MY NAME IS DALEK 486 - BUT YOU CAN CALL ME DALEK 4... I have to say, I'm preferring this lighter blue at the mo...!    Next job, print out collar templates and see what MDF I've got left    Oh, and attach the rubber bumper skirt 

Nice fresh pale blue.

Update.   JK: "..18B27 from the BS5252 range.. It's a bit darker than a Dark Admiralty Grey, but with the same colour balance. " 

I initially marked and cut out the top and bottom skirt frame sections, using 18mm Ply. As I am using 6mm MDF for the skirt panels I reduced the top and bottom sections by this amount. I also applied chamfers to the edges of these sections to allow for the angles of the panels. I next marked and cut out the Base section along with the 70mm and 90mm Fender sections and fourteen 18mm brackets. I’m hoping I can use 2 brackets on each of the three larger Fender sections and 1 on the other smaller sections. After checking measurements for accuracy, I noticed that the top frame section of the skirt was about 15mm shorter than it should be. As this may have an effect on the finished appearance of the Dalek I will be making that piece again. I have taken delivery of 40 Christmas gift baubles which equates to 80 hemispheres, so plenty of spares should there be any mishaps, plus 2 stainless steel gazing globes for use with the Gun and Arm units. I have been thinking about the order of the building operations such as which section to do first and so on. With some parts I’m not sure it really matters. Parts that can be 3D Printed for instance can pretty much be done at any time during the project. However, after looking at other builds that have powerchairs included in the build, I think I would prefer to get that part sorted out first and not have to make difficult alterations later. I will therefore be starting from the ground up and build the rest around the powerchair.