The Blue Box - The TARDIS has landed!

We're starting on page 2 of the drawings - this will likely be a 4-page blueprint set.

I've already got my "Hero" Anchor lantern in hand and looking into getting the signs made.
Lumber has been ordered and we have sourced the hardware for the doors from the UK.
Pictures will come when they are available.

Excellent GF we need more Blue boxes in the world, and looking forword to your build.

Still working on the drawings with my pops. Two pages of hand-drafted plans done, two more pages to go!

I was wondering when you were going to make one of these. It only seemed logical. Can't wait to see it.

Risu said:

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I was wondering when you were going to make one of these. It only seemed logical. Can't wait to see it.

It's going to blow your mind...

Drawings are now going to be five pages worth. Still working on them...

I did all my plans in SketchUp & they were just about as clunky as can be. Yours look stellar. I suspect you'll have a spectacular 'Blue Box' when you're done.

lharles said:

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I did all my plans in SketchUp & they were just about as clunky as can be. Yours look stellar. I suspect you'll have a spectacular 'Blue Box' when you're done.

Appreciated - the props go to my father who is an old-school draftsman. Everything done by hand the old fashioned way, no CAD.

Well you tell him from one draftsman to another, that his draftsman skills are excellent, and are a work of art in there own right.

Everything is now completed with CAD, I use inventor 10 and it very much lacks that personal human pensile to paper touch. Very nice work.

So all the drafting work has moved to computers? I agree Rassilon, that personal touch is very important and they are indeed works of art. There is some serious talent that goes into drafting these things like this by hand, just like painting a mural or masterpiece. I'm glad to see your Dad keeping the art alive GF

Terrasolo said:

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So all the drafting work has moved to computers? I agree Rassilon, that personal touch is very important and they are indeed works of art. There is some serious talent that goes into drafting these things like this by hand, just like painting a mural or masterpiece. I'm glad to see your Dad keeping the art alive GF

One thing my father has been teaching me about old-school drafting is that back in "the day" you'd be able to tell what artist drafted what. Each has their own signature touch and drawing style. You don't get that with CAD.

Computers do some great things, but sadly it seems sometimes at a cost.

Terrasolo said:

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Computers do some great things, but sadly it seems sometimes at a cost.

Yeah, we all know what happened with SKYNET....

HA! Yes, yes we do.

GeneralFROSTY said:

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One thing my father has been teaching me about old-school drafting is that back in "the day" you'd be able to tell what artist drafted what. Each has their own signature touch and drawing style. You don't get that with CAD.

That's for sure. I was on a table for 10 years in my first career. The biggest style difference is your text, which is where a drawing gets really dressed up.

Rebelscum said:

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That's for sure. I was on a table for 10 years in my first career. The biggest style difference is your text, which is where a drawing gets really dressed up.

The text? I thought it was the coffee stain.

This is going to be a lengthy but fun process. Big thanks to Rebelscum for not only is extremely thorough build thread as inspiration, but also the help he has provided me behind the scenes. I look forward to continuing on with this project.

GeneralFROSTY said:

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Drawings are now going to be five pages worth. Still working on them...

I hope we can look forward to a junkyard thread for copies of those plans. They look beautiful.

Dung0beetle said:

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The text? I thought it was the coffee stain.

Oh man, you'd have never lived it down if that happened where I worked. It was scary enough when we started using drawing XEROX machines to make copies instead of ammonia based blue lines. Putting a velum in there that you had a couple hundred hours in and seeing it torn doesn't make your day.

Rebelscum said:

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Oh man, you'd have never lived it down if that happened where I worked. It was scary enough when we started using drawing XEROX machines to make copies instead of ammonia based blue lines. Putting a velum in there that you had a couple hundred hours in and seeing it torn doesn't make your day.

"Ammonia" even that is older than me, your showing your age.

Two more pages done - these detail the doors and roof. The last page is devoted to the Police Sign boxes.

Absolutely beautiful work. Can't wait till it leaps off the page into reality.

Terrasolo said:

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Absolutely beautiful work. Can't wait till it leaps off the page into reality.

Same here - it's going to be a lengthy process but I'm confident it will turn out absolutely gorgeous.