2010 NSDW D Prop Wooden TARDIS

[alextheyellowthing]

Sooo... My first shot at expoxy résine went very well. It's not perfect and i allready have a new lamp in the making for this box, but for now it will be good enought until i change my mind.
So basicly, it's some us coper coin on the top with some fimo to sculpte the lamp cap and nipple, and some 1euro cent coins for the rest of the body of the lamp. I used those because they were the right diamètre and also because if the paint cheapos away, it will show coper or brass under it.
The fresnel is now made out of résine that i casted in a cylindrical shape using à old glue tube and then worked with my dremel and my cutter. Like i was wood turning.
Here are some pictures

cap and the main body of the lamp painted with à undersised hot glue stick fresnel lence. This time i'm made the métal clips and hinges of the lamp

this is the final cast of the epoxy

and the finished product. Btw, i've noticed my super glu reacted with the paint, wich i'll have to find à way to fix.

Also, here is à little "how to assemblé this box"

first, here are all the pièces, all flat ready to travel in a bag. It mostly disassembles and assemblés the same with similar pièces then the real prop does.


First put on the floor of the base, and incert each corner posts in to their own slot (F=front B=back G=left D=right)

clip the doors into their hinges


Fit in the side pannel slots in the posts and base grooves the acording the left, right and back(mind the hinges)

put on the sign boxes to the corresponding sides

then the roof and door panel and you're off !



And to finish it, here is à little photo shoot with my other props

 

[angelus lupus]

What a beautiful line-up of boxes! I am jealous of both your model-building and photography skills! The new 2010 lamp is really good.

 

[Volpone]

Yeah, it's kind of like "There's nothing wrong with the old on...ohhhh, I see..."  It's wild, how some of the little details don't seem like they'd be worth the effort to fine-tune until you do it and it makes a huge difference (to people like us. Way back, when I did my first refit I showed a friend who was a casual Doctor Who fan before and after pictures and he didn't see the difference. lol.)

 

[alextheyellowthing]

[member=1524]Volpone[/member]  [member=4674]Angelus Lupus[/member] thank you^^

your photography skills!

i'll have to get a reflex at some point, and i'm affraid it will mean one of those boxes will hae to go on ebay

(to people like us. Way back, when I did my first refit I showed a friend who was a casual Doctor Who fan before and after pictures and he didn't see the difference. lol.)

i think your box evolved into a very cool one. for me, it really came to life when you remade the posts and sign boxes. the proportions

as for my lamp, i'll still need to redo it at some point when i'll be better at working resins.

 

[alextheyellowthing]

I've tried à New location for shooting photos and went with the D box. It was horrible to work with because of the hit and some designs flows. The roof got damages à bit in the procès so i'll have to fix and mod all that needs mods.

 

[alextheyellowthing]

Don't mind the broken handle during transport, i'll néed to find à way to made them more robuste

 

[Volpone]

The broken handle just lends a BBC props department verisimilitude to the location shots. 

 

[alextheyellowthing]

The broken handle just lends a BBC props department verisimilitude to the location shots. 

Smith did broke à few apparently, so i guess you're right. He dangled à lot from those in and in between shots.

Before
After

 

[alextheyellowthing]

Fixed and way more durable.
I guess this is how i'll do stuff in the future.
So now i'm using à very soft métal wire (zamak i think) tha i flatten on the tips and à bit on the middle to make the handles, letting spare exess on the tips bent as sharp of à 90° angle i can get to act as a nails. There Is no extra glue, but if it brokes or if i need even more robuste handles (for sanding scratches and abusive use)

So here is à broken test pièce.

And here is the final result

 

[alextheyellowthing]

Off to new aventures, this time in one piece.

 

[alextheyellowthing]

New shoot out

 

[alextheyellowthing]

i need to improve my contrast on thoses photos now that i look at it in full screen.

 

[alextheyellowthing]

 

[alextheyellowthing]

Tardis D prop update
I have made the smallest hinges i've ever scratch built.
So i proudly anounce that the next props will feature à openable phone pannel.
Thanks to that cheap dremel tool. It's very handy.
This one wont feature à phone, other wise the pull to open sign wont light up. Maybe à remouvable one later.

Édit: if you dremel métal like i did or anything else, please wear eye protection and, if needed, masks.

Edit: i'll have to think about à remouvable one anyway, or it will get it the way of the door. The big one this time, not the just the Phone pannel.
It would be acurate on a box with the Toyota interior i guess...
More things to think and draft about.
Anyway, enjoy^^

So here is how it looks now

And it's as fonctionnal as it looks

 

[alextheyellowthing]

A day at bad wolf bay ish



Something i do some times
It's for refracting light. At this hour of tye day with this weather, it's usefull

 

[who.collector]

You'd be forgiven for thinking these were photos of the full size prop! Amazing work.

 

[angelus lupus]

You'd be forgiven for thinking these were photos of the full size prop! Amazing work.

Every time I open this thread the forum currently takes me to the top of this page, and every time I think that first picture is a full-size box!

 

[alextheyellowthing]

More stuff



Those night shots were plagued by big stadium spots, so there is a big series 1 wibe to the lighting

 

[angelus lupus]

You're right, there's something about those night-time shots that really captures that 2005 vibe - I almost expect 9 and Rose to go running past!  ;D

 

[alextheyellowthing]

I thibk it's mostly due to the haed white lighting and the bluriness of my zooms. Shooting out there was really tricky for how crowded was the place.
And also i guess the wheel in the back ground complets the vibe

You're right, there's something about those night-time shots that really captures that 2005 vibe - I almost expect 9 and Rose to go running past!  ;D