OMG!!! He's Standing

It's been a long 2 years to get to this point and I have allot to do, But he's standing for the

1st time and I'm so HAPPY!!!

Center Ankle Mounts

Here's how I mounted my Center Ankle.

I built it pretty strong for 2 reasons.

I wanted it to handle more than enough weight and It also adds strength to the A&A frame.

Leg Process

I just wanted to show the way I applied the Styrene to the wood legs.

I used Contact Cement and you wipe down both parts and wait 5 minutes then bond the 2 together. I left quite a bit of overlay, But all you have to do is use a Dremel to cut it down to size.

Once you have it cut closer to the leg, I used my sander to get it to the correct size.

The process is very easy and it leaves a nice finished edge around the wood leg.

A little more info on the Speeder

One more (off topic) thing, about the COKE ONE Landspeeder that has been listed for sale. It was built in Atlanta in about 1982, I was the person who was responsible for driving it for the Coca-Cola Company there, as well as the Cobot Coke Robot.Typically, I trailered it wherever it would go, for parades, store openings, etc. However, it WAS street legal, and had a GA license plate on it, and I personally drove it on a regular basis over a three year period. It was built by Bill Tolar, on a Volkswagon Beetle chassis, and was the scariest F'ing thing I've ever driven on the freeway.....bugs in teeth and all.Bill and his crew also built a second one from the same molds that became a river raft, and it did finish the now defunct "Great Chattahoochie Raft Race". The last time that I spoke to Bill, he still had the raft in storage in his warehouse. The speeder is MUCH larger than the original, and is way out of scale, but was still a real eye catcher in it's day.

Now I can't reveal who this info came from, But it is a member of the R2 Builders Group.

Local Find

Here's something you don't see everyday, It's the old Coke-Cola Land speeder.

I read an article about 1 month ago and it was somewhere down south in Florida.

The article read, The Land speeder was impounded and 1 of the officers decided to auction it off for charity. So I guess it made it here.

Looks to me it was built on top of a VW frame and it was street legal.

Trial Fitting Legs

We Trial fitted the legs today and it's not going bad.

Still got allot of work to do and allot of painting, But it

was nice to see him with legs.

You can see the 1 leg still needs the Styrene and we had a couple of problems with the A&A inner circles that are inside the large spacer that is in between the body and the leg.

But all I need to do is sand it A&A circles for a better fit.

Legs Almost

Well, I got 1 leg almost together. There's still allot of work to be done and painting.

My wife volunteered her A&A motor holders so I could get R2 standing soon.

I'll replace these for her R3 soon.

Those two holes on the back of the leg hold the Booster in place and I'll get a white cover for them.

Now if I can get the other leg this far, I can see R2 stand for the first time.

More to come soon.

ANKLES!!!!!!!

My Jag Ankles arrived today and I slid the parts together to see how they look.

Can't wait to get everything painted and complete.

More to come soon.

501st Meeting

1st, I want to Thank Redeye for inviting us to the meeting.

We had a wonderful time and it was very interesting learning about Trooper outfits.

After R2 is finished and I build my Landspeeder, I will then build a Trooper outfit.

Some of the people there, I remember from the Comic book meet and was glad to see them again. See you guys next time and maybe I'll have R2 finished.

Getting Better

The pics show the face I put on the legs and the pocket holes.

The pocket holes are not to spec, But it was the best I could do with what I had to work with as far as tools.

I put the Shim and Booster on the leg to show what it will look like after I finish it.

I'll have to do some putty work here and there to make the legs as smooth as possible.

I attached the leg to R2 to see what he looks like with 1 leg so far.

I've still got the skin the back of this leg, But I want to stop on this leg, So I can start on the other.

Leg Skinning

I started applying the Styrene to the wood legs today and it's starting to look much better.

I had almost gave up on the legs, But Johnathan gave me a good talking too and now I'm back at my work. Once I get the legs completely covered you won't know the legs are wood.

I'll post more pics soon.

Southern R2 Meet

I just want to Thank everyone for making this meeting WONDERFUL !!!!!
I had a GREAT time and I hope you enjoyed the BBQ and all the other goodies
that were brought to the meeting.
Next year I plan to host another meeting and it will be even bigger and better than
this meeting. I hope to invite the general public to the next meet and mix a show/meeting
together. We'll have a bigger building and will combine the local Comic book stores in with our meet to attract the public.
So, Shine up your droids and prepare for even more fun!!!

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Southern R2 meet In Jacksonville, Florida

Here's some pics from the Meeting.

It was GREAT to see everyone again and I hope everyone had a good time.

That's my Wife and her R3-T7 and you guessed it , That's me.

Octo #2

Here's the rear Octo getting prepared for the blue paint. It will be a couple of days before I can do the blue, The white has to cure.

Once I get this part done I'll add the doors and the rear skin will be almost complete.

The other pic is inside R2. The panel I showed a month back is now installed in R2.

It's made of clear/black Plexiglass, Once I get all the electronics together I'll add them to this area.

Southern R2 meet In Jacksonville, Florida

The group is putting together a meet here and I've been really busy getting the details together.
I have some updates to post on my R2, But it might be a couple of days before I can get them posted. Also my wife's R3 has updates.

I will post some pics of the meet after it happens.
So stay tuned for allot of pics to come.