Hachette Partswork Dalek

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

Delivery 18

By Lester Caine
4 May 2026
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Dalek - Build 63 Bottom

Dalek - Build 63 Top

Dalek - Build 65

Dalek - Build 65 Place

Quite a few screws to fit this time, to secure the bottom skirt to the base…

Delivery 17

By Lester Caine
4 April 2026
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Dalek-Build61Top

Dalek-Build61Bottom

Dalek-Build62

A bigger box this time with a panel to cover the whole base, but while most parts have been assembled in minutes, such as the final overlay here, part 61 took a lot more time, and I did not see much…

Delivery 16

By Lester Caine
10 March 2026
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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
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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
Posted to Hachette Partswork Dalek

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…