Flashback Friday: 7-22-2010, Day 41 of building R2-TD

So OSFest is upon us and TD has never looked better. I've been working on him all week getting him ready for this event. Thanks to Brad for lending a hand and a few tools too. I couldnt of done it with out him. Well, maybe I could of but the end result wouldnt of been the same. Anyways, take a look at R2. Dome logics were painted black to blend with the rest of the body, Leg details and more leg details and my attempt at making a skirt. I think it turned out pretty good. Front vents are in and painted. I have some touch up work to do there before CV but it will work for this weekend. Just need to work on some foot shells and than I can start on his back.

Flashback Friday: 4-29-2010, Day 38 of building R2-TD

I had some decent weather the other day so I got to paint the skins. I painted the inter skin red to match the dome and left the outer skin white. The white matched up pretty good so I didn't paint it at all. Heres how it turned out. 



I tried to get what parts I have in but I need to modify some things first as they didnt fit.

Flashback Friday: 3-5-2010, Day 34 of building R2-TD

With the warmer weather continuing today, I took full advantage of it and painted the last coat on the dome. Than I took the pie panels and glued them on after everything was dry. Also, I got a primer coat on my legs. 

Flashback Friday: 3-2,4-2010, Day 32 and 33 of building R2-TD

Well, this weekend will be the third time I've attempted to paint R2's dome. After the last attempt, we had crackling again in the paint. This time, I've sanded way down to the primer of the previous owners and will add my own primer on top of it. Some spots are all the way down to the original dome. I still have a little more sanding to do but heres my progress so far. 



R2 took a big step today. 1 Motor holder complete. I started the night widening the hole for the motors. Than Moose showed me how everything went together. We did a test run to make sure the motor worked. Things are looking good. We will finish up the motors next time than start wiring. 







No pictures but Motor holder number 2 is assembled. Now I begin work on getting the third leg finished. Hopefully the next photo you see of R2 will be one of him standing on his own with wheels and casters! 

Also, I hope to be able to get the dome all painted with the warmer, above freezing weather here. I'm also going to start painting the legs if everything goes right. More to come later!


Chance of rain this weekend and with the sun out and the temps finally above freezing, I thought I had better get moving. I had a chance to paint a little today so I did! I'm letting the paint cure over night and still have a coat or two left but things are finally starting to come into place for the dome.

Flashback Friday: 2-22-2010, Day 30 of building R2-TD

R2 got lots of love this weekend. Saturday, the gang got together at Mooses and worked on our parts. I started to assemble my motor holders only to find out the hole is cut too small. I have to now file it out to make it fit. It's going to take forever!! 




Than Sunday, Brad heated up his garage so we could all paint. I finished off my pie pieces and started on the dome. Something weird happened and my dome paint crackled on me. I'm now sanding it off and will try again with a coat of primer.

Flashback Friday:2-13,18-2010 Day 28 and 29 of building R2-TD

Tried to have a build day today but mother nature didn't cooperate with me. I did however make it to the hardware store and picked up the last few parts I needed to really finish assembling R2. I also picked up some paint. The color's I went with are Krylon fusion red pepper and Krylon flat white. It won't be long now until Omaha has it's newest R2 up and running! 

1st coat of paint is on. Heres what the Red Pepper looks like.