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Well..... it has been a long time since I updated this build log and a lot has happened since. I have changed my build to being entirely aluminum instead of doing any of the fiberglass stuff that I was doing. I sold all of my fiberglass and resin parts except the skirt. My new dome has been here for a while but I had not done much work to it. However, being done with college, I now have way more free time to do fun stuff like work on R2. Things aren't all splendid but R2 is going strong and I really am only a couple of parts away from having everything that I need to finish him.

Anyway, Last night I freed all the panels from the outer dome.

My dome has a lot of laser slag on it so it will be fun tonight getting all of that off. Also I need to file down the tabs that were holding the panels to the dome.

Here is the large pile of panels that will be getting painted and sanded to 2000 grit. I hope I will be able to get to that before winter but I need to get a set of ultimate hinges first. They hold the painted panels up

None of what I am doing is ground breaking but it's progress.

The final update on this log is the Midwest logo. I have been designing and redesigning the logo for about 4 months now. It has been through a lot of changes and updates but I think I finally have a "Final" version that I will use on shirt runs and other branding things.

Also on a not droid note, I have started acquiring parts for a storm trooper costume. I may devote a lot of time to finishing that when it comes in so at least I can troop with the 501st and Great Lakes Garrison.

This blog may turn into a multiple project blog but for now will remain just R2