Ok, went back to Hot Copy and got them to print me out the 4x A1 sheets for the skins. I have decided, as this is to be a static droid, to go for the minimalist inners, as I don’t particularly want any of the doors to open. Remember, this is really a test platform for my fully mobile droid (which I haven’t talked the wife into as yet 
) The only motion on this unit may be the dome rotating, but we’ll see.
Firstly, I fitted the shoulder mounting plates to finish off the frame:
Due to my rubbish cutting skills, the edges didn’t meet up perfectly, and I think that there may be a slight twist in the frame…I will know better once I have the skins cut out, but it shouldn’t be fatal in any case; I can always add bracing internally to square it up again, as I don’t have any opening panels to accomodate. That is the problem with being a quarter of a mill out on every piece (for example), as by the time you are on the third tier, the incremental stuffups have added to give a moderate stuffup
Anyway, I laid the skin plans out on the 1mm styrene and adhered them as per normal. They are, thankfully, really easy to cut, and you can, with two moderate pressure passes, cut right through, should you so choose.
Who says you can't teach an old buffoon new tricks - leather glove.
extending the side bits to allow for gluing
Not enough alcohol for me to try the circular hub openings yet
The side bits where the shoulder hubs will fit are going to be a pain..the straight line stuff is relatively straightforward, but the curved sections… boooooo!
So, not a huge amount achieved in the two hours I fiddled around today, but at least there is some progress
