nstevic01
Well-Known Member
Been away for a long while, been busy building packs and other stuff. A friend of mine came to me and asked if I would do some work on a pack that he acquired. Turns out it was one of the packs used in the street show/ride arounds over at Universal Studios. From what I understand, this was the ONLY Extreme pack to make it out of the park and avoid destruction. We all know there were a couple of other USF packs to make it out, but they were themed after the movie.
So I did some digging around, and found a few reference photos of the pack. Apparently there were only 2 in this configuration:
So here is the pack, as I received it. No thrower, and the straps were broken.
The current owner of the pack wants it gone through completely, a new thrower made, lights and sounds upgraded, and a few choice mods. After seeing the park thrower, the owner wanted to go for more of a Extreme type thrower vs. what originally came with it.
I began the tear down and laid out all of the parts:
I added to the "In" side of the pump box. Just used some copper tubing and PVC to give a filter effect:
The Cyclotron had basic flashing LEDs inside, as well as a capacitor wrapped with slime filled tubing:
I removed the LEDs from the Cyclotron and filled the holes in:
I removed the gun mount. A new one will be made for the new thrower:
Removed most of the foam with a wire wheel, I will be doing some more cleanup before painting:
Pack stripped:
First up on the restoration is what I consider the Power Cell:
Found a nice project box that was about the same size:
Cut the sides out:
Added some mesh and reused the copper tubing:
Cut up an old board and connected the copper tubing to some pots to give it a completed look:
Tested out the lighting for the Power Cell:
Began repainting the shell and a couple other components:
The legendary Chris Bryan is working on the thrower for this build. This is what he sent me so far:
That's it for now, I have the motherboard and alice frame in. Just need to get them mounted up.
So I did some digging around, and found a few reference photos of the pack. Apparently there were only 2 in this configuration:
So here is the pack, as I received it. No thrower, and the straps were broken.
The current owner of the pack wants it gone through completely, a new thrower made, lights and sounds upgraded, and a few choice mods. After seeing the park thrower, the owner wanted to go for more of a Extreme type thrower vs. what originally came with it.
I began the tear down and laid out all of the parts:
I added to the "In" side of the pump box. Just used some copper tubing and PVC to give a filter effect:
The Cyclotron had basic flashing LEDs inside, as well as a capacitor wrapped with slime filled tubing:
I removed the LEDs from the Cyclotron and filled the holes in:
I removed the gun mount. A new one will be made for the new thrower:
Removed most of the foam with a wire wheel, I will be doing some more cleanup before painting:
Pack stripped:
First up on the restoration is what I consider the Power Cell:
Found a nice project box that was about the same size:
Cut the sides out:
Added some mesh and reused the copper tubing:
Cut up an old board and connected the copper tubing to some pots to give it a completed look:
Tested out the lighting for the Power Cell:
Began repainting the shell and a couple other components:
The legendary Chris Bryan is working on the thrower for this build. This is what he sent me so far:
That's it for now, I have the motherboard and alice frame in. Just need to get them mounted up.
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