First Coat

Here is a look at the first coat put on the pie slices of the dome. I anticipate using several coats to get things to look just right. While it is not perfect, it is turning out to look much nicer than I expected.

Cut and Paint

I am trying my own method of carving the sections out of the dome. Because I am afraid of screwing the dome up by using a dremel tool, I am starting to etch the dome just using an exacto knife. This will allow me the opportunity to go back and etch it further if needed, but will allow me to see some progress in the mean time.

I also have tried to paint the dome with a brush first to see how well it will come out. If need be, I can always go back and strip it to do over. This just allows me to keep the exact same color as I used on the body and allows me to be extra careful.

Tackling the Dome

Today was my first attempt at working on the dome for my R2. I have taken a variety of advice on designing a template for it, and in the end I hope it will work out. The picture to the left shows the template design used to mark the pie shapes on the top of the zone.