I'm currently doing some research on the Ecto in preperation to start detailing Eaglemoss's 1/8 Scale Ecto and some of the interior parts are just so wrong or just plain bad. One of these is the rear shelf containing the Polynoid and the switches. Looking through the Haynes manual they have the swit...

Apologies if this is old news, but I've not seen it around on here. There are some great reference pictures of the original GB1 Hero Trap (I assume it was the one that was recently auctioned) on Propbay. Quite nice to see some of the lesser seen details properly. http://www.propbay.com/original/ghos...

What are your plans regarding the headlights on this one Nick? You going to drill them out and get some actual clear ones or paint the chromed parts?

Hey guys, After finding an awesome photo from Invasion Colchester , I decided to have a little play around in Photoshop. Unfortunately I could only get of the source photo from Facebook so was unable to get a decent high quality JPG, so its a bit on the small side. It is also a bit rushed in places ...

Hey jblancha, I have infact used Rivnuts on my build. See here: http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=390556#p390556 Whilst I haven't updated my topic for a while, it is almost finished and I haven't had a problem with them. I must admit I feel much happier I've used that method rather tha...

AJ Quick wrote:What are you powering it with?

Thanks for the reply Bahama, unfortunately that is what I fear. The most frustrating part is I really need it all finished in 6 weeks (still feels like loads to do), and now with this screw up I'm not sure I'm going to make it.

I came to mounting my pack lights earlier this evening and I used some metal PCB spacers to attach it to my shell. When I turned the power on to the lights, all the Power cell lights were all dimly lit and static. I then figured it might have been because of a piece of solder near the mounting point...

Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems there are several wires on the wand that go from one banjo, through the red tube to the other banjo. I presume this is for the flasher bulb?

Was this a well known 'feature' at all?

vbvabuster wrote:Yes, the battery needs to be switched on to power the pack lights. The red light ON the battery will be lit when it's powered on.

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How long did it take you to charge your battery? My two arrived and have had them plugged in for 5 hours so far. They came with two chargers with both a red and a green light, do you know if one of the lights goes off when its fully charged? I let mine charge around 14 hours. The green light goes o...

Is this the same Ecto that was 'restored' for the video game promotion & Blu Ray release (the one shown in the extra feature)?

How long did it take you to charge your battery? My two arrived and have had them plugged in for 5 hours so far. They came with two chargers with both a red and a green light, do you know if one of the lights goes off when its fully charged?

Oh man bad timing... too busy trying to finish my pack off for August, so unfortunately I won't be participating. I should probably also get round to finishing off my Polar Lights Ecto 1 as well!

Hmm hopefully someone can chime in with a way to figure out the polarity of these batteries... I have two on the way. Just a thought but does the AC charge adaptor have either of those icons? I'm wondering if that would be the same (although the charger does use the other connector).

Does the battery have either of these icons on it at all?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... larity.png

As far as I know that will tell you how the connector should be wired up.

*Warning: Someone with proper 'electrical' knowledge may need to clarify this though.

It's update time again! I seem to be getting carried away now, so apologies if the pictures don't quite cover everything. The first thing I wanted to do with my shell was to get it mounted to the motherboard. So I drilled out two 4.8mm holes on the angle brackets ready for the rivets. http://www.gbf...

These are looking great! Can't wait to see what your updated GB1 V-Hook looks like!

Wow! It has almost been a month since my last update, so apologies for the lack of updates! During this time I have got quite a few more bits done on my thrower which I will detail below. I have also launched my own Website/blog which is aimed mostly at model building, but I have been posting my GB ...

I'm still waiting on some bits arriving from both Colin and Exoray which is partially holding my build up. That said I've been trying to get little bits done here and there, so in the meantime I have stripped all the parts off and have been filling/sanding the bits in preparation for paint. One of t...

I managed to finally get the trigger box attached which I had been putting off a bit. I went with 2 M4 bolts with hex heads on the inside. This method allows me to insert/remove them without having to drill through the side of the trigger box. Granted it takes a bit more time to tighten them up but ...

Thanks for the offer Nick, I need to make an order of pack parts sometime next month so will order it then if that is ok with you? Don't worry about the palm rest, I will be getting that sanded down (and polished up a little) when I start prepping for paint! With that said I have some updates for ev...

No worries Julz :) I managed to get some more of this done last night: Next part to tackle on my build was getting the rear instrument bar attached. After giving it some thought I decided to cut the fake cover off and create a new one, and with that I can use the two bolts to attach it to the gun bo...

1) Whilst it looks a tad on the large size, at least it's a clean circle, and centralised on the knob. 2) You could do, if you wished to make the hole smaller, but still keep this detail from the Ghostbusters Proton Guns. 3) Tough one, my first and second Guns had PVC, whilst my third's got alumini...

Well it has been a long time coming (23 years in fact), but I am finally going to be joining the 'Proton Pack Owners Club'. With the arrival of DL4567's shell this week and Proptronix's light kit, it was about time to get started. My current list of pieces I have are: DL4567 Shell + Mobo ALICE pack ...

So whilst starting to build my thrower I started looking at some ref pics, as well as skip through the blu-ray pausing every so often. One of the things that initially struck me prior to watching the movie was the following screen capture: http://www.gbfans.com/images/pb/hellspawn_uk/GB-HD-Ref-30.jp...

Did anybody notice the missing panel on the rear instrument boxes just before they enter Dana's apartment towards the end of the film?

Edit: In fact they wasn't present in the Elevator scene either.

Will this be available in the UK? anyone know? We ship to the UK. It is unlikely you would be able to find it in stores in the UK.. I have a feeling ModelZone will start carrying it. I have noticed (in the Nottingham store at least) they have started to do a range of Round2 releases and a host of o...

Got my Shell from Derek, and just to echo what everyone else has said: He has done an amazing job, it is a great looking shell. It was packed incredibly secure. Infact it is probably the best example of packaging I have ever seen!

I would highly recommend Derek.

Thank you to you, for sharing your knowledge with everyone and to making the GB community what it is today! Can't wait to see the revised plans!