karstva
Sr Member
Well I have been working on my Pertwee/Baker inspired console since last spring. It has been slow going as I do a bit here and there, along with my other husbandly and fatherly duties around the house. I normally post on my console over at the TARDIS Rebuilders Guild but I though since the fan base for Doctor Who has been growing since the new series I would start posting over here as well.
This spring I began what I felt was the hardest part of the console, The Time Rotor. I had never worked with acrylic or acrylic glue before so I was a bit nervous, but decided I would tackle it. The first step was to get the Rotor base built. I went with a combination of a plywood disk and a hardboard sheath around it as well as a hardboard disk to cover the plywood, giving me a nice smooth surface to paint.
I puttied and sanded the seams and primed and painted it and I ended up with this. The white bits are the base of the Flourescent tubes that would eventually go inside.
Once that base of the Rotor was completed I began looking at as many screen shots of the rotor as I could possibly find, going through my DVD's and any pictures I could find online. The tubes I ended up going with are 4.5" diameter acrylic. The red comes from red gels that I purchased from a theater supply store. The Yellow acrylic strips on the top and bottom are an inch in width and the black stripe is automotive pinstrip that I trimmed and cut to length. Here are a few pictures of my progress on that.
My Final result is here, I think it came out pretty good
That took me a while to complete a little each weekend. I am now working on the base of the console. Oh and I was wrong as to the hardest part of the console so far. It wasn't the rotor. It was the freaking trapezoids in the console base. Phewww that was hard. Anyways here are few pictures of that progress
And here is where I am at now.
I am cladding the whole thing in hardboard to give me a nice smooth painting surface. The base will have 3 doors cut in the alternating base panels for access to the motor and wiring that will eventually be in place. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Oh..and I also have this in progress
Karst
This spring I began what I felt was the hardest part of the console, The Time Rotor. I had never worked with acrylic or acrylic glue before so I was a bit nervous, but decided I would tackle it. The first step was to get the Rotor base built. I went with a combination of a plywood disk and a hardboard sheath around it as well as a hardboard disk to cover the plywood, giving me a nice smooth surface to paint.
I puttied and sanded the seams and primed and painted it and I ended up with this. The white bits are the base of the Flourescent tubes that would eventually go inside.
Once that base of the Rotor was completed I began looking at as many screen shots of the rotor as I could possibly find, going through my DVD's and any pictures I could find online. The tubes I ended up going with are 4.5" diameter acrylic. The red comes from red gels that I purchased from a theater supply store. The Yellow acrylic strips on the top and bottom are an inch in width and the black stripe is automotive pinstrip that I trimmed and cut to length. Here are a few pictures of my progress on that.
My Final result is here, I think it came out pretty good
That took me a while to complete a little each weekend. I am now working on the base of the console. Oh and I was wrong as to the hardest part of the console so far. It wasn't the rotor. It was the freaking trapezoids in the console base. Phewww that was hard. Anyways here are few pictures of that progress
And here is where I am at now.
I am cladding the whole thing in hardboard to give me a nice smooth painting surface. The base will have 3 doors cut in the alternating base panels for access to the motor and wiring that will eventually be in place. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
Oh..and I also have this in progress
Karst
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