TARDIS 5

We're getting down to the end here. These next few progress pictures show the innards and all the messy wiring that eventually got cleaned up. In total there are 13 high intensity LED's throughout the Tardis to illuminate all the necessary sections. One for each window, one for each "Police Public Call Box" sign, and of course one for the main light on top. And as you can see more and more of the Blue is coming together. At this point in the build it's just a matter of adding the finishing touches and hoping to not run the paint.

 First up we have the walls slowly being assembled and fitted with their LED's. Laying down next to the walls you can see the frame painted blue. I painted the walls in 2 parts. The frame, then the main back piece. Then I attached them together. I could have painted them as one big piece, but I feel like there is more depth this way when looking at them and better fill with the paint.

 Here is the frame just resting in place so you can get a better idea of how I assembled them and painted in sections.

 This piece took me a while to figure out how to do. The dimensions are so small that this was proving problematic. In the end I chose to carve out the inside of a block of wood as opposed to making tiny 4 sided boxes. More strength this way.

 

The "Police Public Call Box" sign is simply a print out of the graphic and glued to the back of a clear piece of plastic. It gives it a weathered look when not lit. And when lit it allows the light to pass through the white lettering.

 Here is a reverse view of the door with the LED's affixed to the back of it. I put in black squares to help direct the light and bounce as much of it up and out. The intention is to get the least amount of bleed through the seem of the door.

 And here are the innards! From a birds eye view. It sure looks messy in there.  I'll be able to clean up a fair amount but what can you do. It's wirey. Also, for some reason this gives the impression that the top of the tardis has a curve to it. It doesn't. I think the end caps make it look slightly curved, but they still need to be sanded down on the bottoms in order to make the top fit flush with the rest of it.

Here you can see the intense light that shines through the call boxes.  LED's don't really spread their light much. Or if they do I haven't found those yet. So thankfully the plastic I use on the face of the boxes diffuses it enough.

Roughly put together. This is right before the window panes were put in. 

Here is the whole thing almost complete. All that is left is to paint the four posts and sure up the wiring and the switch to turn it on and off. But you get a very good idea of how the final product will look. For now I've chosen not to put frames in the windows. They're extremely thin on this scale. If anything I might tape out and paint them on. but as it stands the final Tardis will be without frames in the windows.

And at night!