Hi everyone, I thought I’d share some photos of the various parts that I have collected in preparation for my GB1 Proton Pack build, which will happen in March 2016, when Benarie Smith of Benofkent Props will begin my project here in the UK. The bulk of the parts have come from the GBFans shop, with the aluminium parts being supplied by Crix (Heavy Props), Eric Gunther (ejgunth87) and Freeky Geeky, and resistors sourced from electronics suppliers in the US; the toughest part has been the Raytheon Crank Knob in matte grey, so I have settled with a black one from GBFans which I will have sprayed grey instead. I didn’t even bother with original Legris elbows as again these are almost impossible to find; the GBFans SMC ones are the subsitute. I could get these sprayed the darker grey colour but I don’t mind the differences. I am not aiming for a specific character pack build, nor for every part to be exact from the 1984 film; it will be a 2015-2016 production of the 1984 patented design, using real, but in many cases, contemporary parts 
The shell will be composed of Polyeutherane rather than fibre glass: although the latter is screen accurate, the former is a less brittle material and equally as strong. Benarie’s shell:
Benarie will also be doing all the electronics and sound, via 2 powerful amps; should be loud enough! I also have a super bright vent LED light kit from ovwthrillseekr to add on as well, for the Thrower
Fitted with a powerful FLI speaker hooked up to a Kinter 500W Amp…
Here are some pics of various parts:
Real Clippards, courtesy of GBFans:
Dale PH-25 resistor…thanks to a fellow Ghosthead, this will be swapped out for a ‘no disc’ version in the next 2 weeks
Dale RH-25 & RH-50 resistors; I found both versions, the ones with logos on top, and the ones without; I’ll be using the latter variety:
Black Crank Knob:
All relevant screws, bagged up; some will probably end up surplus to requirements; I still need 2x 10-30, 1 1/2 inch length flat head fillister screw for one of the Clippards, in anodised black. Not easy to find at the moment.
Lots of other parts, also from GBFans (love the sealed bags with the GB logo; very cute):
XLR Plate charging set from nstevic:
Booster Frame by Krix:
HGA by Krix:
and his N-Filter:
Resin grips, also by Krix (purchased from GBFans shop):
Side Discs, GBFans type and Freeky Geeky type; still trying to decide on which ones to use…
Loads of other parts; Nycoil tubing, Clippard hose barbs/brass elbows & straights, aluminium heat sink, s-hook for thrower, arcolectric lights, Ion Arm end cap, GB1 metal bellows, PPD with split loam, aluminium gun tip, arcrylic tube and pop mech…again, from GBFans, all packed and ready to go:
I’ve got the GBFans vinyl label set for the pack, and the dry rub transfer set for the thrower; I’m waiting on my aluminium fuse diagram, A.C Ball co. and Motor Synchronous plates from JoeLuna33, really hope these turn up soon, but I have the metallic vinyl ones as backup.
Needless to say it been a very expensive exercise thus far; hopefully it will be worth it. Thanks go to everyone here at GBFans for making this dream possible. More to come
Alex
Yes I probably will be - careful spraying in the correct shade of matte grey should produce a good result. EHC knobs and other electronic component suppliers in the US can source the original grey ones, but they are ridiculously expensive!