James' R5-D4

 May 2nd 2023 https://sites.google.com/site/theageofplastic3d/all-about-r5-d4

 May 29th 2023: this was going to be the next stage, not completed. Sanding, primer and silver paint. I drew up a location plug that would f...

  On this day going back to 2013........ R5-D4's dome build progress, link to original Blog post here .

  Just added the following to my Prusa account: 4 coin display stand 2 coin display stand openr2-r5-d4-original-eyes Nut location holder Ano...

  Years ago, My father served along side you in the Clone Wars...... ..... not quite, but you get the idea 😆 When I first started searching...

Over on the R2 Discord chat, OpenR2 member raised the question about R5’s eye sensor not being like the ‘club spec standard’ design but act...

Slip-ring work, I paired up the wires and soldered them onto a 9 pin plug. Not used all the pins though. I figured by doubling up the wires ...

Ordered a slip ring for powering R5's dome components. This I hope will allow me to power the motivator unit, smoke & pump and als...

This morning I started on weathering R5's head, by applying Burnt Umber around the neck, side recess, eyes, top pie panel grooves and ar...

Tuesday night, I stripped R5 of all his eye 'sensors', Dome rods & motivator brackets. This was in preperation for clear coat sp...

I machined up three LED 'plugs' for R5's eyes. Material used was Polypropylene [plastic]. I measured up the hole and made th...

I wanted to run all the Dome LED's off the one 9.6v recharge battery to make life so much easier. I dug out my LED's etc and I ...

Last night I fitted the motivator, bolted it into place and then hot glued into a suitable position, its battery holder and switch. Bolted ...

Yesterday morning I used a rather large plastic bag (used for rubbish bins] to place R5's Dome into. I then sealed off round the edge w...

Last night's work. Half hour wasted, wireing up the wrong (blown) set of LED's :'( Then un-soldering them, and th...

My Son had a novelty pair of blue LED light up glasses. But the arm broke off so were then no good. Then I had an idea..........insert ...

I was originally planning on spraying the silver dome band. But thought I'd give the silver tape a second  chance lol. My last go at usi...