Throw back Thursday: May 2018 - My R5-D4 patches

 A long time ago.......

Seven years ago today [well, yesterday lol].

My own designed patches arrived.

Read about that day here.

Throwback two years - A Cup of Tea with Sam & Lee [2020]

This notification pinged up on my phone this morning, reminding me that it's two years since I was visited by ..... no, not the ghost's of Christmas past 😆😆😆 lol....... but by Sam & Lee.

We got to talk about droid building of R5, projects, future builds, events etc and also the South West accent 😄 lol

Check out the interview link here >>>

 Lockdown DroidBuilders Show with Sam & Lee 

For the actual interview,

fast forward to the 08.00 minute mark 😄

Once you've watched, then have a look at the other YouTube videos on the channel as there are past events & tutorials, featuring not only Sam & Lee, but Oliver, Giles and others!

Interested in joining and building your own droid, then checkout

www.droidbuilders.uk

Throwback Thursday: Red Cup Wrap 2017

Our services were requested by Lee.T as ‘special droid servers’ for a wrap party event, back in 2017.

This was a great honour to attend and we got to show everyone our ‘driving skills’ as well as getting to rub shoulders with cast/film celebs…😄. Once our duties were finished we were then able to enjoy the rest of the night.

Can’t believe it’s been four years!!

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and I'll try to answer as soon as possible.

James’ R5-D4 YouTube channel 2020

 Had this congratulations email today from YouTube for all my videos uploaded in 2020 lol......all 12 minutes of them :D . Not exactly ground breaking mind you, and a few million off any YouTube awards lol, but I appreciate everyone who has watched etc and I hope they have been entertaining or educational.

See screenshots below.... then head on over to my channel to contribute to the ‘ups’  & likes and shares, thanks everyone.

My YouTube channel link below:

https://youtube.com/channel/UCVWPGuMi4c6ngsx5xwH0kGg

Throwback Friday - 10 years of the UK R2D2 Builders Club

This weeks throwback is a day late and also a few weeks too.....

June 9th marked 10 years of the first gathering of like minded builders. There were other builder groups, but this event marks the beginning of what has become the UK R2D2 Builders Group.

click on link below to view video

UK R2 Builders 10th Anniversary

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Throwback Thursday: Celebration Europe 2016

What can I say!!

I had attended events before and was really excited to be joining builders from not just the UK, but also from Europe and further still. Some I’d only chatted with online in forums.

But I was not expecting the overwhelming feeling of excitement that hit me a few days before the event had even opened lol.

Arriving, unloading R5 and my gear, walking into the massive Star Wars arena was awesome!!

Builders Club swag merch.

But I'll leave you the following links to go through to get the full picture:

Celebration Europe 2016 - part 1

Celebration Europe 2016 - part 2

Celebration Europe 2016 - part 3

Celebration Europe 2016 - part 4

Celebration Europe 2016 - part 5

.......Celebration Europe 2016 - part 6.......lol, no there is no part 6, think 5 was enough.

Just one of my highlights.....being stood two feet away from Andi, who was casually sat on the Star Wars stage....me trying to be casual and giving her a 'hi' smile.....whilst trying not to Fanboy out over her 😍 hahahaha 💗💗💗

Throw Back Thursday - R4-D4's Holoprojector work

This weeks Throw Back Thursday post is back to 2018 and the start of my attempt at motorising and illuminating the holoprojector for R4's dome.

Links to the start of project.
#astromech #r4d4 #3dprinting

Throw Back Thursday - Vintage Futaba transmitter

This weeks throw back Thursday

is to my purchase of two vintage Futaba radio transmitters.

These were a little part of R5's behind the scenes history.

And was the start of a few mini projects linked to them.

Vintage Futaba Ripmax M4 & M6 [2016]

Vintage Futaba Antenna - eBay [2018]

Vintage Futaba Antenna - Ribbon Indicator [2019]

Vintage Futaba - Crystal hatch 3D printed 1.0 [2019]
Vintage Futaba - Crystal hatch 3D printed 1.1 [2019]

I also designed up and printed a display stand.....but I don't think I actually blogged it....? I'll have to dig it out and post pictures....

Throw Back Thursday - Han Solo costume for Celebration Europe 2016

This week’s throwback is to the Han Solo costume I made for my Son, to attend Star Wars Celebration Europe back in 2016.

Originally he wanted to go as a Stormtrooper, but I persuaded him it wouldn’t be very practical or that it would last to be worn again. After I showed him a pic of Han after they escape from the trash compactor scene & him wearing a Stormtrooper's belt, he was sold.

The boots were off eBay second hand, but in perfect condition & the trousers were bought from Tesco’s. The shirt, jacket (vest) & scaled blaster, were made by myself with help from Karen.

Here are some of the links to the making of his outfit:

• The beginning
• Never tell me the odds
• E-11 scaled blaster build begins
• The vest work begins
• Boots
• Trousers

Hope these help if your thinking of making something for yourself or your kids.

Throw Back Thursday - Collectormania 23 - 2015

This weeks throw back Thursday

is when I attended Collectormania 23,

at Milton Keynes football stadiums conference centre.

R5 & James' X-Robots R6

Click the link to see the pictures and mini event report:

Collectormania 23

@Milton Keynes,

event report 2015

Throw Back Thursday - R0-D4 dome build

This week, throw back Thursday is a look at my R0-D4 dome I started to make.
The name is just my play on the R0 domes created by Lee & Oliver for 'The Force Awakens' film.

As with all my work it's built from wood, although a few years later I started an upgrade to change the rotation setup, requiring a new lower neck ring. This was going to be made out of metal, but due to tools, I had to make do with 3D printing it. This part is still uncompleted. He actually had a toy (not official) made of him by Mark T.....Blog link here.

So here's the dome,

semi completed and before the neck ring upgrade work had begun:

Frame work:

Link to Blog history of build can be found here.
Thanks for reading.

Throw Back Thursday [part 2] - June 2019

Around this time last year I had started making a dome bag.

A dome bag, you ask???
Yes!

At an event, a co builder asked about how best to carry R5's dome (as it's wood and he obviously didn't want to cause any damage to it. This gave me the idea to make a carrier for it. One that can protect from dust & light bumps etc, but make it easier to carry.

So I started making the above Dome Bag.
Follow the link to follow my original bag making process.
I did start on a more correct size one, which would be used for my R4 dome.....that ones still to be finished tho.

Happy reading!

Throw Back Thursday [part 1] - June 2015

Missed a few weeks of throw back Thursday's, so making up for it this week with two posts:

Upgrade and screen accurate work to R5's centre leg.

Back in 2015:

This started because of a discussion about screen accurate droids, and R5 came up as people usually just swap over from an R2-D2 dome and then apply vinyl etc to add colour.

R5's Centre foot Outer ankle

But it was noted that R5's centre leg was actually fitted with an outer ankle! The result of an unfortunate incident.....

Here's the link to the start of my Centre Leg upgrade.

.....second post out later today.

Throw Back Thursday - Restart

With COVID-19 and everyone in lock-down's around the world, events where we would normally catch up with, not only fellow builders, but friends from cosplay groups as well.

So to help, hopefully, relieve the boredom, I'll post up links to past posts made around the appropriate dates.

The First would actually have been March and one of our first of the year:

Bristol Comic Con & Gaming Festival 2019

There's loads more to read etc on my Blog to keep you occupied.

STAY SAFE!

Throw back Thursday - 1

Just posted this up on Instagram, so thought I'd share.

Throw back to my first event attended with R5's.

He was still a work in progress and didn't even have a dome lol.

Dome was brought along and borrowed for R5 by my new fried Ian,

with his R4-1J droid.

The end R6 droid was Mark's from PodPadStudios.

Above grab from 'james_r5d4' account

Shout out to Jedi News!