Hi, I’m in the process of putting together a Proton Pack. Currently I’m working on the Gun/Thrower, which won’t be 100% Film accurate due to limited resourses. Then again neither will the pack. What I was wondering about was how do I holser the gun to the pack when I don’t want to walking around holding it. I was thinking about useing the same set up as the Kenner RBG Pack but I’m not even sure exactly how the gun was holsered on that either. Any easy suggestions?
Dixie V-Hook. Checkout http://m.multimediamayhem.net/site/classic?url=http://www.multimediamayhem.net&back=http%3A%2F%2Fm.multimediamayhem.net%2Fsite%2Fwebs_29849715%3Furl%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.multimediamayhem.net
Nice, but I’m looking for a simple setup since this is a scratch build. However, I will keep that site in mind for my next build.
you can also use the hooks that they use for mirrors if you’re looking for a really inexpensive option, available at hardware stores.
You can’t get much simpler than that unless you use velcro.
That’s the solution i was looking for. I’ll give it a try, thank you.
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You can’t get much simpler than that unless you use velcro.
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Has that ever been tried?Just wondering. It’s an interesting suggestion and though I’m trying to keep the build as light as possible I’m not sure it would be strong enough. Let me know though just in case.
One of the Bay Area guys actually used powerful magnets in his to hold his thrower on. Depending on the weight of your thrower it might work. I however would be paranoid that it would fall off.
I’m sure the industrial velcro would be strong enough however I would worry about it staying stuck to the pack and gun.
you’re really making a mistake using anything other than the dixie hook. it’s as simple as it gets.
the mirror hanger is a cheap substitute to that. i have a heavy game thrower hanging on a dixie hook, and it works. dont skimp on this piece.
Well, The Thrower itself is fairly light, maybe about the weight of your average water gun so I could go with the Mirror hanger or even a picture hanger as some of them are good for a Hundred pounds (Bit of an overkill for this project though) and I can go to a local hardware store and buy it which is convienient. Plus I don’t like the idea of trying to put what looks to be made of steel on something made up of mostly Dollar store items and Model Plastic. I’d rather save that for the next Pack I build.
The mirror mount will be made of steel, it’s going to be a real pitch to remount your thrower, since it’s already a royal pain in the ass to do it with a normal v hook or dixie, both of which are far more forgiving than mirror hangers.
I have a question about the thrower itself, What parts of it should Have lighting? I know there is a LED Bar near the handle but other than That and the tip of the thrower should there be any other parts that should be lighted up?
Full on hero lights are: bargraph, slo-blo, gun-ear hatlight, hatlight under the front knob next to the clippard, blinking white arcolectric on the top, vent light, barrel lights and flash bulb. Stunt packs just had the slo-blo, gb2 semi-heros had everything but the hat lights, flash and barrel lights.
I’ve looked up reference pics just so I know where all those light are, thanks for the info. I’m guessing a Chaser circuit or something simular is used for the Bar lights, are the other lights tied into that circuit and just blink Randomly?
None of the lights are definitively tied to any other though when I made wand lights for a friend I made the bargraph go to full, steady on when the vent light is activated. There’s also been discussion about the gun-ear hatlight being a use indicator for the flashbulb so the FX guys would know to replace it as it only comes on after the flash is hit.
My wand circuit can be found here: GBFans.com
Awesome design, Which site to you recomend for to buy the parts? I’m no where near a radioshack so I’ll have to try to get these parts online. If not I’ll have to put together a Lighting set up that comes close as I can to yours.
I use http://futurlec.com/ for most of the parts and http://www.mpja.com/ for the LEDs. Anything I can’t find there I usually go to either http://www.digikey.com/ or http://www.jameco.com/