I've had the back door for my droid half built for awhile now, but wasn't quite sure how to go about putting the red of it together since it couldn't be clamped. Today I just dove in and got it done. This meant cutting out a piece of the original frame (seen on the floor) to fit it into place. But once it was done and fitted, I was able to cut out the back door oepning in my rear skins which means I can finally get those mounted, and Whistler's behind won't be hanging out at the con next week. Before I can get the skins mounted I need to get some paint on the rear door frame though, and then we should be good to go.

I'm keeping the rear door in place with a set of three small bungees I had on hand hooked into 6 medium sized screw eyes. I figure I can relocate these as needed when I get internals in later.

My gas pipe with flanges test fit. 1 1/4" galvanized water pipe (16" length) and 1" galvanized water pipe (14" length) with appropriate flanges, and a U bolt to help things stay in place once everything is in and set. (Overall gas pipe and flange length is the recommended 19")

Finally got my center leg assembled today as well, and the lower inner portion of the other two legs on. I still need to get the shoulder mounts set in the right place and attached. I'm hoping for a first coat of primer after some sanding to get done before going to this con.. but there's a lot to get done on this boy still! I need to build some temporary feet to put his temp wheels (two large fixed, and one swivel for the center with a brake lock on it) on as well so that he's somewhat mobile, and will be easier to move around at/to/from the con.So much to do, and so little time! I'll try to continue with the updates as I go!

Unfortunately I haven't been able to do much work in awhile because I am in school right now. Juggling 3 classes, and the schedules of 3 kids has been crazy. I am still hopeful that I can at leas get my third leg put together and get them on my droid before the Phoenix Comicon in May so that he can at least be rolling around on casters and won't have to be taken to and from the convention on a daily basis in a more difficult manner.

I have been very bad about updating as my computer was in the shop for awhile, and I've gotten super busy in my "real" life. I just started school this week, so I probably won't be able to do as much work as I was getting done before, but I'm still hoping to at least have my boy on legs for PCC in May. May the force be with me!

Here is a quick photo update of what's been going on.

Legs arrived from Henrick!

Legs stacked up how they should appoximately look when they are put together.

My wonderful husband got me a coin slot for Chrismas, and despite ordering it in November (we all know how runs can be) it didn't arrive until January.

Purchased a pair of motors to power the little guy.

This is the first leg completely glued and dry and all puttied up with wood putty for some preliminary sanding.

Second leg clamped and drying. Unfortunately despite the aligning dowels this one managed to shirt some and will require considerably more sanding than the first. Though both will require quite a bit of work still to get them to a real quality level.

Test fir of my beautiful new coin slot! It required a good deal of sanding to fit it into it's niche inside, but fits snugly, and was definitely worth the work. Now it just needs some paint and to be glued into it's home!

My boy now has a front outer skin! (Just applied and waiting to dry. I still have yet to work the seams on this... but at least I got it on there! lol

The project so far sitting on the skirt. (Looks fantastic, but nothing is attached to anything else yet. lol