Leg to shoulder hubs

The correct description for the shoulder rings.
Anyway, we all know what we are talking about, don't we??!!
Small update; a delay on these pieces.
But I will keep you updated! For sure!!

Pre X-mas

My Buddy from the CNC Shop was quicker than expected; he has finished the diet ankle details for me!!

Pics later!!

I think to get them this week from him.

F11D Blaster Rifle

Okay, here is the latest news for you!
I just ordered a DIY Blaster in the chrometrooper version.
After getting the Captain Phasma helmet a long time ago, this is the next necessary acquisition for my chrometrooper costume.
What's Up next? The gloves. The character wears some C3PO lookalike gloves, so let's see if there is something similar around...
Disadvantage; 6-8 weeks waiting time until delivery.
And in between? Getting Aluminium to build the handmade armor.

Aluminium Diet Ankle Details

Today i gör the first pic of the diet ankle details from my Buddy at the CNC shop.

As you can see, the parts have received the first steps of milling... They 'll soon be ready.

R2 parts "collection"

just a pic of some of my parts i built in the last days and weeks...
(from left to right: outer steel feet under construction, outer steel ankle under construction, aluminium leg. upper row: finished center steel foot, finished outer steel ankles, finished center ankle)

Finished

one more ankle is finished now.

but there is still plenty of work to be done. cleaning up the mess on my workbench has a high priority!
and the working and storage room for my dust free stuff must be cleaned too!

some r2 parts must be ordered at the lasercutter. unfortunately my buddy there, responsible for these parts, is on vacation until next wednesday. so i have to wait a little bit!

meanwhile i will take care of a pair of outer feet. superlight version, of course! some small parts are missing, but i can produce them on my own...

I found some time...

...to continue on my parts...

today another outer ankle has to be welded!

let´s see, how far i´ll come...

ah, did i mentioned that i must do the outer feet too?

Shoulder Ring and other Updates !!

hey, we have a go for the shoulder rings. they will be lighter than the JAG version. not that much, only a little bit.

thanx to my brother in realizing them! let´s see, when they will be ready.

another update is on the diet ankle details. the cnc shop will do them in the next days.

Shoulder Rings

unfortunately nothing new concerning the shoulder rings in ali!

both enterprises i asked for a price haven´t answered yet. but i am on it...(using the force:) they will give me a good price and build them as fast as possible for me!!

The day after

getting to bed very early, after 7 hours of highway driving yesterday, i feel way better now!

my jedi suit was wet after the FACTS event in belgium!

now that same old procedure got me back again....sandblasting, car restoring, primering...and i still love it!!

i hope to get some more free time for me the next days...maybe next week. two free days in one week...i might combine this to get a full week free of sandblasting and taking care of building on my r2 unit... let´s see...

Und jetzt in deutsch, die lange Version !!

sooo, mein wochenende war voll mit eindrücken, die man so schnell nicht vergisst.
samstag die tollen blecharbeiten an tommy fontana´s käfer, die mir super gelungen sind, sonntag der belgien trip mit insgesamt 7 stunden autobahnfahrt und einer tollen expo messe in gent. mit cosplay, comics und ner menge merchandise!
naja, leider waren die comics auf holländisch oder französisch, manche in englisch. nicht so doll, wenn man beim lesen der comics sein langenscheid sprachlexikon rausholen muss...
total verrückte kostüme gabs zu bestaunen (oder deren träger zu bemitleiden, da die sich darin nen ast abgeschwitzt haben.
ich selber hatte damit auch zu kämpfen, lief ich doch als jedi meister mit umhang herum. jetzt sind die klamotten erst mal in der wäsche, weil nassgeschwitzt!
die händler hatten sich anscheinend alle abgesprochen, da die preise überall gleich waren. überall gleich hoch!!! 😞
tochter und sohn fanden es auf jeden fall toll (naja, bis auf die stundenlangen autobahnfahrten)!
das nächste kostüm für die tochter ist schon geplant...und meins auch! fehlt nur noch das englische rad! dann kann ich meine rüstung für den chrometrooper aus alu komplett selber machen!!!

So incredible !!

After a long rainy trip to belgium we arrived at the City of Gent around noon. We found a fantastic place, not far from the entrance on the IKEA parking lot.

After entering the FACTS exhibition center, the weirdness began!
Cosplay, Comics, Merchandise, everything for the Geek.
And of course Star Wars!!
Too much to list, too much to tell!!
It was great!!

UK Forum

hi guys!

stéphane from france was so nice to mention me in a thread on the UK forum concerning r2 parts. if you have any questions concerning the parts i build, feel free to ask me!
you can do this here via the comment function (just send me a message "anonymous"; only i can see what you have written, so it´s up to me to publish it (or not, LOL)).
or you can contact me on facebook. use the search function and type in "R2-T4".

we´ll see us (if you will be at facts the coming weekend)!!

Konkretere Pläne

facts rückt näher!
ich plane, mit der ältesten und dem sohnemann dort hinzufahren.
könnte ein schöner tag werden. wenn wir sonntag um acht uhr losdüsen, sind wir gegen kurz nach elf da.
und vielleicht will die holde und der rest der bande ja auch mit?? das meer ist nicht mehr weit davon entfernt, ebenso unser letztjähriger urlaubsort in holland. 

mal sehen, wer mit will...

FACTS

die belgische messe facts ist ja kommendes wochenende in gent. da war ich noch nie. soll aber gut sein.
von star wars über star trek, star gate und harry potter, bis zu game of thrones und etlichen anderen science fiction und fantasy sachen gibts da alles! comics, panels, der ganze merchandise schnickes und natürlich auch ne menge cosplay!
mal sehen, was die älteste und mein sohnemann davon halten, verkleidet dort hinzufahren...

hier noch der link dahin:   

www.facts.be

Information

Hi to all builder doing astromechs from series r2-r9...
Thank you for visiting my page! I'd be happy in getting some comments concerning the parts i build. And if you have ans questions; just use the comments function here on the blog. Only i can see what has been written.
Finest greetings PSN

Success !!

Luckily i could do more work on the second ankle today.
Only a gold friend came to me working on his VW beetle.
So the ankle is ready for a (sand-) blast and a coat of primer before pressing in the ball bearings.

Here a pic before drilling the holes for the capsuled ball bearings...

And Yes, the ali ankle cylinder fits perfect!

Second outer ankle works

I will finish the second outer ankle today. Well i guess...lol.
In the last time there was always someone disturbing me on Saturday keeping me from working on my R2 parts.

Having only three hours to work on the ankle, nothing may go wrong today!

J4-K3 Roaming Droid

sehr interessant! der roaming droide J4-K3. sieht bestimmt gut aus...wäre ein interessantes projekt für vater und sohn...

New version for outer ankles

i am thinking about an easier way to build and weld the outer ankles. therefore i have to update my dxf plans. i think a visit at my buddy at the local metal- and lasercut shop is quite necessary...

Second outer steel ankle

The outer legs are ready to be media blasted and primered. And the ordered hollow screws came in today!!

This will be done tomorrow. Today i concentrated myself in welding parts for r2.
The next part is the second outer steel ankle with ball bearings and a hollow screw...unfortunately a customer and good friend "stole" my time and i couldn't get as far as i hoped...

Two months to go...

and episode 8 will be on screen!!

In between...

...some pics from the work on the legs...

here a shot of the first welded parts of leg number one...

the bended parts for inside (under shoulder details area)...

One day only for Talon

today i will do weld and metal works only for talon!

i began earlier today (of course with watching the brandnew and completely disappointing trailer for star wars episode 8), picking up a brandnew full bottle of welding gas at a local technical gas supplier and bringing parts to a galvanizing shop. all before starting work in my enterprise...

now i am ready to rumble!!!!

The already finished parts...

And the to be welded brandnew parts:

more new pics in a few hours!

A whole bunch of parts

still a lot to do;

one outer steel ankle is almost ready (one ball bearing must be pressed in), another outer steel ankle has to be done (tomorrow) and a set of steel legs must be done too.

the new ali shoulder rings aren´t yet in production, neither the ali diet ankle details. but i am working on that... ;)

but i prepared a set of ali shoulder hubs yesterday...  

at least a small shiny point on the horizon...