James' R5-D4

I already had the plans for the ankle details, which are available via www.astromech.net forum, so it was just a case of marking up some wo...

A long time  ago.......... ;-) I realised that my nagging conscious wasn't going to let me sleep anymore lol. This (zoomed in) image o...

Last night I got to re-assembly Leg No1 again. The way most of these components were designed to be connected together was not my '...

To make space in the bedroom [keeping the wife happy] I took the Horseshoe back out to the garage and fitted [bolted] the Hydraulic & t...

I've eventually got round to taking some photos, don't really like to post without them, as it's a bit boring and a picture mak...

Ankle I marked out the curve section needed on the two blocks I'll be using to make up the ankle. I also marked where I need to drill c...

Clear sprayed Leg No1 up, don't know or remember why I'd not done it before now, apart from the Horse shoe, it's completed ??? ...

Spent 2.5hrs working on leg. Sanding then more wood filler. Made the counter sunk holes bigger on five of the screw holes. Then filled wi...

The template i had made was the right size, but the trimmed wood ones came out a bit small. The filler needed filing down and the gap left ...

Well, it wouldn't last long before I HAD to do some work on R5 :-D Bought some white and clear spray paint the other weekend, well I w...

I also measured up & cut out a piece of thin hardboard to be the face of the cylinder wedge. Not sure how to secure bracket yet but do h...