I wanna make a pack but im not good at building things! help needed!!!

Thanx

Depends on how accurate you want that pack to be, really. In an afternoon using cardboard and found objects you can put together something that looks close, something that people will see and say “Oh, Ghostbusters!” at a party. But if you want something detailed, you'll need time, patience, and some skills–but if you give yourself enough time and have enough patience, you can acquire the skills as you go.

Takes most people about three months to put together a high-quality pack, but I remember that someone put a great pack together in a weekend because they literally did nothing else–the only thing that slowed them down was waiting for paint and glue to dry and stuff. But if you have a life–school, work, both–then it's good to leave yourself at least one month.

I'm making mine (for a halloween party) out of a Roses tin, beer cans, coke cans, toilet roles, thick card, rubber tubes and lots of glue/tape/spraypaint.

I'm cheating with the gun though - I've simply sprayed an old GB projector gun (the one that made the noises as it displayed a ghost on a wall etc.) black

So far it's taken me 2 days…

I've made three stunt packs so far and even the most sloppily constructed managed to elicit a “Hey! Ghostbusters!” from the crowd.

Get creative and it shouldn't be a problem to whip a pack together in no time. Grab any kind of bottles, cans, wires, knobs, miscellaneous mechanical looking pieces, cardboard, styrene and blaster looking toys you can find; cut a motherboard, hot glue, spraypaint, and viola! Instant proton pack!

—Ecto1A

Badgermattuk,

a pack, just tell you this - it took 4 long hard years of Near perfection to get me where i am, aside from comfort when you do make one, make it as light & durable as possible! hope i helped.
im gone.

Thanx guys!

I built my little cousin a pack for him to wear on Halloween. It's taken me three days. It's built out of Foam Board, a cake pan, automotive wire and various other things found around the house and hardware store. Here are some exaples of how I made some of the stuff:

HGA: Black spray paint cap with some allen head screws and a lable printed off of Eraser 99's GB Prop page.

Clippard Valves: Film containers with a piece of dowel rod painted silver glued on top.

Crank Knob: Pill bottle cap painted Black with a piece of dowel rod painted black glued together.

Resistors: Pieces of dowel rod cut in half painted dark gray.

Again, it took me three days to build this. The gun will take me just a few hours. It's not the best pack but good enough for me. Hope this helps.

-Austin

well, it varies how hard/easy it is. I hope you know you'll never get this done for Halloween. I've making one for about 3 weeks and I'm not very far. START WAY IN ADVANCE!

I suggest buying one from someone if your not that good at making things, thats my problem. id expect to see a great pack in an hour when i began making it. i gave up and bought one.

Ry