# My Proton Pack Rebuild **URL:** \ **Category:** Proton Packs\ **Created:** [January 11, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573 "2021-01-11T13:57:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/1 "2021-01-11T13:57:29Z")
Hello everyone, I’m Peter or Peet. Since I was a Child I wanted a GB [Proton Pack](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack). I think you all know that need :-p A good friend know a guy which collect some replicas and this man had an “old” selfmade Proton Pack which one he brought from Great Britain. I was very happy and euphoric as he said that he will sell it to me for… Okay I don’t want to tell you, because it was way too much in my eyes after I had that Pack in my hands. But Ok. Here is the picture my friend send me: ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/e/e/ee29ba9d231921dcf2bfd4d924cd6dc513bab7a7.jpeg) At frist glance, a very nice Pack (for me). I saw that the colors from the tubing are not correct, but so what, I’ll will replace them and I’ll have a very nice Pack 🙂 But… ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/5/9/5999b33a6ff5d3b5264fe6b7e855953c9280858b.jpeg) As soon as the Pack was at home I saw the big bunch of work… 97% of all parts are only hotglued. 85% of the parts are not well 3d printed, screws incl.! Most of the parts fall apart at the moment when I touched them… The decals are printed on paper. The whole bodypart is warped or bended to the middle (see next picture). BUT I will take care of that. ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/1/d/1da820a004590dd2d5391734d74ab6d3e541cbd9.jpeg) Within 25min all parts are removed: ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/3/7/37924e0577c7b968243fc0fff879bae82b9f3a78.jpeg) A bunch of parts I’ve ordered already here in the shop, the decals from here I can print at work on vinyl. Next part to recreate some parts with help from my dad: ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/6/c/6ce4ae36fd503868cb25b906f0a0d90ed98645f2.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/0/9/09aef159923f96a852171ba02615b8a28cb3c255.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/f/b/fb7d9ee7018e3699e7be94b09ee08b777d1e49df.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/a/b/ab1de4ae57076047d9d1aa1024df7eb6fb4f6d40.jpeg) In the next weeks I’ll fill all holes then sanding and repaint. I’ll update here after every update on the Pack. And that’s the christmas present from beautiful life partner… I love her so much 🙂 ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/7/7/7721ccf29ae0cebccb12383d03dc81fe06f6d296.jpeg) Greetings, Peet and stay healthy! ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/2 "2021-01-12T07:43:37Z")
Here’s a update January 12, 2021: - Aluminium [V-Hook](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/v-hook) finished - Detail pictures of the current Neutrona Wand I think I’ll sell this wand because it looks not good for me and I want to use my modded Spenglers Neutrona Wand for this pack. ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/4/1/41084985784b920b74852f398300124bc90f11e9.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/2/3/2356c9de66c04dd8bff553588d699187aa877f54.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/7/5/75a93d60a2df06e7747288cf08cda137c3377456.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/1/e/1edbc639e4e6fc3edafa7ca5a59940c7ca8107b5.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/8/0/80528cc1f166792e2387a1f20a3d0f4ac1bedc00.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/5/c/5ce37b225aa2082f856f8478fb69ed324890ba5d.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/a/d/ad3988e496b4dcf772783767be47c5ce797c7173.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/8/3/83acf66a37c9c9eb7a91ad32701a330857d03aa5.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/1/3/13f8468dbebc08e5935419e96561482436b3c7ec.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/7/b/7b485e2ad28071b4016a6af5d3207613345c64dd.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/3/b/3b6271eceab3100ffeefbc52a22078e1f31cb14f.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/6/f/6f31f87f3b84006d2dc6e5e1b03e8331149259ea.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/a/1/a13d6e236c858a5941b6ace19eb91b40d16edb10.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/187259_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/3 "2021-01-12T09:46:25Z")
That is one of the strangest ways I’ve seen the Proton Gun achieved… Does anything actually fix the opening side in place, or is it just held in by a friction grip? ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/4 "2021-01-12T11:24:27Z")
> [@Kingpin post\_id=4944231 time=1610444785 user\_id=76](#): > > That is one of the strangest ways I’ve seen the Proton Gun achieved… Does anything actually fix the opening side in place, or is it just held in by a friction grip? The whole plate is only plugged in and can easily be removed, but has enough grip so that it does not fall out ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/187259_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/5 "2021-01-12T12:17:57Z")
Yikes. Yeah, I think you’d be better off replacing the whole assembly. ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/6 "2021-01-12T14:25:10Z")
> [@Kingpin post\_id=4944246 time=1610453877 user\_id=76](#): > > Yikes. > > Yeah, I think you’d be better off replacing the whole assembly. Yep… I’ll do my best 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/7 "2021-01-15T07:25:23Z")
Here some pictures from the back. Unfortunately, I currently have not much time to take care of the pack. The aluminium plate is from “Prop Fiction Movie Costumes”… On Google I only found [http://www.prop-fiction.de/](http://www.prop-fiction.de/) but this site is down. The [Alice Pack Frame](https://www.gbfans.com/shop/alice-pack-frame-lc-2) looks good for me. Hopefully one thing haha. Furthermore, I noticed that the shell was riveted to the aluminum plate … That means I have to drill it out and hope that nothing breaks … I will report. ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/7/4/7400a48cb127a15f4731808a51daabda0f9e9929.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/d/2/d2c3b02ed7fdc24ef4c7a96837d8bb35e608ec85.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/9/6/96107d790637fa26c30e4bfd1dd62e2ce1897858.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/e/f/ef83d2f79a679c870415673369ec5f19d8a9b028.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/187259_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/8 "2021-01-15T12:42:28Z")
Are there no bolts or screws on the sides of the Pack which are holding the shell onto the [motherboard](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/motherboard)? There should be two on the curved underside of the Synchronous Generator/Cyclotron, one around the [Power Cell](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/power-cell), and one around the Gun Mount. ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/9 "2021-01-15T13:00:07Z")
> [@Kingpin post\_id=4944354 time=1610714548 user\_id=76](#): > > Are there no bolts or screws on the sides of the Pack which are holding the shell onto the motherboard? There should be two on the curved underside of the Synchronous Generator/Cyclotron, one around the Power Cell, and one around the Gun Mount. I’ll check it out over the weekend and then give feedback. ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/10 "2021-01-18T07:14:12Z")
So … no screws around the pack, just more rivets. So I have no choice, I’ve to carefully drill this out. I hope to get there this week and will report… ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/2/9/29ce8c9e8853981e1a73c201e24d41387df97ca6.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/2/5/25b0fa492a8abe656fc4ed0dbf78f34b4c0d454c.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/d/e/de41238aaec1fa0c1a16458eebb7bbf841895563.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tobycj](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/tobycj/32/186876_2.png) [@tobycj](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/tobycj)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 10:34am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/11 "2021-01-18T10:34:15Z")
Yikes! I don’t get why you’d ever rivet the shell to the brackets?! Very strange! ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/12 "2021-01-18T11:40:06Z")
> [@tobycj post\_id=4944439 time=1610966055 user\_id=50597](#): > > Yikes! I don’t get why you’d ever rivet the shell to the brackets?! Very strange! I don’t get it too… In my eyes, the builder wasn’t really into it. It’s a challenge and I accepted it 😛 ---
**Author:** ![l3w1sb159](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@l3w1sb159](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/l3w1sb159)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/13 "2021-01-18T11:48:45Z")
That shell looks warped to hell… Is it a vacformed one? And if so what did they make it out of… a tea towel? Hopefully it can be unwarped 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/14 "2021-01-18T12:24:40Z")
> [@l3w1sb159 post\_id=4944442 time=1610970525 user\_id=23521](#): > > That shell looks warped to hell… > > Is it a vacformed one? And if so what did they make it out of… a tea towel? > > Hopefully it can be unwarped 😕 I saw it in the last pictures too. I just don’t know if it really looks like that or if my camera warped it that way. That it bends towards the middle is a fact, you can see that in the first pictures here in the thread. I (still) don’t know enough to be able to say whether it is a well-known shell or some self-made shell. ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/187259_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/15 "2021-01-18T18:21:27Z")
Riveted shut? That’s nuts… How are you expected to undertake maintenance on the electronics? ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/16 "2021-01-18T20:21:34Z")
> [@Kingpin post\_id=4944482 time=1610994087 user\_id=76](#): > > Riveted shut? That’s nuts… How are you expected to undertake maintenance on the electronics? I didn’t do this. I’ll drill that out and I’ll use bolts. Like I’m said, I think the builder of this pack was not really into pack building. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Egon](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Darth\_Egon](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Darth_Egon)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/17 "2021-01-18T20:31:09Z")
This all can be fixed. Your going to have to fill the rivet holes and redrill the pack to mount it on the frame brackets. Step by step and you will get it done!!! Your off to a great start! ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/18 "2021-01-18T22:38:16Z")
> [@Darth\_Egon post\_id=4944495 time=1611001869 user\_id=50114](#): > > This all can be fixed. Your going to have to fill the rivet holes and redrill the pack to mount it on the frame brackets. Step by step and you will get it done!!! Your off to a great start! It’s a project now but at the and I’ll have a nice and beautiful pack 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/187259_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/19 "2021-01-19T00:01:00Z")
> [@Peet post\_id=4944494 time=1611001294 user\_id=53423](#): > > I didn’t do this. I knew. The question was directed at the seller. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573/20 "2021-01-20T12:47:15Z")
Little Update: -One of two orders from the gbfans shop are on the way. -I don’t had the time to drill out the rivets. -Female [V-Hook](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/equipment/proton-pack/v-hook) for the Spengler’s neutrona wand in progress. -Wire loom delivered yesterday. -Green tubing I found on Amazon was delivered today and I love it! It looks very very similar like the tubing from the Movie Spengler’s Wand; nice dark green and 6mm diameter: ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/0/5/058f0dfc92c312c23703d5c13cbae15d297e58c2.jpeg) ![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/a/8/a8354f59afde8396db26a889197d9faff500b923.jpeg) [Next page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/my-proton-pack-rebuild/21573.md?page=2)