I can imagine that being a very nice place to sit and make observations of the heavens...I suppose you will have your star charts on the walls inside? Brilliant to see the time lapse.

All the best
 Andrew

Sign boxes are fitted. Here's a link to a timelapse



Since the signs are off the old Tardis and so are proportionally smaller than they should be, it looks a little wrong, but I don't think it would be obvious to most people. I will look into getting full-sized ones made up and if I do that, I'll build new sign boxes which should also solve the issue where the current sign-boxes needed an extra strip on top to fill the gap in the main body.

Remaining task list:

• Widen the slot in the base so it can fit around the telescope pier
• Seal the gap between the sign boxes and the roof
• Make the dummy phone-box door & its sign
• Make the top light
• Make the floor
• Fit an interior light
• fit door bolts and lock
• Extra coat of blue on various parts
• Add shelving inside
• ...

Well, it's a replica of the Barachaki box after it was "renovated."  I know there are pristine Barachaki blueprints on here.  There are people with a lot better eye for detail than I, but basically if you started with that, stuck the "clover" door stops on the top of the doors, chopped out about 5" of the roof stack and replaced the Fresnel lens with a simple frosted cylinder, you'd be pretty close. 

Sorry, I haven't been into this forum in a long, long time...is there any plans/blueprints for this Box? I want to have a go at 3d modelling the TUAT/Ruth Doctor box! 😁

I did have a look at the Plan Index but I can't seem to find it there...maybe I'm not looking properly, I'll have another browse-around.

One sign-box ready to paint...



Except when I put it up to the opening and discovered that it didn't quite cover the gap. So I added an extra strip on top:



And here are all 4 painted and ready to go on:

I think I have finished it- I might make the logo on the reverse a touch smaller

Gorgeous!

After two long years, this past weekend I am reminded why I haven't toured the Hartnell console in 2 years, its put-together wasn't very well thought out, naughty Past David.

But here are some pretty pictures of it appearing at Crawley Comic Con on Saturday 20 April



And some close ups of panels I went the week before "prettying"




And the rotor innards are a lot more complete now! Flags and all!

Quote from: fivefingeredstyre on Apr 14, 2024, 07:50 pmI got around this my making my signs  out of vinyl which was cut in reverse and applied to the inward facing side of the clear acrylic pane. I then put white vinyl over this.

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Thank you for your response. I have been thinking about it and I think eventually I will pull the signs out and do exactly that.

Looks great!
Russell