1/13" Scale 13th-15th TARDIS

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msharif3d

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Hey everyone,

This is my first thread on this forum here! I thought I'd make a proper thread than posting replies on a seperate thread, plus it'll help organise my posts a bit better. 'Hope that's alright with the moderators and members of this forum!🙂

So as the title says, I'll be constructing a 1/13" scale TARDIS from the TV series, Doctor Who. Growing up, Doctor Who was one of my most favourite tv shows to watch as a kid. I started watching the "David Tennant" era when he took the role back in 2006 as the 10th Doctor. It's still is one of my favourite shows! I have a small, but growing, Doctor Who action figure collection and I wanted a TARDIS to accomodate my 13th, 14th & 15th Doctor action figures! I think the most prominent company who are making Doctor Who figures are Character Options (or Character Toys), they've been really decent at them! They did make a TARDIS for the 13th Doctor figure back in 2020 but, it wasn't screen accurate, they had to re-use a classic TARDIS mold due to budget cuts which is perfectly understandable.

I decided to take matters into my own hands and try and attempt at constructing a more screen-accurate model kit, it'll be made of wood and the kit is designed by Jamie Bate. Jamie Bate is well known within the Doctor Who Collector community for his impeccable model kits as they're more screen accurate to the TARDIS props of the series. A DW Figure and Merch reviewer, Batmanmarch, has constructed many of Jamie's kits and it turned out quite well!


Content creator, PB Props, has also made a video of him making a similar looking TARDIS kit as well!


Those videos from PB Props & Batmanmarch has inspired me to have a go at constructing one of my own and the current TARDIS prop used is one of my favourite designs of the TARDIS box exterior! Here's an image of what that box exterior looks like:

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I love the design of this exterior, to me it sort of brings all the elements of the previous TARDIS props, both from Classic & New Who, and combines it in a very nice design! The kit is made up of MDF wood, and the parts are taped together, but they need to be glued when constructing the kit. I'm hoping this'll turn out well, this is my first time constructing one of these sets and I wouldn't consider myself as a traditional artist or woodworker, so there may be some blunders here and there. But I'm hoping for the first time, it'll be a smooth process overall...? 😅🙏
 
Just out of interest, would you know why 1/13 was chosen as the scale? It seems a strange number, particularly when 1/12 is one inch to the foot, so would be a lot easier to draw or measure.
 
I've mentioned this initially, here @ChaiLatte 🙂
I have a small, but growing, Doctor Who action figure collection and I wanted a TARDIS to accomodate my 13th, 14th & 15th Doctor action figures! I think the most prominent company who are making Doctor Who figures are Character Options (or Character Toys),
Though I did forget to mention that the action figures are 5.5 inch scale, and on Jamie Bate's website, where he sells his TARDIS kits, the 1/13" scale is most suited for the 5.5 inch Doctor Who figure range. Also the pieces and parts should be pre-measured and laser cut by Jamie himself, but I'll double check measurements and such, to ensure that each piece fits together, when I receive the model kit through the post 🙂
 
Just out of interest, would you know why 1/13 was chosen as the scale? It seems a strange number, particularly when 1/12 is one inch to the foot, so would be a lot easier to draw or measure.
More to the point @msharif3d how are you dealing with the different scale inside the tardis? After all it is much bigger on the inside than the outside.
 
Would be good to build a full size one as a cupboard to store all your figures in .
Phil.
Maybe that's something I'll consider in the future. It's a good idea though. Right now, I'm just making a 1/13 scale model of the TARDIS box to put up on display with my other Doctor Who figures.
 
Not a collector so please excuse my ignorance, isn’t there a disconnect? the model will be about 2 feet high and the model Doctor is only 5 1/2”? Surely the Tardis should be about 7” high?
Edit, I wonder what common street thing they would use if they were filming it today?
 
...isn’t there a disconnect? the model will be about 2 feet high and the model Doctor is only 5 1/2”

Your disconnect is also disconnecting me. Where do you obtain the 2' high measurement from?

Let us assume the 5 1/2" model figure is representing someone 6' (72") tall. 5.5 x 13 = 71.5, so 1:13 is a good scale for a 5 1/2" high model human.

There is a photo above of the full size version with a full size person standing in front of it. The model would be in the same proportion as the photo - judging form the panels on the door (the person equals three panels), there is another panel above his head plus the roof (one panel-equivalent). Thus the model Tardis would be roughtly 5/3 x 5 1/12" = 55/9 or 9.2" tall, plus a bit more for the beacon.
 

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