I R2 building a robot.

[Doug Haffner]

I did a test fit on the whole body this morning. Other than hooking up the battery boxes and hoses on the feet, it's coming along. Time to start working on that dome...

[chiloquinruss]

Are ya' ready to start takin' orders yet! Looks absolutely terrific! Great job. Russ

[kg4mon]

OMG, I sure hope my 6 year old son doesn't see this. I'll be in deep trouble. I think this is the best project I've ever seen. That is simply amazing. AWESOME!!
I made the mistake of showing him the star wars bedroom that someone did on here and I haven't heard anything else since.

[Doug Haffner]

I made the dome by taking the sketchup model of R2 and pulling out the dome. I had to close a bunch of holes after removing the radar eyes and hologram projector. I then sliced the dome into 6 pieces and carved them in 2" pink foam.

It was primed and then got a couple coats of bondo:



I carved all the dome parts and painted them. Most were from Azek brand pvc sheeting:



I painted him up and hurried off to a woodworking show in St.Louis where ShopBot and CarveWright were attending. He was pretty popular with the kids at the show.



I got back last night and this morning I decided I'd rather have him a little dirty, like in the original Star Wars.



It turns out that having all that HDU and PVC scrap from sign making can be useful for something!

[myxpykalix]

In your 2nd to last picture I like the 2 star wars models you made. The R2D2 looks good, but the design and work on the "young Luke Skywalker" model is so life like! The only thing i might have a criticism on is his costume is not of the proper period.

Somehow I think making THAT 3D model was a bit more fun huh? GREAT JOB!

[jdervin]

First, let me say bravo! This has been a fun project to see coming together. The level of detail is excellent -- including the dirt you decided to add.

Secondly, anyone else notice the "miracle" in the photo with the young boy? It's not as obvious as the Joe Montana stain in the Super Bowl commercial, but the reflection on the dome really looks like Mickey Mouse -- and didn't Disney just buy the Star Wars franchise?

Now that's a level of detail that's hard to beat!

[mtylerfl]

Doug, what a great job! It's so fun to see what you create!

[Doug Haffner]

Thanks all. He was really a challenge and a way for me to force myself to figure out things on the bot. I was cutting wood, pvc, hdu....quite a workout.

I was cutting profiles, pockets, 3D...great way to get into so many things.

[andrewm]

This is so cool! Keep posting.

[Brian Harnett]

Great job on all of it.