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Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: July 31st, 2011, 6:02 pm
by TheBigGuy
VInce, These pictures are so awesome. Can you confirm something for me? It looks in the pictures like the "metal" piece at the end of the ion arm is flush on top and hangs below on the bottom for the pack in the case and vise-verse for the pack on the mannequin.

Sean's plans and Norm's plans seem to show that this piece is flush with the rest of the ion arm on both the top and the bottom. However, Stefan's plans show that this piece extends above and below the rest of the ion arm by about 4/5 of a millimeter. The pictures look like these might be measurements of a greater value, that the top and bottom may not be equivalent, and that they may vary from pack to pack.

Can you speak to this as you saw them in person? Thank you very much for any help you may be able to provide!

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 7th, 2011, 12:35 pm
by ProtonCharger
i ran into some trouble everytime i wanted to look at the pictures in this thread because it loaded too slow and my computer started to smoke. so, i saved every picture and put them a .rar file for everyone to use too.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=22URRF70

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 12th, 2011, 5:13 am
by Carpeteria
Stop being so helpful, PC.

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 12th, 2011, 7:16 am
by ProtonCharger
OK FINE.

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 12th, 2011, 10:51 am
by c05ta
I felt like Charlton Heston at the end of planet of the apes, when he sees the statue of liberty. How could they let those things get in such rough shape with out repairing it, or at least giving a builder from this site the honor of restoring them.

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 21st, 2011, 10:50 pm
by Jasonrglass
Great pics!!! Thanks for the work on this!!

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 25th, 2011, 1:14 pm
by IPv6Freely
Vincenzo330 wrote:
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Is this a GB2 feature? Everyones booster plug Ive seen has been deep... but this one is very shallow.

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 25th, 2011, 1:16 pm
by jackdoud
IPv6Freely wrote:Is this a GB2 feature? Everyones booster plug Ive seen has been deep... but this one is very shallow.
That's a GB2 stunt pack.

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 25th, 2011, 2:41 pm
by IPv6Freely
jackdoud wrote:
IPv6Freely wrote:Is this a GB2 feature? Everyones booster plug Ive seen has been deep... but this one is very shallow.
That's a GB2 stunt pack.
So the GB2 hero packs were the standard deep plug?

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 25th, 2011, 2:54 pm
by mburkit
IPv6Freely wrote:
jackdoud wrote: That's a GB2 stunt pack.
So the GB2 hero packs were the standard deep plug?
The hero's in gb2 were retro fitted gb1 packs so the plugs were still deep because that whole assembly was made of metal. The semi-hero packs (such as the one in the image you referenced) where molded from a gb1 pack. What they did in the molding process is they filled in alot of the stuff that would create an undercut, such as the booster frame and inside of the booster tube, around the booster plug. This made taking pulls from the mold easier and less likely to rip the mold.

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 25th, 2011, 3:19 pm
by IPv6Freely
mburkit wrote:
IPv6Freely wrote:
So the GB2 hero packs were the standard deep plug?
The hero's in gb2 were retro fitted gb1 packs so the plugs were still deep because that whole assembly was made of metal. The semi-hero packs (such as the one in the image you referenced) where molded from a gb1 pack. What they did in the molding process is they filled in alot of the stuff that would create an undercut, such as the booster frame and inside of the booster tube, around the booster plug. This made taking pulls from the mold easier and less likely to rip the mold.
Gotcha, thanks!

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: October 3rd, 2011, 4:38 am
by SpenglerUK
Wow, just coming into the final stages (problem solving not included) so these have come in just in time, cheers guys,

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: December 4th, 2011, 9:24 pm
by Namssorg
Did anyone ever notice that the little Dan Aykroyd name card is misspelled? "A K R O Y D" ( Had to space it out here... we have an auto-akyroyd correct, apparently!)

Just thought it was funny since we've all spent thousands of hours examining these pictures.

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: December 6th, 2011, 6:06 pm
by GeneralFROSTY
Holy cow dude! You're not lying! Those are some pretty detailed reference images!

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: December 7th, 2011, 12:10 pm
by dj_sinny
great pics...

and thanks PC, good idea about the megaupload... my laptop had problems with this thread too

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: January 23rd, 2012, 9:04 am
by CHEWIE
Thanks for the great pics !!!

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: January 23rd, 2012, 9:17 am
by venkman71
Some pretty sweet photo reference of the Vinnys. :cool:

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: February 9th, 2012, 11:31 pm
by gbust3
Maybe Ive missed it somewhere along the lines of research, but what the heck!?!?!? A power cord on the back? I have never seen that before.

And...on the "DAN Aykroyd" placard, what is the "helmet" it refers to??

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: February 10th, 2012, 2:37 am
by Kingpin
This Pack, along with Ken Huegel's had been modified to be run off of mains electricity. It's been speculated that they were modified for display purposes, with the modification on Ken's Pack eliminating any animated elements of the Pack lights.

As for the helmet, there's a yellow construction helmet plastered with Ghostbusters II logos, it's believed to be one of the ones worn by the guys whilst they're investigating Van Horne Station.

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: February 10th, 2012, 3:14 am
by gbust3
Ahhh..makes sense with the pack. As for the helmet, I was lost...I guess the helmet didn't make it into the display case at the end. Thanks!

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: February 10th, 2012, 5:59 pm
by Kingpin
It did, the guys just didn't photograph it. It's visible in thegreatgalling's photos from his visit: link

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: February 21st, 2012, 10:23 am
by FeinDTacticS
Amazing pictures... tons of details .... simply amazing

my only gripe is that the proton pack is being displayed next to "mall cop".... like that even compares in awesomeness... the Mall Cop props should not even share the same UV/AIR as the GB props do...

just how I feel

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: July 6th, 2012, 9:32 am
by Namssorg
Not sure if anyone has posted this yet. Please move if this is the wrong spot!
Hi-res version of the Spengler Hero Pack and Stunt Trap ripped from the Profiles in History catalog:

Link to Full Size Image
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Link to Full Size Image

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Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: July 21st, 2012, 12:35 pm
by John Moody
Nice!

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 24th, 2012, 9:45 pm
by charlesbaby2001
That is nice!

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 26th, 2012, 7:29 pm
by jamesyng
This thread is exactly what I need. Thanks for sharing.

-Jim

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: September 26th, 2012, 11:06 pm
by AJ Quick
jamesyng wrote:This thread is exactly what I need. Thanks for sharing.

-Jim
http://www.gbfans.com/equipment/reference/

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: October 9th, 2012, 11:13 pm
by Michael Scott
I had problems loading all the pictures, so I clicked PC's handy little megaupload link only to find that the site has been seized by the government...

Yaaaaay. :(

Edit: Just noticed AJ's got them up on the pack reference page. Nevermind.

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: October 10th, 2012, 7:24 am
by ProtonCharger
Heh. Sorry man. When that happened pretty much all of my helpful plans, archived sounds, and these ref photos I had peppered around the forums disappeared. It's been a nightmare trying to find them and a safe place to host them with out taking up my own hosting space.

Re: The Best Reference Photos Ever Available!!!

Posted: May 21st, 2013, 6:23 pm
by Ernest Reid
Does anyone know what the deal with the STAR magazine is?? was it created for the montage and never used?