I really hate to but looks like I will have to cancel my subscription as they continue to ignore my messages on the website. Instead of booting me they just leave my messages unanswered for the last 30 minutes this time. At least until I said I wasnt going to go away until I got a response then they finally booted me. GREAT customer service there Guess I will only have my full size r2 to build now.

Real shame. If I had one, I'd send you the poster for free, but I'm in the UK and getting it through the local newsagent, so not entitled to a poster in the first place.

Don't understand customer service like that at the best of times, but it does unfortunately happen sometimes. Hopefully darbyvet will have you sorted.

If not, I hope you are still planning on looking in on us here, there are some pretty amazing builds going on.

Would love to subscribe to that. It's only now as we get to the final layer of the dome superstructure that I am getting a true sense of his (small) size.

Would certainly be interested in a build diary of a 1:1 scale version, what parts you need, where to find the dome, what capabilities you can have, etc.

Just to give you a true size comparison of deagostini and a full size r2 here are the two radar eyes
Edit: for some reason I'm not allowed to upload pics

Full size R2 update:
I've printed most of the dome panels now for the 1:1 scale R2. This droid is going to be red and black when finished so I am using those filament colors so if the paint job gets scratched it will be hard to notice. It's taken about a week to print off all these parts.
Someone asked me what skills you need to build a full size r2 droid so... Basically if you can build rc cars you have the skills needed to build r2. There are several ways which you can build him. Using metal, styrene, wood or 3d printed with ABS or PETG filament. I have chosen to build mine by 3d printing with PETG filament and using weld-on 16 to bond the pieces together. If any of you choose to go this route just know super glue is NOT the way to bond these droids it will not hold up to the stress the droid will undergo.

Where did you get your 3d print files? What size is your printer.I have a pritner with a 12 inch by 12 inch by 12 inch build volume and would love to 3d print an R2.Are there plans available somewhere for the electronics?

Carl

Mr baddeley on thingiverse has release officially approved 3d files. Go to his patrion page to get his latest files. They are free to all. As for the electronics go to the astromech.net website. It is the official website of the r2 builders club and has everything there for building r2 full size.

As for my printer I am currently using a cheap tronxy p802-mhs with 220x220x240 build size. But I am custom building a prusa i3 based printer that will hopefully be closer to 300x300x300

Update for my Deagostini R2 build.
issues 13-16. Sorry its been a bit since my last update between the screw ups with previous issues and life and work getting in the way, my updates have been on the way side. But here are all the progress pictures as of today.

They are both coming on very nicely, nice update.

Mark

Since customer service as ignored all my emails last week and my messages today on Facebook I am posting here as notice that I am done with your company and am canceling my subscription. Your company sure knows how to put off its customers time and time again.