[Morfeusoneiros]

After collection parts I'm finally ready to start my build.
I'm trying to keep to a budget, so it'll be a slow and steady one.

Alice frame from GBfans.
Shell from Studio Creations.
Complete pack electronics from GBfans. (Man, how awesome it was the first time I tried it all out. What a rush to "fire" my proton gun. Still get a good chill down my spine just thinking about it [emoji4] [emoji317])

I've started some minor work on the pack, but those pictures looked awful. I'll take some new ones and add them in a new post.
Started on the plates for the synchronous generator (isn't that what it's called?)


Used a cutting board for plates.

More to come. YES, I'm finally getting my own, selfbuilt pack!

[Venkman's Swagger]

Great to see you start this build mate. Good luck. Got some nice parts there to knock this out of the park

[Morfeusoneiros]

Great to see you start this build mate. Good luck. Got some nice parts there to knock this out of the park

Thanks.
Got some great parts from Crix as well.
Post pictures tomorrow.
Had the car in twice for repairs, but now I'm finally ready for the pack.

[Venkman's Swagger]

Cars hey......... Can't live with them, can't live without them. Looking forward to the updates

[Morfeusoneiros]

Cars hey......... Can't live with them, can't live without them. Looking forward to the updates

That is true [emoji106]

[Morfeusoneiros]

A quick part update. Got these awesome resin parts from Crix:

The details truly shows great workmanship:



Couldn't be happier with these [emoji4]

[Morfeusoneiros]

GBfans electronics for both pack and thrower

My sons favourite functions:
https://vimeo.com/156023314

Wonderful kits, easy to assemble and so fun to play around with [emoji317] [emoji4]

[Venkman's Swagger]

Those are some super clean casts there. Crix nailed them!

I will never forget the first time I hooked the GBFans electronics up like you have there. I played with it for an hour solid and could have gone on all day.

[Morfeusoneiros]

I will never forget the first time I hooked the GBFans electronics up like you have there. I played with it for an hour solid and could have gone on all day.

Yeah, my son and I had a blast with it today.

A question to all pack builders: I'm putting in a battery similar to the one from GBfans, and I it has an on/off switch.
Do people just leave it turned on inside the shell or cut a hole to get to the switch without taking the shell off of the motherboard?

[Morfeusoneiros]

The work I've done on the pack so far:

Removed the extra webbing left by the plastic molding.


Sanded down the entire shell and washed it with a moist cloth.



Mended the cracks and hole after removal of webbing.

Next to the powercell I went a little bit overboard with my Dremel. I fixed the hole using aluminium plating for car bumpers. I'll sand everything down when I've fiberglassed the inside.

[Tjwalter]

Looks like a great start! I can't wait until I start my own.

[Venkman's Swagger]

Don't sweat the overzealous Dremel mate. All adds to the dings to make things look more authentic. Looking like a great start man

[Morfeusoneiros]

Looks like a great start! I can't wait until I start my own.

Thanks. Great fun to build

[Morfeusoneiros]

Don't sweat the overzealous Dremel mate. All adds to the dings to make things look more authentic. Looking like a great start man

Sounds like a good way to view it [emoji6] Thanks [emoji106]

[Morfeusoneiros]

Went to my first con in uniform yesterday. Just a rush with all the thumbs up, pictures and conversations. We even got interviewed by some local newspapers. The love for Ghostbusters is still very much alive in the general public, of all ages (atleast the crowd attending cons [emoji4] ).
Spent most of the day like this, posing for pictures.
Even got some great inspiration for the rest of my build:


A great day at Desucon Pop in Oslo [emoji317] [emoji4]

[Alan Hawkins]

Looking great!

[rayp_Stantz]

Great.

And nice parts for your build. looking forward to this build.

[Morfeusoneiros]

With a sick kid my build is moving slowly, but I can't wait to add these parts (hopefully a test fitting later this week):

All these parts is from GBFans.

[Morfeusoneiros]

Great.

And nice parts for your build. looking forward to this build.

Thanks.
I'm following your build with quite an interest as well. As I've said before I really love the look of your wooden parts!

[Venkman's Swagger]

More awesome parts. Hope your kid gets well soon

[Morfeusoneiros]

More awesome parts. Hope your kid gets well soon

Thank you for that. The youngest is better but my seven year old have gotten a massive cold. When it rains, IT pours... [emoji45]
Really happy with the parts, the GBfans shop is a real treasure trove for builders.

[MovieSean]

Hey man one quick thing I learned from doing my fiances SC pack. Sand/wash the inside also! When I tried to glass the inside the FG ended up almost lifting off the pack and i realized but it was too late.

[Venkman's Swagger]

More awesome parts. Hope your kid gets well soon

Thank you for that. The youngest is better but my seven year old have gotten a massive cold. When it rains, IT pours... [emoji45]
Really happy with the parts, the GBfans shop is a real treasure trove for builders.

Ah not good man, hope your 7 year old gets better soon . The shop is amazing. AJ has done an awesome job

[Morfeusoneiros]

Ah not good man, hope your 7 year old gets better soon . The shop is amazing. AJ has done an awesome job

Crossing my fingers. It seldom last more than a couple of days.
The shop is awesome indeed, and great customer service as well [GHOST]

[Morfeusoneiros]

Hey man one quick thing I learned from doing my fiances SC pack. Sand/wash the inside also! When I tried to glass the inside the FG ended up almost lifting off the pack and i realized but it was too late.

Great input! I haven't sanded the inside, so that is now first on my to do list. Thanks for the heads-up!

[Morfeusoneiros]

Finally got some work done again. After MovieSean's heads-up I sanded and washed the inside of the shell to prep for fiberglassing.


I picked up a fiberglass repair kit that I'll use tomorrow when the wife and kids are at work, kindergarten and school.

I've been looking a lot on the SC builds here and liked Riggs' solution with bolts to add the two parts.
I decided for these screws, washers and nuts the last time I was at the hardware store.
I would have chosen some other screws if I've noticed that they had an uneven backside, but I hope an extra washer will make up for that mistake


I've been re-reading Deadpool complete collection vol. 1, and behold:


It worked as a perfect level for my shell

(Must be karma since DP and GB share the same shelf)

I used clamps and took my time to make sure I got it right before I screwed it together. I might get a scaulding for not being accurate, and not knowing enough about the pack but I've noticed that the vacuum line on the spacer somewhat lines up with the third rib on the gearbox (atleast on some of the referance photos I've been looking at)


So I used that as a basis for lining up my two shell parts


Carefully drilled the holes, starting smaller than the screws and working my way up

Ended up with this:

I'm ok with how it turned out.
A little epoxy putty along the seam and it's ready to go [emoji317]

[Morfeusoneiros]

And inside
Seems I missed that in my other post. Using my phone, so impossible to see which photos I've uploaded [emoji23]

[Morfeusoneiros]

Today I made the frame sturdier. It pivoted a little by the top screw, so I added one more

That was just the ticket and it felt more rigid right away.
Started to prep for fiberglassing by heating up my garage (only 2 degrees celsius) and cutting the matt into proton pack sizes.
Soon realized that the kit wasn't enough for the entire shell... Just the lower part.
Want fiberglass on the entire shell, so I decided to wait until I had enough of the fiberglass matt. Atleast it is ready for fiberglassing tomorrow (feel I've heard that one before....[emoji45] [emoji23])


Wanted the shell even more sturdy. Decided to add some plates to the inside. Measured it and got my Dremel out
The parts had a perfect fit by themselves

Did the noob mistake of measuring without thinking about the bottom plate making the sides higher...

So I had to trim a little bit of each of the sideplates before gluing them to the shell
I had not any clamps that fit over the side of the shell, but laying it on top worked aswell [emoji4]
The same with some more unorthodox "clamps".
Used this glue
And I'm happy with how it all worked out. Much more sturdy shell, with a little added weight also.


Btw: anybody know the correct screws for the Proton pack in mm and not inches? Tried the hardware store today and they couldn't help me with 1/4 - 20 etc.. They needed the sizes in mm..

[TENIME_art]

Do you have a smart phone? I would just pull up Google and use the inches to mm conversion:

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=c ... %20to%20mm

[Morfeusoneiros]

Do you have a smart phone? I would just pull up Google and use the inches to mm conversion:

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=c ... %20to%20mm

Just lazy, hehe [emoji4] Yeah, I googlet it and found a great convertion site eventually.
If anybody wonders:
1/4 - 20 is M6x1 (socket cap screw -shell to mobo, HGA)
10 - 32 is M5x.07 (s.c.s. - booster frame, ion arm end cap, bumper)
8 - 32 is M4x.07 (s.c.s. - ribbon cable clamp, clippard 331)
4-40 is M3x.05 (s.c.s. - resistors on ion arm)