The following are pictures of the roof. Essentially it's just like the base only with the tapered top. So I built with a very crude skeleton inside in order to give it some strength,
Lots of putty and filler later...
And we have the makings of a nice smooth roof piece just itching to have a light on top of it.
I've gotten in the habit of piecing things together before they are ready. but I can't help it I like seeing what things will look like. And I think it's a good way to see if you're on the right track. Especially when scratch building. So here is the Tardis with the roof just resting.
Some how I missed photographing the sides and the corner pieces. But they're also, clearly...made. The sides actually slide into grooves cut into the corner pieces. I do at least have a close up of the top corner detail before paint
Moving on to the light at the top of the Tardis. This is the base and the top of the light structure.
I built is one level at a time. This pic it appears to be leaning, but that's been fixed. There was some non dried glue going on in this picture.
Of course...testing the lamp on the roof piece...
BLUE!
The frame had to be painted before putting the plastic piece inside that will diffuse the light. There is just no space to tape anything out with this small piece.
With the frosted piece of plastic inside the light to help diffuse the LED and allow more of a glow.
Here is the base of the Tardis taped out and painted blue.
And more test fitting. Here is with one set of windows cut open in prep for the mini light boxes that will illuminate the windows.
And the top piece now blue and with the filler panel on top.
So that's where I am right now. If this weekend opens up as much as I hope it will I should be able to get a lot more done. We'll find out tomorrow if I have to sand down the blue again. There is some minor dimpling probably from oil from my hands, or some water that hadn't dried yet before I started painting. Great.
