CB-23
Reference from starwars.com
Top section of the BB-8 head removed
Depressions in the head (for original sensors) and panel lines filled and sanded
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
Visible section of the head interior boxed in and some detail added using styrene rod and tube
New sensor eye added to top piece - modified from a leftover eye from and R2-D2 kit
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)
Top and bottom pieces added to the head
Head primed - still needs some clean-up and further panel lines
All scribing done on the head and additional detail parts added
First coat of paint - Alclad polished aluminium plus sealer. Lots of masking ahead!
Lots of masking and turquoise paint done. More masking required before the red goes down
Masking on head finished and crimson colour sprayed - all body painting now finished
Assembly finished and gloss coated, ready for decals
Comparison between CB-23 and BB-8
Comments
5 January 2020, 00:02
Uwe KaedingThanks 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
Uwe KaedingOnly 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
JDMakes sense to me...Bandai kits are great.(except when they use stickers instead of decals)
24 January 2020, 02:45
Uwe KaedingYeah 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
Uwe KaedingAnd 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.
