Backpack TARDIS...

[gemmac]

Well folks,
I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I am going to enjoy building my Tardis. She is not likely to be screen accurate but its going to be a fun project for me to stretch my artistic talents (What there is of them) 

I wanted to make a TARDIS... When I was a Kid one summer I made one out of a big box the bookcase was delivered in.
It had doors and a light on top. I played for hours and hours pretending I was with the Doctor, and I was Ace (Yes I'm that old...) I went to my dads for a week and when I came back my TARDIS was gone...
The Doctor needed it...Thanks Mother! Well now I am going to make my own, and its going to fit in a backpack. well fairly large bag... but TARDIS in a fairly large bag didn't sound cool enough!

She is a custom canvas set that will be joined together with a lot of Velcro and a few hinges. yes she will be wibbly wobbly but I've been in the Tennant era one on set and that wasn't all that stable!

The main point is going to be that she can be packed up into a bag and carried on public transport. just me my bus pass, my TARDIS and a camera.
(Yes I realise I'm crazy...)
I'm going to post some plans soon but for now here's a pic of my test panel... nowhere near finished... its only a test... and it needs painting and all the art magic that makes it look like a panel not a canvas with holes cut in.

Well that's me so far... comments welcome x

[gemmac]

So some planning...
Dimensions could change... and actual police box dimensions are different.

Bottom - Need 8 of these.
Dimensions 100cm x 50cm.
100cm tall, and 50 cm wide Painted with a wood effect, and distressing around the panels
Extended painted canvas to hide the join.
Varnished to protect.
Custom canvas panels plain back,
Internal panels cross cut. Braced with foam sheets to give 3D effect
Cross cut panels folded back and glued.
Another panel glued in to complete the 3D effect.
Velcro all along the bottom to attach to the frame.

Top need - 7 of these.
Same construction as above
Half size bottom baton, as it will hide behind the extended canvas of the lower panel to hide the join
Velcro to attach
Panel cross cut out for the windows.
Folded over, trimmed and foam reinforced
Frosted acetate glued into the frame

Door Panels

Top 1 of these.
Same construction as the wall panels
Dimensions 100cm tall x 50cm wide
Handles glued on.
Sign printed on stiff card
Wooden supports to allow for the phone door
Smaller custom canvas on butterfly hinges to form the phone door
Panels and windows created the same way as above


Floor and support struts.
130cm x 130cm frame
10 cm L shaped supports in each corner.
10cm centre supports.
Supports 1.05 meter high, Velcro to join them together
External frame 5cm high
Outer Internal frame 2cm high
Inner Internal frame 1cm high covered with Velcro
External frame hides all the fixings
Outer Frame attaches to the supports
Inner frame attaches to the panels

Still thinking and tinkering on the roof, Signs, lamp, other stuff...  lol