Evil Bob's TARDIS build

[evil bob]

Thanks Bill! It was our town's Apple and Pork festival when our normal 7500 people balloons to 100,000+.  It would have been hard to get a parking place!

[DoctorWho8]

Now I don't feel as bad.
Bill "the Doctor" Rudloff
P.S. You should show off your "war" wound.

[evil bob]

I got more done today.



It looks more like the crate the TARDIS came in.







The TARPIS.

[Volpone]

   It looks good!  You've got your dimensions (no pun intended) right.  Its amazing how it comes together when you get the blue paint on it.  And then as you add detail.  I got goosebumps, building mine.

[evil bob]

Thanks! I'm using Bill Rudloff's excellent PDFs for for the Rosetta stone. I also used that  Flight Control TARDIS which seems to be 1:13.4 scale and a digital vernier caliper.

[galacticprobe]

Looking great, evil bob! How did you attach your corner posts to the base? Are they permanently screwed/bolted in place? Or are there holes and pegs or something like that holding them in?

Dino.

[evil bob]

Thanks Dino!  The posts are skrewed to cleats on the base. It's permanent, or at least it has been so far, lol. Once I got the walls attached, it was very stable. It would have been nice to have it come apart easily, but I'm on a tight time deadline. This has to be finished this week. I've got pirates to work on.

Bob

BTW, this thing is HUGE.  I don't think I realized how big it would be until I saw it towering above me. And that's without its roof!

[Volpone]

...BTW, this thing is HUGE.  I don't think I realized how big it would be until I saw it towering above me. And that's without its roof!

lol. I think everyone has that happen. For me it is partly because I grew up with Tom Baker and the cut-down Brachaki and later the Newberry.  Also, since I've never seen an actual police box in person the closest thing my brain can connect it to is a mid-20th century phone booth (think Bill & Ted). 

It's one thing to look at plans and say "OK, its going to be 10' tall and 4' wide."  You can even assemble the walls on the ground and it still doesn't sink in.  But when it finally comes time to put it together, it hits you just how big the damned thing is.  I thought I'd tuck mine up next to the big 6' fence my neighbors have.  Maybe put it behind the garage.  But I soon realized it would tower over the fence and would even be taller than the back of my little garage.  I started to worry.  What would the neighbors think?  Was I violating any zoning ordinances? 

Turned out I didn't need to worry.  One neighbor came over to help me screw everything together and the other neighbor came out of his house as I was putting the roof on.  "Is that a TARDIS?"  "No.  Its a garden shed.  But it looks like a TARDIS."  "Cool!" and he went back in the house. 

[daveninja]

Yeah 10 feet doesnt sound that tall until you have it standing next to you and you need to put the light on top, haha.

[evil bob]

Lol yeah, it felt very much like that. No neighbors complained yet, but they are all used to me making Halloween props. Horse drawn hearses, caskets, etc.

lol. I think everyone has that happen. For me it is partly because I grew up with Tom Baker and the cut-down Brachaki and later the Newberry.  Also, since I've never seen an actual police box in person the closest thing my brain can connect it to is a mid-20th century phone booth (think Bill & Ted). 

It's one thing to look at plans and say "OK, its going to be 10' tall and 4' wide."  You can even assemble the walls on the ground and it still doesn't sink in.  But when it finally comes time to put it together, it hits you just how big the damned thing is.  I thought I'd tuck mine up next to the big 6' fence my neighbors have.  Maybe put it behind the garage.  But I soon realized it would tower over the fence and would even be taller than the back of my little garage.  I started to worry.  What would the neighbors think?  Was I violating any zoning ordinances? 

Turned out I didn't need to worry.  One neighbor came over to help me screw everything together and the other neighbor came out of his house as I was putting the roof on.  "Is that a TARDIS?"  "No.  Its a garden shed.  But it looks like a TARDIS."  "Cool!" and he went back in the house. 

[evil bob]

Yeah, and that's scaring me. How do yo get the top on?

Yeah 10 feet doesnt sound that tall until you have it standing next to you and you need to put the light on top, haha.

[Volpone]

If you're insane and antisocial like me, you put your stepladder inside along with the top.  (The roof will fit inside not because it is bigger on the inside but because you put it in on a diagonal).  Then you climb the ladder, pull up the roof, and set it in place.  Put the lamp on after. 

Or if you're smart you get a couple ladders and have a friend help you.

[evil bob]

It's a long way down, lol.

[torktomelson]

Nice Job so far Evil Bob.  After seeing your casters, I am thinking of installing some on my build. 

[Rassilons Rod]

I love that giant skull by your doorway