[Alan Hawkins]

My build of Proton Chargers Pepakura Proton Pack design. If you want to do the same thing start here -

http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtop ... =2&t=24730

These two pieces have taken me three days. I'm doing a little bit to each part as I have time.





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[ProtonCharger]

looking awesome so far!

[Alan Hawkins]

Last night and today was PPDBOX1. I'm glad it's over...





Thank God for masking tape or I would be covered in Super Glue.





DONE! (Actually, I will need to go back and tighten up some parts in the morning but I'm DONE looking at this part for awhile...)

[chibigear]

Looking good! I just LOVE your choise of scissors man! I never knew that Fiskars were available abroad..

[KCGhostbuster]

Coming along nicely.

[Alan Hawkins]

Looking good!

Coming along nicely.

Thanks guys! Slow and steady...

I just LOVE your choise of scissors man! I never knew that Fiskars were available abroad..!

I found them at Joann's Fabrics, they were the most inexpensive of the nice scissors they had. So far they cut nicely.

[Alan Hawkins]

Sunday and today was the CRANKGEN -

This pile of foil backed card stock will become a box... Even if it kills me.





BOX!



Yes, I chased the dog around the house while making a NOM-NOM-NOM sound... Who are you to judge me?



I need to tighten up a tab on the left.



One step closer...

[Alan Hawkins]

Corner Plate DONE!



So far my new pack fits into our china cabinet...

[Alan Hawkins]

Gun mount and power cell finished!





Power Cell -





Top part is DONE!

[Alan Hawkins]

Spent yesterday and ALL of today on the Cosmetic Plating and it was going great... Until I put the last three panels together and the whole deal warped. I tried going back and seeing if I could adjust the problem. Rip. Rip. Tear. TRASH!

Instead of punching a hole in my wall and possibly waking the baby I think I will drink some Fat Tire Winter Ale until I no longer care...

Try #2 in the morning.

[Alan Hawkins]

Try #2 = GREAT SUCCESS! (I'll spare you the Borat thumbs up image. We have all seen it. And now you see it in your mind as you read this... Sorry about that.)

COSMETIC PLATING







So this was the point that the last one started warping and I did not notice it until I was pretty much done. This time I built the part up as much as I could until I got to the point that I could add the curved pieces. I got those tagged in nice and even. Then as I built the rest I made adjustments as I went along to keep the whole part laying flat.



DONE!



Next up the spacer...

[gEkX]

Nice!
Its good to see all went well. The spacer is easy once you get started.
My only advise is trace out those alignment marks like PC did in his thread.
Oh and your through MOST of the tricky stuff. I say most because the cyclotron is.. fun.
Everything looks really clean so far. Keep it up!

[Alan Hawkins]

Oh and your through MOST of the tricky stuff. I say most because the cyclotron is.. fun.
Everything looks really clean so far. Keep it up!

Yeah, I'm looking forward to the Cyclotron... Thanks for the support! I'll be pleased if my build comes out half as well as yours man.

[Alan Hawkins]

Last night and today was spent making the Spacer.















NOW! Now, it starts to look like a pack.





Next up the Cyclotron...

[ProtonCharger]

that is just too beautiful for words. thank you for giving this a shot, and doing it in spades!

[Alan Hawkins]

Thanks man! I'm really having a good time making it! I hope to make ya proud.

[gEkX]

Yeah, I'm looking forward to the Cyclotron... Thanks for the support! I'll be pleased if my build comes out half as well as yours man.

Your doing that and then some! That spacer looks great!

[Martinus]

Nice!

[Stroudy]

Awesome job so far.

[Alan Hawkins]

Thanks guys! More to come, I just primted off the Cyclotron.

[Alan Hawkins]

Cyclotron time! Been a Hell of a week and have not had the time to spend on this that I would like but today was pretty open so I finished this up -





Proton Charger had some issues with this part and if he had issues I KNEW I WOULD! To be safe I extended all the tabs on these parts like so -





N-Filter space -









Backed in foil -



LOOKATTHATWILLYA?!?!?!?!







Next up I source some 1/8" Styrene and start the bumper.

[gEkX]

I picked up a 4 x 2 sheet for $30 at a place called Regal Plastics. You should see if there is one by you.

[Alan Hawkins]

Yeah, there are a few places that sell plastics here in Chicago. One even says they have a scrap bin you can buy from (I'll be calling them first.)

[Alan Hawkins]

SCORE! A place just down the road from me has a 2'x4' sheet for $19. I probably won't get it until next week though...

So I lied! Today I will start on the Trigger Box. ONWARD!!!

[Alan Hawkins]

Oh, btw gEkX. I plan on getting one of your full kits for this pack. jfyi

[Alan Hawkins]

Time for the Thrower!

I'm actually going to make five of these and five of the bumpers since the other guys in my group need them and so does my v1 Proton Pack. I LOVED this part of the build! Really well laid out part and a lot of fun!

First, check this -



So simple and easy. LOVED IT!

















The only thing I think I will do different on the other four is to use a flat bottom instead of the recessed part.

[Charlie Richter]

Love your work. Have to give this a go soon.

Sent from my GT-I9100T

[gEkX]

The lines on that thrower look perfect!

[Stroudy]

Impressive, very impressive

[Alan Hawkins]

Thanks! I'm going to be sad when everything is built as I won't have all this busy work anymore. Might have to just build a spare pack.