James' R5-D4

June 21st After thinking about how best to support the legs. I decided that the solid shoulder hubs would be best, with a slot designed to h...

May of mentioned before, but my small Corsa, will probably be my main transport for events etc. for future events. The boot load area isn’t ...

Yesterday I spent most of my free time drawing up the front panels, lower skirt with recesses. The skirt recesses took ages as I had extrud...

What with R5 being on display this Saturday, am a little nervous, to say the least!! Been trying to get as much done and finished before t...

Yesterday I cut some lengths of thin hardboard to be fitted into the channel of the outer feet [internal]. All good. Angled  edges, then pr...

Leg No.2 Cut out ankle slot. Finished sanding all over. But work still needed doing on the curve to get it smoother. Then applied primer...

Outer Foot No.2 work: Internal Work: Cut, screwed, drilled & fitted centre piece to clamp sides together. Made some spacers as the int...

I've also been using the silver paint [pot] & brush to do the grooves on the booster cover. I wasn't to happy at first as it wa...

Had some time to do a little work on R5 the weekend. I did some sanding of the foot base & started to mark the recess that i'll dr...

Made a little progress this week. Made a cardboard template up for fixing dowels. Crafted the two remaining lower front grooves. Applied w...

Sanded the ankle bracelet and sprayed primer. Later, added some wood filler to a saw cut to deep. Sanded flush and then re-primer spray...

Applied some wood filler to spots on the holder and also over the side faces to get rid of the wood grain effect. Once dried, I'll ...

Marked up and cut out of 18mm hardboard, the first, of two, Ankle Cylinder Holders. These pieces sit underneath the cylinders on the Main L...

Bought 3mm thick hardboard for making the shoulder horseshoe build ups. Got the wood from B&Q for £3+. I had to double check I had th...