James' R5-D4

The centre leg securing bracket needed upgrading. Original pieces were two aluminium angles that clamped either side of the leg tongue,...

Cut out a recess in the base to accept the power coupler. Not the most tidy'est of work, but it works lol. Did some more spraying:...

Started to cut out the five vertical slots in the lower front recessed vent. Two now done. Again, it was late, so used a Stanley knife to sc...

Filed the extra extensions to which the lower side flats will be fixed too. These were made when I originally built the frame, and were a li...

Base insert. Cut out & filed it to fit in the gap. I used a simple cardboard template. Now glued into place. Just needs some extra...

Prepared and applied several coats of grey primer to the two blanks I had to fit to the base. See post:-  'Base - blanking 1.0' ...

Filled another one of the gaps in base with a blanking plate [wood] and P40. This cut out was done when the base was made as I didn...

Friday in work: I milled flat the rear of the shoulder hydraulic unit. Also drilled two location holes, for fixing it with dowels into the s...

Saturday I cut out slots for the Power coupler and Octagon Ports. This is because the depth was the same as the base and wasn't possible...

Rechecked angles and other dimensions.

Got home from work last night and managed to get started on marking up the base plate for R5. I'll be able to 'cut wood' at the ...