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A project log for Star Wars: BT-1 the Blastomech

BT-1 was introduced in the Star Wars Darth Vader comic books as a twisted mirror version of R2-D2. BT-1 is the first and only Blastomech.

kenneth-zabornyKenneth Zaborny 09/28/2017 at 15:230 Comments

I've tried to focus on BT-1's dome since I'd like to take it as a table top display to Quest-con at the end of October.


Since I constructed BT's dome from several different types of plans nothing fit perfectly. It's all been trial and error. That's what you get when you're building a one-of-a-kind droid.

I've been sanding and filling and sanding and filling after gluing the styrene skins around BT's wood skeleton. Last night I did the final sanding with a fine grit before a base coat.

I still need to lay down more layers of clear but I ran out. I've got to wait the 48 hour window for recoats now but it will take me that long to get more.

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