Doctor Who - 12" Radio Control Dalek Thay

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This fully functional radio controlled Dalek has built-in infrared combat system which allows you to use two Daleks to battle against each other… 58 16 Jun 2010 12″ Radio Controlled Davros To make the supports, use a peace of PVC foam and cut in to 6 peaces measuring 5.5cm tall and 3cm wide. On the edge of each section, starting from one end, gently screw in one of the 5.5cm screws, trying to keep it as straight as possible to make a spine (see photo). Screw them in the full length of the PVC foam supports. Thread the motor wires (now for the eye stalk) along with the aerial wire through the hole of the top plate. (an afterthought which might make things neater would be to thread the wires in to the tube axle from the tank turret and out through the top) This fully functional radio controlled Dalek Ironside has full 360 degree movement control, a built in infrared combat system which allows you to use two Daleks… 76 8 Jul 2010 Character Infrared Battle Radio Controlled Dalek

One at a time, poke the bent ends of the wire in to the pilot holes, enough that the length of the wire sits above the pen shaft about 1cm, then add a small drop of super glue to each hole to secure the wire in place. (In the Photos, You will see a grey pen lid. I didn't use it in the end as the LED didn't illuminate it enough). Using a thin plastic lid (I used one from a gravy container), make 2 small holes, 1 small pilot hole for a screw, and a second larger hole to feed the wires coming through the top of the turret. The 5″ Radio Controlled Supreme Dalek is available now. It featured in Two episodes from series Four… 4 7 Aug 2008 12″ Supreme Dalek Now using a thinner peace of cardboard like a cereal box (or pizza box like I did), you want to cut out some strips that will cover the sides to hide the wheels and to attach some under chassis lighting if you wish. The measurements I used were 3 an a half centimeters deep leaving 1.5cm ground clearance, and enough cardboard to go all the way around the base plate made previously. This radio control 18 inch interactive Gold Dalek from the Dr Who series responds to over 30 different spoken commands… 29 9 May 2008 12″ Radio Controlled Assault Dalek

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Weapons panel details. The pizza boxes I used to fix the half spheres to, had a healthy coat of shiny gold paint. Shame to waste it, so with a craft knife, I cut out a small section and then very carefully cut the corrugate off to leave a thin sheet of card. I then cut out two 3 x 3cm squares and a 5 x 2cm rectangle. With the craft knife, I cut out two circles in the square cut outs the same circumference as the weapons, and a smaller rectangle in the 5 x 2cm peace, enough for the 4 LED's to fit inside. Then I simply super glued them in place. Done. Using a peace of strong corrugated cardboard the same size or larger than an A4 paper sheet, place the paper template on to the cardboard and use a pen to draw around it. Then cut around the marked edges of the cardboard using a craft knife and ruler (or a peace of straight wood) to help keep the edges nice and straight. Next you can either get out the remote control unit and use this as a remote control vehicle, or you can experience the Dalek's built-in voice activated operating modes.

Just to reiterate, these are not proper spec sizes, but what I came up with and used, which seemed to work quite well in the end. rear side panels, top 4cm, bottom 6cm, one side 19cm, other side 20cm (the different size on the two sides of the panel make the angled shape)

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Now you can enter into a series of voice activated modes. To start with let's look at the extensive memory databank that the Dalek carries. To do this you must activate the Dalek by saying: "Dalek." Wait for it to say: "Yes" and then you have to say: "Do you recognise..." (wait for iris stalk to flash) and then say the name of a Doctor Who character or creature. If the Dalek recognises what you say it will tell you something about it. For example, if you say: "The Doctor" it starts ranting about him, or if you say: "The Emperor" it starts to shake as it tells you how powerful he is. The 12″ Radio Controlled Supreme Dalek featured in Two episodes from series Four… 13 7 Jul 2008 18″ Radio Controlled Dalek Doctor Whoo oo, HEY, Doctor Who, Doctor Whoo oo, HEY, The T.A.R.D.I.S". Who remembers that little gem of a song (or not as the case may be ;-) from 1988 by The Timelords (AKA The KLF). Anyway that was NOT the inspiration I got for starting this project, but photos of homemade Daleks I have seen on the net, projects people have made on Instructables, especially the ones made by craftycounterpart and by Sci_Fi_Steve which are very cool, and of course Doctor Who's 50th anniversary certainly were. The last thing that needed to be done, was to make to pivot to allow the eye stalk to go up and down. Using the second deodorant lid, make a hole on the edge of the lid about the same size of the eye stalk so it could be a tight fit, and a second smaller hole about a third of the way around for the camera wires to fit through the other side. Feed the camera wires through the hole and then about 1 or 2cm's of eye stalk for a tight, flush fit. Use a small peace of PVC foam or polystyrene cut to tightly fit inside the lid, breaking a tiny peace off so the camera wires go around the inside of the lid, and not through the center.

All the wires for the lights and aerial should be connected and running through the center of every panel. You should have a good length of the center axle which will turn the head, poking through the top of the chest section. I should mention here that on a real Dalek, the ring section stays fixed to the chest section and only the actual head dome rotates. I went a little different with this as I didn't want the 4 wires coming from the eye stalk pulling to much on the housing, and I need room for the pulley system for the eye stalk. A small note, when applying the adhesive around the lower chest and band (seen in photos) use a small screwdriver or something to clean out any adhesive between the 2, because you don't want these to be a flush fit and want the band to stand out a little (which will be more noticeable after painting. To attach the head, apply some blobs of grab adhesive to the top of all 6 of the PVC foam supports and rest the head down on to them, applying a little pressure downward, insuring the head is on straight and even all the way around, then leave to set. This stunning model represents Davros as seen in The Stolen Earth and Journeys End… 11 7 Nov 2008 18″ Radio Controlled Supreme Dalek Time to cover up that unsightly cardboard frame and give it some body. The body skirts are made from thin cardboard, such as cereal boxes or something similar.Here I will show you how I made my scratch built Dalek using items I rescued from our recycling bin, a broken but functional radio controlled tank, and other bits and peaces I had laying around crying out to be used. I hope this Instructable will give you some inspiration to make your own Dalek, as I think we need more of these poor misunderstood creatures roaming around our own little planet (even though they are hell bent on controlling the universe). Condition: Some new & used collectables. All items are in good condition please see photos & descriptions for more details Using a very sharp craft knife, cut around the hemisphere join of the ball-ball to give you 2 halves. The ball-ball I used had a small hollow nodule to allow a peace of string to pass through to hang it on a Christmas tree. I managed to cut it in half and kept it in tact as this would be useful later. This part is a bit of trial and error. I needed to cut out a circle of the center of the now shaped cardboard to fit over the turret of the tank, and leave enough room for the turret to move freely with no obstruction, as the gap between the chassis and turret was not completely flat. So cut small to start then cutting more where needed to avoid cutting out to much cardboard and making it weaker. As seen in the photo, I did not cut out a circle but rather cut to shape of the protruding body parts of the tank and helping make the base level.