the mystery 3rd panel on artoo

And here’s the mystery third panel on my R2-A1:

the first completed part of my R2-A1

I guess you can call it a major part because its not little, lol. Yes, the dome is done with LCD lighting and such. I added a 3rd LCD screen like Calvin did because the screen is black like R2-A1 paint job so it looks like a “regular” panel until it lights up. It looks so cool!!   The paint job was a a little tricky because you paint it once, fill and file the imperfections ( a boo boo in layman’s terms) and repaint and so forth. Once it was done it looked so cool

LCD logics…from idea to reality…

Well, I promised and update on the LCD front and rear logics and here they are. Keep in mind that the video camera can’t give you a picture of how rich the colors really are.

this is how rich the colors appear on the LCD screens:

finally picked the next artoo to build…

I’m going to be building the R2-A1. Because I have a new dome which I am working at the moment I thought I’d repaint and install the LCDs as logics in the old plastic dome. At the same time I’m preparing my new aluminum dome with all the goodies I made earlier.