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Now lets begin building the Dalek



First, I started out by constructing the bottom plate that will hold the entire structure.
According to my 3D model, I already knew the right measurments and could directly draw on the wooden plate.







After I checked if everything was symetrical, I cut out the shape with a jigsaw.





The borderline of thge bottom part is a seperated into two woodenpanels. Each with an 445 degree angle.
Therefore, I cut 5 cm wide panels to shape.





In order to make them fit, I directly cut them in a 45 degree angle.



Then, all the panels were glued into place. To achive an extra strong bond, I srewed each panel induvidually to the bottom plate.





And thats is the outcome so far. A lot more to do haha.


 
 
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And there was a bunch of hardware arriving today.
Still missing some more fittings, But the essential parts are here. So Lets begin the work!






 
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First parts for the water cooling arrived. Still need to wait for some more fittings and the rest of the hardware. But I should get it next week. Than I can go fully into modding mode


 
 
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Hi there,
 
its Stefan also known as RandomDesign. This season I will be the representative for Germany.
Currently, I am working on the fine tuning of my  concept. Still need to figure out some measurements.
 
But, I already have a little teaser for you. I will try to make this worklog as rich with pictures and descriptions as possible.
So have fun
 

 
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Thanks all.

Sleep and food are for the weak

To see he inside of the mid section, I needed to cut the glasfibre body in three pieces.





To make them fit together after cutting, I wraped on side in masking tape and used bodyfiller to hide the Cutting line.
That way you will not see a bit gap when this section is closed.







Then, I primed the parts to check if some areas need more sanding or more filler.



While the primer dried, I took the time to paint the doors and the bottom of the base section black.
This will function as another layer of primer. I used dispersion paint because its cheaper than spray paint and
with some care the results are the same.







For some more details on the bottom edge, I drilled holes and installed some bolts.
Then the edges were painted in a silver tone.





And then back to the mid section. For the opening, I used the same mechanism as for the doors.






 

To achieve more stability, I glued small wooden beams on the side of the mid construction.







Then, I needed to make an inner construction were the top part can rest on.
I cut some plywood into shape and screwed it into place.









For an easier access while working on this part, and so save some weight, I cut away the unnecessary
material. I also added the holes for the watercooling.





Next, I figured out were to put the small water tanks for this section.



I built a mountingsystem for them and attached it to the bottom plate.





I marked the outline for the tubes and added a small wooden box. You will see later for what it will be used





And here is a picture of the water cooling layout in this area.

I added a second layer of black primer to the bulbs and rings.
Now I have to wait until my orderd color will arrive.





Then, I started working on the mid section. I cut polystyrene sheets into shape.
Because I had to use multiple layers, I sanded down the rough surface to make them fit perfectly on each other.





I cut every layer into the same shape as the bottom plate of the mid section.
Then, I simply tagged them together with double sticky tape.





The position for the next section was marked on top. Then I started to roughly trim down the edges.
You will get a lot of polystyrene flakes







To get the construction in its final shape, I used a rasp to remove the material.





I continiued the work and added all the detail lines and edges.



Then, I made a short test if the mid section fits the rest of the mod so far.





For stability, I applied multiple layers of glasfiber. I used a very light variation so I did not
lost the details.





After the galasfiber dried the fun part of applying body filler and sanding began.





Lastely, I removed the polystyrene from the inside. Pretty happy with the result. It still needs a little more sanding.
Also the inside looks a little rough but I will take care of it later.

So this weekend, I worked a bit on the light system for this section.

I planned to build a running light effect here.
I sorted all the necessary parts ans soldered the circut.





To place the LEDs more inpedendently I already solderd all the resistors.
There is some space left in the top right. Here I will ad another LED effect later.



Speaking of LEDs, for this particular effect, I need 32 LEDs, so I attachd cables to every singel one.





Then, I cut the acrylic parts for the light. Because every LED will be lighten up one section, I needed also 32 acrylic parts.
After cutting all the parts were sanded down to refract the light later on.









Then I glued the LEDs into place and made a first test if it fit.







Also the running light was tested.

Thank all for the amazing feedback. Will try to do my best for this mod
I am kind of a night person so I dont need that much sleep *lol*
 
As a next step, I started to work on the little highlight for the mid section.
What makes a Dalek a real Dalek. Sure a Dalek
I modeled a rought shape from newspaper and fixed it with masking tape.



Then I tried out the positioning on the inside.





A selfmade eye was also included.



To get everything into shape, I used a very simple and cheap technique. Paper maché.
I applied multiple layers to hide the structure of the newspaper. When it dried the entire
model will be very strong but also light weight.





In the mean time, I started the next section.
First, I cut a round piece of wood and made a template for the structure, that should hold the round wooden beams on the outside
and the acrylic glass pieces on the inside.



Because I did not have wood in the right thickness on hand, I glued two pieces together.





Than it was attached to the round plate. In addition, I cut out the top of the construction and installed
the roound wood beams on the outside. Smaller gaps were filled with wood filler.









I 3d printed small details, that I glued into place.





For a more industrial kind of look, I used some screws.





Next up will be the light system for this part and than I will make the basic structure of the "head"

Thanks to all!

Here is another update.
 
Next up, I made the basic construction of the top part.

I took half of a styrofoam bowl and covered it with some glasfiber.





There are some detail lines on this part in the original that I also wanted to reproduce. Therefore, I cut small stripes
from craft foam and glued it into place. Then the hole body was covered with body filler.







Then, I removed the craft foam. I got some nice looking and straight lines.







The styrofoam was removed with some aceton.



To make the top part holding to the part below, I glued round guiding rails inside the the bowl and ontop of the mid section.
Now I can rotate the top part, but it will not fall down. I also will build and automatic rotation system later.





I, put the parts together to see the final dimensions of the mod. It is about 1,15 meters high.





Next up, I will work my way back from top to bottom. I will add all the details and moveable parts and make it ready for painting.

I predict: Stefan Ulrich.
 
He looks like he doesn't get much sleep, too many ideas in his head that want to come out and play, build and create with the toys you're going to send him.

Nomination Event Winners have been announced!!
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UPDATE !! 
 
So bro's this is the result of the paint job hope you like it? It's still not 100% hardned but good enough to manage...stay tunned for more !!
 
Grtzzz MikeP.
 

 
 

I will Use the special matte colour with red acrylic and red Tt coolant ...this is the result of the paint job ;-) 
 
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UPDATE !! 
 
Time for the Custom paint job!! I hasitated for a long time unthil I seen an new car on the parking lot and it's colour was amazing! It's from a newest Peugeot 208 and is caled Ice Silver...I liked it so much i decided to take this colour. It's a gunmetal metalic matte colour with a special structure in the paint, so it took the entiere day to spray it with 5 layers....
 

 
 
So here is the last picture before painting...naked in the sun !! 
 

 
The result will been seen tomorrow (drying now)   STAY tuned folks the end is near !!!

After everything was in place and al the cut's, drilling and filing was done it was time for the paint job !!
 
  

UPDATE !
 
Hi folks, nice to see you are following this thanks!! With only 3 days on the counter I had to make a drastic decision and had to go to plan B.... Why? Well, as I got like 10 full days transport and customs delays I couldn't make up that lost time, so there was no other option than to use plan-B. The plan is to use PTEG tubings instead of my custom channel window... I know it sucks, but hey, better a finished build that's operational than a half build right?
So as time flew by I printed my custom GPU brackets and mounted them in place as seen in picture below...notice the honeycomb mesh? ...thats for the airflow to pas the back of the cards ;-) 
 
 


 
And with them in place it looks more and more like i thought it would  :-) 
 

Will update this weekend ;-) ..stay in the hood bro