The Head

The head design I have at the top of the page is my first idea for R5-4M's head.  I thought it would be interesting if R5-4M fought in the Clone Wars aboard an ARC-170 starfighter like this one:

I don't know of any other R2 Builders out there attempting a color scheme like this so I thought it might be unique.  This way I could easily identify him in a room full of other R2 Builders' creations.

First real update

I have been working on the R2 Dome for the past few days.  I cut off the top half of the inner dome so I could get it to fit better at the top.  The cuts won't be visible so as odd as it looks now it will look fine when its done. 

Next I need to cut the pie plates out of the top piece because I intend on having opening pie plates.

And so it begins...

This is the start of the build blog for our family project:  building a full-size remote controlled astromech droid. 

We will be building two droids.  A standard R2-D2 as well as a customized R5 unit called R5-4M.  For those who are wondering the 4M stands for "For Mya" with Mya being our daughter.  Stay tuned here for all future updates!