I "began" this project last February by trading for and picking up a Landspeeder body kit. The gentleman who created his master did an amazing job of capturing the correct size, scale, and proportions of the original.
I finally started actually working on it.... it has begun...
A friend and fellow droid builder in Texas finished the first one of these and took it to Celebration V in 2010. We met up with him at his house and caravanned to Florida. That was quite a trip. His landspeeder batteries flipped over during transport and we had to stop at a truck stop, unload his speeder, take off the body, fix the batteries, and clean up all the acid in the trailer.... in 100 + degree weather in high humidity... while there was a tobacco field on fire nearby. My wife and I sweated from places we didn't know we could sweat. Fun times ;) Anyway, after helping Wayne with his speeder I was hooked and had to build one.
I also have the engine pods, windshield and 3 wheel golf cart (under construction)
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It's tough to tell but these rear "brake vents" or whatever you want to call them were installed a little too far forward so I cut them out, cleaned them up and moved them back about 1/2"
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Here they are cut out:
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And now re-installed and fiber-glassed in place from the back side:
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The first coat of bondo to fill the seams:
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I had enough (jokingly) of people asking if the speeder was remote control since someone couldn't fit in the cockpit so I figured it was time to cut out the leg holes ;) :
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The holes are still really narrow. I am not sure I'll be able to fit in it. I need to recruit a accurately sized Luke and Obi-wan to drive it.
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Here is one of the engine pods:
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This is what was left of the 3 wheel golf cart after it had been stripped and the frame extension had been started:
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We decided the chassis wasn't really in the best of shape so we started building a new frame by getting parts from another (4 wheel) golf cart and also doing some scratch building:
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Until next time :D
I finally started actually working on it.... it has begun...
A friend and fellow droid builder in Texas finished the first one of these and took it to Celebration V in 2010. We met up with him at his house and caravanned to Florida. That was quite a trip. His landspeeder batteries flipped over during transport and we had to stop at a truck stop, unload his speeder, take off the body, fix the batteries, and clean up all the acid in the trailer.... in 100 + degree weather in high humidity... while there was a tobacco field on fire nearby. My wife and I sweated from places we didn't know we could sweat. Fun times ;) Anyway, after helping Wayne with his speeder I was hooked and had to build one.
I also have the engine pods, windshield and 3 wheel golf cart (under construction)
It's tough to tell but these rear "brake vents" or whatever you want to call them were installed a little too far forward so I cut them out, cleaned them up and moved them back about 1/2"
Here they are cut out:
And now re-installed and fiber-glassed in place from the back side:
The first coat of bondo to fill the seams:
I had enough (jokingly) of people asking if the speeder was remote control since someone couldn't fit in the cockpit so I figured it was time to cut out the leg holes ;) :
The holes are still really narrow. I am not sure I'll be able to fit in it. I need to recruit a accurately sized Luke and Obi-wan to drive it.
Here is one of the engine pods:
This is what was left of the 3 wheel golf cart after it had been stripped and the frame extension had been started:
We decided the chassis wasn't really in the best of shape so we started building a new frame by getting parts from another (4 wheel) golf cart and also doing some scratch building:
Until next time :D