Holy f’ing crap.
That is friggan impressive! Give yourself a a cookie and a pat on the back
The weight likely comes from the MDF parts.
Great work, how long did you work on it and what were your expenses, minus the electronics?
aside from accessories (i.e. if you want to compare to buying a shell)
(prices in CDN)
MDF $8 4x8 1/4" (had some 1/2" and 3/4" laying around that I used for the bumper)
Foam 1" and 1/2" $35-40 (i think they were 8x2x1" and 8x2x1/2")
No nails glue $8
PVC $15-20 ish
wood dowel $5?
rosco foamcoat $50 (will use this for other foam projects for the front yard)
Misc (elbows, washers, bolts): $20ish
had enough to build 2, probably 3 packs.
If you want to do it cheaper:
You can get away with just 1/2" foam and layer up more. and buy that other brand of foamcoat for like $15-$20.
If I’m ambitious maybe I’ll do a tutorial with what I have left. Probably won’t though no time!
I wish Home Depot would sell those pink foam sheets here in So Cal…
Wonder if someone would consider (for a price of course) shipping some of that stuff to builders who don’t have access to it.
Great pack btw!
Are they banned by the Governator?
yeah i got that too. no pink foam at home depot. whats goin’ on here?
That weight sounds wrong as well to me. Our packs have less foam parts (some are electrical boxes) and ours weigh in at under 12 pounds.
A heavy amp and speaker though could weigh 4-6 pounds I guess, and if you used full metal washers for the bumper shock mount, that could easily be a pound or so as well.
Still though thats significantly less them most packs, and the alice frame/kidney pad will make carrying it fairly easy.
I keep considering doing our crank and gear boxes just like this to replace the electrical boxes I originally used.. nice to know they can come out looking great!
Only real event issue you might have is the ion arm.. people always want to tug on it, and being foam that’ll snap right off.
Excellent build!
I’m surprised they ban the foam in CA.. do they have alternate colors available? (I’ve seen it in pink, blue and green) They may be different grades, or chemical variations.
Home Depot and Lowe’s also do ship online to store.. maybe you CA guys could sneak it in that way?
Home depot doesn’t carry sheet insulation. You have to go to Lowes for that.
Looks like its only sold in stores, and not online. I wonder what the deal is with it?
I would actually be surprised if the DID offer it online. 99.999999% of the people that buy it are using it for it’s intended purposes. Plus, no one would pay $90 in shipping for an $11 item you can get down the road.
For the record, our local Home Depots carry it.
tatawaki, you did an excellent job with this build for the materials you used. Well done.
tatawaki, I have to ask, what other foam projects are you doing in your front yard? btw awesome job, looking at the finished product, I’d never guess what it was made of.
tombstones, and misc halloween items,also looking at doing some animatronics for next year (talking pumkins, moving tombstones, pop out creatures for scaring people etc.)
OK started electronics.. took it apart and weighed the individual parts:
9-10lbs
4lbs
6lbs
What did you use for a motherboard? That seems have the most weight.
Motherboard is MDF. Speaker probably 2lbs. The power cell probably 2lbs
Wow. thats a great job. you cant really tell its foam. Im the UK, looking for that foam to try out your method. So it’s just insulation foam im looking for?
Even if you dont do a full tutorial on your foam pack, a short tutorial would be great. Maybe showing 1 piece from foam stage through cutting/shaping and painting with a few extra pics. I know I’d read it!
again, good job.
Insulation faom in the US comes in two main types: Pellet “styrofoam” style, and this denser foam type. In the US at least, it comes in blue, yellow and green, and you can find varying thicknesses.
I posted quite a few tips for working with in in my build thread, linked in my sig.
Did some wiring and prepping for the boards.
Used some burnt out MR16’s as reflectors
Wiring for just switches and lights. still have to run a all of them to the jump board.
Just curious how much of the rosco foam coat did you buy/use? I really like how you did this and plan on attempting this myself with either a Wii (in game) style pack or another Real Ghostbusters one and that foam coat isn’t cheap.
Half our packs are insulation foam, (I did 2) and one large sheet is easily enough for probably 3 packs. I still have 1/4 of a sheet left, and have used leftovers from it for several other smaller projects as well.