WarDarkFox
Active Member
Re: First GB1 Proton Pack - Pepakura
Alright, did a little more bondo sealer work on the pack just cause I'm very particular how I want it to look, but baring any accidental nicks or issues i find as I add more pieces then I am done and moving onto other things(spent a ot of time on the ribs and getting them sealed and smoothed).
I've cut the tubing for the booster tube and drilled the hols in the back where i will be attaching it to the pack(later update with pics once i do more with it)
The last two nights I've been working on the injector tubes that go under the power cell. From JeeBee25's thread I got a list of parts I needed and followed how he assembled his with a few minor variations.(I did not have access to the industrial hot glue he used)
Assembled the two adapter that go into each pipe and then cut it to length, using the uncut side as the bottom and the cut side where the adapters will go and sit up against a plate. I set the adapters inside and matched up the thread of the bolt to the length i needed to lock it down inside the pack, then used some hot glue inside to hold them in place. Once cooled I pouring in epoxy until it covered the whole area and mixed it up inside the tube. After the epoxy set on both sides of each tube, i lined them up together and applied hot glue in the middle of each side to hold them in place. The I traced out what would be my caps for the end of the pipe as well as the plate that it sits on underneath the power cell. Matched up the bolts to the plate and drilled my holes, then used the plate as a guide to drill underneath the power cell. This is what i had before continuing to the next step.
Next I mixed up a small batch of epoxy and slid the plate onto the bolts, spread the epoxy on both the plate and the pipes and brought them together. I used the nuts for inside the pack to hold the plate against the pipe as the epoxy set(just finger tight). For the caps i put a extra piece on the inside for when I attached my hose barb and then epoxied the caps on. I didn't have any hose barbs to use that matched the clippard ones so instead I found a 1/8 OD splicer at home depot instead. After i drilled the holes and shaved off the barb at the end i would be inserting into the caps, i dripped in some epoxy and pushed the barbs in place. Here is the end of day 1 with the injector tube.
Last night I finished up with the addition of a line of epoxy in the middle of the injector tube where i had hot glue for extra hold, and applied the fake welding to the caps and plate.
and finally a quick placement to see how it looks
Tonight I plan on working on plating that goes on the synchgen.
Alright, did a little more bondo sealer work on the pack just cause I'm very particular how I want it to look, but baring any accidental nicks or issues i find as I add more pieces then I am done and moving onto other things(spent a ot of time on the ribs and getting them sealed and smoothed).
I've cut the tubing for the booster tube and drilled the hols in the back where i will be attaching it to the pack(later update with pics once i do more with it)
The last two nights I've been working on the injector tubes that go under the power cell. From JeeBee25's thread I got a list of parts I needed and followed how he assembled his with a few minor variations.(I did not have access to the industrial hot glue he used)
Assembled the two adapter that go into each pipe and then cut it to length, using the uncut side as the bottom and the cut side where the adapters will go and sit up against a plate. I set the adapters inside and matched up the thread of the bolt to the length i needed to lock it down inside the pack, then used some hot glue inside to hold them in place. Once cooled I pouring in epoxy until it covered the whole area and mixed it up inside the tube. After the epoxy set on both sides of each tube, i lined them up together and applied hot glue in the middle of each side to hold them in place. The I traced out what would be my caps for the end of the pipe as well as the plate that it sits on underneath the power cell. Matched up the bolts to the plate and drilled my holes, then used the plate as a guide to drill underneath the power cell. This is what i had before continuing to the next step.
Next I mixed up a small batch of epoxy and slid the plate onto the bolts, spread the epoxy on both the plate and the pipes and brought them together. I used the nuts for inside the pack to hold the plate against the pipe as the epoxy set(just finger tight). For the caps i put a extra piece on the inside for when I attached my hose barb and then epoxied the caps on. I didn't have any hose barbs to use that matched the clippard ones so instead I found a 1/8 OD splicer at home depot instead. After i drilled the holes and shaved off the barb at the end i would be inserting into the caps, i dripped in some epoxy and pushed the barbs in place. Here is the end of day 1 with the injector tube.
Last night I finished up with the addition of a line of epoxy in the middle of the injector tube where i had hot glue for extra hold, and applied the fake welding to the caps and plate.
and finally a quick placement to see how it looks
Tonight I plan on working on plating that goes on the synchgen.
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