Trooper TK3002 Blog

Thursday, July 17, 2008

July 2008 Progress

R2D2 and C3PO
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

not too far to go for both droids now

feet to sort on r2
hands and belly to sort on 3po

hopefully get all of this cdone before the clone wars comes to cinemas!!

Wedding Day Joy

mick, r2, 3po and caroline
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

I was so proud to marry Caroline this year on May 25th and yes we've done the normal wedding photos but also I thought we couldn't go without sharing it with the rest of my family.....

Saturday, May 17, 2008

C-3PO Sounds

toy 3po
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

This was a cheap c-3po toy I got from ebay
It has several c-3po sound clips that I'll use inside my 3po

3po progress

3po progress
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

After a couple of weeks worth of spray painting I put 3po back together and this is how he's looking
The metallic paint looks great but its hard not to leave your finger prints all over the place
Hopefully I'll get the head finished by the end of the weekend as well

Sunday, April 13, 2008

C-3PO

the bare parts
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

Today I bought a Threepio from Jeff of the UK Garrison and picked it up from him in Bristol
This is the one that was in the Droid Builders Area in Celebration Europe.
Over the next week or so I will be spraying it gold
You can see in this picture that it came with a mannequin made from pvc piping

Sunday, March 30, 2008

First Steps

Added the radio control gear into my R2 today
My brother helped with sorting the motors and feet
I've still got quite a bit of work to do to sort the feet and make them more sturdy and stable
The motor holders are A&A and its got scooter motors running at 12V
I'm using the Viper speed controllers and HiTec radio gear

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Master Replicas ANH Trooper Helmet

Stormtrooper Helmets
Originally uploaded by mick.pell@btinternet.com

I've just taken delivery of my new MR play.com exclusive budget ANH helmet.
Its a pretty good helmet especially as it only cost 60 quid!
Not sure whether it'll be accepted as it is by the UK Garrison though.

Here you can see it standing next to the FX helmet. (FX on left)

Saturday, December 29, 2007

R2 speaks

After messing around with various mp3 players and speakers I decided to go with the Hyperdyne Labs sound board with IR motion detection
I have installed it into the body just behind the vents

http://www.hyperdynelabs.com/

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

R2 at Christmas

Saturday, November 03, 2007

National Space Centre - Sci-Fi Weekend

Today I took my R2 to the Sci-Fi weekend at the National Space Centre in Leicester

Andy from ther UKG as 3Po

Harrison and R2

Steve and Alex take their droid out for a spin

Fin, Adam and my R2

Phoebe, R2 and Archie in the Columbus space module

National Space Centre - Sci-Fi weekend

Columbus space module - part of the International Space Station

My R2 on the left and Steve's

Droid builders in the Columbus space module

National Space Centre - Sci-Fi weekend

More photos ....

National Space Centre - Sci-Fi weekend 4

1964 Dalek

Adam with the Tie Pilots

Batmand and Robin and B9 Robot

National Space Centre - Sci-Fi Weekend - Bug Hunt

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Balls!!!

I finally got hold of some omniballs for my feet from outwaterplastics
The large centre foot one needed a bit of doctoring so that it connected properly to the A&A parts but now my R2 moves around a lot more freely and securely

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Celebration Europe - Excel July 13th-15th 2007

I took my R2 down to CE this weekend and joined up with fellow builders (Jeff, Oliver, Arnd, Mark, Steve and Wim) in the Droid Builders Room
I got to meet Kenny Baker, Don Bies, Daniel Deutsch and Albin Johnson

More photos can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mickpell/sets/72157600902280281/

Canary Wharf from Excel Arena