Probe Droid

Started by drilling some holes for the wiring and building a conduit 

Glued 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) 

Conduit added to the head base plate 

Top of the baseplate 

Head pieces glued and filled/sanded 

Milliput 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 switch 

Some styrene rod and details added to the blaster part and hole drilled in the body top to locate it 

I decided the arms need to look like they should rotate so I cut a set of discs to glue them onto 

Discs detailed with holes around the circumference and set into recesses milled into the body 

Arms cleaned up and with brass tube replacing all of the pistons, and pins glued into the ends 

Test fit of all of the parts put together 

I eventually found some connectors small enough to fit, soldered them on and tested it 

Test with the battery box hidden in the body 

Painting completed for main body and arms and rubber hoses added to underside of body 

Milled 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 shape 

Also 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 order 

Aerials added and everything primed. 

All the kit pieces painted now 

And the light still works!