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1:6 Scale Metropolitan

Thanks for the tips! I don't know if you've noticed but you can look at the centre divider and see it's all wonky, which is why I tried to take it apart in the first place. You think I could get away with taking off the remaining pieces, and put them in the right place, or should I keep it all where it is?

I have never used milliput, but I have bought some. Looks like a great thing to use on stuff. You ever lose one of your miniatures? I could see myself not being able to find my comparatively huge box in an empty room haha!
 
Now you call my attention to it, I do see they are wonky. Its a pity you do not seem to have used the 'Insert' button on your images. They come out more clearly when you use it. Did you use PVA to glue those centre 'dividers'  on? You might be able to lift them off by getting them damp, and using a scalpel very carefully. A bit of the milliput to fill in any gaps or holes left behind should hide the worst of it. Alternatively, I should carefully scrape the whole piece off, with a chisel edged blade and make another from balsa strip, or styrene strip. Or even , like in my kit patterns*, use several layers of card or wood on top of one another until you get the correct size.

  I have indeed lost one of my miniature Police Boxes. Last year I took one out to do some shots among some Lichens ( More of this coming soon....) and the poor thing fell down a massive cliff. Well, I say massive; The model was 1/100th so stands at about 38mm ( a human in that scale is 17mm) and the cliff was about three feet tall. Unfortunately, it had a huge forest of giant grasses and heather trees at the bottom and the Tardis was lost forever. I could not find any of King Peledons Stout lads to find her for me! It was however, luckily made of white metal from one of my moulds. ( The original being made from greenstuff) so I was able to cast another! ( See the advantages of mould making and casting?) I was more annoyed at the loss of the precious white metal than bothered about the miniature! Oddly, the figurines (1/48th) I am making now are about 37mm, but they tower over the tiny 1/100th box like giant trolls....
 
*= I think you said you had looked at my stuff before, so you will have found where the model patterns are. ( 1/17th scale boxes etc) On those you can see i used three strips of card stacked to get the right depth on that part.


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That makes it sound absolutely doable! I was afraid I'd have to put everything back and keep it looking off. Gotta say though, I tried using a blade to get the glued things off (I didn't use PVA unfortunately) and I sort of cut myself... half a dozen times. Oops. Looking for thick gloves my dad says he had (as per recommended by a post from Dino/galacticprobe about TARDIS building safety tips).

I should learn to make resin moulds because they look handy as heck, they could very darn well aid in my building a scratch build later down the line. A prop maker I follow on YT makes moulds and his stuff always comes out incredibly.
 
Yes, its do-able! You must get it right! So much more satisfying in the end! If you have no chisel type blades use a stanley blade. Mind you fingers! I can sympathise with your sliced digits; I was going to use glass on the floor of my 1/17th Tardis Interior, and had a piece, then decided to try my hand at glass cutting. The glass shattered and I managed to slice my thumb right down to the bone! Bled like **%)! everywhere. I had to bandage myself with one hand! Tricky.  After that I used some clear acrylic I had found!
  Ive never tried to put links on anything here yet, so it might not work, but here is a little video I found about building two part moulds. Single piece 'strip-off' moulds will do for Police Box parts and other types of architectural models

https://sylcreate.com/how-to-make-and-use-a-two-part-silicone-mould-for-casting-resin/
 
Well that is unfortunate. Glass must be the enemy of craftsmen, along with wood, metal, adhesives, any tools, etc.

That is helpful, I shall save that link!
 
I'm having trouble with the windows. Does anyone here have any recommendations for materials/shops?

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For my 1/6 TARDIS windows I use the plastic from milk bottles. It is usually pebbled to aid grip, and if you want the smooth glass you can just use the smooth surface from inside. I just wash out the bottles and cut them up into sheets.
 
Try Evergreens clear styrene sheets. Or failing that, use the clear plastic for pre- made salads like you get down the shop. Use PVA glue-it dries clear and can be cut excess can be cut away with a scalpel. Milk bottles are made from polythene type plastic and therefore do not take to glue very well-unless you coat them all over. One of my pet hates is polythene made stuff. I mentioned recently about those figures airfix make in that type of plastic. Think that was in the recent K-9 thread. You can always use a bit of tracing paper behind for the frosted parts, or print out on plain paper the pebbled effect.
  Dont know where to get Evergreens these days. (Our model shops are all closed except for the Railway one in Camborne- but that is here -not there!). I suppose they have a website.

  Hope that is of some use.
    Andrew
 
Andrew Harvey said:
Good evening Wonder wheeler. If I ever manage to build a box I too would do a concrete one. Ages ago I put these pictures on the site showing the various different parts to a concrete box. You might find them very useful in the building of your box. Ive done a lot with concrete and cement over the years, and I do not think a dry mix is a good idea. A recent study of ancient cement dating to Roman times found that adding crushed sea shells to your mix makes a 'self repairing' cement. The calcium phosphate, or carbonates gradually release making the bonds between the mix stronger, just like how Lyme stone is formed.
  I hope I have worked this thing out correctly...I have not used it in ages....
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