James' R5-D4

 When I originally fitted the ankle detail, I hadn’t permanently fix it to the leg. I just used hot glue. It lasted surprisingly well. But a...

So i got home from work Friday 26th and gave the components a lite sanding over the primer paint. I then set up my hi tech spray booth.......

I already had the plans for the ankle details, which are available via www.astromech.net forum, so it was just a case of marking up some wo...

A long time  ago.......... ;-) I realised that my nagging conscious wasn't going to let me sleep anymore lol. This (zoomed in) image o...

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...

Busy weekend: Drilled the marked areas on both the Ankle Details and on the leg itself. Marking was done using a cardboard template :). Av...

Sprayed leg white. I was only going to spray the lower/ankle area, as the Hub hole and horse-shoe dowel location holes, still need to be cu...

Enlarged booster cover slots to the correct width size. Then re-sprayed with primer. Marked position of where holes are going in leg for b...

Finished Sanding leg, for now. Made a cardboard template to mark holes for fixing 'ankle details' onto the leg. Drill holes positio...

Well, it wouldn't last long before I HAD to do some work on R5 :-D Bought some white and clear spray paint the other weekend, well I w...

1.5hrs to mark out and cut out first main leg. Three pieces thick, two 18mm + one 8mm = 44mm thickness [guide dimension only] Picture belo...

Sanded these smooth. Cut out some small pieces of metal which fit into the recess. Once they've been sprayed up, I'll glue these int...

Cut out the other three ankle 'detail'. Just need to shape to finish them off.