James' R5-D4

1st August 2016 This piece of work was started a few weeks before Celebration Europe, but with time running out on finishing my Son's c...

Free time at the weekend: I filed the diameters on the rode's to smooth out the printing. Next was some light sanding with paper. Its m...

Dome lid - shaping the angle Once the fibre glass had hardened, I used my block plane to remove any high spots etc. I want the surface to b...

Small update: I made a start on cleaning up the lower edge filler. Now it has a flat angled face, I can apply filler to the inside under-f...

There was a slight gap around the outer edges of the radar eye as it doesn't still sit flush to the dome skin. So as I'd seen this ...

Did some smooth sanding on the dome skin etc. Now silky smooth, ready for painting. But first I still need to work on the last rear rece...

I wasn't happy with how this edge of the dome skin curved inwards to much. This is where the extra inner support could of been better pl...

I didn't get the chance to do this before going away the other week, but did, once I had five min's free on my return. I mixed up n...

Started work on the lid angle. I should of made the lower of the two height discs, a larger diameter. So as to take up space, therefo...

Last nights work: Cut out last piece of the lid sections. Marked their positions on the main base ring (to be), then drilled holes and...

Next was the dome lid. I found the top ring cut out and marked where the centre was going to be cut out. This will help keep the weight down...

Before and after of this panel fitting, still work in progress Glued in place last two rear panel pieces. And then worked on the squa...

Weekend work: Limited free time on Friday night, but managed to get some work done. Cut out one more 'square', and then glue...