Radar eye complete!

OK, so I spent a little time this evening finalizing the fit of the inner and outer domes, and filing down some of the bits. I'm going to wait until I get my holoprojectors (which I paid for tonight) and verify their fit before I glue everything down, but I did go ahead and drill the holes for the attachment of the radar eye.

I can't remember if I mentioned it before, but a while back I got a 3 liter pop bottle on the suggestion of an article in the Astromech wiki and used it for the lens. First I painted it. I tried the auto tinting black first, just to see how it looked, but in the end went with a singe coat of flat black, seen here:

After that, I bolted in the radar eye using the pilot holes (btw, there's a rather neat trick to getting the holes lined up properly here. Long story short, you trace the shape of the radar eye onto paper, cut it out, punch the holes through the paper and use that for your guide), screwing them in about halfway, enough to hold it still while I slid the "lens" in and positioned it. Then tightened it down and hey presto. Here's how it looks inside:

And here it is outside:

Gotta admit, I'm pretty pleased.