Probe Droid
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5 January 2020, 01:45
Uwe KaedingWell, to be honest, this one is about as simple as it comes as its just the installation of a pre-wired LED and battery pack that was designed for this kit - all I really had to do was drill the right size hole!
6 January 2020, 22:11
Uwe KaedingSome more work done on this one. I didn't like the look of the cabochons that come with the kit when they just sit on the plinths, so I milled some recesses for them. Also the eye plinths were oblong rather than circular, possibly due to the 3D printing process used for the master. They have been sanded to a more circular shape. There was also a fourth eye, which didn't have a cabochon supplied, but which was also oblong. This was cut off and will be replaced by a new 6mm cabochon, ordered from E-bay, also into a milled recess.
27 January 2020, 01:27
Stephan H.Awesome project. I am very much looking forward to see the whole "family" picture at the end. 👍
28 January 2020, 08:34
Uwe KaedingThanks Stephan - I'll have to do that group photo one day. Anyway the missing eye finally arrived and this one's finished!
12 February 2020, 09:01
Uwe KaedingUnfortunately, no. I just used various diameter milling bits in a standard drill press. The trick was finding a clamp that worked on the odd shape without damaging the resin - found an aluminium wood working clamp with fairly soft plastic on the jaws which ended up working.
16 February 2020, 12:07
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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.
