That's right! My very own R2-D2! I've been working on him for just over 2 years and he has gone through a number of changes. He first began as a plastic framed droid with a fibreglass dome. He has now been upgraded to a custom made aluminium frame and is on dome number three. Many of the parts have come from the Astromech.net website and the UK R2 Builders club but I have also custom made lots of parts myself.
The dome sits on a large lazy susan so it can rotate 360 degrees. Inside he has a large number of LEDs running his lighting at the front and the back.
Inside his body are some linear actuators to make his legs tilt so he can be on either 2 or 3 legs. This is called the 2-3-2 transition. He only does this a couple of times in the films and it's quite tricky to replicate!
He is still a work in progress but is starting to really come to life.
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