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  1. Welcome to the Project Dalek Forum

    1. Information for Guests

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  2. Project Dalek Essentials

    1. Project Dalek Main Website   (97,762 visits to this link)

      Click there to access the front page of the Project Dalek website.

    2. Dalek Builder's Workshop Manual   (84,239 visits to this link)

    3. Downloads: Dalek Plans And Other Essential Reading   (107,780 visits to this link)

      All plans and other downloads are supplied in Adobe PDF format. To access them, validated members can follow the links from here.

    4. Members' Build Diaries   (26,978 visits to this link)

      Quick link to the heart of the Forum.  This is where all our Daleks are created. Start a Build Diary here to document your progress and get help and support.

  3. The Latest

    1. Hello & Welcome

      Members can use this section to introduce themselves and find out who's building Daleks near them. Please post in the sub-forum that relates to your location and also supply a town or regional location.

      When introducing yourself, you might also want to add your location to the Member Map. This will greatly increase your likelihood of finding friends and help, locally.

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    2. Frequently Asked Questions

      New members start here.

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      • Dalek Norvic
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    3. Newsflash

      Essential information, forum business etc.

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  4. Project Dalek Technical

    1. Technical Questions

      General Forum (software) technical questions. Problems searching, posting, downloading or opening files? Ask here.

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      • John
      • By John,

    2. Downloads Talk

      Download discussions and download news. Note: the downloads themselves are accessible by clicking on the links in "Project Dalek Essentials", at the top of the page.

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    3. Plans Discussion

      Problems with plans? Disagree with dims?
      Frank open discussion welcome here.

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      • Torchwood 4
      • By Torchwood 4,

  5. Member's Daleks

    1. Builders Progress Diaries

      Superb 'hands-on' reference material for new builders. When you start to build your (full size) Dalek, please join in by contributing your build diaries and photos here.

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      • Rees
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    2. Dalek Showcase

      A place to show off your finished Daleks. Please share your photos with us here, even if you've already completed a build diary.

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    3. Davros

      An area for all things related to building (full size) Davros.

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    4. Active Members Area

      Information, plans, downloads etc for active Project Dalek members

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  6. The Workshop: Dalek Construction & Design Discussions

    1. 1: The Dome

      Making a dome from scratch? Need help? Ask here.

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      • Drew Wolford
      • By Drew Wolford,

    2. 2: The Neck

      Cutting the rings and making the struts. Assembling the neck cage and neck bin.

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      • John
      • By John,

    3. 3: The Shoulders

      Gun box positions, collar/slat placement etc

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      • General Zod
      • By General Zod,

    4. 4: The Skirt

      To split or not to split? Hemis, panels, disasters.

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      • moviedalek
      • By moviedalek,

    5. 5: The Base

      Movie and new series fenders. Classic bases and DIOE doubles.

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      • Dave Jeffrey
      • By Dave Jeffrey,

    6. 6: The Appendages

      The dome lights, eye-stalk, gun and arm. Making & modifying. Irises, water guns and CO2.

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    7. 7: Finishing Off

      Colour schemes, detailing, finishing touches.

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      • imperialDalek753
      • By imperialDalek753,

  7. Build Techniques

    1. Working with GRP

      Problems with fibreglassing or moulds? Ask here.

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      • John Kelly
      • By John Kelly,

    2. Working with Wood & MDF

      Working with wood. Making wooden sections. Problems and solutions.

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      • bec weir
      • By bec weir,

    3. Working with Metals

      Collars, slats and mesh. Best materials, cutting and shaping.

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      • Bob69
      • By Bob69,

    4. Plastics

      What type and when to use it. PETG, acrylic, polystyrene. Vac forming and pressure forming etc.

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      • Pascal
      • By Pascal,

    5. Paint

      Paint types, compatibility, priming, spraying techniques, finishing and polishing.

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      • Dominic Goodall
      • By Dominic Goodall,

    6. Other Materials

      Post here for help with materials not covered above!

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      • Dalek Norvic
      • By Dalek Norvic,

  8. 3D Printing, Scanning, Laser Cutting & CNC

    1. 3D Design, Development & Finishing

      General discussions about models and files for 3D printing, CNC and laser cutting. Topics related to parts development and post-print finishing techniques etc.

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      • JonnyAlpha
      • By JonnyAlpha,

    2. 3D Printer Discussions

      Discussions related to 3D printer hardware and software. 3D scanners and scanning. Printers rated and reviewed. Troubleshooting, upgrades, tips and tricks.

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      • hallam
      • By hallam,

    3. Printed Part Showcase

      Upload photos of your work to showcase your creations. Don't forget to share your files by submitting them to the Downloads section. 

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      • TheHeadHunter
      • By TheHeadHunter,

  9. Electronics & Electrical

    1. Voice Modulators

      All voice-mod related questions, reviews, research and development in here, please.

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      • bertus
      • By bertus,

    2. General Electronics & Electrical

      Non voice-mod electrical topics such as wiring, lighting etc.

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      • Ekij
      • By Ekij,

    3. Motorisation

      Adding motors, batteries, control units, PIR etc.

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      • RattyVulcan
      • By RattyVulcan,

  10. Alternative Dalek Building

    1. Scale Daleks

      Just getting into dalek building? Decided to build a scale model before you attempt a full size version? Talk about it here.

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      • dalek rulo
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    2. Virtual Daleks

      A place for the discussion, development and display of CGI Daleks and CG Dalek related items.

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      • M.Sharif_3D
      • By M.Sharif_3D,

    3. Speculative Dalek Projects

      Are you considering building Dalek that's a little different? Plans still on the drawing board? Post here for discussions, advice and help.

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      • Dalek Two Zero
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  11. The History Channel

    1. A History Of The Dalek Props

      A detailed, in-depth look at the History of the Dalek props.

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      • Drew Wolford
      • By Drew Wolford,

    2. The Family Album

      Did you or someone you know meet/photograph a Dalek in the 60's, 70's or 80's? Did you take photographs of Daleks at a fete or at the Blackpool Doctor Who exhibition etc? PLEASE email or share your pics here.

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      • Mark Smith
      • By Mark Smith,

    3. The Oddballs

      Exhibition Daleks, stage Daleks, Edwin Hall Dalek ride etc.

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      • marinedalek
      • By marinedalek,

  12. Project Dalek Community

    1. Events, Conventions and Meet-ups

      Now you've built your Dalek, why not get involved?
      Create events or let others know about events you're planning to attend. Sign up for and chat about existing events. It doesn't matter if you're not the organiser... if you're attending you can tell everyone here.

      Events will be publicised and shared across our pages on social media.

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      • Dalek Two Zero
      • By Dalek Two Zero,

  13. The Dalek Basement

    1. Talking Daleks

      Dalek-related exhibitions, news, websites, suppliers and other items of interest to Dalek builders. See the sub forum (inside) for Dalek toys, models & DVDs.

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      • John
      • By John,

    2. Downtime

      Dalek related but not build related, (no fiction). Post it here and we might let it stay, if it's interesting!

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    • rptaylor
      Ian's Dead Planet Dalek 2026

      By rptaylor · Posted

      Lovely looking DP Dalek   I do like the polypropylene lights 😉
    • Rees
      Rees's Dalek 8 (Thin 'Evil' Dalek)

      By Rees · Posted

      Off came the dividers today and was pleasantly surprised how easy they came away from the mould. Unscrewed them from the wooden batten holding them in place and they basically fell straight off, think the rest will be a bit more tricky tho.  a few chips where the fibreglass hadn’t quite covered the locating pegs, but nothing a bit of body filler can’t fix! Hopefully can start waxing and doing the next side this weekend… weather permitting.
    • Mark Smith
      Ian's Dead Planet Dalek 2026

      By Mark Smith · Posted

      I'm tempted to use these bakelite light collars for the lights, moulded & sanded of course.   Considering how many bakelite parts Shawcraft used and the variable height of these collars prop to prop, I'm interested to see what these look like.   Great research on the fender padding! I've thought of using that regular dimond grippy foam but ironing it flat under a newspaper or something.  
    • iansrobinson
      Ian's Dead Planet Dalek 2026

      By iansrobinson · Posted

      Thank you all for the very nice comments. Backfilling in the absence of a build diary:   The wooden gunboxes are painted in RAL 7001 silver-grey. The shoulders are unpainted: the gelcoat is tinted with RAL 7045. I'm not sure whether this is the shade that was used on the originals, but the overall two-tone contrast looks reasonably close to the few colour photos from Dead Planet.   I've been wanting to try and reproduce the fender texture for years. The topic has been discussed on and off here for a long time, but I don't think we've ever settled on a good material. Dalek6388 talks about carpet underlay. I kind of remember this rubberized underlay from my childhood, but I've never been able to find a photo of anything like it, or track down a similar material. Plus, looking at photos such as the bus stop photos, I've always thought that underlay, even thin underlay, is too bulky for the kinds of reasonably sharp folds we see around the fender. 5 years ago or so (!) @marinedalek proposed maintenance roll, but that too to my eyes didn't look right.   So I started thinking about other materials that might be lying around (perhaps in studio rather than the Shawcraft workshop) - some kind of thick, coarse, patterned cloth. For quite a while last year I looked at binca, which is a coarse cross-stitch fabric. I tried some 6 count binca (6 squares to the inch): the overall impression from a short distance was great, but the squares were too small. I was going then to buy some 3.5 count binca, but delayed because I couldn't find any in black. Looking at the samples I had, my wife used the word 'honeycomb'. Sometimes you need that new term to start looking all over again: lo and behold, I found 'Cotton WAFFLE Honeycomb Pique Fabric Material'.   So that's what I've used here. I had to cut the material diagonally to get the diamond pattern versus a grid pattern, which seems like extra work - hence I'm not convinced it is a strict match for the originals, but it certainly frays in a pleasingly cheap fashion. I attached it using carpet tape, but could perhaps have used something like Copydex.   Other parts: the dome lights are polypropylene balls. Thanks to @Mark Smith and @rptaylor for the pointers there. The advantages of these balls are a) they have a matt grey look to them, rather than the white of a table tennis ball, and b) they are 38mm in diameter, not the 40mm of a modern table tennis ball (I did also try with some vintage 38mm balls, but the whiteness and the very obvious seams looked wrong). For the dome light collars I fell back onto 3d printing the design provided here by @Luke S.

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