Parts... Electronics.... & Organization

Took inventory of all my electronics and parts this weekend. It seems I still have a bit to go on collecting parts for droid #2

Polo Shirt

I decided to create a polo shirt to have before I go to CVI. Here it is:

Embroidered Polos by Vistaprint

Kansas City R2 Builders Logo!!!

Yes!!! I love it the logo for the Kansas City R2 Builders group is now finished what a great job KC Web Geeks did designing this.

Testing Color Changing Paint

On droid number 2 I wanted to do something a little different so I am testing the color changing paint from Rust-Oleum. I grabbed some small aluminum sheets from the local hardware store and gave it a go. I tried the Blue - Purple and the Green - Red. I also tried them on various types of backing to see how well it would coat and if high gloss or flat would work best.

I did not wait long enough for the blue to dry before I flipped it over so it has a bit of dirt on it, it really looked better before I screwed that part up. I have decided to go with the Green - Red blend as I really liked the look of the primary green color and the red was really subtle and that looked nice.

Here is the Blue - Purple

Here is the green. It was a bit hard to have the camera pick up the transition to red but in person I really liked the effect.

The Painted Dome.... almost done

First let me start by saying I am dumb as I forgot to take picture of the masking job I did that took me almost 3 1/2 hours to complete. I used the yellow Frog Tape and I have to say this stuff is worth every penny. I highly recommend it. I still screwed up the paint a little but not nearly as much as I could have. So without further adieu here is R2's dome in all it's blue and silver glory.

Now to keep this blog as honest of a record as possible here are all the shots that show you the paint I screwed up and will have to touch up.