With the July 4th holiday and the every day madness that is life and work the boys and I are still in the process of dome prep. We have finished filing down all of the panels and are ready to start sanding. In fact my 5 year old continues to hound me about it. Summer vacation.......must be nice.
We did however get a nice suprise from the post office. Aluminum parts have arrived from as far away as Austrailia so now the need to step up the sanding is there so that we can get to work on these parts. For anyone out there curious on where the parts come from allow me to explain. As this is a builders club there are several individuals who are members that have parts made for their own builds. These builders are kind enough to have extras made that they offer to other builders. If you are unable to make it yourself and wait long enough you will eventually find it.
For starters we recieved an aluminum dome topper from corellian exports. This is a small part made to sit in the center of the dome once we have finished it.
Our next part was a set of aluminum dome bumps. These two bumps are on the back of R2's dome and are blue. Prior to installing them we will need to paint them. Many builders have made these out of aluminum and some have even used the head of bolt. These were so nicely done and at two dollars I felt it was a no-brainer.
Finally my favorite part to have arrived so far.... Front and rear aluminum logic displays. These are from David Shaw out of Austrailia. He makes a lot of beautiful pieces and I will be using his parts in the future as they come available but at this time these were the only parts for the dome he had in stock. I am hoping that he will make another run of the radar eye which is R2's "eye".
Theses are all great pieces and as soon as we get the dome sanded we can start getting them installed.
Keep watching for updates... the sanding is going to be a saga in and of itself.
