2D Clone Wars Z-6

[Mortogg]

Looking good, will be great to see it spinning and the kids reactions when you swing it about

[Glitch]

Construction update #3!
(Due credit to my Grandad's woodworking skills but by the way i designed all the parts for the Z-6 myself, and constructed half of it whether you choose to believe so or not)

So to answer bullant, yes, yes a drill motor is going into this thing
picked this up from masters for 40 bucks, but with 2 12volt rechargeable lithium ion batteries i'm ok with the price!


And i've had Azrael around to work on the electronics for the last 2 days and it's going quite well
Here he is pulling apart the drill


Here's the magazine primed, i've fillered in those cracks in the wood aswell


Here's Azrael again drilling holes into my beautiful box so the drill motor will fit in (we'll be putting in a false back to cover it)


and this is what happened to my drill because of the rebels. luckily it'll now fit into the box and everything is ready to be wired up tomorrow! more progress to come

[Thrawn V'jun]

Wow! That is one power-full blaster cannon you've got there. I'll bet you'll be drilling the Seperatists full of holes in no time. Its also obvious that you haven't been board this whole time You definately won't be putting on a wooden performance at future troops. Oh my puns are so electrical tonight

[major payne]

Septone spray putty from Supercheap. Fills in all the woodgrain. sand it smooth with a 600 or 800 grit sandpaper.

[Deimos]

I used something like Septone on my guard helmet and it works wonders at filling in all those little imperfections like wood grain marks and little ding marks.

[APOK]

Very cool Mr Glitch. Very cool.

[Glitch]

Thanks for the inputs guys!
So since everyone loves pictures, here's some reference shots from the 2D series



And something i found interesting, there's a few Ep3 troopers with them aswell later on



Here's some basic dimensions and if I get the time to make dimensions of every single part i'll put them up, but that might take a while...



Here's how I access my box's insides



You have to remove the ammo drum to take off the side panel, but it grants me access to pretty much everything inside



Here's most of the parts for the electronics so far, Azrael is putting this all together for me, it'll have sound effects and a bright blue light that shines down the barrel aswell!



Here's a close up of where the drill goes, and the inside of the box




still waiting on that frakkin helmet to show, it's getting to 5 weeks of waiting now, rather annoying stuff.
and i haven't heard back about approval yet (probably because of the elections) so i'll still be waiting for that.
more updates soon i hope