I'm just here for the pics of the blue lighter 
A Model Build To End the Summer
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You better pace yourself Ken or you'll be done before the end of summer and have to start another one.
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I spent another 6 hours on the build today and I managed to get the cockpit installed as well as the walls of the X-wing around the cockpit installed. A few trim pieces finished off those panels just nicely. I have to say that this is one of the more challenging builds that I have done. I'm hoping for a full day on it tomorrow and also hoping for some good progress. It really doesn't look like I did much today for spending 6 hours on it.
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Spent 8 hours figuring out how to make the wing housing today. There were a whole mess of angle to figure out and more dry fits than I care to mention but in the end, I got it made. I realized after I had it glued together that I neglected to cut one of the long slots for the lower wing assembly so I had to do that after it was all glued together. I also found that a quick dry fit, didn't allow the assembly to fit in the front end of the model so I had to make a bunch of adjustments, but it all fits together now. Coming along nicely.
Wow! That's so cool!
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Had a few hours to kill this afternoon so I decided to do a little work on the model. I added the final little trim pieces at the rear of the wing compartment and got all 4 wings cut and the detail panels routed in them. The wings are only 1/8" thick and the routed lines are mirrored on both sides of the wings so I had to reduce the routing to 1/32" deep so that I didn't compromise the stability of the wing or cut right through. These routings are nerve racking. LOL.
Ken - are you routing with a Dremel or a trim router?
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Had some time to kill today so I headed out to the shop to work on some of the model piece. I decided to work on the engines which was all lathe work. I managed to get a catch on the first one I turned and ruined it but everything else went pretty smoothly. I just dry fit them together to see if they looked right. I'm not done making these as there is more to do but that is enough for today. I can only stand at the lathe for so long.
Looking good. Will the wings open and close?
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Well I spent a good part of the morning today building a little jig to hold one of my trim routers so that I could do the fluting on the engines. Let's just say that this one that is pictured is actually the 3rd prototype as the others failed miserably. Either way, I got all the fluting done on the engines and then made most of the wing brackets to hold the engines in place. I only managed to get two of the engines and brackets installed and I'm far from done but after 7 hours, I was pretty much done for the day. I'm thinking I may go back out there again tonight and see if I can get more done.
This is the way....
The force is strong with this one.
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Spent another 5 1/2 hours on the build today. Worked on the laser cannons which took a long time. They aren't finished by any means but the hardest and most time consuming part is done. I also worked on the lower wings and their engine mounts. Once that was all done, I finished off the day by starting to add some more details to the wing's engine brackets. That was enough for one day. A dry fit shows that things are going nicely. More next week folks.
Is the r2 unit going to be a removable figure or just the head?
You built gears for a dump bed but you can't figure out how to fit a ASTRO Droid in a space designed for an ASTRO Droid? You're slipping old man...
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You built gears for a dump bed but you can't figure out how to fit a ASTRO Droid in a space designed for an ASTRO Droid? You're slipping old man...
Unfortunately, the space is needed to house the wing mechanisms. But I'll see what I can do, just for you.