TARDIS with drawers

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Based on Deluxe TARDIS kit by countspatula, I recommend printing this anywhere between 150% size and 240% size. At 190%, it hits you right at 12 inches in length. I deliberately kept the parts the same size so that they can still be printed on 6-inch printers without having to resize them. I wanted to create a larger one of these TARDIS kits but needed storage space, so I added three drawers with cutouts for USB cables to power any additional lights you might install later. It's essential to remember the notch on each drawer should face forward. When gluing panels onto the drawers, align the bottom and use your eye to center them against the front of the drawer. The drawer inserts have a tight fit, but at my print setting of 190%, they still worked just right without any movement. Print Settings include the following: - Printer Brand: Type A Machines - Printer Model: 2014 Series 1 - Rafts: No - Supports: Yes - Resolution: 0.1 - Infill: 20% - Notes: I suggest using low layer height and a large number of top and bottom layers to ensure the absence of gaps or sags. You should print drawers at a lower resolution (0.3) and use a concentric top surface pattern for blue parts if your slicer supports it, like Slic3r or Simplify3d. This makes the design look more wooden. The windows might be tight fits; to address this, try using Simplify3d's horizontal size compensation or lower the flow rate. For blue paint, justPLA's Navy Blue works perfectly as it's a good combination of being dark, vivid, and opaque in PLA, which has proven challenging for me. Post-Printing Steps: Paint around the windows with an opaque paint, focusing on areas at the bottom of the lid and within the interior sections. Liquid electrical tape works beautifully on PLA and becomes quite opaque after just one coat. Be cautious when attaching panels to drawers that cutouts should be facing towards the front side. If necessary, consider scaling down the drawer inserts by 1% to ensure a smoother fit with your printed parts. Designing this project mainly utilized Sketchup and Netfabb Basic for model preparation, and it was carefully inspected for any potential issues using these tools. This object was then sliced using Simplify3D and printed at different resolutions – 0.1 for detailed sections and 0.3 elsewhere – on a Type A Machines Series 1 in 2014, making the finished design accurate and appealing to fans of Doctor Who.