and now for my input on the day!
As noted above, the majority of the day was spent purchasing and applying the first layer of paint, with some electrical work later on.
We started off by buying the paint, whilst possibly not the cheapest option, we decided to go to B&Q as they have a wide range of colours, and an on-site mixing suite for anything not in a tin already. We decided on a color, waited on it mixing, then set off back. As soon as we got back, we wasted no time and started applying the first coat. It's now pretty much a solid red everywhere, an image of which is below, later on we'll get some black for the chassis pieces, to add some contrast. It didn't take us very long to get a coat on the bot, although we expect we'll need to go over it again and touch up areas covering up brighter colors, or just missed spots. We also may need to do some extra work to cover up a few logos and text on the components we used, as certain hosts may not approve of a 'Calor Gas' logo visible behind the paint, so that might need grinding off or more layers coating over.

Afterwards, we got on with the electric work. We're still having very little luck with the speed controller, so as a work around, we've put together a simple relay system that'll allow us to get the bot moving, and test what we need to with it. It isn't the ideal solution, but it gets us to where we want to be with the progress of the bot, and will get the bot as a whole into a working order, and certainly allow us to do some needed human related tests to figure out who is going to be the driver of the bot, and may also be fine for competitive use should we not resolve aforementioned issues with the speed controller.

Colin & I would much appreciate any input on getting a speed controller working, or repaired, or even anyone local to pop by one day and offer advice or even repair in person.


Some images for today,
1) Some colour comparing at the local B&Q
2) The first layer of paint is on!

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