Hachette Partswork Dalek

Created by: Lester Caine, 9 March 2025
Last modified: 9 March 2025

Delivery 16

By Lester Caine
10 March 2026

Dalek-Build 55

Dalek-Build 57

This adds the second motor to the one added to the stretcher last time and has both wheels mounted for one side. The second stretcher is started with another motor and wheel which will be completed next time. I've tested all three motors and we are read to roll when they fi…

Delivery 15

By Lester Caine
6 February 2026

Dalek-Build54

Well this adds the first motor to the last stretcher and has the first wheel mounted. The next set of parts will add another motor, followed by at least a third four weeks after that. There is a lot of waiting in this process. At least the second stretcher seems to have addressed the problem of it not screwing up tight enough as this one went together nic…

Delivery 14

By Lester Caine
17 January 2026

Dalek-Build 54

Apart from screwing the last sections of the skirt base together, very little to do as we need later parts before the rollers can be added to the base plate. One little complaint is that the screws that secure the mounting brackets to the cross rail are a little long and needed a little fettling to allow them to lock in tightly. As supplied the mounting p…

Delivery 13

By Lester Caine
13 December 2025

Dalek Build 46 Top

While the last set turned up a day earlier than normal, this month the parcel got lost in the Christmas rush and was two days late ... having been directed to the wrong depot initially. Tracking does sort of work, but some times the Royal Mail site does not give the details perhaps because things have gone wrong ...

Watching the Christmas films…

Delivery 12

By Lester Caine
12 November 2025

Dalek-Build42

Next parts turned up a day earlier than last time and I'm fairly sure the earlier sets were delivered on the Friday, so lets see when set 13 roles up. There was also another 'extra' item that I'd already been signed up for, but I think these are just well over priced and I had said to opt me out, but it seems you have to do it every time. T…