My Modified Spirit Halloween Pack

[J10kmn]

@Weideman

It might have been overkill as far as the explanation goes but I hope it helps!

Not at all! Just from looking at it you can tell a lot of work went into the paint job (which can really make or break a build). Thanks for the info. Hopefully I can get mine looking at least 1/2 as good.

[Weideman]

@J10kmn

Not at all! Just from looking at it you can tell a lot of work went into the paint job (which can really make or break a build). Thanks for the info. Hopefully I can get mine looking at least 1/2 as good.

I have always found painting to be the most enjoyable stage of any build. It’s relaxing and allows you to play a little bit. If you screw it up, you can always do a little sanding and paint over it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask, I am more than happy to help out!

[hutto]

@Weideman

Sorry everyone, I have been out of town the past few days taking the family to Disneyland. I just got home tonight and saw all the activity on this post. I’ll do my best to answer any questions, but if I miss anything, ask again and I’ll respond.

@Heatley2001

Where did you get the labels for the back and the wand?

What size did you scale them to?

The labels are from a search here on the boards… Somebody at some point posted a PDF of them. They had the pack, wand, and danger labels on 1 sheet. I scaled them to 95%, 85%, and 65%… I think I ended up using the 85% ones mostly but found that I mixed and matched a few according to what looked best. I think I have them on my computer at work. I will take a look next week when I am back and if you still need them, we can sort that out.

@WindDrake

Very nice work man, looks like we had a lot of the same ideas!

3D printing is great, isn’t it?

I put out all my models on Thingiverse that I made for the Spirit packs - If you want a new powercell lens, try out the one I designed. Print at 100% infill - they look great.

Thank you! As they say, great minds think alike!

I saw the files up on thingiverse and have already pointed a few people toward them to mod their packs. They look great! I might have to try out the power cell lens as the one that comes standard NEEDS to be replaced.

@Henners

Awesome! You think you can fit the GBFans wand kit in the 80% scale print?

I don’t think I would event attempt to fit a GBFans wand kit in there. At best it would be a tight fit and at worst, you might destroy the wand. If anything, you could buy a Nickatron or Throwing Chicken kit, put the GBFans kit in that and replace the wand on the spirit pack. If you upgrade to a full sized pack later on, move the wand to the bigger pack and put back on your spirit wand.

@scigro

I,m moving along as well… I already have a full light kit lade out in the Shell. …as well as the sound kit ..i,m just waiting on my full size thrower and light kit for that. …And i,m good to go…again if I can find s way to post pictures I will . all kits are g.b fans except the cyclotron. That’s a Cix kit.

I’d love to see it. The kits I ordered for the light just don’t do it for me… I thought they’d work but they don’t so I am looking for alternatives and I don’t want to dump a bunch of $$ into this. I think the only part I have bought outside of the $4 chaser light kits was the ALICE frame.

@hutto

What thickness of MDF did you use for your motherboard? I assume those are 1 inch spacers? For time and cash, I’m going to use corner brackets to attach it.

Its 1/4in MDF. Not sure on the size of the spacers… I had them lying around from my previous build. I bought them at some point thinking they would work for my SC build but they were a little small. I used corner brackets to mount to the motherboard. They were also part of the stuff I had laying around from some other build (I never get rid of anything like that for fear I’ll need it for something like this lol).

@scigro

i used 1/8in plywood..I hate MDF .

Not crazy about it either but if you seal the edges with superglue it doesn’t flake off and creates a nice finish… Plus I had a sheet of the stuff laying around in the garage.

@hutto

I threw away a shelving unit that had plywood shelves just over a half inch thick. I’m thinking about using a shelf to thicken the pack a bit and add some weight.

I am helping my buddy mod his as well and we just talked about using a thicker piece to add some height to the pack as our biggest complaint is that the pack looks ‘thin’. If you go with a 1/2 in motherboard, I’d love to see what it looks like! Especially from a profile view.

I went for it with the plywood. It’s attached to the frame but the pack isn’t, yet.

[Weideman]

@hutto

I went for it with the plywood. It’s attached to the frame but the pack isn’t, yet.

I really like the look of that! It looks like it adds a nice bit of height to the pack.

[hutto]

@Weideman

@hutto

I went for it with the plywood. It’s attached to the frame but the pack isn’t, yet.

I really like the look of that! It looks like it adds a nice bit of height to the pack.

Thanks. I actually screwed up while drilling holes for mounts and ultimately zip tied it. I routed the battery pack to other side of the board.

The whole pack weighs 11.3 lbs

I scaled the wand labels to 23% in Photoshop’s print with preview. Fits pretty much perfect.

I spent way too much money on it but, it’s nice to finally have a pack.

[Gbseip]

Looks awesome. Do you happen to have any pictures of the inside? How you mounted the lights and such?