My Ghostbusters 2 Proton Pack and Thrower

[Dakarn]

Started this build about 3 months ago for Megacon in Orlando. Completed it the Thursday evening before the Con.

In the beginning:

The Alkaline fiberglass and resin shell - after the initial sanding and coat of auto filler primer:

Test fitting the aluminum and resin parts on the shell after the appropriate holes were drilled and tapped:

After a few coats of regular Krlyon black - it was extremely glossy:

So after it dried I used a coat of matte to kill the gloss:

Meanwhile, I was sanding and assembling various pack parts:

The power injector assembly, made from a piece of aluminum and 2 delarin rods cut to the appropriate length and drilled out:

Ion Arm assembly test fit with the various resistors mounted. The box is a resin cast:

Some of the parts painted:

Getting pieces installed including a real Clippard valve and drilling and tapping the bumper:

 

[Dakarn]

Continued:

Running the tubing:

Tubing plus the Ion Arm completed and installed:

Almost there, running the cable and getting the power injectors installed which was a major pain. The holes were slightly off so they wouldn't mount correctly but the miracle of hot glue fixed that:

Side view with the red and blue lens installed:

The Thrower kit cleaned and sanded (well kinda, I was in a rush and the paint showed most of the sanding flaws):

Epoxying the handles and the body:

Thrower mostly done:

More photos of the light install and Thrower completion later!

One of the most fun projects I've ever done.

 

[masterjedi322]

Looks great! :thumbsup

Sean

 

[ZOMBIEREPELLENT]

Looks good so far! Who's lights are you using? I couldn't imagine fitting exorays lights into an MMM gun body. If you add sound let me know and I'll email you some cleaner sound files than what comes on the replica props sound chip

 

[Dakarn]

Looks good so far! Who's lights are you using? I couldn't imagine fitting exorays lights into an MMM gun body. If you add sound let me know and I'll email you some cleaner sound files than what comes on the replica props sound chip

The pack lights are Zombie Amusements with reflectors in the cyclotron spots. They work great. Using the Jupiter electronics for the Thrower. Not an easy fit, lots of trimming and thinning out the resin inside the body. The lights themselves are great though.

PM me, love to get those files. Any recommendations on a sound setup? I was thinking of using a 2x25w amp with 4" speakers and 12v 6500 mah rechargeable battery setup. Just need to figure out a sound source and the options are kinda thin right now.

 

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This is one of the packs I made. YouTube - Ghostbusters proton pack, with lights and sound

I just did the breadboard setup with a 7 watt amp that i might upgrade. Don't bother paying for the sound chip with the song on it, you can add an auxiliary port for about 7 bucks to plug an mp3 player into.

 

[Dakarn]

Great setup Zombie! I'm curious how you wired the various sounds to the appropriate switch/button. Love to do my setup that way and avoid buying sound chips and such.

 

[Dakarn]

Video is a bit dark but here's the pack with the lighting on:
YouTube - Ghostbusters proton pack

The Zombie Amusements pack lights are good, the bar is really really bright, the cyclotron lights needed a boost so I hot glued them into flashlight reflectors and that did the trick. The wiring from the board to the cyclotron lights is a bit thin, otherwise a good board. The Jupiter Electronics thrower lights are great, just had to mod the interior of the thrower body by removing a lot of extra resin to get the main board in there properly.

 

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You'll still need to buy a sound chip, just not the more expensive one. Here's the inside of my pack. I lined the edge of my pack with 3/4" insulating foam to keep light from leaking out.

Adding sound is a little tedious as you need to replace your switches with DPDT switches and at least one of the buttons.

 

[exoray]

Adding sound is a little tedious as you need to replace your switches with DPDT switches and at least one of the buttons.

Not if you use my sound kit with my light kits, you just plug it in...

 

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Not if you use my sound kit with my light kits, you just plug it in...

Or that. I did sound in my pack like 2 weeks before everyone came out with their ironed out sound versions. I was a little annoyed but cost wise its about the same.

 

[Dakarn]

Not if you use my sound kit with my light kits, you just plug it in...

But is it available?

 

[exoray]

But is it available?

Yes, and no... I'm in the middle of a re-boot in regards to offering up my kits, just need to wrap up a few loose ends...

 

[Dakarn]

I'm definitely thinking of ordering the effects only chip with a 25w stereo amp and adding the aux port. How do you add the aux port to this setup?

 

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take a SPDT toggle switch. the center prong will have the positive lead going to the amp. and solder the positive from the sound board and headphone jack to the top and bottoms. the negative lead for the headphone jack will need to go to the negative on the amp.

 

[Dakarn]

take a SPDT toggle switch. the center prong will have the positive lead going to the amp. and solder the positive from the sound board and headphone jack to the top and bottoms. the negative lead for the headphone jack will need to go to the negative on the amp.

Thanks, ordering my chip, amp, speakers and battery on Monday. Rather wire it up myself and the sound quality is good.

Are your speakers 4" 2 way Pioneers?

 

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They're actually 5 1/4" 3 way speakers. I think they were $38 at wal mart. But I've been toying with the idea of using kickers.