Probe Droid
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January 5, 2020Started by drilling some holes for the wiring and building a conduit2
January 5, 2020Glued the LED in place. Note the rookie mistake (the battery box needs to be hidden in the main body, so its wires had to be cut after this)3
January 5, 2020Conduit added to the head base plate4
January 5, 2020Top of the baseplate5
January 5, 2020Head pieces glued and filled/sanded6
January 5, 2020Milliput used to make a more positive location for joining the top and bottom of the body. Rare earth magnets (they come with the lighting kit) glued in place - the parts need to come apart to allow access to the batteries and switch7
January 5, 2020Some styrene rod and details added to the blaster part and hole drilled in the body top to locate it8
January 5, 2020I decided the arms need to look like they should rotate so I cut a set of discs to glue them onto9
January 5, 2020Discs detailed with holes around the circumference and set into recesses milled into the body10
January 5, 2020Arms cleaned up and with brass tube replacing all of the pistons, and pins glued into the ends11
January 5, 2020Test fit of all of the parts put together12
January 5, 2020I eventually found some connectors small enough to fit, soldered them on and tested it13
January 5, 2020Test with the battery box hidden in the body14
January 6, 2020Painting completed for main body and arms and rubber hoses added to underside of body15
January 27, 2020Milled out recesses for the cabochon eyes as I didn't like the way they looked sitting flush. I also rounded the eye bases into a more circular shape16
January 27, 2020Also milled out a recess for the small eye which was more oblong than circular - it will be replaced by a 6mm cabochon which is on order17
January 27, 2020Aerials added and everything primed.18
January 28, 2020All the kit pieces painted now19
January 28, 2020And the light still works!20
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This is the probe droid seen at the start of The Empire Strikes Back, made using the JPG kit (mastered by Nick Sagan) with the Tirydium Models lighting kit - my first try at lighting a model.