Capaldi tardis

[Volpone]

Yeah, things were so much simpler in the days before the Internet--heck in the days before VHS!  The summer after 4th grade, my Dad retired and we moved to a farm that the farmer had retired and sold (most of the land went to government conservation and we got the buildings and 10 acres).  There was a little booth next to the chicken coop that was taller than it was wide, was more or less square, had a door, and some windows.  That was our TARDIS!  Regardless of that it was white with brown trim and pink shingles on the roof. 

[barnacle]

Your build is absolutely breathtaking, Bren!  I hope mine turns out somewhere near as well as yours...

[brenk9carter]

thank you all for the great comments, they really mean a lot  
So i guess my Tardis can actually be called a phone box now because i've completed the construction of the phone cubby


i made the whole box removable so i can open the left hand door all the way if i want to




the aluminium tabs on the door hold it in so to remove it all you have to do is lift it up a bit and pull it out.
it holds in very securely so i shouldn't think it'll fall out.
all i have to do now is paint it, complete the lamp and fit the electronics and she'll be finished

[russellsuthern]

Looking great!
I love your phone.
My only suggestion would be to make a little box for your phone to sit on, otherwise it does look a bit lost in that big hole.
Can't wait to see it finished!

Regards,

Russell

[galacticprobe]

She's really looking great, Bren! And I know this is coming after the fact, but if you cut open the top of your phone cubby and cover it over with plexi/perspex, then the light you use to light the interior, which presumable lights the windows and POLICE BOX signs, will shine through and also light your Phone Panel sign when you have your phone cubby installed. It's also how real Police Boxes lit their Phone Panel signs.

Dino.

[Volpone]

Off topic, I like the bike.

[Bob's your Uncle]

I like the idea of a removable phone box.
Nice job.


Greg.

[brenk9carter]

Looking great!
I love your phone.
My only suggestion would be to make a little box for your phone to sit on, otherwise it does look a bit lost in that big hole.

ooh good idea, ill have to do that now.

She's really looking great, Bren! And I know this is coming after the fact, but if you cut open the top of your phone cubby and cover it over with plexi/perspex, then the light you use to light the interior, which presumable lights the windows and POLICE BOX signs, will shine through and also light your Phone Panel sign when you have your phone cubby installed. It's also how real Police Boxes lit their Phone Panel signs.

Dino.

thanks Dino, the signs have their own lights in them and the windows will be lit up by one bright light in the middle so i could do what you suggested  

Off topic, I like the bike.

thanks, its my one

[galacticprobe]

Off topic, I like the bike.

Not all that off-topic. Though while not strictly "Capaldi" (but going by "Doctors"), the 11th Doctor made use of a bike in "The Bells Of Saint John", and Clara used one in "The Day Of The Doctor". So this is... "semi" on topic.

(I hope that makes you feel a little better, Other Steve!)

Dino.

[brenk9carter]

Something arrived the other day...

i plan on putting it in the phone cubby above the phone.
it feels so great to own something from the actual propmakers from the show.
not much else has really been happening apart from the lamp is nearing completion, all i have left to do is make the cap and paint it.

[brenk9carter]

Today the lamp was finished, i made the cap on the cnc lathe at the factory.

it goes together like so:
the top of the lamp has a threaded bar screwed into it

the main body sits down onto the top of the cap with a clearance hole for the threaded bar,

then the top 'nipple' for lack of a better word has a tapped hole in it which screws onto the threaded bar and holds it all together.



i think it looks pretty much spot on

[barnacle]

It's beautiful!  Almost a shame to paint it...

[brenk9carter]

another little update, i put the type 40 plaque in the phone box

i don't think ill make a little box for the phone to sit on anymore as the sign makes it look less empty now


its held in with velcro so it can be removed if i want to.

[galacticprobe]

then the top 'nipple' for lack of a better word...

The Series 1-4 lamp cap had what's been called a "nipple", Bren. It was just the nub with the hole in it for hanging the lamp by putting a ring through the hole.

The Series 5 on lamp cap doesn't have that. They chose to use the "bee hive"-looking part below the nipple instead. So we've been calling that part the "bee hive" part.

And you've done a smashing job with that lamp cap! I thought it was one piece. My eyeballs almost fell out when I saw the bee hive was a separate piece, and used as a finial to hold everything together. Your work is brilliant! And yes, it looks pretty well spot on!

Dino.

[brenk9carter]

ooh its been a while since an update but i can now say that the lamp is blue.

i haven't got round to casting the lens yet as i've been a bit busy with  other things recently but i will get round to it sometime in the near future

the whole thing is pretty much as it should be so i imagine its fairly accurate, the only thing that is a bit off is the 4 struts which are bent outwards a bit which was necessary as when we made them we realised that they were a bit big so a little bend made them the right height, it doesn't actually bother me too much really as it adds a little uniqueness to my build.
i still need to properly put it together with some sealer on the joins so it'll be put on the roof after that's happened.