BigJon
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So my 2 1/2 year old son LOVES Ghostbusters (I think it's mainly the Ecto car...) and watches the movies all the time. I asked him a couple of months back what he wanted to be for Halloween and he told me he wanted to be a Ghostbuster.
I decided to start work on a proton pack to see if it was even possible to finish by Halloween. I knew finding a jumpsuit in his size would be hard too...so I cheated and made a little Ghostbuster t-shirt with an iron on transfer I printed up from the computer.
In hindsight I wish I could have made a small ecto goggles set...but with time running short to Halloween and the fact that he's 2 and probably would never leave it on his head...I just decided to go with what I have.
Here are some in-progress and completed shots (sorry I don't have any with the complete pack AND GB t-shirt...but you can get the idea):
90% of the pack was built using foamboard (the type used for school display projects), the "Cyclotron" was made out of a piece of tupperware and the "N-Filter" is a spray can cap.
The pack only measures about 13-14 inches tall...so it's a pretty tiny pack. This is a shot after I did some bondo work...although most is unnoticable. I changed out the "Booster Frame" as my original one was completely backwards (I was working off of memory). I added some of the fins to the boxes.
Initial spray and weathering complete. I added most of the wiring details and added the washers on the cyclotron...I only had room for 3...but who's counting?
Colored in the "red lights" in the washers. Spray misted the ribbon cable a bit. The shirt I made is pictured as well. The only real big things I'm missing here is the proton gun and the bumper that goes over the cyclotron. This was taken the night I finally attached all the straps.
Couple of shots testing the wearability of the pack. At this point I was very impressed with my own work.
Finally finshed up the proton gun (sorry...no progress shots). I used a handheld fishing game for the base. The stalk on the right was the original "fold up rod" for the game, I removed it from the spot on the left and made a new hole for it on the right. This was to simulate the "clippard" on the proton gun. Where the stalk originally was I put a PVC pipe and wrapped a piece of foam with electrical tape to make a grip, then added a pipe clamp as a greeblie. I gutted the LCD screen out of the game and replaced it with a picture of Slimer. Then glued a piece of split loom hose into the old battery compartment at the bottom.
Approval upon inspection.
Pack with the proton gun attached. The only thing I would change in teh future would be to reconfigure the way the proton gun attaches. It hangs out a bit too far and sometimes makes the pack lean to one side.
Here are the completed pictures of the pack:
click to enlarge
So far it's survived "Boo at the Zoo" and with beggar's night coming up next Wednesday the pack has survived. My hope is that it won't get destroyed by bumping into things/people. Any parts that may fall off will definitely be saved and glued back on later.
There you have it!
I decided to start work on a proton pack to see if it was even possible to finish by Halloween. I knew finding a jumpsuit in his size would be hard too...so I cheated and made a little Ghostbuster t-shirt with an iron on transfer I printed up from the computer.
In hindsight I wish I could have made a small ecto goggles set...but with time running short to Halloween and the fact that he's 2 and probably would never leave it on his head...I just decided to go with what I have.
Here are some in-progress and completed shots (sorry I don't have any with the complete pack AND GB t-shirt...but you can get the idea):
90% of the pack was built using foamboard (the type used for school display projects), the "Cyclotron" was made out of a piece of tupperware and the "N-Filter" is a spray can cap.
The pack only measures about 13-14 inches tall...so it's a pretty tiny pack. This is a shot after I did some bondo work...although most is unnoticable. I changed out the "Booster Frame" as my original one was completely backwards (I was working off of memory). I added some of the fins to the boxes.
Initial spray and weathering complete. I added most of the wiring details and added the washers on the cyclotron...I only had room for 3...but who's counting?
Colored in the "red lights" in the washers. Spray misted the ribbon cable a bit. The shirt I made is pictured as well. The only real big things I'm missing here is the proton gun and the bumper that goes over the cyclotron. This was taken the night I finally attached all the straps.
Couple of shots testing the wearability of the pack. At this point I was very impressed with my own work.
Finally finshed up the proton gun (sorry...no progress shots). I used a handheld fishing game for the base. The stalk on the right was the original "fold up rod" for the game, I removed it from the spot on the left and made a new hole for it on the right. This was to simulate the "clippard" on the proton gun. Where the stalk originally was I put a PVC pipe and wrapped a piece of foam with electrical tape to make a grip, then added a pipe clamp as a greeblie. I gutted the LCD screen out of the game and replaced it with a picture of Slimer. Then glued a piece of split loom hose into the old battery compartment at the bottom.
Approval upon inspection.
Pack with the proton gun attached. The only thing I would change in teh future would be to reconfigure the way the proton gun attaches. It hangs out a bit too far and sometimes makes the pack lean to one side.
Here are the completed pictures of the pack:
click to enlarge
So far it's survived "Boo at the Zoo" and with beggar's night coming up next Wednesday the pack has survived. My hope is that it won't get destroyed by bumping into things/people. Any parts that may fall off will definitely be saved and glued back on later.
There you have it!
