CB-23
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Reference from starwars.com
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Top section of the BB-8 head removed
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Depressions in the head (for original sensors) and panel lines filled and sanded
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New panel built for the top of the head. Also aerials modified from kit parts - the small one doesn't need any changes but the large one was cut down and had a piece of styrene rod glued to the end as a locating tab
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Visible section of the head interior boxed in and some detail added using styrene rod and tube
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New sensor eye added to top piece - modified from a leftover eye from and R2-D2 kit
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Main eye piece fitted to the head - made from a shaped piece of 3mm styrene with an indentation milled into it sized to fit a lense from a Bandai R2-D2 kit (a bit bigger than the lens from the BB-8 kit)
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Top and bottom pieces added to the head
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Head primed - still needs some clean-up and further panel lines
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All scribing done on the head and additional detail parts added
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First coat of paint - Alclad polished aluminium plus sealer. Lots of masking ahead!
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Lots of masking and turquoise paint done. More masking required before the red goes down
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Masking on head finished and crimson colour sprayed - all body painting now finished
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Assembly finished and gloss coated, ready for decals
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Comparison between CB-23 and BB-8
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Comments
5 January 2020, 00:02
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Thanks guys. JD - the probe droid is waiting on me to figure out a way to make some mods to the head, might be a while yet. Torsten - yes, I really like the metal finish you get with Alclad polished aluminium. I've used it on some of my other droids as well as a natural metal plane and it always works well, as long as you spray it over a good gloss primer coat.
17 January 2020, 06:53
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Only the Bandai kits as the colour separations are designed in and the connection points are usually in places where they're hidden
24 January 2020, 02:33
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Makes sense to me...Bandai kits are great.(except when they use stickers instead of decals)
24 January 2020, 02:45
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Yeah JD, never used the stickers yet. The only Bandai kit I have that's only got stickers is the R4-19 kit but that will be painted as another droid anyway. This one is nearing the end anyway, just needs decals and then weathering.
24 January 2020, 22:01
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And this one's done - added the lens to the main eye, painted the various lights etc. Also provided a comparison to BB-8 so you can see the differences.
25 January 2020, 09:21
Album info
I bought the BB-8 & D-O kit for the D-O droid but I'd already built BB-8. Therefore I'm converting the BB-8 to CB-23, the other ball droid in the Star Wars Resistance cartoon. The body is the same as BB-8, just different colours, but the head is quite different and needs some major changes.