SFPROPS
Sr Member
The following thread inspired me:
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=68092&highlight=ghostbusters
My son had been playing the recently released Ghostbusters video game and had really been into it. He'd seen the movies and liked them too. After seeing the thread above, I asked him if he'd like to be a Ghostbuster for Halloween and he was all for it.
I spent about 1/2 hour each evening for the past month putting a kid's size Proton Pack together for him. I spent a little more than the $15 the awesom pack in the thread above cost, but probably didn't use more than $50 worth of new materials. Most of what I used I already had on hand.
I built this using plans at gbfans.com, plywood, PVC, styrene, bits and pieces from hardware and craft stores and some pink insulation foam. I also used a couple of cheap LED craft light kits so that the blue box on the side, the red holes in the cyclotron and the little lights in the gun flash on and off or blink.
It's about 15% smaller than a full-size pack and as I had to scale everything, a few dimensions are kind of wonky (and made it impossible to use any real "accurate" found items either - which actually helped keep the prices down).
This was a pretty fun project, and now that I know more about Ghostbuster stuff, I might actually take on a full-size pack in the future!
ps. The red wire isn't attached to the front of the proton gun yet - I know.
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=68092&highlight=ghostbusters
My son had been playing the recently released Ghostbusters video game and had really been into it. He'd seen the movies and liked them too. After seeing the thread above, I asked him if he'd like to be a Ghostbuster for Halloween and he was all for it.
I spent about 1/2 hour each evening for the past month putting a kid's size Proton Pack together for him. I spent a little more than the $15 the awesom pack in the thread above cost, but probably didn't use more than $50 worth of new materials. Most of what I used I already had on hand.
I built this using plans at gbfans.com, plywood, PVC, styrene, bits and pieces from hardware and craft stores and some pink insulation foam. I also used a couple of cheap LED craft light kits so that the blue box on the side, the red holes in the cyclotron and the little lights in the gun flash on and off or blink.
It's about 15% smaller than a full-size pack and as I had to scale everything, a few dimensions are kind of wonky (and made it impossible to use any real "accurate" found items either - which actually helped keep the prices down).
This was a pretty fun project, and now that I know more about Ghostbuster stuff, I might actually take on a full-size pack in the future!
ps. The red wire isn't attached to the front of the proton gun yet - I know.
