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R2 builders day, nice turnout. Great fun day with lots of geeking out.

Proud to join the @501st_ukgarrison to help Edward celebrate the end of a grueling course of treatment. @ukr2d2buildersclub

First outing for the year. @ukr2d2buildersclub @501st_ukgarrison

R2 out at his last event of the year. Beaumont College Winter Fair.

Fantastic first day at @mcmcomiccon with the @ukr2d2buildersclub and @501st_ukgarrison So many droids.

Looking forward to the weekend at @mcmcomiccon in Birmingham with the @ukr2d2buildersclub and @501st_ukgarrison R2 has his MOT due, so off to give him a once-over. Hope to see you all there.

Prototype on stripboard for R2’s smoke machine circuit. Needs trimming a bit, but works nicely. I2c controlled, with a variable duration from 1 to 9 seconds. It’s running at about 6v to produce a decent amount of vapour, so don’t want it running too long and burn out the coil. May do a PCB for it with the relay on board, as it is a fairly generic device so could be useful for other things.

Base white coat done in a late night painting/sanding session. As it’s a replacement head for R2 it’s going to need some blue, just not sure on what design to do. Tempted with a thin line around at the layer shift (even tho it’s now hardly noticeable). But will need more. Radar eye will be blue, hp cowl too possibly. Time for a think….

Wondering if it’ll get him home…..

On the busses. @99thgarrison @ukr2d2buildersclub @dreamflight_official