The TARDIS
The TARDIS is adapted from the "Build your own TARDIS" project as featured in the Doctor Who Technical Manual. I did the entire coloring and texturing, but it's based on their design. Note: As with any ICP download, these files are not to be resold under any conditions. MATERIALS
NEEDED: NOTE: This project is a bit time-consuming. It's really easy to assemble, but you'll need to cut out a lot of pieces. INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Download all the files. There are four total. The links will be at the end of the instructions here. DO NOT PRINT THEM DIRECTLY FROM YOUR BROWSER. You'll end up with a 3 foot TARDIS, most likely. I created them in Photoshop, and that's your best bet when outputting the files. 2. When you print the files, you'll need 8 1/2 X 14 sheets of paper for most of the files. If you can print this on cardstock, you'd save yourself a step. It's not necessary to print on cardstock, but if you can then do. 3. Spraymount all the pages to a Bristol board, tag board, or any posterboard type of material. This will help give it strength and support. 4. Make sure all those little rectangle slots are totally removed. Don't just cut a slit. Remove the little opening altogether. 5. At this point it gets into a bit of trial and error. I'd test fit everything, and then tape/glue all the pieces together. Before you seal the top or bottom, add some pieces of foam core to the inside walls. This will really strengthen the whole TARDIS. 6. For the siren: You can use the rectangle siren that's here, or create a more on-model one. I basically used stuff I found in my studio. I sliced up a Bic Pen for the top light assembly. This was surrounded by a slightly thicker piece of plastic for the base. Two pieces of styrene were glued to the sides of the light support. The rounded top was a wooden half-sphere glued to a washer. ***If you make your own siren, then have all the tabs overlap on top. The visual picture shows a hole on top. Don't do that. Keep it flat, and you can just glue the siren on top. 7. Once the piece is all assembled, you'll note some gaps here and there. Use any sort of putty (I suggest Kneadatite) to plug the holes. Paint the putty to match and you're done!
If you run into any problems, or my instructions got confusing, don't hesitate to e-mail me. As always, I'd love to see a photo of the finished product, if at all possible. Good luck, and enjoy! Created Spring 2002
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