Back again

Had a bit of time off the build with graduating and summer holidays, but am keen to getting back into the buld finishing off the dome and moving on to the body costruction.

Drilling Holo Projectors

I have made my first cuts to the dome using a circle cutter, initially tried using it attached to a hand held drill, but the speed was eratic, thought bugger that. So using the circle cutter wound it by hand and the finished off with a dremel making pie segments and snapping them out. All three Holoprojector holes are cut and ready to sand.

Dome Marking

Today I marked off my Aluminum Dome using templates from the R2builders club printed out on A1 size paper and a ruler with holes drilled for panel sizes. Looks good made adjustment to top panels "check twice, cut once".

New Tool

I setup my new second hand drill press my second power tool next to the dremel, looking forward to making good use of it for my R2 project.

Holiday Update

Finally get holidays for couple weeks so will hopefully have some more progress. As I'm planning to make a static droid at this case due to costs. I've worked out the wiring of sound and lights using a motion light sensor and voltage switch and a cheap cd discman. The plan is it will come on for a set duration when someone walks past playing sounds, logics and lights. Will post pictures of progress in next week or so.

Parts Arrived

Parts arrived for the my Dome the other day from America. I have yet to finish sanding the dome and then cut it, alot of work but I now have all the parts to get under way.

NZDamo's Paint Method

I have currently been trying different paint combinations, that are similar to krider blue.
I was able to purchase the anodized blue color for the top coat and I found an undercoat metallic purple made by plasticote which seems very similar to rustoleum which gives a nice metallic flake under the blue. I also have a glossy clear spray-paint to finish off the paint job. Check out the two images with and without the flash. I can now get around to painting my radar eye which I will post as soon as its done.