Archive for July, 2009
Youtube R2 Vid
Posted by uubergeek in General Friday, 10 July 2009 01:09 No Comments
Well, basically just making this post to test youtube functionality. This is a short vid i made while sanding on the dome after i got my iPhone 3Gs
New Scout Helmet
Posted by uubergeek in 501st, General Friday, 10 July 2009 00:57 No Comments
Well, today (7.9.09) i finally finished cutting and sanding my new KS scout helmet. I’ve got a few pics up from my iPhone of it, and will have more when i download my camera stuff later on. It looks like i will need to heat and bend a few parts to get everything to fit right, but overall, it should be fine.
Also did a bit of dome work today. I went through and drilled pilot holes in all the parts that need to be removed from the inner dome. This took a while, but will make it much easier to cut those parts out later. I would have went ahead and cut the parts out, but the evening was getting late and the mosquitoes were swarming (South Arkansas Mosquitos are not to be reckoned with).
On a sad note, i got some terrible news from an old friend. Over the 4th of July weekend, my friends 4year old son, was playing in the lake and went underwater for a long time, while they got him to the hospital, apparently he had been under and had too much water in his lungs, and he passed away in the hospital on Wednesday. My heart goes out to Brandie in her loss as i can’t imagine what it is like for a mother to lose a young child like that. James will be missed.
July 4th Weekend Build Update
Posted by uubergeek in Droids, General Monday, 6 July 2009 17:21 No Comments
Well, traveled east over to Crossville, TN to hang out with my good friend Bluewolf and partake in some R2 building excitement over the weekend!
SOOO much got accomplished, mainly because Bluewolf is a workoholic!! Can’t give enough thanks to him for all that he did! I wasn’t very familiar with some of the stuff that needed to be done, where as, he was, and just went at it knocking out as much as possible. About the only thing we didn’t get to that was on the optional agenda was finishing the main legs… we got them drawn out on the wood, but didn’t get a chance to cut them out as we were both so tired on Sunday (and i was getting called from work right and left and was stuck on the computer most of the time)
Overall, I went from having basically nothing done, to having a dome with all the inserts painted (still waiting on resin pieces for the radar eye, logics, and dome bumps), having a wood frame completely built, and having the rocklear bearing attached to the frame, as well as having the dome parts that hook to the rocklear attached… this way, i’m still able to pull the dome off of the rocklear!
A few things that i need to do still is maybe toss a screw or two in the frame. While i think it will be fine, i’d like to give it just a bit more structural integrity just to be on the safe side. While i have attached my blue panels to the dome with putty, i need to pull those back off, finish sanding the dome itself and polishing it to give it a better shine (currently very dull looking) and i also need to finish cutting out parts for the inner dome (only have the back holo hole cut out currently). I believe i will need to cut out the other 2 holo holes, the front and rear logic holes, and was thinking of taking out a panel or 2 to make into doors, but havnt decided yet, guess i need to though.
Anyways, here’s a few pics of the weekend, all taken on my iPhone, cause i completely forgot about my normal camera that was sitting in my bag all weekend… LOL
