I finally re-kickstarted my build a couple months ago after about a year hiatus of working on R2 and staying off the astromech boards. One of the first things I did was buy a new/second dome. I knew my 300mm dome was going to cause me some headache down the road, even after all the hours of work I spent painting and sanding. Now that I'm further down that journey I decided to ditch the old dome and get one of the new Hydro formed domes. These are made out of a different aluminum with a completely different forming process, hopefully eliminating most of the issues with the older style domes. They also have almost everything pre-lasercut. Mine came in a few weeks ago, but I was in the middle of getting all my electronics up and running that I never posted pics. So here you go.
I also splurged and got the new Ultimate Hinges for 11 of the dome panels. A new electronics portion of this solution is coming soon. Its hard not to want all the bells and whistles of R2, even when yours isn't quite "finished".
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