Last weekend I did my last special visit with R2 for the year. I try and do one special visit over the Christmas holidays to a specially chosen child to brighten up their birthday (or special day) a little more than the usual. That look in there eyes gives so much back that I kind of have made it a tradition. This year it was little Olles turn. The look in his eyes says it all 
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This weekend was a very exciting event weekend! It was one of Sweden’s biggest yearly SciFi events. Together with the 501st Nordic Garrison, here in Sweden we raise $3300 for UNICEF over the 2 days of the event. We got the R5 up and running even though we broke a foot axle while transporting him to the event. After a “quick” fix he was running perfectly. My R2 was doing great with my new wheel layout. I’m going to make the axles a little stronger to be on the safe side though. I also scratch built a Deathstar data port, similar to the Star Wars: A New Hope and it turned out pretty well. I didn’t have the chance to install the motor because I was pressed for time but it spins as well. Anyway, here are a few pictures and videos:
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Many have been asking me how the building has been going lately because I haven’t posted anything for a while. Well Wall-E is taking shape but I needed to take a short break because I needed to work on my R2. I have a major event coming this weekend and I wanted to do some major changes in the wheel designs and layout, including the drive system. I now have made all the wheels in a fixed setup so that they don’t bend from stress. The re-design is now done and its perfectly rigged! I’ll post some pictures shortly. Another project for this event is that I’ve been helping my good friend Jimmy work on his R5-D4 and that one will also be ready for its premiere showing at this event as well. We did the first test run just this weekend and its looking good. Hopefully all the minor details will be done before this weekend. A lot of it is dependent upon me. Anyway, here’s its first test run:
As everyone know Wall*E isn’t just a rusty brown colour. He’s really yellow when he’s new. So I’ve been testing the yellow colour choice on the front compactor. It’s a perfect match! I even put the “Wall*E” text that I made earlier and it looks so cool together. Here’sa few pics of the test fitting
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