No,no,no. I will not start another project. I have been a Baker fan since the 70's. Im loving this build.
Great job.
Bonded Hawk
No,no,no. I will not start another project. I have been a Baker fan since the 70's. Im loving this build.
Great job.
Bonded Hawk
I saw a lawyer, who looked at the pile of emails and letters, and plans, and first said 'Hey, that's a Newbery Tardis, right?' (knew I found the right guy right there...lol).Guri said:
Anyway, he said no judge in the state would take the architectural committee passing the buck off to the main board as fulfilling the rule I invoked in our home owners association (15 days written notice or automatically approved). Essentially, he said they can't stop me.
Love to see some love for the Newberry TARDIS, it's quite possibly my favorite TARDIS, an opinion other people tend to disagree with.
Good progress so far, I look forward to seeing it progress.
I'd love to have the skill to do something like this, but having had a nightmare putting up a prefabricated garden store I know it's beyond me!
Honestly, it's not rocket science. Measure twice, cut once, etc etc etc. Made a few mistakes, as mentioned above, but in the end it'll work out ok.Cyber said:
That's great! I hope they give up and don't try to make life miserable.Whovian said:
Anyway, he said no judge in the state would take the architectural committee passing the buck off to the main board as fulfilling the rule I invoked in our home owners association (15 days written notice or automatically approved). Essentially, he said they can't stop me.
Kev and I looking forward to seeing this go up this summer.Also, a friend of mine is a huge Dr. Who fan, I'll have to show her the photos... If you ever need a place to move it, I'm sure she'd be okay holding on to it for you. haha!
I may just try to build one. I don't know how the wife will react but hey it's worth it. Can't wait to see more of your progress.
lol... if she's single, I'll consider a 'loan'.Guri said:
That's great! I hope they give up and don't try to make life miserable.
Kev and I looking forward to seeing this go up this summer.
WOO HOO! I found a lamp for the roof on eBay.
It's a salvage from a ship. If I can't clean up the metal and get it where I want it, I at least have the correct size 360 degree fresnel lens.
slight setback, but not completely unexpected. Took the tarp off the TARDIS yesterday, and saw that two beveled cross pieces had fallen off. Well, as they were only Liquid Nailed on, I half expected that. So, I re-glued them, drilled all the way through from the outer side, then went inside (well, as inside as one can go with 4 corners but only one wall) and put 1" screws through the plywood and into all the beveled pieces. 1" was enough to get a good grip and hold them in tight, without coming through the outer side. Filled the visible holes, and that wall is repaired.
As I was in the middle of making the other two walls, I did the same with them as I built them. Tomorrow I hope to get these other two walls in place.
This is turning out fantastic! I will hopefully start mine this fall. Still have not decided on which Era though. As for the liquid nails, regular indoor outdoor wood glue works just fine, and get yourself a finish nailer from Harbor Freight when they go on sale......you will thank me!
Whovian said:
lol... if she's single, I'll consider a 'loan'.She is!
Another day, another update.
I got 3 walls up last week, so I finally feel like I am actually accomplishing something
I know the corners are short, as you will later, but I decided it was too hot out to work on them, so I concentrated on the POLICE PUBLIC CALL BOX sign boxes instead, as I could do that indoors.
Here are a few shots of the boxes as I put them together...
The slots are for the actual signs. I will be using two sheets of plexiglass. One, painted black with the lettering in white, and a second sheet over that to protect it from the elements. When the outer sheet wears, I can just replace it, and the lettering underneath should be just as good as the day I install the plexiglass.
I temporarily nailed the boxes into place, just to see what they look like. I'm happy with the results, and painted it should look pretty good.
You can see what I mean about the corners being short in the 3rd picture.
However...
While the lantern with the 360 degree Fresnel lens I got off eBay is 'technically larger that the one (ones) used on the Newbery box, I think it will look just fine.
Here's a shot of the lantern on a 48"x48" piece of 3/4" plywood. This will be the 'real' roof, and the slightly sloped facade roof with the lantern will be mounted on top of it.
Excellent progress on your Tardis Whovian, I used a 12v beacon flash unit from a Cessna 150 aircraft, I think I have a photo or two of that somewhere, oh yeah here it is.
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And now, after much rain delay, and vacation delay, my cunning plan for the corners...
I added 4" to each corner by building essentially a cap, using the same construction techniques as the corner posts themselves. I bought a doweling jig at a local woodworking store (trust me, spend the money and get a good one made in the USA, instead of a crap one made in China like the first one I tried).
A couple 3/8" dowels one each side of the cap just to line the pieces up properly... a good metal corner brace for strength... and the caps were in place. After that, I used a belt sander to smooth out the joint area... some wood fill in the joints and visible screw holes... and once it's dry I'll hand sand it smooth. When it's all done, no one will even know there are caps on the posts. Unless they look from the inside, or read this thread
The pictures don't show the 1/4 round molding, as I have not added it to the caps yet.
I even managed to get the main 3/4" plywood flat roof temporarily nailed into place. After vacation (yes, another one
Had to put this in... my youngest son, and fellow Whovian, with his vacation souvenir.
It's looking good! I feel really dumb, but when you called your son a 'fellow' it just now occurred to me that your screen name here has to do with Dr. Who. haha!
Have you been covering it up in the rain? and also, I'm not sure if you said, but what do you plan to put in it or how will you use it?
Such a great build, looks brilliant so far
I have a large blue (of course) tarp over it. Even so, the neighbors hvac contractor was working on her a/c unit and asked her if I was building a TARDIS. It's that recognizable, even under a tarpGuri said:
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