Frame!!

Yesterday I went to Customs to picked up the COM 8B frame :-D. Today saturday I assembled everything, and now the project is turning into a real thing!! It was very easy to assembled, first I sanded and washed all parts and then followed the instructions that came in the box. I also looked different pictures to see if I was going on the correct way.

Next step is finishing legs and center ankle. After that finishing the Dome so I can start later on electronics. In the meanwhile I'll be painting styrene parts.

Arduino Kit arrived!

Arduino starter KIT arrived safety. I will use this to build FLD and RLD.

Drivers arrived!!

I received the Sabertooth 2x25 and Syren 10 drives. The first one is for main feet and the second one is for the Dome.

RLD and FLD Boards arrived!

I also received from Laen the PCB to build the Front and Rear Logic displays. I will follow this tutorial.
And received the MAX7219 Led Display Driver as well.

MDF Inner ring

Yesterday I bought a circular MDF 46x18mm to make the inner dome ring. I sanded it about 3/4mm and then cut out the center to fit the bottom dome ring. After that, I presented the inner dome ring and put the outer dome and Dome Base Plate, here it made a mistake trying to force the Dome ring and broke the thin strip below the RLD. I will need to glue it once everything is done.

During the weekend I will drill the Inner Dome Ring and try to fit everything before I receive the body frame.

12 Channel RF Remote arrived

Today I received the 12 Channel Wireless RF Radio Remote Control System. I will use this for Sounds along with the Arduino and CFIII Sound.

Center Foot

I've been working on the Center Foot. I made it of styrene 3mm, put an MDF frame inside to tight it up and make it stronger, and glued 3mm strips inside as a frame as well. Next step is to finish the details.

Dome Base Plate arrived

Today I went to pick up at UPS the Dome Base Plate!!! This is a JAG's run made in aluminum. I also drilled the holes in the rockler bearing to fit the base plate. Next step is to build the brackets for the Pittman motor and sand again the rockler bearing.

Resin parts arrived!

Today I received a few resin parts from Steele. These are Shoulder Hubs, Shoulder Hydraulics, Shoulder Buttons, Knurled Hose Fittings, Front and Rear Logic Display boxes.
They need to be sand and drilled before painting. They fit perfectly.

Ankle Details

Today I finished the Ankle Details, made them in styrene of the pdf downloaded from astromech.net. I used 3mm and 1mm styrene and filler for the little gaps. There were pretty easy and faster to make. I did the top squares a few days ago gluing 6 layers of 1mm styrene and sand them to obtain the curves on the sides.

Logic Bezels

Today I also received from Joymonkey the Logic Bezels, they are superb. I can't wait to start working on Logic Displays.

Second Booster Cover

Ok, today I decided to make the second Booster Cover, but this time I glued with the correct liquid and I finished really faster and easy. Despite I made one before, I made a little mistake when I cut the upper layer thinking that it was too wide, but when I glued all parts I realized that it was wider to fit all parts together (it can be seen in the inner medium part), but I will fix it later with filler before painting.

Coin Slot Strips

Today It's the turn for the Coin Slot Strips. I made it from the flat pack of 3mm styrene, but I had to draw the outlines in Illustrator because when I printed the pdf the scale wasn't right. Yesterday I got the Humbrol liquid glue so it was easier and faster using a needle than the previous glue. I put it in the skins and it looks pretty decent. I still have to put filler before painting.

Leg Struts

At the same time that I've been working on Booster Covers I started to build the Leg Struts. I bought PVC Pipes of 21mm diameter, cut it in 2 pieces, glued 1mm styrene around them to obtain the shapes and for thicker parts I glued 2 or 3 layers. To join the two pipes I bend a 0.5mm styrene strip to simulate a thinner pipe.
For the upper box I glued 9 squares of 3mm of styrene and for the circle I cut a 3mm of styrene as well. You will see how it will fit with the Booster Cover. A handcraft piece :-O

Booster Covers

I didn't post anything last week because I've been working on Booster Covers and it was little bit complicated and took me more time than expected. Anyway, I printed the Styrene plans, imported to Illustrator, draw outlines and printed out the first BC. I used 0.5mm, 1mm and 3mm styrene and Mc D's straws ;-).