[julz]

You guys do know how to use the PM function right? ...

[pyhasanon]

LOL, sorry, Julz! =P

[Hijacker]

My bad ^_^

[julz]

Decided to do a little bit of work on my gb2 pack, My new wand is on it's way so I thought it was time to finish it up

I took to the Phillips screws with some chemicals to take away the new stainless shine and then installed the bumper witht he 5/8's spacer and added most of the stickers. Attached the vhook and a few of the other greeblies










Still many details away, but on the way to finishing her off!

[thebigone2087]

We don't see enough GB2 builds, be them hero or semi-hero. It's a nice change of scenery!

[PssdffJay]

Nice! I was wondering where pack 2 of the dual builds was. Anything fancy up your sleeve planned for this one?

[bishopdonmiguel]

Whoa! That is so awesome!

[julz]

Thanks guys I don't really have anything fancy up my sleeve apart from trying to tackle gb2 accuracy details!

Putting this second pack together has made me realise just how much I love the details from each movie.

Here are a few pictures just for jay showing the injector placement.
I reworked the side fin to make it a little closer to hero ref pictures, only required some slight filling and sanding. This pushed the injector placement slightly towards and overlapping the shell.
https://i.imgur.com/DBeT06v.jpg


And made some more progress, installed the ribbon cable, glued in the blue lense. And then started preparing the lc1 frame by adding the lc2 kidney strap.

[abaka]

Very nice Julz...I really appreciate the the GB2 packs also.

I'm about to build a GB1 hero pack with a Bigi Shell and then once I get the money up, I'm going to build a second GB1 pack and actually convert the GB1 into a GB2 hero. I'm quite excited about following the footsteps of the actual prop makers by tearing a GB1 pack together into a GB2 pack.

What electronics are you using in this one?

[PssdffJay]

Thanks for the photos! Now I just need to get a smaller drill or something.

[julz]

Very nice Julz...I really appreciate the the GB2 packs also.

I'm about to build a GB1 hero pack with a Bigi Shell and then once I get the money up, I'm going to build a second GB1 pack and actually convert the GB1 into a GB2 hero. I'm quite excited about following the footsteps of the actual prop makers by tearing a GB1 pack together into a GB2 pack.

What electronics are you using in this one?

I'm not sure yet what electronics I will use I have a spare malfunctioning mighty with crap broken parts! Run awayyyyyyyyyy
And I have Jack and Burkits fantastic set, but no sound options currently. I like your idea about converting a gb1 build


Soooo I got around to mounting the alice frame, and Id walk through how I did my spacer to accommodate the 1/4 screws.
The main spacer has an interior spacer which is something demon vice commander observed.


So we have the main screw, a washer, a square nut, a washer, both telescoping spacers, a washer then the main nut






The inner spacer is a little longer than the outer one and is the right size to fill the gap between the larger mobo hole and the 1/4 screw.

[abaka]

Wow, details I never noticed. I'll be using this as a reference for my GB1...and then when I tear it apart for a GB2!

I'm going to be using Jack's lights with my GB1 (GB2 pack within 6 months of it being finished) pack.

[PssdffJay]

Julz, how in the hell do you find out these details?! I'm blow away by your attention to the small things. The small things that make the big things awesomer!

[abaka]

Can I just ask Julz also?

Is the screw on the gun mount painted black or is it just the lighting? From what I've seen, I don't think any of the screen used GB2 heroes painted the Philips screws....

edit: Just went and checked the Ramis pack, and they were painted. I've spent too much time researching the Stantz hero!!

[julz]

Julz, how in the hell do you find out these details?! I'm blow away by your attention to the small things. The small things that make the big things awesomer!

Thanks Jay just going off a mixture of other people's gb2 builds, discussing details with members, annnnnd picking apart the reference pictures like the spengler pack in the ref section.... I just love details so I look out for them, and I'm always open to new details of how the hero packs were built.

Can I just ask Julz also?

Is the screw on the gun mount painted black or is it just the lighting? From what I've seen, I don't think any of the screen used GB2 heroes painted the Philips screws....

that screws isn't black :p they have been chemically dulled so they don't pick up the light at much, making them look black in that pic

[abaka]

Mind sharing that tip, Mine have gotten darker with oxygen exposure but wouldn't mind having a go at that also.

The telescopic spacer, is that somerhing you found or something you manufactured yourself?

[julz]

I got the tip from various members, chris or bigi used to use a mixture of vinegar and a battery, but I used legends method of using mr muscle drain blocker gel. nasty stuff but works a treat.

The telescoping spacers is something I've been doing for a while when I heard the screws were 1/4 instead of larger bolts.
But Demon vice had some reference somewhere that shed some accuracy on it. I don't think the originals had the little square nut I put in, that was just me wanting it to be more secure and centred.

[abaka]

Must try the drain blocker technique, have seen Chris' technique with the vinegar and battery and was going to do that but the drain blocker sounds like an even greater idea!

[julz]

Added the square spacer paint details

Still need to tidy them up a little and add some screw holes ~

[Demon Vice Commander]

Looking good! Don't forget the piece of masking tape with your name on it.

[PssdffJay]

Are you going to do the makita bracket?

Are your packs different shades of black or is it just the photo/ my eyeballs playing tricks on me?

[abaka]

Are you going to do the makita bracket?

Are your packs different shades of black or is it just the photo/ my eyeballs playing tricks on me?

GB2 Heroes didn't have the Makita brackets.

[julz]

Are you going to do the makita bracket?

Are your packs different shades of black or is it just the photo/ my eyeballs playing tricks on me?

Yea eyes and the light are playing tricks with your eyes.
But as abaka has said, only the semi hero's had the makita batteries. The hero's were mainly the same but with new cables and screws.

[halliwax]

sure is looking good Julz!

[abaka]

It's terrible...Send it to me, I'll dump it for ya!!

[julz]

Cheers guys

And noooo you may not have my pack abaka :p



Managed to get a few little details out of the way today...

[Hoot]

Just a friendly reminder when using the chemicals guys, use suitable PPE

[julz]

Just a friendly reminder when using the chemicals guys, use suitable PPE

Thank you hoot ... I did and do, it says very clearly on the bottle to use thick gloves and eye and mouth protection.

I go overboard wearing safety gear - always safety first

[abaka]

Julz, I hate to go overboard with the praise because I don't wanna seem like a 13 year old fan boy but you are an excellent resource. This is going to be so helpful for my build when it comes to it.

Can you provide me the specs for the spacers? Length, of the two parts, the inner diameter and outer diameter of each and more importantly material. They look like s/steel to my eye, but can you confirm. Also, did you find these spacers precut to that length somewhere or where they custom cut yourself?

Secondly the Phillips head screws between the rivets, never seen that detail before, was that in every retrofitted GB2 pack or are you replicating one in particular.

I can't wait until you finish this and capture ever nook and cranny of this pack because it's going to be my new build bible.

[julz]

Thank you for all the praise abaka
I have picked most of this stuff up from the amazing reference on this site, the lobby photos, the spengler auction.. chatting to fellow ghostheads about details and seeing amazing accuracy build threads.

Here are a few off the top of my head
Mark's http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtop ... &start=390
Chris's http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtop ... =2&t=24965
http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtop ... =2&t=28742
legend's http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtop ... =2&t=33611
Bigi71's thread is broken sadly, but that was a goldmine.

In terms of the spacers, mine are made out of aluminum, I'm sure the real ones were probably stainless steel or something like that, but it was just as easy to get telescoping aluminum from a hobby shop.
They would all be 1 inch long, but I made the inner one 3mm longer to accommodate for the gbfans shell having larger holes. So the longer inner spacer helps plug that gap.
The outer is 0.470 inches and about 0.050 thick and the inner is 0.380 inches and the 0.050-0.060 thick
A 1/4 screw fits nicely inside the inner spacer.

As for the phillips screws... I've seen this detail on many of the retrofitted gb2 heros, not all the rivets have the phillips screw but most of them seem to. Murray's pack has them on all the mounts.


Spenglers pack look like it had them but they have been taken out...