R2 Takes on C3PO's "Empire" Position ( time for the new frame)

THIS IS WHAT KIDS DO TO YOUR R2 WHEN YOU DON'T LET THEM DRIVE HIM!!!!!
 (I'm joking)

Remember when they pulled C3PO apart in "The Empire Strikes Back"?  My R2 had a chance to experience that feeling. R2 has a new frame but needs the stuff pulled out of the old one first. I planned to take the center ankle off first then pull the electrical and gas pipes apart....this wouldn't happen. To get to the pipes and get the center ankle out I had to rip R2's old frame apart with my jigsaw. My poor friend became a pile again.

R2 had most of his frame removed except for the wood attached to the rails. Having an airplane mechanic (Roy Powers did almost too good of a job) tighten the nuts and bolts on your R2 can be a double edged sword, they will never fall off but will be hard to get off. They came off eventually with help from Victor but my dad's old wrench couldn't get them.

So this is what remained of R2 except for to whole jumble in the pic before this. His dome is ok too.

Here's the pile of stuff and the new wood frame ready to be worked on.