...a long time ago...about 25 years ago actually I made a lifesize rc R2 out of cardboard, sweat and a lot of tape. It made it through one sf convention before I had to mothball it because of rain the very next day, lol. Now after a long thought process over the years and after visiting so many conventions (last being the celebration III and IV). I decided this is it. I love a challenge, I've love the entire astrodroid concept as well as Star Wars (of course) and face it R2's the real hero. So this is my attempt to recreate a hero to us all R2-D2 as well as a newer hero R2-R9. Fell free to leave comments and tips....Best Regards Thomas
I decided to try and make a housing for the front/rear PSI to see how it would look. I used a bunch of old pill bottles, you know the small plastic ones. It just so happens that they have the correct diameter (40mm). I just drilled a small hole in the cap for the wires, glued the circuit board to the inside of the cap and finally glued thin black cardboard around the outside.I did this not because I wanted to same money, I just thought those resin parts that you can buy online looked so familiar. Well it was and it actually worked, lol. I plan to sand away the text from the bottom but the picture and video shows how it turned out :)
Comments on "the second PSI test..."
Great effect! Seems to be reacting to moods!!!
Nice!
Jason
thanks jason :)