James' R5-D4

Here’s the new ‘red’ Booster cover fitted on R5. Just the ankle cylinder colours to change. These I think I'll just change by applying r...

March Something that I have thought about over the years, was being able to do a colour change for the Leg Booster covers. It has been talke...

 I know, I know, I’ve not finished the last two mini projects lol, but it helps me be busy whilst awaiting components.  Been thinking about ...

Sprayed up the neck ring with plastic-kote  white paint & left it to dry for a day or so. No pics of this but onto the next colour, Red....

 Test fitting of the panel identified that a few things needed tweaking. The utility arm wouldn’t close properly. The screen was still a bit...

I thought I'd masked off enough to be able to spray the area needed, without leaving a spray edge. Well, I did and didn't......more ...

Sanded the primer and filler smooth. Then applied this second coat of primer/filler. More sanding, later that day.....in betwee...

Last week, I stripped down the dome of it's fitted components & started to spray up the dome, white. Still have the lower ring t...

Finished off the last grooving to the curved panel. Lightly sanded it and applied a PVA wash over it. Next up was some silver detaili...