I have wired up and neatened all the 12v sources in the dome and as much of the servo leads as i can. But to be able to continue on the dome I'm now waiting for servos that should be here by now. :( I have had him on for the last few nights. Really pleased with the colour choices.
I have Seglus's Vegas PSI (Mk1) and JoyMonkey's R-Series logics (Mk1). I didnt fancy having to write code for these, so i decided to use the Rear PSI on the front and the front on the rear, in R2-D2 colours. With that choice made James and i had a play with the R-Series colours to get something that looked right.
Fronts have a Green/Orange fade with white spots. To try and mirror the Green/Orange PSI. Not a great vid, LEDs dont like being filmed. :(
Then the rears are Blue/Purple and Red.
I think it suits him. The lights are off, or not installed on the screenshots, so i figure this gives us free reign.
The diffusion on the PSI is a trial and error thing i did a while back. It is a 1mm layer of plastic from a Hobbytronics delivery box, then OHP inkjet film with the honeycomb print, then 10mm (2 x 5mm) light box perspex. Boards sit on the back, spaced off with, and held in to the silicone hose (my PSI holders) by large O rings, smaller diameter between pcb and perspex and thicker to retain it. Looks great in person, but tricky to film.
I then mounted the servo for the big door. Using a modified version of the same servo holders i had used in the dome.
After that i finished wiring up the UAC servos to a communal point. And glued it in place using HP40. Seems nice and solid, and thanks to a little shaping and the pull of the glue it all lines up well. A touch up of the paint and it looks like it was always there. :)
CBI door servo and PCB next. Then id like to look at the front foot one more time before testing. I don think the positions are optimal at the moment. Maybe time to start modelling that in Cubify.
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