[TENIME_art]

I am also lazy, so I am very grateful for you doing those conversions (and listing their uses next to them)!

[Venkman's Swagger]

Nice progress man. Keep it comin' [emoji2]

[Morfeusoneiros]

A day has passed and lo and behold, the shell has been fiberglassed


Probably one of the most messy things I ever done... Hope it turns out ok when everything has set.

Had a quick test fitting also, before fiberglassing


Now "It's 'Miller-substitute' time [emoji4]
(only American beer I had at home right now)
[emoji317]

[rayp_Stantz]

After some Desperados and work i opened a original american Dr.Pepper...great! German one tastes like mixed with water.

Great progress ...have an eye on your rainbowcable

[Morfeusoneiros]

After some Desperados and work i opened a original american Dr.Pepper...great! German one tastes like mixed with water.

Great progress ...have an eye on your rainbowcable

Same In Norway. Doesn't taste the same.

Got the cable from Ejgunth87 here on Gbfans. He shipps real quick [emoji6]

[csullivan1980]

Great choice of beer. As a Bostonian you can't go wrong with Sam Adams [emoji1303]

[Morfeusoneiros]

Didn't get so much done on my pack today. Just drilled out the cyclotron light holes
Kinda scary (just look at that drill, hehe) but it went ok.

The reason I didn't get to do so much is that my 7 year decided he wanted a pack for tomorrow. We've started on one, but weapons were not allowed by the school. Got the message that a proton pack was not considered a weapon after all so we had to get going. No shops open today, so what we had was what we could use.
A serving tray and a Disney Jungle book backpack was the first collateral damage. That became the motherboard and alice frame.
Some styrofoam that I never got around to trow out became the syc gen.
As you can see our living room was our workspace today. Luckily I have a wonderful wife who helped a little bit and didn't complain about the mess
The final result of our "junkyard" pack.

https://vimeo.com/157059867
He dictated a lot of details, like the Norwegian flag colors instead of just blue and the switch on the gun (we must do that dad because that's what The Ghostbusters have [emoji4]).
https://vimeo.com/157060061https://vimeo.com/157060144

Ok for a one day Frankenstein build, but I sure want to make my kids a real pack someday.

[Morfeusoneiros]

Easy to see I've never fiberglassed before... Got it fixed with some grinding papir and my Dremel, but it sure took some time and elbow grease to do so.
Atleast I got to add one part today. The clippard.
I removed the small square part on the tap underneath with a pair of cutting plyers.
I used a silver sharpie and gave the tap and each screw a good coating on the bottom. Centered it on the right position on the pack and pressed down. Used the markings as a template to where I should drill through the shell
It made a perfect fit and the 331 sat firmly, and I can still tighten the screws more when I'll assemble everything after painting parts and shell.
Amazing feeling to see it attached [emoji4] [emoji317]

More later. May you all have a great trailer day!

[rayp_Stantz]

Ah...nice to see the bottom side once ^^

[Morfeusoneiros]

Got in a little work on the pack today aswell.
Attached the ion arm today. First time using a tread tap, but it worked brilliantly.
That is a beautiful sight. Starting to feel more and more like a proton pack and not just plastic and resin. A post-it (and taking my time) got the piece exactly where I wanted it
Epoxyed in some more plating under the HGA. When it has set I'll attach the HGA. I'm basing a lot on my pack from the Sony Lobby reference photos and just wanted some more backing behind the HGA

Also found this in the discount tray today
20,- is about $2. These will be a great addition to my cyclotron
Now I just need to find two more...

[Morfeusoneiros]

Placed the HGA yesterday Used the post-it method yet again
Sits right where I wanted it
Today my birthday present got in the way of any building.


That was a great game! Real fun and unpredictable.

[Venkman's Swagger]

Nice work on the HGA and happy birthday man

[Morfeusoneiros]

Nice work on the HGA and happy birthday man

Thank you. Been playing a lot of scenarioes on the board game. A lot of fun [emoji4]
Caught Slimer together with my seven year old today. He watched us play yesterday and really wanted to try.


Hoping to get a little more momentum on my build next week, when I get my gun kit and some other parts from Nick-a-tron. Been waiting for them since January, but I'd rather wait and get good parts than inferior ones from somewhere else. Not a big issue anyway since it's still a lot of snow and low temperatures I have to work inside our livingroom and the rigging and cleaning takes a lot of time aswell.

But to return back to the pack building: I started out wanting a GB1 pack, but since it's my first build, a plastic shell and some size difference between my shell and a GB1 hero shell I've decided for something in between a GB1 and GB2. Funds are also low for the rest of the project, so when I saw that one of the clippard parts had the logo on top I decided it would work great on the ion arm So to avoid buying another elbow that's GB1 accurate I'll make my own a "hybrid". I like the ribbon cable from GB1 best, so that's why I decided to do it like that.

Hopefully it turns out to be a good looking pack anyway. I'll atleast do my best to make that happen!

[Venkman's Swagger]

Good to hear you all get involved in the game

Nicks parts are well worth the wait mate and awesome parts make for an awesome build.

Love the idea of a hybrid pack. Me and one of my mate's have been talking about this for a while and think it'd look great

[Morfeusoneiros]

Yesterdays work:
Sanded down the resistors to clean them up from casting.
Did the same for the PPD.
Spent tooo much time looking at the Sony Lobby pictures to decide placement and then I got them all on my pack


Like on the Sony Lobby pack the Dale logo is upside-down and the Dale resistor in front is a little askew and not quite sentered.
Epoxyed it to the ion arm, hopefully it'll stay there when I add the top part tonight. I'm 99% sure it's on its way to my post office right now.

[Morfeusoneiros]

Does anybody have a tip on placing the booster tube on the SC Shell. It's off at the bottom, so I could either cut it there to adjust it, place it as is and use epoxy paste to fill in the hole or do the later and cut it at the top.
Here's some pictures:


I feel it might be to long if I place it as is, but really not comfortable with cutting the angle either. Don't want to mess it up.
Any tips, tricks or advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Morfy

[Alan Hawkins]

I would use a Dremel and shape the back of the angel until it fit the way you like it. jmho

[Morfeusoneiros]

Got a package from AJ today, and now it is really starting to look like a proton pack:

Drilled and tapped the holes and attached it to the ion arm


As you can see the clippard part is facing the wrong way, but that how's it ends up when I screw it in. Anybody else who've had this problem? I'm thinking about cutting a little bit of the part that goes into the ion arm, but I want to check if anybody has any tips before I do so.
Some more parts attached

A little to big, so I'll have to sand it or Dremel it a little around the edges.

Now I must put the kids to sleep before I can get anymore work done.

Thanks for looking [emoji106]

[Venkman's Swagger]

Looking good man. That Ion end cap is a beauty! I would just loosen the Clippard brass elbow 1 turn so it sits in the right place. It'll still be very sturdy

[Morfeusoneiros]

Looking good man. That Ion end cap is a beauty! I would just loosen the Clippard brass elbow 1 turn so it sits in the right place. It'll still be very sturdy

GBFans have great parts [emoji4]
When it comes to the elbow that's what I tried first, but then elbow swiveled and sat a little out from the end cap

https://vimeo.com/158396967

I'll fiddle around with it some more tomorrow. I'm sure I'll find some way to make it sit put, where's supposed to.

[Venkman's Swagger]

Cool man. My Clippard elbow doesn't sit flush on my Semi Hero Stantz pack but it's accurate to that pack. I honestly wouldn't stress too much about it as the packs aren't perfect anyway

[Morfeusoneiros]

Progress:

First hose is on the pack [emoji4]

Dremeled and sanded down the vac tube and plate so it had a better fit



I wanted the ribbon cable clamp to sit snug on the side of the cyclotron, but the SC Shell has rounded corners. You can see it in this picture.
Solved this by marking where I wanted the piece to sit, getting my Dremel out and slowly grinding it down until I got the fit I wanted

Had to use Norwegian screws to test fit it as the American screws didn't match any of my tools...
Afterwards I changed them out with the correct ones

I filled the holes from the grinding, but on the inside
Also filled some small dents and cracks on the shell

Since the Dremel is everything but quiet, that's it for today.

So goodnight to all from Morfy and Zombie taxidriver

[Morfeusoneiros]

Cool man. My Clippard elbow doesn't sit flush on my Semi Hero Stantz pack but it's accurate to that pack. I honestly wouldn't stress too much about it as the packs aren't perfect anyway

Yeah, I could've built two packs in the time I've already spent because I use to much time on the details [emoji23]

[Venkman's Swagger]

Hahaha couldn't we all. This is shaping up nicely man, awesome job

[Morfeusoneiros]

Hahaha couldn't we all. This is shaping up nicely man, awesome job

[emoji4] Really fun with all the builds going on right now. Thanks, nice to get positive feedback

[Morfeusoneiros]

New parts,gun kit from Nick-a-tron. A piece was missing (triggerbox) but I recon he'll get back to me and sort that out Great looking parts. Also got a bumper, shock mount and crank knob. Will be a great addition to my pack.
Didn't get to that much done today.
Just attached the first plate on the cyclotron Epoxyed it on and clamped it down. I cut them all earlier but when checking the Sony pack again I saw I had to cut them all shorter, so I used some time to cut them all (again).. Now they match the Sony Lobby pack better.

[Morfeusoneiros]

Almost all parts (in hand) bar elbows is now attached to the shell.






Finally got the booster tube and frame attached. Still need to make the fake weld. The bottom is just filled in after I trashed it with the Dremel. The cutting blade got so hot while cutting that the plastic started to melt and became a mess. Fixed it with epoxy putty. I'll add the fake weld after sanding.



Drilled the hole for the ribbon cable. Moved it a little closer to the left. Didn't want it to get to close to the seam where the to shell parts meet.



Sand and trim it tomorrow. (11 pm here, so my wife and kids are asleep)
The first two panels is also in place and sits solid. I'll hopefully add the rest over the weekend.



Now I need to do a little work on my uniform, because tomorrow Ghostbusters Norway is going to a con [emoji4]

Thanks for reading and looking [emoji317]

[Venkman's Swagger]

Coming along now mate. Good to see. Have fun at the con

[Morfeusoneiros]

Coming along now mate. Good to see. Have fun at the con

Much appreciated [emoji4] Nice time at the con. Had to pose for a lot of photos. Fun to see that alot of people is into GB

[Venkman's Swagger]

Coming along now mate. Good to see. Have fun at the con

Much appreciated [emoji4] Nice time at the con. Had to pose for a lot of photos. Fun to see that alot of people is into GB

Tough life being a GB isn't it [emoji2]. Glad you had a great time