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LandoSystem wrote:Very nice work.
I'm currently printing and assembling an 80% scale pack myself.
That XTC3D stuff is pretty handy if you can keep the runs and ripples in check.

Thanks!

I had a few on the ion arm tower that needed removing, but overall it went on okay. I dreaded the drips too. It did a nice job of blending some corners, mind you. Brushing it until it becomes tacky helped.

Styrofoam_Guy wrote:Very nice. I like the weld lines. I am also trying to learn some 3D software by making pack parts.

I used the mograph plugin in Cinema 4D (the software I'm using for the modelling) for that. It allowed me to randomise the shape of the weld beads for a more realistic look.

I am trying to learn Solidworks. Great for the basic shaped but I have not learned how to do random shaped like weld beads yet.

I haven't tried the XTC3D stuff. I have used wood filler to fill in the lines.

Getting closer.. Still need to work up the nerve to start the wand, though. Fasteners still need to be addressed properly, as well as some placards, as well as some obvious missing details. Stuff in the post still: The GB Fans electronics, some proper Legris elbows, a V-hook..

Looking very good.

Forgot to mention that I like your Clippard. Did you plan to hook the wand to the pack? Do you think that area will be strong enough?

Thanks!

The area where the wand is going to mount is 4mm thick solid plastic. I used a 0.8mm diameter nozzle and double perimeters. The thing is built like a tank

Getting a lot closer now. A few small details and weathering and we're good. I couldn't help doing an artsy pic.. Next up: wand!

Testing the blue lens..

A Keymaster props V hook bolted in place..

Incredible!!

The wand is underway. Ultimately it'll have lever operated extension, like the 'real' deal. Sensibly aluminium grip and barrel anchored in the printed body with friction fit and screws. A 2mm aluminium cover plate held to the body with six M3 screws fastening into captured nuts will hold the gun track and V hook. Hopefully that'll be going nowhere.

Wand's coming along nicely..

Some Nick-a-tron parts arrived..

It's looking absolutely fantastic

Let there be light! Starting to install the electronics

Looking freakin' sweet

Updates have been few and far between lately, but here we are, with a 98% done pack and wand. I found the wand more of a challenge than the pack itself!

Seriously nice!!

Now with lightly added distressed paint.. More to come in the way of washes and general gunk.

Awesome! All of it!

It's finished!

(For now.. We all know these things are never truly finished..)

Here's some close ups of the weathering:







And me debuting the setup at Cardiff comic con yesterday with the Welsh Ghostbusters:

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Quite happy to be done now

Awesome pack, awesome pic's

Venkman's Swagger wrote:Awesome pack, awesome pic's

Thanks man! I'm pretty pleased with it and even more so that it's finished!

Michaelvk wrote:

Venkman's Swagger wrote:Awesome pack, awesome pic's

Thanks man! I'm pretty pleased with it and even more so that it's finished!

You're welcome dude. Enjoy her

What does the inside of the pack look like. How was it to run the electronics?

grogking wrote:What does the inside of the pack look like. How was it to run the electronics?

I'll try to take a pic of the version 2 I'm working on for a friend of mine, but basically it's all compartments because of the way I had to print parts and make sure they fit on the bed. The battery and GBfans main board sit in the gearbox and under the booster tube. The wiring for the pack lights volume control and speakers run through holes drilled in internal walls, the ribbon cable and master power switch cable for the wand runs through the hose going from the gearbox to the generator.

Absolutely beautiful. Great work.
Looking forward to seeing your files.

Any updates? Files?

grogking wrote:Any updates? Files?

All in due time.. Also, what's the magic word?

Zuul?

BTW, check your PMs - I just sent you a message about some files I found you may find useful.