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Giant Kiwi from a drone
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We recently bought a drone for our business so I took advantage of a “training” session to get some photos of the kiwi. I’ll mow it again soon and get some better phtos, but here’s the first photo…
Read More »Giant Kiwi on Google Earth
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Google has finally updated their satellite imagery. It shows the kiwi (and my TARDIS). I need to work on the contrast as its not super visible.
Read More »TARDIS build – Window boxes
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Each window of my TARDIS has a 100mm deep light box behind it. The plan is to use frosted perspex for the window and then use white LED strip lighting to make the windows light up. I didn’t…
Read More »TARDIS build – Trim Installed
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I managed to get the corner trim and the police sign edge installed on my TARDIS
Read More »TARDIS build – Walls Up
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I managed to get the TARDIS walls up today and I got a first coat of paint on. The walls are an inner layer of 9mm plywood with an outer layer of 7mm. I’d use the word laminate,…
Read More »TARDIS build – Roof Light
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I’m being pretty flesible with some of the build of my TARDIS – It’s primarily a shed to store beekeeping gear and it is some 50 metres from the road, so the public shouldn’t be getting up close…
Read More »Giant Kiwi Finished
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I’ve finished mowing my kiwi in the paddock. It was marked out with survey grade GPS precision. It’s now just a matter of waiting for google earth to update their imagery.
Read More »TARDIS build – Roof
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I spent the whole day working on my TARDIS today and managed to get the roof completed. I was a little flexible with some of the dimensions so I could use 50mm thick timber for the step and…
Read More »TARDIS build – Framing
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I’ve put my four posts in the ground – it was really difficult to get them exactly square, but was worth doing properly.
Read More »TARDIS build – The Plan
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I’ve been thinking about building a TARDIS for a while and decided to actually do it over the christmas break. The plan is to use it to store beekeeping gear. I found a sketchup 3D model online which…
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