R5-J2.39 Day 1

Poor little R5 isn't as far along as his R2 counterpart... but I do have finals to study for over the next couple of days, so I had to cut my build session short. Most of R5's frame pieces are cut and ready to go, and I just need to get him put together. Here though, you can really see some of the warped styrene, which is making building the frame a little difficult. It's not as noticeable on the big pieces, and doesn't seem to affect them as much, but on these .39 scaled versions, it's causing us a little bit of trouble.

At this point, we've also decided to make some major changes to the frame, mostly taking out many, if not all of the upright supports and replacing them with threaded rod and covers, much like R2 CTHRU, which I ran across when doing research for this little project.

One of CTHRU's most notable features is the distinct lack of a million upright supports, and it makes sense to change some of them out for the threaded rod, as it will leave some more room for electronics, especially in the .39 scale versions. For now though, we'll finish these frames as-is, in the hopes that there's still more to learn from this design.

Next up, I need to cut and piece together my little R5's head, since I'm not doing an R2 or R3 unit, I can't use a dome from IKEA like dad is...