Mouse House

Got my glue today so I started to glue my mouse droid up. I shall call him ZIPPY!
I need to widen the front wheel wells 1/8 of an inch but otherwise everything is a perfect fit :)
I hope to have him up and running but not painted for the next event.

T3 sanding

Started sanding all the pieces of T3's legs and getting them ready for paint.
This looks all wrong, some people have to much fun with the camera LOL.

Helping with LC's 2-3-2 frame

LC cut a piece of 3/4" plastic down to 5 1/2" x 12" to use as the sliding plate and then dry fit it to make sure he had enough room for it to move between the side supports of the frame.

He then cut to two 5 1/2" boards to sandwich the plastic and act as top and bottom anchors for the four sliding rods.

LC and I then lined up the sides of all the boards and clamped them so we could drill holes through all three boards. That way they would all match and we wouldn't have to worry about the center plate binding when the center foot raises and lowers.

The top plate will be slightly below the center outer leg pipe and the bottom plate will rest base of the frame. We temporarily screwed the bottom board into the frame base plate and dry fit the remaining boards. The hole size is perfect for the top and bottom plates, but he will have to make the holes in the plastic plate a little larger to allow it to slide easier. As with framing a door, the center of the bottom board will be cut out once the sides are permanently attached.

The four rods were not cut and the top board was not permanently attached because LC wants to get the skirt installed and the center leg assembled to determine the exact location everything needs to be.

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Mouse Mockup

Had some free time at Jen's today so I did some mock up on the mouse droid. I taped everything in place to make sure it fit right, then made some adjustments.

Mouse for a Moose

The last two evenings I have worked on my mouse droid shell at my GF house.
In two evenings I cut all the pieces out and beveled them.
Lots of trim pieces to clean up. Now I just got to get some glue :)

NEBRASKON VIDEO

A few of Denny's photos

Us with Yuri Lowenthal, the voice of Ben 10 who is trying to get a guest voice spot on Clone Wars.
He is a big Star Wars fan.
Syrena can't figure out it is me in the lion suit of Snap's
Our friend Tony
Rebels taking over!
The 501st panel
A few of the R2-Central builders at the closing ceremonies.
Big turn out for the con!
Brad and me having fun even though we are worn out after a long weekend :)
Everyone was calling R2 Brad by the end of the week with the name tag LOL
Star Trek vs Star Wars

Videos of Nebraskon with the 501st

Here are two improve vids that Jen took of Brad and I with the droids and a few of our friend from the 501st. As usual the 501st rocks. More to come later :)

A few pics of the first two days at NEBRASKON

Not many pictures to show yet because Denny took most of them but here are a few tht we took for now.

Setting up the droid area.

For an Anime convention there were a few Furries running around.
Dawmer posing with two.
One keep trying to touch my R2 like he knew him. I wonder who it could be?
Had quite a few people fooled for a while but it was me in the white suit that I borowed from my friend Snap.
R2 and Patches taking a break after a stage show.
Jen and Patches with some 501st friends :)
More pics and vid to come in a day or two.

R3 progress

Not many pictures to show but the R3 dome is coming along. I attached the dome in a different way that does not need an inside band that would have shown through.
I then mounted the radar eye and holo and have them sitting aside for painting.
I also finally mounted the front PSI.

Fit Trooper goes RL

My diet has been waning as of late so no weight loss to report.
Some good news though is that my Rebel Legion costume has been approved thanks to Syrena's help. Now if I can just stay away from the cookies I am going to try and join the dark side next. LOL

Here is a photo I made with ED and me in front of the Jedi temple.

501st Science Center Visit

Went to Iowa to visit some of the 501st members that live there and help them out with an event.
Here are just a few of the pictures of the event.
Storming the Death Star.
Checking out the digs.
How do you open these darn Holocrons?
A moose entertaining himself.
A few of the 501st.

Play time with Vader?
ED wants to take it home. Shiny!
Leia, Esoom Mendo, and R2-D2
Tons of people came in star wars costumes to take pictures with us.
Patches put on a puppet show for the kids.
Yoda! You seek Yoda!

Fit Trooper Rebel Legion pictures

With some help from my sis my Rebel Legion Jedi Costume is done. (I hope)
These are my entry photos for formal and non formal :)

Without outer robe



With robes



Hood up
Action pose
Fun shots

Thanks! :)

Nebraskon Video commercial

Nebraskon is in less than two weeks so with permission I made this "behind the scenes" video of their commercial with footage that Denny took. I only spent an hour on it but it looks good. I even added rain and lightning to their logo. It is amazing how far the droids have come in two months.

Ankel brackets

I was not happy with the press board versions of the ankle brackets that I had for my legs so I decided to make new ones out of some spare styrene.
First I traced around the old broken ones.
After cutting them out I cleaned up the edges.
Once that was done i silvered them on both sides.
They slipped right on with no problem. Not a bad 15 minute project :)