(06-20-2015) Painting and assembly begins

Last week the foot drives for R2 arrived and assembly of those began.  This was the last big piece that kept R2 from being totally assembled and on his feet.  This weekend I started working to paint any parts that I believe are ready to go and I'm trying to push to get him fully assembled and working.

Yesterday (06-20-2015), the dome plate was powder coated with flat black.  This is a plate that goes inside R2-D2's dome for mounting accessories (periscope, life form scanner, etc)

And today (06-21-2015), the horseshoes were powder coated and assembled with their greeblies.  I think they turned out fairly well - a bit of the orange peel that you usually get with powder paints, but otherwise very good.  The masking was the hard part, but it's very rewarding to see it starting to come together.

Legs, ankles and feet are scheduled to be next - if I have enough powder to paint them all.  I'm worried about getting the legs into the oven and baked without damaging the paint, so I will need to think this through before I proceed.