R2ing and Star Wars Miniatures

Last week was the release of the new Star Wars Miniatures set called "KOTOR" and most of us builders are also avid fans of the game so we decided to have a build/Booster opening party.
Notice Patches looking at the 6 and a half cases of boosters. Jason and James and I got most of the pieces we wanted. After opening boosters and checking out Denny's new Scout trooper helmet from episode 3 and stuffing ourselves with pizza we helped Clay build some new motor holders with my old motors and wheels. His old power wheel set up was to loud.
It is not a fancy A&A set up but it works just as good and now his R2 is nice and quiet.
I also made a new aluminum mounting bracket for my dome motor and put some traction tape on the lazy susan. Now no more squeaks or hang ups :)
You can also see my temporary fire extinguisher.
Patches extinguisher will eventually be in the dome some day.

Parade and Movie pictures

Not much to report build wise this weekend but here are a few pictures of a parade and some other theater pics.

Clone Wars event

The R2-central builders went to another opening at the 20 Grand last week. R2-CM meet his first clone trooper and so did I. Very cool!
The theater had steady flow of people so not too many photos but here is one more of half the group.

Big Update

First I started out by widening my holes for my dome bumps. I want then flush to the inner dome.

I then sanded all the JB weld and edges of cut lines so everything is flush.


I put the two dome halves on a level surface to make sure the lip was evenly spaced at the bottom then redrew the lines on the inner dome darker.

I then drilled some holes in the non used pie plate areas and sanded them smooth as well.

I am using Super 77 to bond my dome. Unlike most domes mine outer one is actually bigger than the inner so the very bottom back side is not bonded....yet.
R2 looks like Pinhead from Hellraiser LOL.

While the dome dried I sanded the bondo on my resin eye and primered it. It will not have time for paint to dry by Friday so no paint for now.

I also put a makeshift extinguisher together till my solenoid comes.

The next day after work I hot glued his panels in place real quick because I had an hour till I needed to be at the Theater.
His lower ring is way to big and needs to be cut and re-welded, that is why it is not painted.


Here is R2 "Patches" at the Clone wars release party!

Dome work

Today I used bondo to cover up the small air holes in R2's center eye.
Then I started to sand the back side flush to the dome. With the fine sand paper I have it will take forever so I will wait till tomorrow when I'm out to get some coarser stuff.
Next i drilled and counter boared for the 4-40 bolts that will be attached to the inner dome.
I then JB welded the bolts from the front and tightened them flush with a nut on the back side.
I still have 4 bolts left to put on but i did not have enough nuts so I will get them tomorrow when I get the sandpaper.
Here are some pictures of my painted dome panels from yesterday that still have a long way to go before they are cured. Notice how the color changes from light brown to dark depending on the angle.