- September 7th, 2016, 4:51 pm#4879942
Halloween is coming and I usually start planning in August. Wife and I are doing Ghostbusters this year as a theme. Last year was Nightmare Before Christmas.
I did not realize how involved these are. I love to build stuff so I wanted to make it from scratch. Now a little into it and man it is a lot of work but having a blast doing it. All parts are home made with a focus on construction as many of these builds have resin parts attached to a pre made shell. The whole fun to me is trying to figure out how to make it.
Quick Outline of materials:
1/2" Plywood for motherboard, wood circles, gun support, PPD Booster frame
1/4" press board to make all boxes
2x4 pine boards cut up for inside supports and strips on Gearbox, Powercell, etc.
1" PVC tube for Ion tubes, mini PPD tube, Crank tube, and gun bits
Washers: Ends of Ion tube, PPD details
Styrenen Sign from HD for ends of PVC, curved parts, anywhere thin material is needed
2" electric coupling for HGA
9" Cake pan from AC Moore for Cyclotron
Kebas Skewers for PPD Booster Frame
1" Foam for bits around the syncrons generator
PVC Pipes in 1", 1.25" 2" and I think 3"
Apoxy (Amazon) to fill holes and mold parts
Hot Glue hold press board together
Epoxy Attaching different materials like metal to plastic
Super Glue
Bondo (never used before)
Flat Black spray paint ($1 cans)
Tools:
Table saw
Jig Saw
Miter Saw (chop saw)
Drill
Ruler
Utility Knife
Screw driver
Protractor
Clamps
Using Norms and Stefan's plans I went to work. Norms because they are easier and Stephan's because they are more detailed. I also was not good about taking pictures in the beginning.
Motherboard made wrong, had to remake it. Everyone makes mistakes. Put bondo on the 1/2" plywood to hid some of the wood grain and sanded everything:
Next was the Cyclotron base. I have yet to get a 9" pan. This is made from 1/4" press board, 1 1/4" PVC top and styrene from a sign at HD. Wood blocks and hot glue, super glue, epoxy holds it all together.
Ion Arm made from 2x4's. You can see the notch for the "aluminum end" that will be painted different
I am worried Ion Arms would not be strong enough so I had them go through the power pack box (not sure if that is the name) and will put a long screw through the motherboard to hold them.
Some Bondo to smooth out things:
Then it was onto the Power Cell part. I only have pictures of this finished.
I made the ribs from 2x4 that I cut down on the table saw and miter saw.
Using a stop block to get all the same sizes:
I used JB Weld to make this with a half circle cut from a piece of plastic. Tube is 1" PVC with a metal washer on the end. Inside I have the Ion Tubes going through a 1/2" piece of wood and epoxy to secure them.
I did not realize how involved these are. I love to build stuff so I wanted to make it from scratch. Now a little into it and man it is a lot of work but having a blast doing it. All parts are home made with a focus on construction as many of these builds have resin parts attached to a pre made shell. The whole fun to me is trying to figure out how to make it.
Quick Outline of materials:
1/2" Plywood for motherboard, wood circles, gun support, PPD Booster frame
1/4" press board to make all boxes
2x4 pine boards cut up for inside supports and strips on Gearbox, Powercell, etc.
1" PVC tube for Ion tubes, mini PPD tube, Crank tube, and gun bits
Washers: Ends of Ion tube, PPD details
Styrenen Sign from HD for ends of PVC, curved parts, anywhere thin material is needed
2" electric coupling for HGA
9" Cake pan from AC Moore for Cyclotron
Kebas Skewers for PPD Booster Frame
1" Foam for bits around the syncrons generator
PVC Pipes in 1", 1.25" 2" and I think 3"
Apoxy (Amazon) to fill holes and mold parts
Hot Glue hold press board together
Epoxy Attaching different materials like metal to plastic
Super Glue
Bondo (never used before)
Flat Black spray paint ($1 cans)
Tools:
Table saw
Jig Saw
Miter Saw (chop saw)
Drill
Ruler
Utility Knife
Screw driver
Protractor
Clamps
Using Norms and Stefan's plans I went to work. Norms because they are easier and Stephan's because they are more detailed. I also was not good about taking pictures in the beginning.
Motherboard made wrong, had to remake it. Everyone makes mistakes. Put bondo on the 1/2" plywood to hid some of the wood grain and sanded everything:
Next was the Cyclotron base. I have yet to get a 9" pan. This is made from 1/4" press board, 1 1/4" PVC top and styrene from a sign at HD. Wood blocks and hot glue, super glue, epoxy holds it all together.
Ion Arm made from 2x4's. You can see the notch for the "aluminum end" that will be painted different
I am worried Ion Arms would not be strong enough so I had them go through the power pack box (not sure if that is the name) and will put a long screw through the motherboard to hold them.
Some Bondo to smooth out things:
Then it was onto the Power Cell part. I only have pictures of this finished.
I made the ribs from 2x4 that I cut down on the table saw and miter saw.
Using a stop block to get all the same sizes:
I used JB Weld to make this with a half circle cut from a piece of plastic. Tube is 1" PVC with a metal washer on the end. Inside I have the Ion Tubes going through a 1/2" piece of wood and epoxy to secure them.
Last edited by xyster101 on September 25th, 2016, 6:03 pm, edited 4 times in total.