4th Doctor TARDIS Console (Seasons 15-17) 3D Printer Model

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Summary

I am currently working on test printing these files.

You will need:

Console Base x1, or Console Base With Circuits x1
Console Base cover x1 (if using the Console base With Circuits)
Console Top x1 (one of the many versions)
Time Rotor Base x1
Time Rotor Poles x1
Time Rotor Tube x3 (clear filament, red if you have it)
Stick x4
5/8" wide by 1.5" compression spring x1
40mm acrylic tube with 2mm wall thickness x1
40mm acrylic disc 2mm thick x1
Superglue

The console top versions aren't that significantly different, but they do evolve over time. After "the Pirate Planet," one of the large black covers for the lights vanished and left a gap, which in my opinion is awful. If you don't care very much and just want any 4th Doctor console, I recommend the Pirate Planet version, as it has most of the small modifications but before it started losing parts and they started tacking junk onto it instead.

Print the console top file at about 15% infill at the finest quality you can. Print the Time Rotor Tubes, Time Rotor Poles, and both files called "cover" at 100% infill in transparent filament.
The sticks go in the four holes in the console top and base and keep them together. If they don't fit, try sanding them down. You ideally shouldn't need to glue the two together, but the spring may push the time rotor up against the console top making it necessary.

I tried to use the same type of spring as the 80s console hosted on 3DprintingDoctorWho.com in case anyone had spares lying around, there are links to the specific springs there. Glue one end into the console base and one end into the time rotor base, but make sure the squares on the sides will fit in the grooves of the console top once it goes on.
Put the three tubes in the three big holes, then the poles aligned so they run through the middle of each tube. For the time rotor glass, I use an acrylic tube and cut it down to size. You'll have to saw through it and it's easy to break, so look it up online to make sure you're doing it right. It should be cut to be 2 and 3/8" tall, then have the acrylic disc carefully glued on top.
If you're using the console base with circuits, the cover on the base should easily slide right into the notch right above it.

For painting, I recommend Citadel paints. If you're not printing the tubes out of transparent red filament, you can either use one coat of Citadel's contrast paint or use Kryon's stained glass spraypaint, both of which should go on decently clear. You can do the same with the poles object if you printed them clear, paint the middle triangle red and the light bulbs white with silver dividers. The large triangle-shaped piece keeping them together should be a transparent yellow.
The console top is a dark silver color, while the sides of it are a noticeably lighter silver, as well as the metal supports on the base. The rest of the base, as well as the console's underside, is white, with black rectangles that end at the groove in the console.
The rest of the console is very complex and has multiple random lines all over its surface. For references, see TARDISbuilders and the "Kenneth Sharp Console (altered)" section, which has screengrabs from every episode. For the console base specifically, its circuitry is only seen in The Invasion of Time.

Console_Base.stl 120.9KB
Console_Base_Cover.stl 1.6KB
Console_Base_With_Circuits.stl 21.5MB
Console_Top_S17.stl 17.0MB
S15_Console_Top_Invasion_of_Time.stl 15.6MB
S15_Console_Top_The_Invisible_enemy.stl 16.2MB
S15_Console_Top_The_Sunmakers___Image_of_the_Fendahl.stl 15.7MB
S15_Console_Top_Underworld.stl 16.1MB
S16_Console_Top_1_The_Ribos_Operation.stl 16.6MB
S16_Console_Top_2_The_Pirate_Planet.stl 16.6MB
S16_Console_top_3_The_Stones_of_Blood-.stl 16.6MB
Stick.stl 12.4KB
Time_Rotor_Base.stl 236.2KB
Time_Rotor_Casing_for_resin_only.stl 34.5KB
Time_Rotor_Poles.stl 1.1MB
Time_Rotor_Tube.stl 26.6KB