Unashamed geekishness

Sunday afternoon's project this week is to make some progress on the Airfix "Welcome Aboard" TARDIS kit I got off eBAy a couple of weeks ago. I thought that it might be fun - largely my own - to take pictures of the various stages of the painting and assemble. Of course, if I make a complete hash of it, the pictures will suddenly stop and you will be able to guess the worst. I suspect that the hardest parts to paint properly will be the Doctor himself and Martha. That said, the TARDIS has proven willful more than once.

Like a lemon, I have allowed the battery on my camera to go flat, so I have taken the first four pictures with my Razr2 V8. Equally daft, I only had the idea of taking the photos once the console assembly was essentially complete - though it needs a little touching up here and there.


Front frame with telephone detail.


Rear panel. Unpainted as yet except for window interior. It looks better without the light behind it.


Console assembly. Use of milliput was required to hide a couple of joints; some of the paintwork is speculative - the instructions do not match the photoguide, so I used reference material from the web.


Closer view of console assembly. I am considering trying to find some very thin wiring to hang down and wind around the column, but haven't decided, yet.

As with all model making, the hard part is actually being patient and allowing the glue to set and the paint to dry before moving on to the next stage.

Unashamed geekishness

Sunday afternoon's project this week is to make some progress on the Airfix "Welcome Aboard" TARDIS kit I got off eBAy a couple of weeks ago. I thought that it might be fun - largely my own - to take pictures of the various stages of the painting and assemble. Of course, if I make a complete hash of it, the pictures will suddenly stop and you will be able to guess the worst. I suspect that the hardest parts to paint properly will be the Doctor himself and Martha. That said, the TARDIS has proven willful more than once.

Like a lemon, I have allowed the battery on my camera to go flat, so I have taken the first four pictures with my Razr2 V8. Equally daft, I only had the idea of taking the photos once the console assembly was essentially complete - though it needs a little touching up here and there.


Front frame with telephone detail.


Rear panel. Unpainted as yet except for window interior. It looks better without the light behind it.


Console assembly. Use of milliput was required to hide a couple of joints; some of the paintwork is speculative - the instructions do not match the photoguide, so I used reference material from the web.


Closer view of console assembly. I am considering trying to find some very thin wiring to hang down and wind around the column, but haven't decided, yet.

As with all model making, the hard part is actually being patient and allowing the glue to set and the paint to dry before moving on to the next stage.