TARDIS Interior walls

davidnagel · Sep 18, 2020, 03:52 pm

This is by no means a round(el)ed process, I wish I'd taken a few more precautions (and measurements) before I proceeded...

In an attempt to add walls to the exhibition/convention-hopping console https://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=7927.0 I started building some interior walls.

Bassed on the interior walls of the 80s, these would be built so I could throw them up and down when required, so would need to be light weight and stand soundly.

What follows is a series of images of what I've produced so far. This process was based off Mark (timerotor)'s process as seen in his flickr video.

It began about 5 years ago...

5mm plywood, routered roundels, backed with CLS and the roundel depth was created from hardboard bent into shape.

The roundel depth process was the most painful thing.

So once they were in a reasonable state of completion (even if that took a long while), it was about time to test it with a few roundels I happen to have acquired...

Looks nice huh?

Unfortunately, the holes are just a few mm too small and the roundels don't fit flush

Rookie mistake.

So now I have 4 lengths of roundel walls and not sure what to do with them. Double up as Hartnell ones maybe? But those roundels were a little bigger and closer together... Who's nose what to do now! The hardwood wouldn't take a trim as its a bit like MDF and doesn't have much substance.

Hope you all like them though! I might try version 2 one day soon.

scotland yard · Sep 18, 2020, 07:01 pm

Someone on this board posted about shrinking moulds. And TB has been kind to me and allowed me to easily track what I was looking for!
https://tardisbuilders.com/index.php?topic=7542.msg95151#msg95151

Not a lot of information but given that I know about shrinking moulds because of this, it seemed unfair not to link to it. You may want to try that for shrinking the roundel and casting new ones at the correct size?

I was going to say that "Well, you can't notice it really, you should use it anyway", but then I remembered I was in TB and these things do matter over here. As they should. I love this place!

davidnagel · Sep 23, 2020, 09:45 pm

Ha! I did think this actually. I considered trying to shrink new copies of the things, or even patterning new ones but decided it was too much effort.

I *may* cut them up and bring the roundels together, create some Hartnell roundels, but like I said, I think its beyond effort and someone else may enjoy them more than I do right now.

I'll bring them all together, when they all have paint, and do some shots of them against the console... one day.

davidnagel · May 10, 2023, 03:15 pm

Ok, I had to say goodbye to these walls. I moved house and there wasn't going to be anywhere I could have them except storage and they needed to be loved, not neglected. So off they went to a new home - have yet to hear whats happened to them.

And so 2023 comes around and, well, I feel wall-less. And this happened:

Getting the roundel hole size right this time! Remember, measure 10 million times and cut once.

And what I believe is called "cat tax"

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And remember folks, wear protection unless it feels better without.

More soon...

davidnagel · May 10, 2023, 03:16 pm

I formally apologise to everyone that wasn't expecting to see my face so large in this thread.

davidnagel · May 12, 2023, 10:04 am

He gets bloody everywhere

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russellsuthern · May 12, 2023, 05:22 pm

Nice cat.
Btw: Everyone seems to be building TARDIS walls at the moment-I'm getting very jealous!! 😉

Keep up the good work.
Russell

davidnagel · Sep 25, 2023, 09:21 am

Back to hit at this thread, to remind myself to get back to it. Pictures from months ago. Walls have been relegated to the storage unit for now.

Time to get them depths right