Custom Console: January 09 Update

[davidnagel]

Now that is cool. That is SOOOO the Master's TARDIS. Dark and grungy and evil looking. As Purp said, the rotor housing is a nice touch.

[atomicgraph]

wow what a great console, i'm not sure what else i can say i'm blown away by your work

[the_temporal_mechanic]

It's about 8 feet tall and about 5 or so feet in diameter.  The original plan was to put it into a geodesic dome frame that was 12 feet tall and 20 feet in diameter.  I still plan to do that, but have to wait for it to be manufactured.  I want to do a build of a full Police Box to use as the Foyer (like Scarfwearer did in the corner of his room) for the entry way into the dome.



I got the inspiration from the new series of course, but these guys make a tent that would be great for the garden: www.pacificdomes.com

[the_temporal_mechanic]

Oh, and I build a lot of odds and ends.  My last few years have been about lightsabers.  I build customs for my friends mostly.  Before that I was really into tricorders and other pocket tools.

[the_temporal_mechanic]

I'm bad about not showing my work until it's pretty far along by the way.  I've been chipping away at this in my spare time since January.  I took a long break between March and the end of June.
Below are some progress pics from the build.












My flickr page has a lot of notes on these guys if you want to see larger pics there. www.flickr.com/photos/benjisanford  Still have to figure out how to link thumbnails to larger pics 

[exilea]

How did you achieve that organic look? I love it!

[karsthotep]

Can you share what components you used? I see some lumen disks and I think some taplights that you added som texture to.  Do you have any progress pictures of some of the componenets you built for your console?

Karst

[the_temporal_mechanic]

How did you achieve that organic look? I love it!

It's all done with an angle grinder and an abrasive disk.  I just sanded it away until it was where i wanted it.  DUSTY!

[the_temporal_mechanic]

I will be updating my pics on www.flickr.com/photos/benjisanford so that there are captions on each box detailing what I have used.  I'll post some here too.

[handofomega]

AWESOME stuff AND from a fellow North Carolinian!!!!!!!!!!

[geminitimelord]

That is amazing, I too thought of the Master's Tardis with it being so dark. I like the use of Palm and Cell Phones integrated.

[13thdoctor]

Good work -- this thing is really cool. Gotta admit, in some ways I like it better than the one they use on the new show.

[dalethetimelord]

I'm old and cynical these days, and it takes a lot to impress me.  This console has really impressed me, not only for it's originality, but the style and thought that's obviously gone into the building of the console.  Love the lights and sounds - interactive toys you can play/fiddle with are always the best sort!  Brilliant.  Thanks so much for joining up and sharing this with us, it's a wonderful build.

[ThisJustinOnline]

The tent idea is really cool! How much is it costing you if you do not mind me asking?

[the_temporal_mechanic]

I am getting  a tent and cover from a gent on Ebay.  The frame is 500 plus shipping and the cover has just come out and should be about the same.  Still have to talk to him about that.  If it were in a place that never had to move I had the consideration of covering it in a harder material.  That would afford the opportunity to install some pretty cool roundels.