Cardboard Skin..................yes...Cardboard !

So over the next few weeks I carry out come more work on the wooden legs, by adding details such as the 'Horseshoe ' shape at the upper leg areas that is outside of the hubs. i also begin to pad out the ankle areas with more Plywood and a lot of belt sanding.
I find on Ebay a chap who is selling some R2D2 Parts 1:1 out of resin, he's UK based and these parts are cheap for what your getting ! A chap who calls himself Don- Jar. Anyway - I buy several parts, mainly the coin slots and the front vents.
I also decide to make my own skins for the frame. After reading the Yahoo usergroups mails, the options presented are laser Cut Aluminium Skins or Plastic Styrene Skins. Both of which seem to be made in the states and cost a fortune. So I use the plans of the skins that I get printed off at full size, and bought 4 big card board's from Hobby craft. I chose creme color to assist with the final painting.
Pinning the plans to the board and using a brand new Stanley blade and a metal ruler, I took most of a weekend just cutting the skins out - there are two layers to bot the front and the back, working out where and which holes are to be cut.