Along with getting the Holoprojectors and a few other detail parts finished up one of the other main projects was to get the sound working. I found a nice small motorcycle amp on eBay and mounted it to a plastic panel on the inside left leg. I bought a few cheap speakers and tried them but the sound was horrible. On a hunch I dug around in my garage and found some old stereo speakers that I took apart. These yeilded two PERFECT speakers that fit perfectly and sound fantastic. I copied a few extra sound files off my Star Wars music CDs onto a thumb drive and wow!!
This shows the speakers installed on a plate that will be directly begind the front grills.
Also I finished up the Holoprojectors and installed them with a bit of JB Weld. I still have to hook up the wiring but they look nice and the Dome now has a finished look.
This is an overall shot of what R2 looks like so far without the skins. In order to get him to a ready to show state I need to wire up the Holoprojectors, add the Power Couplers and manufacture and install the coin returns. Although the wiring works it's temporary so I need to do a bunch of wiring work soon.
No comments:
Post a Comment