In order to make sure that the crown emblems are in the same spot on all four sides, I cut this little template out of poster board.
That worked perfectly! No glue was required for the TELEPHONE signs. They just snap right into place.
I installed all the windows and glued in the back frames to hold them in place.
It's time to work on the interior. The original model for the phone that I designed was meant to be 3D printed. I decided to laser cut it. I thought printing it would require too much cleanup work. In addition, those buttons are pretty small. I don't think they'll come out very well.
I redrew the model into layers to accommodate 1/4" and 1/8" draftboard and added some text.
Even the handset is made up of layers of draftboard.
I then exported all the faces as SVGs.
The parts came out awesome.
Here's the handset. I think I'll take some sandpaper and round-off all the edges.
That will do nicely.
Now all it needs is some paint and epoxy.
That came out really nice. The paint job is not perfect, but I think it looks really good.
Compared to my reference image, it's a pretty convincing looking phone. Now it's time to work on the signs and the backboard.
For the signs, I thought I could just crop some images I found online, do a little cleanup work, and just print them. However, they looked horrible when printed.
I decided to just recreate them as best as I could in Inkscape.
I cut out a backboard and made some frames for the signs. That looks really good.
For the plate that goes under that, I 3D printed it.
After two coats of primer and two coats of red, it was good to go.
Time for final assembly! I replaced the temporary base with the black one.
I then glued in the interior pieces.
Finally, the top and the handle. Wow, I can't believe how nice it came out!
Now, at 22" tall, where am I going to put it?
See this project from start to finish: British Telephone Box - Part I British Telephone Box - Part II British Telephone Box - Part III