So since the last post, I've replaced the wooden dowls with PVC rods, making this the first robot I've ever made not to feature wood in its final build. I've also added a couple of supporting rods to hold the batteries in position in the body and to reinforce the shell as a whole. Weights in at 1.3kg now.

Once painted, that is effectively it for the build and then the UWE brawl and then hopefully Burgess Hill if there is a BW event running there.