Here are a few updates on what we did.
Here is the D42 and Studiocreations up to date as of today.
The way I took care of the gaps on Ferrariracerjv7, TheMoose007, and mine.
After test fitting the pack to the shell, I tired using weather stripping. Would have worked, however the gaps were to large.
1.So after peeling that off I tired using caulking. What I first did was fill the edges and just inside the shell with expanding foam. We also filled it with to give it a little more weight and make it stronger.
2.Then I sanded the edges down to make the whole outline nice and straight. I took a razor and carved a little bit away from the edge to the inside of the pack.
3.I covered the mother board with plastic wrap. I bolted the mother board to the shell AFTER I let the foam cure.
4. I then made any extra trimming to the foam.
5. I began to apply a little bit of caulking around the edges. I did a layer at a time.
6. After it had lost the tacky feeling I gave it a few coats of flat black.
Currently my pack is dry. I ended up getting a studiocreations pack because I missed the D42 version. My plan is to get a D42 and turn the studio one into a game pack.
I did a bit of work on the studio one to get as close to a D42 as I could.
I also got Dan's signature! (Studiocreations pack)
Test fit everything using my pack as the mule.
This is TheMoose007's pack at the moment needing to be trimmed.
And to answer how we got the pack to the board. I went to Lowe's and picked up "L" brackets. I had to fix the bracket to the shell. The bolt and nut are covered under foam. The bolt to attach the shell is held in place with that black fitting you see in the pics.
Now lining it all up.... That was fun
I painted the black fittings and laid the motherboard on top. It kind of worked. But to make sure I kept 1 "L" out and used that to lay on the outside of the shell. I then made a small hole and once I was 100% sure where the bracket was on the other side I drilled out the final hole.
On the studio-pack, the holes are very snug. On both D42s I made them a little larger. This way you can adjust the board and pack a little bit easier.
Here is Ferrariracerjv7 with the caulking still drying.
Here are some shots of my studio pack with the caulking. Nice part about this is since the caulking dried to the plastic wrap, I can still separate the shell and motherboard for maintenance when needed. Every close shot I took came out bad. But as you can see the gaps are pretty much gone. The top of my shell is pretty beat looking. Again, this was meant as a test pack. I will use it this year. But I will strip it down to make it into game pack. And it will stay in my room to because I don't want any damaging the signature from Dr. Stantz.
I think I did a much smoother job on Ferrariracerjv7
More to come....
1st packs ever.
TheMoose007 got off ebay a few years back.
Damn ion arm in two years has never stayed on. My next project when we finish these is to fix that pack right.
I did this in about two weeks as a rush to finish for Halloween. Ferrariracerjv7 made the slimeblower the same time.
We also made a trap and sniffer.
Not good, but it was a quick rush.
And here a just a few other pictures we have of stuff we built and test fitted.
Pedal box
Not sure why the hose connector looks so bad in this picture. On the pedal box in person it doesn't look like that.
Traps built in about a months time
All of our belts are about the same. I just posted mine.
We made the gizmo's out of old computer parts and vinyl holsters for now. Same as the trap holsters. They both have held up nicely. Ferrariracerjv7 's key fob is leather. The other ones are also vinyl I built. Next year they can be replaced. This year most of our funds went into the pack.
Our goggles we made
I think there is a form here with these made already right Joe?
My two models. - both with the ebay pack
Joe aka "Ferrariracerjv7"
And Matt aka "TheMoose007"
Uniforms aren't done yet. That is why the are missing the patches.
The traps and pedals will get replaced also with the belt parts. But the packs are getting pretty pricey.
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