Big update thanks to parts provided by @13drwho




A friend is going to try and make me a light up control panel so for the time being I've left the original in place.


I tried a different version, just for fun,  but it came out like a Space:1999 razor lol. Unfortunately no matter what i do I can't make the pics small enough to post. It took over half an hour to find a way to post the other pics.

1) The blueprint says "CONSORT" instead of "CONSOLE"(!?)
2) That one pic of the set near the top of the thread, where the set isn't lit is interesting.  Because I suspect any casual viewer of the show would tell you the console room walls are white.  But because of the set lighting, we know they were grey so they looked white but they look like a much darker shade of grey in that photo than I'd have ever guessed.  Shows how important lighting is and also illustrates a dilemma for the fan builder:  Do you go for accuracy to the actual sets and props or do you go for accuracy to how they looked onscreen (and how people remember them)? 

I've been to Lanzarote several times and  visited a lot of the filming locations - purely coincidentally.

One of the buildings they filmed inside was a restaurant designed by local artist Cesar Manrique - who also designed the wind sculptures on nearly every roundabout on the island as well as a house which is partially built in 5 subsurface larva bubbles. Anywho - the cooker in the restaurant is actually a shaft in the Earth which uses volcanic heat rather than gas or electric. As far as I know it's not a functioning restaurant though.

I was thinking - you ought to visit the island. It's not expensive as British tourists ruined a lot of it in the late 90's/early 00's. You could take the props and your Davison costume. It's also great for surfing of all kinds.

Console room plan

One fun thing about builds like this is that you see why they did certain things on the actual prop.  The "vanes" between each panel hide the plywood gap and save you from having to bevel the edge.

The rotor!

I have somewhere some colour slides I took of the Science Museum Console but have
been unable to find them so far, however I found this 3D one I took at Longleat in
April 1983 which I've never scanned before. Not sure if the 3D might help.

Its in the 'Freeview' cross-eyed format.



If this is the wrong place to post this then I'll remove it.

I'm still trying to locate my Science Museum photos.

 

Quote from: themindprobe on Oct 30, 2024, 08:36 pmThis is shaping up great! Glad I could be of assistance with the STLs :-)

Thanks very much, your STLs printed out beautifully!

This is shaping up great! Glad I could be of assistance with the STLs :-)

October Update

It's been a hot minute, so here's some progress pics.

After seeing a post from TheMindProbe here on the forums, I bought a 3D printer and started printing the Hartnell console STL files they shared (for which I am very grateful!) to make the controls. Also I made the collar finally!








I decided it was time to cut out the hole for the Time Rotor, make the rails to bolt the two halves of the console together (which was previously being weighed down by a full water jug to keep the halves from tipping), and add the outer fascia and internal supports to hold the panels in place (which were being propped up by carefully placed tissue boxes!).












As you can see I still have a lot of painting to do and lots of minor bits and pieces to get lights and switches connected. And now that the hole is cut in the table top I can finally get around to working on the Time Rotor itself! Hopefully my next update won't be 4 months from now lol