Star Wars WED Tredwell Droid

In this fine Instructable i will be showing how to make a star wars full scale Tredwell droid" from star wars. the build is moderately difficult and is a long build and is also a R/C if you choose it to be.

The Tredwell droid was a prop in star wars episode 4: a new hope. it was one of the droids lined up to buy by uncle Owen and Luke Skywalker by the jawa's. this droid didnt have much screen time.. no more then 5- 8 seconds. so finding the measurements where quite challenging due to the lack of toys and screen shots but it came together quite well.

I built this for fun on a star wars binge i was on with my productions group and did this all completely from scratch. the entire build is relatively straight forward and easy in thought but can put you back a bit because PVC was 50% of the cost by it self.

THIS IS A HUGE BUILD. it took me about 1 month at part time hours to do it by myself.

feel free to make your own changes to what ever you like! like paints and the attachments.

feel free to ask questions and share comments with others! best of luck.

Step 1: Gathering Materials

First: clear an area for your work. you'll need a work bench or table that you don't mind having paint, glue, plastic on it etc. be sure for it to be well lit and have power to it. then gather the following materials:

High Temp Hot Glue
Dremel
Band-Saw or your choice of saw
PVC pipe
4-4 cans of krylon spray paint (1-2 orange and 3-4 tan [or your favorite color], one flat clear coat.)
Foam board or craft foam sheet.
3 Sheets of HDPE plastic (you can get this at Menards or Granger 24x30, (Cheap and easy to work with and strong!) or ABS (more expensive harder to work with.)
1x2 wood
screws
nuts
power drill
wood glue
90 degree angle braces
12"x12" Plywood board
!SAFETY GLASS! EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!
and last some sweet jams to listen too.

After collecting your tools and materials next get a couple reference pictures of the inter-webs and print them off and tack them in front of your work area.

Comments

[Bongmaster]

i thought that robot was an actual NASA robot concept they borrowed for the movie.
may need looking into

[ToweringProductions]

from what i just read up on, the WED was based on one of the NASA robots they were testing for a lunar mission that they later scrubbed for the new idea of the mars rover. interesting... thanks!