Re: Classic MPC C-3PO and R2-D2 uber detail build

In going over my reference pics (of which I gotta give a shoutout to and I love the R2 Builders club, they've got the best photos of the real screen used R2's on the web.  You can find all the reference pics, and there are hundreds of pics, I've used in my construction here ILM's Uber R2-D2 Reference Photos - Via R2 Builders Club) I noticed a couple more things I'm gonna have to change.  The first being the front eye box.  The kit isn't too bad and should be pretty easy to fix with a couple of pieces of thin styrene on the bottom and cutting a notch out of the top right corner.

The second being the front foot.  The rear foot cowling actually look pretty good.  Very much in detail to the original, but the front foot is completely devoid of any detail whatsoever.  I'll have to add the square panel and the top detail raised piece.  The one thing I hate doing is scribing and it also looks as if I'll have to scribe that line all around the edge with rounded corners and everything.  Not looking forward to that at all.  I've never been very good at scribing... if anyone has any tips or tricks they can share, please feel free.

Another thing my friend Zombie_61 pointed out that I never really noticed is the upper dome panels.  He was even kind enough to provide a picture as a reference.  As you can see in the kit, the top panels are completely off by about 15 degrees, so, I'm gonna have to cut those out and reposition them or use some putty to make new ones in the proper position.  Not quite sure how I'm gonna do that yet... but I'm sure I'll be able to come up with something!