Blade Runner Inspired Office Build: Deckard's Apartment
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They're in my etsy shop and I have a junkyard thread for them. Not supposed to have sales in the main forum so I don't want to post the direct link just to be safe.
I'm going to bring the sheen down (this is just raw stain with no steel wool yet) and do a satin sealer and maybe antique it a bit. Not as beat up as the screen used door because it's a really nice door and faces the hallway when closed. I'm trying to find the balance of looking the part but also being part of the house.Looking mighty good Trooper _trent!!Are you going to leave it pristine or add some wear & tear?
Final stain color and finish for the office door with test fit of the numbers, handle and key card plate. Going to wait to add any weathering until it’s hung so I can see it in its permanent place with lighting.
TangoGirafarig
Active Member
I am very late to this but after going through all the pages it’s just a work of art, I am stunned and inspired and hope to keep seeing updates. Also most of all, happy for you and yours continued good health!
LimeyBuilds
Well-Known Member
I think it's the bright lighting that makes them look like one thing:
Looking very good...but I thought that the handle and the part with the slit, where you insert your security card, was one piece
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No, it's a separate piece.Looking very good...but I thought that the handle and the part with the slit, where you insert your security card, was one piece
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Here's a production casting of the key plate
Upped the contrast so you can see the separate edges.
joberg
Legendary Member
you had me scared there for a minute! hahaYou're right...I stand corrected
Rounding the last corner!
I marked then milled the slot in the door using a router adapter on my Dremel and clamping some wood strips to the door to make a fence that the router housing could glide through.
Then affixed it to the door using E6000, a clamp, and an alignment jig that I had 3D printed in order to set the correct spacing according to the reference photos. A bit of glue leaked out but that's the good thing about E6000. Once it's dry, you can just peel the excess off with your fingers.
Last step is to apply the numbers and hang the door and it'll be DONE!
I marked then milled the slot in the door using a router adapter on my Dremel and clamping some wood strips to the door to make a fence that the router housing could glide through.
Then affixed it to the door using E6000, a clamp, and an alignment jig that I had 3D printed in order to set the correct spacing according to the reference photos. A bit of glue leaked out but that's the good thing about E6000. Once it's dry, you can just peel the excess off with your fingers.
Last step is to apply the numbers and hang the door and it'll be DONE!
Aligned and centered the number guide and glued the numbers in tonight! The door is officially done! Hopefully I’ll have some time tomorrow to put the hinges on and hang it. I’m so close!!
And the finished door handle and key card plate fully mounted.
And the finished door handle and key card plate fully mounted.
Funny story about the key card.
I modeled it from looking at screen reference, and fortunately we have a really great photo of the screen-used key card plate next to a ruler so I know that mine is scaled perfectly.
I didn't actually test putting the key card into the slot until YESTERDAY! The key card is standard credit card size, and the slot is just a hair too narrow for the card to go in. BUMMER!
So then as I'm looking back through my reference material to respond to another post I noticed that on the screen-used plate, the slot has some rough bits milled out on the sides as if to manually widen it. I can't help but wonder if the card didn't fit the real one either so they dremeled it out a bit to allow it to fit. In the film you can see the card is going into the extended part of the slot.
For me, rather than ground down the bronze plate, I'm just going to shave a hair off the sides of the card, and I need to punch holes in it. haha
