The dome after its third coat of paint.
The lens gets its first coat of black paint.
Second coat of metallic blue paint for the radar eye.
Then it’s time to release Mom’s yoga ball.
Dad and I release some air to make removal easier.
The inside of the dome looks good!
The plastic pulls off easily and mostly cleanly.
Time to build a support frame for the interior of the dome.
First semi-circle fits.
The full frame.
The base plate.
Then my dad trimmed the bottom of the dome with sharp serrated knife. It was slow work, and a bit dangerous, but no one was injured.
The cut edge is rough, but I will sand it down.
The dome looks good, but Mom says it would have taken less time to just restart with the papier-mâché after the papier-mâché pulp fiasco. She says it’s still proof of concept.
Testing the painted lens. It looks great, but needs another coat of black paint.
Next up is the pie panels and dome panels. I hope to find a template for those!
Oh, and I’ve been working on programming the camera that will go behind the radar eye. No exciting photos, but I’ll have to start documenting that, too.