Started a new project this weekend...

Equipment Proton Packs
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Sooo… can anybody guess what I worked on this weekend???

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:smiley: Hopefully I will have this finished soon and will post pics along the way.

I gotta say, if you’re afraid of working with wood then you might want to try working with this stuff. Pink insulating foam from the wonderful Home Depot.

I bought one 4 foot by 8 foot sheet for 11 dollars and my goal is to build almost the entire pack from foam!

I know goals around here can be lofty but I really hope I can deliver on this project. I’m hoping that within the next couple of weeks I will have a passable proton pack. Keep checking on me, and making suggestions if you’ve ever worked with this stuff,

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guess what it is?..i know i know!..its a vaccum cleaner!..yep look at me im smart haha..

but seriously it looks good so far…good luck with the foam stuff…id be afraid to use it but thats jsut me

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try painting it. if u can keep it on the smooth paper part u should be ok. i think the faom will crumble when you put paint on it.

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You need to paint it with a latex based primer, anything else will melt the foam. Once its sealed with the latex primer you should be able to paint over with other paints but you should always to a test on a scrap piece before using it on your pack :shock:

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no doubt guys… but thanks for the suggestion.

I’ll be paint testing scraps this week but I will be mainly using Krylon H2O paints… safe for the foam!

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you’ll need lots of bondo using that stuff but then when don’t you need lots of bondo in this hobby.

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Bondo is the Besto!!!

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Doesn’t bondo also melt the foam? I no f/g resin does. Unless it’s urethane foam the styrofoam usually melts. Correct me if I’m wrong. 8)

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YES! the bonda will melt the foam, as will Squadron Green! Learned the hard way when I tried to bild a plane . . .

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oops never actually done it learned to stay away from foam as its a bitch to work in the area on smooth edges and such.. I guess you’ll just have to use a latex primer before and bondo action.

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I appreciate all the info… but bondo was never in the picture to start with… I still stand by my comment though - it’s the besto!

I’m not going for a super accurate pack with this one… this is more of a test to see what I can build for the least amount of money and so far it’s comming along nicely in the money department.

The foam I’m using is pretty dense and the edges sand smooth rather easily. I know I’ll still have tiny little lines in there but I’m hoping to use a combination of paints to make it far less noticable.

Thanks for all the suggestions though… this really is one of the coolest prop sites out there, everybody is so nice!

I’ll be gluing the thing up tonight and should have some more progress to post soon. :smiley:

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Made a little progress last night… I got everything glued together… tomorrow I’ll start sanding all the peices and getting ready to paint them. This is kinda working out easier than I thought it would.

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i hope it works out for you