View new posts | View your posts Cazafantasma´s Proton Pack..FINALLY FINISHED!!!!

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Hey!!! Afther watching Pete_VenkmanJedy protonpack (His p.p. is my guide, i hope mine ends up looking as incredible as his!!!!!!! ) , and Spanish_ghostbuster´s wood pp, I got really inspired. I wanted a PP that wouldn´t weight too much, sturdy and that looked like NEW!, so me and a friend of mine who owns a shop (and knows nothing about GBs) decided to scratch build one, with Stefan´s plans. Its made of pvc and poliethilene. At first I looks like its made of some kind of carton, or paper, but its very very sturdy. We´ll make it to add lights on the pack and gun. I want to make the tip of the gun to detached (like when the GB fights GOZER at the end of GB1). . We found a little can that matched the messurments of the N- Filter on the cyclotron, so we cheated a little bit there…. We are going to work on it and next saturday i´ll post some more. Like Spanich GB said… why rush? This is the fun part!!!!!!! The process of building it!!!!!

Heey amigooo!
I see your ppack and I'm sure you'll have a GREAT ppack! with lights... Woa, you'll have a treasure, be sure!
To build is the best moment, and remember: don't run!
I can't wait to see more!
Ánimo tiooo!

what is it made of again? pvc heated molding?

dude, that is looking great!!!! you've got the hardest part done already

Well, its made of plastic. When you want to mold it, you have to use heat. I used some pvc toubing here and there also.



Whe worked a litle bit more... and i thinck its gaining shape by now..... some parts are missing. I ordered a couple of knobs from Charles , i hope they arrive soon!!! I´m worried because "No news from my alice frame"... By next week i thinck i´ll be done, i´ll have to finish the pack and then attach it to the frame..... OH WELL!!!!! Tell mw what you thinck.



Every time i see it, i DROOL!!!!! can´t help it!!!!



The HGA Is not glued yet--- but you get the idea!!!! I don´t know where to put the batteries for the lights. But i´ll figureit out.



Nothing is glued yet. BUt i´ll do it by tomorrow.



Cheers!!!!!

wow, very impressive!!!!!!

as for lights and batteries, you can mount a battery holder to the inside or outside of the mother board. i would suggest outside the motherboard near the alice frame. its much easier to change batteries on the go that way.... trust me. im redoing mine cause everything was inside and a pain in the ass to get to

Great job so far!

Increiblemente bueno, hermano!!!

I like it so much! Have you already the ALICE?

No man!!!! The alice is not coming yet. I understand it will arrive in 2 weeks!!! Hopefully!!! A friend who has paypal bought it for me from ebay. now he has to get it so he can send it from usa to ecuador.... BUMMER!!!!! I´ll try to put the batteries behind the cyclotron space on the motherboard. Hope it works out!!!!!!! The good think is that the pack won´t be that heavy!!!!!!!! I´m so Happy!!!!

Sal

I think the same. You're building a PVC ppack and it isn't heavy... My ppack made of wood isn't so heavy such as I had thought! The heavier piece in ppack is the ALICE frame... Remember you have to fit a foam in the bar (to don't break your neck carrying it, jheje). And I don't think the lights installation is very heavy, don't worry!

i have been working on the pack at nights when i have time. I´ll put some pics on saturday. Any advice on where should i attach the pack to the alice frame.? I have seen packs that look a litle down , others too high!!! I dont want to hit mi head with it when i look up, and i dont want it under my shoulders... you know what i mean?

These are some of the materials I´ve been collecting from hardware stores to mail order items...





My resin resistor set !!!!! Finally arrived!!!!



Now with the cranck knob.. but still , i´m 65% finish.... still need A LOT of work!

it's gonna be awesome

What a lot of materials!!! hehehe It was hard to look for me when I was building the ppack! Did you get the V-hook?

Great ppack! I cant wait to see the complete prop!

I´m going to build my v-hook . Well not me, somebody i know who has the tools! This sat. i´m getting my alice frame!!! Would be great if somebody can give me an idea of how to attach a complete proton pack to an alice frame. I know the logical thing would have been to attach the moder board first, but i already glued the thing together.... well i´ll figure it out.

Any ideas will be welcome!!!!



SAl

it's gonna be awesome, I feel it.

Wow! Finally got my alice frame! Bought it from EBAY!!! Cost me $17 plus shipping! They said it was in mint condition, but it looks VERY used!!! oh..well, it doesn´t matter cause i really like it!!!!!! I´m a litle confused in attaching the strap waist. I´ll look the tutorial on that subject.!!! Now i have to attach the unfinish pack to the frame.....Humm! any ideas?



I ordered the frame black and the straps green!!!! It looks pre´wedered.. but since i´m going for the "new" look, i´ll just re-paint the frame and wash the straps..... I´ll paint the pack and frame with black metal paint !



Cheers!

Sal

The kidney pads, the lower bigger pad, is on the wrong side of the frame, I actually can't see what you did lol, but it just needs to be on the opposite side with the shoulder straps. They can be very weird at first to understand, but it's fairly practical if you just think about it.

Good luck attaching the pack to the frame, I remember that being one of the funnest parts...sarcastically lol

I was so excited unpacking it that i took the picture right away without noticing it. Thanks to Aj´s tutorial i put it correctly!!!!!! I thought i could do it b y myself so i took a 30 min try... afther that, i went to the tutorial and everything was fine and comfortable! hehehe.

thanks!

Sal

Ok, so it´s been a while, but now here are some pics of my proton pack. Still needs a lot of work, but now it starts to look like a protonpack.





I hope i can get done with everything by next week , so i can install the lights! Dind´nt have money for the sound. Oh well.... maybe next year!

That's quality craftsmanship right there.

Thanks man !!!!

WAO Sal!!
What a ppack! I can't wait to see it completed! You're getting a great pack!

Thanks Carlos, Here´s a closer look of my particle thrower!!!! When i hold it in my hands, it felt SO GREAT!!!!!!!!!!



The other side....Here i used a litle wood, pvc tubing and poliethilene.



And untherneet. Hope the electronics fit inthere. If not, i´ll have to make more room.



Cheers!

Sal

I still haven´t build the piece that holds the gun. That´s gotta be the strongest and securest part of the p.p. I´m planning on making it of strong wood. and the V hook from aluminium.



Is it me or the split tubing is too rigid????? What did you guys used to make it flexible???


Sal

Cazafantasma,

To put the loom in the pvc pipes I used vacuum tubes... You've used covered pipes, and now, it's difficult to put loom in the pipes.

In the gearbox, you filled the pipe with a piece and now you can't introduce the loom inside... If you don't remove that piece to liberate the pipe and then, introduce the loom... I dont know what you can do!

An image to explain my words:

Yeah, i have to cut a hole in there so that the tubbing can go through it!!!!! I felt like the pvc pipes are a litle weak... do they work fine?

What are vacuum tubes?

Sal

Hehehe, it's a bad description to talk about uncovered pipes... Sorry, i'm a bit crazy! hehe

Weak?? well, I think pvc pipes are very strong! Unless I've used an other class of pvc pipes!

Ok, so here it is so far. This is the first "adherent" cote. the 2cnd one will be "Metal black" So it will look as if it was made of metal!



The gun! my my, i love that particle thrower... it feels like the real deal man!


What do you guys think?

Sal

VERY NICE!!!!