- July 5th, 2012, 3:32 pm#398984
Hey all. Last year's proton pack got a lot of praise and attention in local circles and my wife decided she wanted to have an outfit to go along with mine. I knew I couldn't make her a proton pack (far too heavy; her skin has a thing against pressure and she ends up breaking out in rashes if too much weight is put on her skin for too long), but a slime blower seemed like a much more viable alternative.
I started with lots of research on the various build threads here. The cardboard tube a lot of people have used for the main tank was something I tried out at first, but it just did not work out the way I wanted it to. My wife's a bit clumsy, so this will get bumped into things and the cardboard tube would likely buckle.
The blower started with the standard ALICE frame. An order or two with MMM and the project boxes from the GBFans store got me all the parts I needed for attachment and whatnot.
The foam is there to simulate the vest for the wife.
Looking at MandoMan's build, he went with 8" thinwall PVC with trimmed 9" ornament halves. This definitely seemed like the best alternative, so I went along that route as well.
I trimmed the halves to the OD of the PVC pipe, but as the ornaments were very thin plastic, I went ahead and applied (a crapton of) fiberglass to reinforce them. I also used sprayfoam to fill in the hemispheres and give the Bondo something more to grip onto.
I used the same methodology on the side tanks, only for them I ordered a pair of 4" OD aluminum tubes from Speedy Metals, as well as a couple 4" OD plastic DIY ornaments. These ornaments were a lot thicker and stronger than the 9" ones (and matched the tube diameters perfectly!), so no fiberglass needed.
I just attached the tanks to the frame assembly yesterday. The tanks ride a little higher than I'd like, but redoing them would take a LOT of rivet drilling, so it'll have to do.
The football pads will be covered in grey fabric and hopefully I'll get to the local Tandy Leather Factory store when it's open (the one here in Cheyenne has really weird hours) for the leather panels and clasps. It's fortunate that the underarm portion of the pads aren't connected, but instead have flaps with elastic loops. The plan is to have straps connect said loops so the vest is adjustable between me and her.
Taking advice from the various female 'Busters out there, we're going with the Dickies Girl dress available from their website.
I've got the electronics all ready to go, as well. The sound and light kits from Crix are awesome!
We're trying to get this thing ready for a convention back home at the end of July, so I've made another order to Speedy Metals for another 4" diameter aluminum tube for the gun. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Colin of MMM, and we look forward to his usual excellent quality when the slime blower gun kits go out.
I started with lots of research on the various build threads here. The cardboard tube a lot of people have used for the main tank was something I tried out at first, but it just did not work out the way I wanted it to. My wife's a bit clumsy, so this will get bumped into things and the cardboard tube would likely buckle.
The blower started with the standard ALICE frame. An order or two with MMM and the project boxes from the GBFans store got me all the parts I needed for attachment and whatnot.
The foam is there to simulate the vest for the wife.
Looking at MandoMan's build, he went with 8" thinwall PVC with trimmed 9" ornament halves. This definitely seemed like the best alternative, so I went along that route as well.
I trimmed the halves to the OD of the PVC pipe, but as the ornaments were very thin plastic, I went ahead and applied (a crapton of) fiberglass to reinforce them. I also used sprayfoam to fill in the hemispheres and give the Bondo something more to grip onto.
I used the same methodology on the side tanks, only for them I ordered a pair of 4" OD aluminum tubes from Speedy Metals, as well as a couple 4" OD plastic DIY ornaments. These ornaments were a lot thicker and stronger than the 9" ones (and matched the tube diameters perfectly!), so no fiberglass needed.
I just attached the tanks to the frame assembly yesterday. The tanks ride a little higher than I'd like, but redoing them would take a LOT of rivet drilling, so it'll have to do.
The football pads will be covered in grey fabric and hopefully I'll get to the local Tandy Leather Factory store when it's open (the one here in Cheyenne has really weird hours) for the leather panels and clasps. It's fortunate that the underarm portion of the pads aren't connected, but instead have flaps with elastic loops. The plan is to have straps connect said loops so the vest is adjustable between me and her.
Taking advice from the various female 'Busters out there, we're going with the Dickies Girl dress available from their website.
I've got the electronics all ready to go, as well. The sound and light kits from Crix are awesome!
We're trying to get this thing ready for a convention back home at the end of July, so I've made another order to Speedy Metals for another 4" diameter aluminum tube for the gun. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Colin of MMM, and we look forward to his usual excellent quality when the slime blower gun kits go out.
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