaFx96N2b5-srldnPwIQ90H0a1y9TR9LD81gGOfo8N6_x6bHz9jFAoFtlwSdNcwCZ8jMkYEk6/s1600/2011-07-10_13-08-57_359.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdEmMa8wBj8J8Kvt_W7htGkXu0HIv9T-vbKZbcOstEhiwjN8oqJBjnkXhRnnDsyYTdeLxaFx96N2b5-srldnPwIQ90H0a1y9TR9LD81gGOfo8N6_x6bHz9jFAoFtlwSdNcwCZ8jMkYEk6/s320/2011-07-10_13-08-57_359.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627850026247284226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Okay! All the main parts (except the utility arms and large data port, which go up top there) are installed on the body! Wooooo! I also started weathering the skins. Here's the front view:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjv0fe9eYG0ZM8Gr9HWI5v8YOGV6r2maTfgpi2u8CpwbddeEQd0PH3Uw1GnuNOxrXK4AE1y-zeh9oRqA_U9_cue0FFQrQqTLEdeCep36onbrU_2lZuoYjNNFgod3w1ht58E15Z31aeNFvn/s1600/2011-07-10_14-19-26_93.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjv0fe9eYG0ZM8Gr9HWI5v8YOGV6r2maTfgpi2u8CpwbddeEQd0PH3Uw1GnuNOxrXK4AE1y-zeh9oRqA_U9_cue0FFQrQqTLEdeCep36onbrU_2lZuoYjNNFgod3w1ht58E15Z31aeNFvn/s320/2011-07-10_14-19-26_93.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627850015665022674" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Front/side view:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZNSTd0Y1zCH7FCbznvRYRbpg2pqgyvANQUmEGf17c0YAhZUiro2zvf71x9MhdxHFxhQm6BEsyY9tHzhBEeLUTwi14wissfS4UXhhKnt6przGUGEP1BAwWz06dtzzlW9uqnV3c9QGYGty/s1600/2011-07-10_14-26-24_624.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZNSTd0Y1zCH7FCbznvRYRbpg2pqgyvANQUmEGf17c0YAhZUiro2zvf71x9MhdxHFxhQm6BEsyY9tHzhBEeLUTwi14wissfS4UXhhKnt6przGUGEP1BAwWz06dtzzlW9uqnV3c9QGYGty/s320/2011-07-10_14-26-24_624.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627849505431994978" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Side view:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oOLJVGv3-ojnYUZc2t0wNfiEHTspaLW4_J5v4u4HmBEUC_Fk4SH1TtHKCRt7PrmnYnsOvoOrtrQbfnJsoEUkcFDuMANHgMGpabl3LIUaDvhasPe5U7cj_dDRYimICOGAzXYfw_56Bk4W/s1600/2011-07-10_14-20-08_725.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oOLJVGv3-ojnYUZc2t0wNfiEHTspaLW4_J5v4u4HmBEUC_Fk4SH1TtHKCRt7PrmnYnsOvoOrtrQbfnJsoEUkcFDuMANHgMGpabl3LIUaDvhasPe5U7cj_dDRYimICOGAzXYfw_56Bk4W/s320/2011-07-10_14-20-08_725.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627849516028030434" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Back view:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWvLa00UfvD9hC2MO2kSD7dE4SkSPXqmibwZJhJEamUiX24dP2BbT1Kd36_Yly1KBIfe57544bQfCScERxU297mkErBxreTSrwObTnEzl32yhWE06QqSD8L59pVu-Fwd2_jx7ARQgts4n/s1600/2011-07-10_14-19-55_569.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWvLa00UfvD9hC2MO2kSD7dE4SkSPXqmibwZJhJEamUiX24dP2BbT1Kd36_Yly1KBIfe57544bQfCScERxU297mkErBxreTSrwObTnEzl32yhWE06QqSD8L59pVu-Fwd2_jx7ARQgts4n/s320/2011-07-10_14-19-55_569.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627849527649332578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Test-fitting the LDP and arms:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXYnJ5wW3o0khyphenhyphen5SlSxbus1awc8vVhMhlecfqGq1_FSlaGikamhOVWjTOEv4rYlHkFhmEsfP-Egn9ZJV1B41Yhq5AQG9jeJca59f5zQRWtWEKi_FPUtIhVA_JB5pbzgQCLlsoJXE5yakC/s1600/2011-07-10_14-37-52_3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXYnJ5wW3o0khyphenhyphen5SlSxbus1awc8vVhMhlecfqGq1_FSlaGikamhOVWjTOEv4rYlHkFhmEsfP-Egn9ZJV1B41Yhq5AQG9jeJca59f5zQRWtWEKi_FPUtIhVA_JB5pbzgQCLlsoJXE5yakC/s320/2011-07-10_14-37-52_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627849472306033362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Wow! I can't believe how great he's starting to look! Well to me he's beautiful... :-)Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210634290835080476.post-4086414083374138612011-07-08T22:15:00.000-07:002011-07-08T23:01:24.462-07:00Talkin' 'Bout the WeatherI was hoping to have all the body parts installed by the end of today, but alas: all things droid take TWICE as long as one plans!!<br /><br />Anyway, here is a better (somewhat) shot of the weathering I did on parts yesterday. I really went to town with weathering today...but first I needed to finish a few parts.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIou1S_nETTSK3ZWxX5cRGCC8Ot7gfva8a4tApKLTXFL-B6bzXRvtLPDUaB57BOfHhTVT0M9vs6it7gSqAFXSno61TyQw4k7LyqKudHxgFG_coQiia6I0dtDGZJ8CZ9RmwzUU7cVJytGbG/s1600/2011-07-07_12-49-43_724.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIou1S_nETTSK3ZWxX5cRGCC8Ot7gfva8a4tApKLTXFL-B6bzXRvtLPDUaB57BOfHhTVT0M9vs6it7gSqAFXSno61TyQw4k7LyqKudHxgFG_coQiia6I0dtDGZJ8CZ9RmwzUU7cVJytGbG/s320/2011-07-07_12-49-43_724.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627217597963572210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I believe I forgot to mention that these odd flat things I've been working on are called "A&A skin extras." I ordered them because, I'll be honest, I was tired of cutting styrene. They were still a lot of work, so don't think I started being a slacker or anything.<br /><br />Anyway, I thought I'd finish the gluing of these parts by noon today. Wrong. Half the time they were glued to my own fingers. Or the squares I was trying to use to make sure they were nicely perpendicular.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiclaxHhvEDRIYENdNv8Y50fKpROw_DYPi4mQ01aXn7T0uIvOH-Njcw4Ou-6T2JrDX4Zky89c1be5V63-wwusPkMNhyphenhyphenLs9yAYNDU2nEjtaQIxOFbIlz25AzdQjDfX03H_79LzjmVYoorRP_/s1600/2011-07-08_10-14-52_389.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiclaxHhvEDRIYENdNv8Y50fKpROw_DYPi4mQ01aXn7T0uIvOH-Njcw4Ou-6T2JrDX4Zky89c1be5V63-wwusPkMNhyphenhyphenLs9yAYNDU2nEjtaQIxOFbIlz25AzdQjDfX03H_79LzjmVYoorRP_/s320/2011-07-08_10-14-52_389.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627217604865633202" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iOzVR_RqfMPNkdB1RCmtAjzIZyV3Vw6TNnBGpZXwlU4yjJxHjr1w-z_niw81VXH4zZORjZVMAioi7e8JGCkNZtEdeoyVRuLUnQG_L0b0YExCZ-pG5FoBDJCjOFpsVZHELPSYPOIY4-eG/s1600/2011-07-08_10-16-35_811.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5iOzVR_RqfMPNkdB1RCmtAjzIZyV3Vw6TNnBGpZXwlU4yjJxHjr1w-z_niw81VXH4zZORjZVMAioi7e8JGCkNZtEdeoyVRuLUnQG_L0b0YExCZ-pG5FoBDJCjOFpsVZHELPSYPOIY4-eG/s320/2011-07-08_10-16-35_811.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627217608352556370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Aaaaand multiply the above by about 80 and you have most of my day. Once those side parts were dry I was supposed to wrangle them into these adorable slots:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAyQKhlz1TzZwcS57bj6uWHKSDXvXUvxm1xJIs4YYiNbWIhOpOQa2NIE2ttiCLla8sZXfzqc-SFb2q_JwOnH2Dh2Vh17_XV0y223no4iy_osb2qCJegR1YCoa7iyJBXBM-97V6iPwPFnP/s1600/2011-07-08_10-23-14_401.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAyQKhlz1TzZwcS57bj6uWHKSDXvXUvxm1xJIs4YYiNbWIhOpOQa2NIE2ttiCLla8sZXfzqc-SFb2q_JwOnH2Dh2Vh17_XV0y223no4iy_osb2qCJegR1YCoa7iyJBXBM-97V6iPwPFnP/s320/2011-07-08_10-23-14_401.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627217613924439122" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here I am wrangling them. And getting more glue all over my fingertips.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBL5KuABy_iMu1eA44zWLf-2PqDZ6QKomjJVos5eG-bEU7pJp6e23XX2cEZ_T1ojY-pFSGLLzQh1wLWCKimJrHWkYUTeakRqQo1XICVrhx3YaC2bC-CrWRXsoOHylOARFMPI9-zXHgJ7m-/s1600/2011-07-08_11-35-18_236.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBL5KuABy_iMu1eA44zWLf-2PqDZ6QKomjJVos5eG-bEU7pJp6e23XX2cEZ_T1ojY-pFSGLLzQh1wLWCKimJrHWkYUTeakRqQo1XICVrhx3YaC2bC-CrWRXsoOHylOARFMPI9-zXHgJ7m-/s320/2011-07-08_11-35-18_236.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627218141513306130" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Today I decided to get a picture of Krazy Glue+fingertip Action:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFL0fiG8g8a97LKkbwPruEoVs0U-bpeQROBOIO_jHp6oWIjOgc6JojOnHex0QC9SqwVNqwJZoWkxnYGyOI75vUw4WgmPhJa2lNbjKpRVf3GJffcnjcZpBBPC2g-WuyxIqMEy291L0r3wUT/s1600/2011-07-08_11-35-55_737.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFL0fiG8g8a97LKkbwPruEoVs0U-bpeQROBOIO_jHp6oWIjOgc6JojOnHex0QC9SqwVNqwJZoWkxnYGyOI75vUw4WgmPhJa2lNbjKpRVf3GJffcnjcZpBBPC2g-WuyxIqMEy291L0r3wUT/s320/2011-07-08_11-35-55_737.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627218145017522738" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Pretty, no? Anyway, I plugged along and the parts came together:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvrEsLdUpONWmUoOfpuPBkCq-OEz2CAzPi4ldwTklf1YiJGlYM461SpsdFEEkqDqBoKeREAP4mNa8r7-oSoCb6sbDCqHP_5mTkLc_-uXEgfYHdXTmp5jAisASSiSLFtA_s5EwLopjcvlT/s1600/2011-07-08_11-44-53_890.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvrEsLdUpONWmUoOfpuPBkCq-OEz2CAzPi4ldwTklf1YiJGlYM461SpsdFEEkqDqBoKeREAP4mNa8r7-oSoCb6sbDCqHP_5mTkLc_-uXEgfYHdXTmp5jAisASSiSLFtA_s5EwLopjcvlT/s320/2011-07-08_11-44-53_890.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627218150906814466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'm glad I prepainted. That saves me masking all those bits off, at least.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsR0xxoZSsiGeM-Rg-VLEO-UABsSEeTEXzsOphEeoKQRluFqC7DFjlVnUZwTZaAl7o_jqxKV3lIJ0TG_jeH281o-C4FdT-QupUZVc2u0uqIStuThZBB-D5QaP5-8Ar9CjwQkMCkrXQtDN/s1600/2011-07-08_11-18-12_551.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsR0xxoZSsiGeM-Rg-VLEO-UABsSEeTEXzsOphEeoKQRluFqC7DFjlVnUZwTZaAl7o_jqxKV3lIJ0TG_jeH281o-C4FdT-QupUZVc2u0uqIStuThZBB-D5QaP5-8Ar9CjwQkMCkrXQtDN/s320/2011-07-08_11-18-12_551.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627217621358164418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hooray! Almost halfway done!! *quiet sobs*<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpwy29ROGLtERd-K1pglSQYaz_mmOkQsS7GLg0KwvHstskntKTAvEqkSK25Oa4ydipScgbP1n-m302wPJwuO6YILf2TGp08bSZGuNYEtBOY1QaLhzfEu-uepb4DK5dG4uBjJqsMdL2ZnB/s1600/2011-07-08_12-14-36_679.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpwy29ROGLtERd-K1pglSQYaz_mmOkQsS7GLg0KwvHstskntKTAvEqkSK25Oa4ydipScgbP1n-m302wPJwuO6YILf2TGp08bSZGuNYEtBOY1QaLhzfEu-uepb4DK5dG4uBjJqsMdL2ZnB/s320/2011-07-08_12-14-36_679.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627218157328367010" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Starting on the next set...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs2ofTXAGN_CYE1v0jHy7aLPYh2GqwfSf15abQ42ilDBkOVWdtbM6YrFE5j1ZLf6oMo4KoMvLlXlp0InRKOInUKM9Su2M8XFYmSvNJtmHN-STFvuwaIwc_OSR-NnOdkOECBcE-anNjViK/s1600/2011-07-08_12-42-36_61.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs2ofTXAGN_CYE1v0jHy7aLPYh2GqwfSf15abQ42ilDBkOVWdtbM6YrFE5j1ZLf6oMo4KoMvLlXlp0InRKOInUKM9Su2M8XFYmSvNJtmHN-STFvuwaIwc_OSR-NnOdkOECBcE-anNjViK/s320/2011-07-08_12-42-36_61.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627218159739768306" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'll spare you and skip ahead; suffice to say it was more of the same. Trying to true things up, long minutes with 1/2-glued fingers shakily holding edges down...anyway, here is the second set (and yeah, I'm jumping ahead to the weathered pics):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASGhvqZu6K87mzPbwI_es0HMPj4JIbM1yPzGNYKC9_mJ7p6DtqPUwKS6VI4ID0NpLyXxGpq4O6nb_M877UoiJU_JUNwnYPUBqDMyA3dVCyG6MT7CAWjMOcx-Q9V4zpZWvIkDKrZppeiOI/s1600/2011-07-08_15-57-19_583.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASGhvqZu6K87mzPbwI_es0HMPj4JIbM1yPzGNYKC9_mJ7p6DtqPUwKS6VI4ID0NpLyXxGpq4O6nb_M877UoiJU_JUNwnYPUBqDMyA3dVCyG6MT7CAWjMOcx-Q9V4zpZWvIkDKrZppeiOI/s320/2011-07-08_15-57-19_583.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627218692677182626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And the first set weathered. I loved the weathering! It was fun to smudge and spatter. I'm looking forward to doing the whole droid when I'm to that point!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4hqkQ6LGtPOIXlmyJNxWwsbneIXPUGtk8lvBrCd9CRH3sZX4PZp3WGmsl35bjZsQzTrRtb8tNy-SBNbgQocsfvSmFKU4X1kCHumNdGIDzKxmivxnqsRVkuvPyVOu0UlMwtDEtCnYy7xI/s1600/2011-07-08_15-30-54_628.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4hqkQ6LGtPOIXlmyJNxWwsbneIXPUGtk8lvBrCd9CRH3sZX4PZp3WGmsl35bjZsQzTrRtb8tNy-SBNbgQocsfvSmFKU4X1kCHumNdGIDzKxmivxnqsRVkuvPyVOu0UlMwtDEtCnYy7xI/s320/2011-07-08_15-30-54_628.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627218681344888754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I was still hoping to install all these body parts today so I started trimming the "center vent surrounds."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTS3iLAww29lbdgfl0MPLKenvIO8tFPA2XrltMX9E8VKPtZXJ_sBvgfqhml3bq5hEOoI4LKmB5yUaQx9RIJUiUSypZ6Zo7jy53Sr3GqFSJsXaLCQejPXLnGZhY57m9Ftkuy6L-I9rtZ_nJ/s1600/2011-07-08_16-15-04_669.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTS3iLAww29lbdgfl0MPLKenvIO8tFPA2XrltMX9E8VKPtZXJ_sBvgfqhml3bq5hEOoI4LKmB5yUaQx9RIJUiUSypZ6Zo7jy53Sr3GqFSJsXaLCQejPXLnGZhY57m9Ftkuy6L-I9rtZ_nJ/s320/2011-07-08_16-15-04_669.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627218704208230466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I did this freehand -- no line drawn out ahead of time! I'm such a wild child.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSJ2gbXdIiSkwg9yVBJzTqCcu8g1WntnZIFN57DxHiYSrAJgcQGl8gxagDscljhdq32L4fwDFzacyKYGOWagLRCh8YvmK0Nc8-1dCcHNI9swwmqvT7AwxSvvGowDZy31jR-H-rhTkNsm2/s1600/2011-07-08_16-46-43_913.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSJ2gbXdIiSkwg9yVBJzTqCcu8g1WntnZIFN57DxHiYSrAJgcQGl8gxagDscljhdq32L4fwDFzacyKYGOWagLRCh8YvmK0Nc8-1dCcHNI9swwmqvT7AwxSvvGowDZy31jR-H-rhTkNsm2/s320/2011-07-08_16-46-43_913.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627218706232667618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Came out perfect. Here I test fit the innards:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuAM4Cchts0fvttNr7rju3bhWeieoqfGOQhPG0sYyaeLBBG5-daNOTasCvBnfOwgc8nPLn6_cni9qssym6ry8LEp-yOlTpqs2vkwfkcJTf-O724Fn72L5c4k8UpjT5UzBBEU9OUMJO3WK/s1600/2011-07-08_16-53-36_492.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAuAM4Cchts0fvttNr7rju3bhWeieoqfGOQhPG0sYyaeLBBG5-daNOTasCvBnfOwgc8nPLn6_cni9qssym6ry8LEp-yOlTpqs2vkwfkcJTf-O724Fn72L5c4k8UpjT5UzBBEU9OUMJO3WK/s320/2011-07-08_16-53-36_492.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627218717304285394" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As happened yesterday...a bunch of photos vanished off my camera. Ugh.<br /><br />The rest of the day was spent clear-coating the weathered parts, and painting the last body parts silver and yellow. Only the yellow parts pic survived. Still, it's pretty sweet!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7vL8xKvRdpevX0GCrdj2j04Rzkubd8IopFZPOfHknrb8Bys8GAA0b1PlF4t5Anb9aB971LJ-7qeVT2NwXNJL_9HmrCWaMooFMQw5piaRs6OFKlxkSsqBHJOPYxDL0qRQYbgcKiJQKlcL/s1600/2011-07-08_17-59-40_978.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB7vL8xKvRdpevX0GCrdj2j04Rzkubd8IopFZPOfHknrb8Bys8GAA0b1PlF4t5Anb9aB971LJ-7qeVT2NwXNJL_9HmrCWaMooFMQw5piaRs6OFKlxkSsqBHJOPYxDL0qRQYbgcKiJQKlcL/s320/2011-07-08_17-59-40_978.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627218889587624466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Tomorrow, I hope, hope, HOPE to get some of these stuck on my droid's body!! For now...rest...Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5210634290835080476.post-27964311843354109272011-07-07T11:47:00.000-07:002011-07-07T12:14:05.512-07:00Body Parts -- No, Not a New Horror Novel!For the last few days my updates have been off by a day due to when I post; today I'll put the last few days' progress up, and that should catch us up to this morning.<br /><br />First I needed to primer some of the body parts:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqd1Z5fW3UJPHrPC7DQX3qbFFXFeZIOG-1PeRU95SIxT9CEv6dkvNEMqXkVIe3wQMzPUH7RQaaQtdSt64p1lMLG-gCjMI9qT-w2lz_2tcoFxoSkWaZGdNr6p24m_B6Pbqw6RzWivmG67z/s1600/2011-07-05_11-03-06_380.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqd1Z5fW3UJPHrPC7DQX3qbFFXFeZIOG-1PeRU95SIxT9CEv6dkvNEMqXkVIe3wQMzPUH7RQaaQtdSt64p1lMLG-gCjMI9qT-w2lz_2tcoFxoSkWaZGdNr6p24m_B6Pbqw6RzWivmG67z/s320/2011-07-05_11-03-06_380.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626686155063799362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />If you see primer or paint with this sort of mechanism AVOID IT! Both of these failed on me today...one actually flew apart!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lXchgyIlnuV6y20STTtDscyOXRijjBrHymVuLKvIyegwPNna0AZW00q5RGqwM5R16uAoip24hcx1JWH-gGwcup1dPVpRp7FIEl_GU0s7OFrpFlNNNbNtqW2xpsyqjNGZG19tDAoZ0Lbf/s1600/2011-07-05_11-05-37_444.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1lXchgyIlnuV6y20STTtDscyOXRijjBrHymVuLKvIyegwPNna0AZW00q5RGqwM5R16uAoip24hcx1JWH-gGwcup1dPVpRp7FIEl_GU0s7OFrpFlNNNbNtqW2xpsyqjNGZG19tDAoZ0Lbf/s320/2011-07-05_11-05-37_444.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626686145098166578" border="0" /></a><br /><br />At least I was successful at getting the first layer down, the yellow:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQDmqm_fPsRTjz5yBxb1EEziVhhI_6zPSnacobiHJLjdZjTJSudlc5w81lCa6MgmdFgtiu0y1B30RpNQwmJNaLJr55YEfpRKitZioRrBoC0VuTZ4TxQYA20AwP24T3fV5ynZnLeqEmthi/s1600/2011-07-05_11-38-58_132.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZQDmqm_fPsRTjz5yBxb1EEziVhhI_6zPSnacobiHJLjdZjTJSudlc5w81lCa6MgmdFgtiu0y1B30RpNQwmJNaLJr55YEfpRKitZioRrBoC0VuTZ4TxQYA20AwP24T3fV5ynZnLeqEmthi/s320/2011-07-05_11-38-58_132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626686136506773138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />While the paint was drying I began assembly of the styrene flat parts I'd sorted. I began with the "coin returns." I love the names the club gave some of these parts!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPRaqo9HVsFTrrPd7vJ62uvKjFeIg1FDu1ZrWllHaTAEA1coaG5m35zvZrD9dkdShD0EQF00tFBhNWJSswiB9yFjjY3systrBehyphenhyphenE3D9FSAWvdknTlQrTpPJ1aImyNAF_lSGD9J5loD0L/s1600/2011-07-05_17-09-59_473.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPRaqo9HVsFTrrPd7vJ62uvKjFeIg1FDu1ZrWllHaTAEA1coaG5m35zvZrD9dkdShD0EQF00tFBhNWJSswiB9yFjjY3systrBehyphenhyphenE3D9FSAWvdknTlQrTpPJ1aImyNAF_lSGD9J5loD0L/s320/2011-07-05_17-09-59_473.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626686131002588754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HR1SOyNWOuJ_BKdCcFKOH2KV6km_jp0HAYOYyuO8PPfR8XUCcBPCtmuZ3PLfnYYID8pxWNWtYDRYO22t8aZtTJBEfZUkQ5lkMJHaewbX4MlUQ5grM4ZOXUHFejjAY23d2J9j9igcMZHi/s1600/2011-07-05_19-13-06_799.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HR1SOyNWOuJ_BKdCcFKOH2KV6km_jp0HAYOYyuO8PPfR8XUCcBPCtmuZ3PLfnYYID8pxWNWtYDRYO22t8aZtTJBEfZUkQ5lkMJHaewbX4MlUQ5grM4ZOXUHFejjAY23d2J9j9igcMZHi/s320/2011-07-05_19-13-06_799.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626686128613137618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />(not pictured: me getting Krazy Glue all over my fingertips!)<br /><br />Assembly of the center vents was a bit difficult due to little tabs being present that had no matching slots. My solution was to slice 'em off!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXoe5A5CnfuHUqgTz80ysB9g6yQmpl1vHt3alaYQpS6aFt2-dPSSbUr0NKrPuXwqfV3pMWfBkzjUUuJZOfg9gNwi_ZFj79GbNKwawkb4EQ6QM19L03AWQxT5CT_LZc2EvyGdsSPCJBnkO/s1600/2011-07-06_13-02-57_736.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIXoe5A5CnfuHUqgTz80ysB9g6yQmpl1vHt3alaYQpS6aFt2-dPSSbUr0NKrPuXwqfV3pMWfBkzjUUuJZOfg9gNwi_ZFj79GbNKwawkb4EQ6QM19L03AWQxT5CT_LZc2EvyGdsSPCJBnkO/s320/2011-07-06_13-02-57_736.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685703011073282" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There we go!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNFrZPs9LpHOU_Uszca28VaIvuL6awSEun7Qdy9W-6Yvtk42tLl-rVW97-MtcZ8iEAAPF1WokkHgQS4V3FDeaFF7DMeww7bwO3S4PXopzKEfkVJVQJ-tWDxv9mVZDC2qlGostNUl1yRVS/s1600/2011-07-06_14-08-19_718.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUNFrZPs9LpHOU_Uszca28VaIvuL6awSEun7Qdy9W-6Yvtk42tLl-rVW97-MtcZ8iEAAPF1WokkHgQS4V3FDeaFF7DMeww7bwO3S4PXopzKEfkVJVQJ-tWDxv9mVZDC2qlGostNUl1yRVS/s320/2011-07-06_14-08-19_718.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685694706831682" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I decided to paint these before assembly. Oddly, from this point on, half my photos went missing.<br />I sorted the bits into parts to be painted aluminum, and parts to be painted yellow. You'll have to trust me on this. XD<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin67d1sQLNUpXRN773vQ3NpMdV00I2BT7mBpCyyWRlE5eYpGRlo6zrYGdWwBFc42jIS1n-QjX2im2pAYouLCLypebu9-Z3q6aZLoTnqn9CrlBQ-Ck8PrePo7H7qk6I4P2hxCnLmbGljFrO/s1600/2011-07-06_14-32-41_631.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin67d1sQLNUpXRN773vQ3NpMdV00I2BT7mBpCyyWRlE5eYpGRlo6zrYGdWwBFc42jIS1n-QjX2im2pAYouLCLypebu9-Z3q6aZLoTnqn9CrlBQ-Ck8PrePo7H7qk6I4P2hxCnLmbGljFrO/s320/2011-07-06_14-32-41_631.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685677967058562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Before painting I took the time to mask off the now-dry yellow parts that I needed to remain yellow. Rather than use tape, I decided to try some of my old liquid frisket.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DhbKAGCTmpvEaGUmsDm787oebAz4dUF4_SYetQd8Kh7vkn1XyFcNO09ehvaHWVTEthK4pTZHtNrk2XptJFOMLvaCnDfxwDztkIBxJPI4hIL50PvC01gq06VekfHfA8SqusGFLcjZdk_j/s1600/2011-07-06_14-41-38_888.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DhbKAGCTmpvEaGUmsDm787oebAz4dUF4_SYetQd8Kh7vkn1XyFcNO09ehvaHWVTEthK4pTZHtNrk2XptJFOMLvaCnDfxwDztkIBxJPI4hIL50PvC01gq06VekfHfA8SqusGFLcjZdk_j/s320/2011-07-06_14-41-38_888.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685674617184162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I tried two different types. The one pictured below worked the best, as it was thicker.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnr_moDp0FxfjrKTHOCqnRjjulgG05YuZB3q735VzB6Gt_Xj7gUOT_geB8MdTdeXKor9icR-Xs61Gh5EzW6x4_u8zSSAJmaD0I7gXqoKTJy6DALZNljgHoxRvHB9pqZ26mCk-G37dcnO5G/s1600/2011-07-06_14-52-39_991.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnr_moDp0FxfjrKTHOCqnRjjulgG05YuZB3q735VzB6Gt_Xj7gUOT_geB8MdTdeXKor9icR-Xs61Gh5EzW6x4_u8zSSAJmaD0I7gXqoKTJy6DALZNljgHoxRvHB9pqZ26mCk-G37dcnO5G/s320/2011-07-06_14-52-39_991.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685666535315842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Testing the frisket:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmocZVR0cCGp4GHSmStlIgx5J2zVhZn3dw6i-dCwGtF_Ze0mvt9B0CPriN80E2T9xWEG38A1OX6Nz13LYK8jN6KiPmxP0XON8AS-vUin_dxEiOZ7F9yj_JVyRaiJokIvvP-vd5DlYPqWm/s1600/2011-07-06_14-53-45_968.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmocZVR0cCGp4GHSmStlIgx5J2zVhZn3dw6i-dCwGtF_Ze0mvt9B0CPriN80E2T9xWEG38A1OX6Nz13LYK8jN6KiPmxP0XON8AS-vUin_dxEiOZ7F9yj_JVyRaiJokIvvP-vd5DlYPqWm/s320/2011-07-06_14-53-45_968.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685236854359986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />That stuff will ruin your paintbrushes. Be sure to have lots of cheap paintbrushes on hand for building Artoo!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPmvxSlpyRgAmqczqisQKLBXikTU849oVqi48q2imUhwJPSjiUOpskqQB79DURhIRF6tNBBpgl_KiUY5p1TaDItuZJ0BSUa1LRwBAAxUN0VL4qZKiv50c_DxHDUK1BEjq7bXIvvjvpAi1/s1600/2011-07-06_15-17-18_722.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRPmvxSlpyRgAmqczqisQKLBXikTU849oVqi48q2imUhwJPSjiUOpskqQB79DURhIRF6tNBBpgl_KiUY5p1TaDItuZJ0BSUa1LRwBAAxUN0VL4qZKiv50c_DxHDUK1BEjq7bXIvvjvpAi1/s320/2011-07-06_15-17-18_722.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685232812349170" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Finally it got cool enough to do a little painting:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nmch5FlEer1PPS34M9XOyhUfeA1Gq2OCv4th21ef7ygmcxiZG9OuvlHTZnIhhNT06X0tFNVy8eZh1bVgmAhtAlGBKXYYdgf2BBMHr-ti3qbYMvVsItsgOHjS8BKrVc1vxYhXtw3hherX/s1600/2011-07-06_18-30-44_389.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nmch5FlEer1PPS34M9XOyhUfeA1Gq2OCv4th21ef7ygmcxiZG9OuvlHTZnIhhNT06X0tFNVy8eZh1bVgmAhtAlGBKXYYdgf2BBMHr-ti3qbYMvVsItsgOHjS8BKrVc1vxYhXtw3hherX/s320/2011-07-06_18-30-44_389.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685225049032882" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I had several nice shots of the final frisket removal (worked like a charm), but they have vanished. So here we jump ahead to my first weathering of a part.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwT-u-MFDTdwiBEiAshyqVbtT7An4GaarvOMsx8xuwJFYHMQvi04LRyuC67W693H6WqxUwmIRtvh29um6FPsunDZnicpWN1tdjukXl4kJdCf4ZwIbptTrmGKT4st9oWxEeEOLSK8pNU0u8/s1600/2011-07-07_11-04-34_532.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwT-u-MFDTdwiBEiAshyqVbtT7An4GaarvOMsx8xuwJFYHMQvi04LRyuC67W693H6WqxUwmIRtvh29um6FPsunDZnicpWN1tdjukXl4kJdCf4ZwIbptTrmGKT4st9oWxEeEOLSK8pNU0u8/s320/2011-07-07_11-04-34_532.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685222243766578" border="0" /></a><br />Aaaand some more finished parts, ready to be stuck on R2!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDMqpD3Hs15Brkhy64A9IGGzhgahZJIJQ7XV0_Bqv8QzEleHAxfHZYbGmbNpGhKUa09fx9Tyi2O8FjncTqoWqkg9jo_NRK03z3D4WpPi0TwjjnZOOMeY50e55NX5pGAOk7pmuexLUDLYY/s1600/2011-07-07_11-05-02_593.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDMqpD3Hs15Brkhy64A9IGGzhgahZJIJQ7XV0_Bqv8QzEleHAxfHZYbGmbNpGhKUa09fx9Tyi2O8FjncTqoWqkg9jo_NRK03z3D4WpPi0TwjjnZOOMeY50e55NX5pGAOk7pmuexLUDLYY/s320/2011-07-07_11-05-02_593.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626685208836694642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />That brings us up-to-date! More work tomorrow... :-)Bithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06091404366769950084noreply@blogger.com0