The Finished Skirt Section!

I, Davros.

Widening the Base

I added another layer of wood to get the base to about the right width. It has that nice block board look of the originals now I think.

Skirt Panels Attached!

Got all the skirt panels attached with lots of nails and glue. They all lined up pretty close to how I expected them to. I had to do some minor trims with an exacto knife and spackle
a few spots to smooth things out.

I glued and spackled the seams on the panels the strengthen everything. Then I painted over them with primer and sanded it.

 An inside view...

And here is the pretty much finished Skirt...

Installing Dalek Bumps

Everything glued into place. I used Liquid Nails glue, so hopefully they'll all hold.

I might reinforce them on the backs with something... or maybe just stash a roll of duct tape under the seat in case of emergency...

Day of the Dalek Skirt Panels

The skirt panels are all painted now, and here they are leaning in place on the frame one more time before I attached the hemispheres.

Once I glue those hemi's into the holes, I can attach the panels to the frame, spackle in any gaps, and touch up the paint.

I still need make the bumper at the bottom a bit thicker, but I'll do that later.

Magic 8 Balls

I think these will do nicely for the ball joints on the gun and plunger arm.
And yes, I asked the 8 Balls what they thought of it, and neither had any objections.

If these work out, I'll probably get another one to use for the eye.

108 mm

Fixed the holes in the skirt today. Finally got my hands on a slightly larger than 4" hole saw.
A 108mm one did nicely.

They fit!!

 After that, I gave the panels a couple coats of grey primer, a quick sanding, and a coat of silver.

 Next I'll glue in the hemispheres and attach the panels to the skirt frame, and the bottom part om y my Dalek will pretty much be done!

The Blues Are Still (Dalek) Blue

I spent the last week painting the hemispheres for the skirt. They were clear plastic, so I thought I should start with a few coats of grey primer to get a solid, even surface for the final color. I ended up doing 3 coats with a foam brush to avoid bristle marks.

Next, the actual color. As I'm trying to recreate an original 60's Dalek, I decided to go with a light blue. I found a shade that looks pretty close to the color reference photos of the originals. I went with Behr's 550B-5 "Windjammer" blue from Home Depot. A 7.5oz sample size was plenty, with enough left over for the discs on the eye stalk.

I might give them a coat of clear gloss to shine them up a bit and make them look more metallic.