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GB1 Hero Build (Bosh Shell)
Posted: July 30th, 2020, 7:53 pm
by JWils23
I know what you're thinking, seriously another GB1 build?? Well yes, seriously, another GB1 build! After modding out a spirit pack a few years ago and falling in love with prop building I set out to build a Hero pack. I've been collecting parts for over a year and a half and while I'm still constantly looking for the vintage parts, I've acquired enough vintage and reproduction pieces to get the ball rolling. I've definitely been lagging on getting this thread started between work and life in a pandemic but finally I've had some time to upload photos and get it going! A big thank you to many of the members on here who have let me pick their brain relentlessly, especially Dan (DanAKA) and Stuart (Redspecial) who have been more than gracious answering questions from part placement to light bracket construction and everything in between.
**Now that the pack is done I’ve updated the list of components.**
-Chris Bosh Shell
-Production lineage bumper and booster frame from Ron Diep
-All aluminum parts from RJ at Freeky Geeky, Eric Gunther (Ejungth87) and the ion arm/vac tube from GBFans
- Vintage Legris straights
- Raytheon crank knob
- GBfans bellow
- Legris elbows (unfortunately not 4mm but decent place holders for the time being)
- Vintage Dale resistors
- GBFans Bellow
- GB1 ribbon cable from Fincher Technologies
- Macks factory and Joe Luna labels/dry transfers
- Vintage Clippard R-701
- LED bulb kit replicating the original props from Doug (Spongeface)
- GB1 Alice pack spacers from Joe Luna
- Vintage LC-1 frame with straps and kidney pad
- Vintage red Clippard tubing
- Red/Yellow Nycoil tubing from Tommy Medford
- Crooked Venkman charging plate and volume pot from Nathan Stevic
**How did I get this far and not catch that autocorrect changed Bosh to Bosch in both my title and description?? Sorry Chris!**
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: July 30th, 2020, 8:05 pm
by JWils23
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: July 31st, 2020, 8:51 am
by Lowberg
Nice!!! Great shell! I did one GB1 Bosch build and it was so much fun. I have a 2nd shell I'm saving for either a GB2 build or Afterlife depending on how much it will need to be modified. Those things are TANKS!
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: July 31st, 2020, 1:55 pm
by JWils23
Lowberg wrote: ↑July 31st, 2020, 8:51 am Nice!!! Great shell! I did one GB1 Bosch build and it was so much fun. I have a 2nd shell I'm saving for either a GB2 build or Afterlife depending on how much it will need to be modified. Those things are TANKS!
It really is a beast, Chris does a great job on them. I was nervous at first to work on it thinking it might be fragile or chip easily but it's super stout. I have a venky shell which I'm going to make into a GB2 build and I feel like it's much more fragile than this one.
On a side not, I've definitely checked out your builds and used some reference points too!
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: July 31st, 2020, 2:04 pm
by JWils23
Once I got the bumper mounted I moved onto installing the aluminum parts I had picked up along the way. I saw this in another build thread and I wish I could remember whos it was so I could give them credit but I photocopied the bottom of all the parts and then cut them out to use as templates for drilling. It really made things alot easier and I would recommend it for anyone who is nervous about trying to mount parts. Just remember to flip them! **I have to give credit to Lowberg for this idea, check out his build thread for some great ideas
http://www.gbfans.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=38579**
Also for anyone that doesn't have a drill press or struggles to drill holes straight I used this little hack. Take two blocks of wood that have square edges and make a right angle with them. Then you put the bit in the corner and it's a straight line everytime (I realize that my bit isn't exactly in the corner but that was just for the picture haha).
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 2nd, 2020, 12:51 pm
by JWils23
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 2nd, 2020, 12:59 pm
by JWils23
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 2nd, 2020, 1:22 pm
by JWils23
Got my end cap mounted on my ion arm and all the resistors affixed, the arm and end cap are both from the shop and they really are beautiful!
Here it is on the shell with the HGA and injector tubes also installed.
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 4th, 2020, 8:30 am
by Lowberg
Looks so good dude. Those legris elbows look awesome, are they replicas?
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 4th, 2020, 9:54 am
by JWils23
Lowberg wrote: ↑August 4th, 2020, 8:30 am Looks so good dude. Those legris elbows look awesome, are they replicas?
Thanks bud! Nope, they’re actual Legris elbows but they’re 3/16 instead of 4mm. Just slightly bigger but still hold the 4mm tubing well. There’s a guy on eBay who sells them pretty regularly, in fact he just put up a bunch last night. I went through and found the ones that looked the best (minimal cracking/wear) and snagged them.
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 4th, 2020, 10:46 am
by Lowberg
Sick, 300th of an inch difference for legit elbows sounds great to me!
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 4th, 2020, 10:57 am
by JWils23
This post may contain an affiliate link that helps support GBFans.com when you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.Lowberg wrote: ↑August 4th, 2020, 10:46 am Sick, 300th of an inch difference for legit elbows sounds great to me!
That’s why I jumped on them, if anything they’re really good placeholders! Here’s a link to one of the listings, he’s got a bunch up right now.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/114335542261
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 4th, 2020, 1:11 pm
by JWils23
Got the V-hook installed, this one comes from Eric and it's very well done. Really stout with the 3 piece construction too. I had to modify the back plate inside the shell a little in order to fit because the thickness inside the shell didn't let the original holes line up. But easy fix, just flipped the plate and was able to use one hole as an anchor and then mark and drill a new hole. Just have to trim off the excess threads on the screws.
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 4th, 2020, 3:54 pm
by JWils23
Couple more updates while I have a little lull in work...
RJ at Freeky Geeky does the side cut N-Filters and I really can't say enough about his stuff, it's always top notch. Close up that shows the welded in mounting plates and quick test fit below.
There are slight gaps but as Dan pointed out to me, the filters on the screen used packs also had gaps so I think I'm going to leave them. We'll see how it looks once everything is painted.
After I got the placement where I wanted I traced the filter outline on the shell, then measured the width/length of the mounting plates and did a rough mock up to mark where I wanted to place my screws. I opted for 3 to get a nice tight fit and hopefully keep this thing from every getting knocked off. I also stuck with 10-32 socket cap screws over rivets should I ever need to remove it for any reason.
And there she is!
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 4th, 2020, 4:24 pm
by kind2311
bonerriffic!
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 5th, 2020, 9:28 am
by Lowberg
Yessss the Freaky Geeky N Filter is amazing. I did the same. Thing is solid as a rock.
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 5th, 2020, 10:47 am
by JWils23
Lowberg wrote: ↑August 5th, 2020, 9:28 am Yessss the Freaky Geeky N Filter is amazing. I did the same. Thing is solid as a rock.
It really is amazing, his work is great. It's funny, I was browsing your thread yesterday and I realized two things. The first being it was your thread that I got the idea of photocopying the bottom of my parts to use as mounting templates. I'll update that post and give you some deserved credit! And second, I saw we mounted our N-filters practically the same way which was funny because I totally didn't realize we had the same.
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 5th, 2020, 10:48 am
by JWils23
kind2311 wrote: ↑August 4th, 2020, 4:24 pm bonerriffic!
Thanks Kind! I'm really having a blast putting this together, I've got some more pictures to post today. It's really looking like a pack now.
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 5th, 2020, 12:00 pm
by JWils23
Now we get to a fun one, mounting the booster tube. Originally I thought mounting the bumper would be one of the most difficult things to get done, getting it in the right spot, getting it level and fighting some of the warp in the lineage cast but I was wrong. The booster tube definitely took me a lot of time to get it where I wanted it and to get it straight. Partly because I had a brain fart when mounting it. When I made my original marks on the shell for mounting points I missed that the upper mounting point was exactly where the the booster plug sits in the tube, so no way I was going to drill into that and try to tap it. Of course I realized this after I had drilled the inital holes in the shell, so I went back and marked new holes and then drilled and tapped the shell and tube. I definitely had to do some finess work on the shell holes to give me a little wiggle room for very minor tweaks to get the tube exactly where I wanted it but in the end I got it!
You can see the wrong holes and then the mounting holes just slightly off line, but live and learn because no one will ever see it (Unless the read this thread haha)
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 5th, 2020, 1:08 pm
by kind2311
How long did it take to get everything you needed from Freeky Geeky? Did you commission a thrower too? I just got my body from him and am now waiting on the rest and all pack parts.
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 5th, 2020, 1:49 pm
by JWils23
It took a few months, I got the PPD and BL/FT convo last year and that took a long time. But that’s also because I ordered right before he and his wife had their baby so totally understandable and I wasn’t in a rush. I ordered the N-Filter in April after I got the shell and I got it 2 weeks ago so about 3 months. His stuff takes time but it’s top notch.
How is the thrower body? Mine was done back in May but I opted for him to just hang onto it since I’m on all the other runs and he can just ship it all at once. I’m excited to get it all though which makes it tough to let it sit there haha!
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 5th, 2020, 7:16 pm
by JWils23
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 6th, 2020, 2:50 pm
by Lowberg
kind2311 wrote: ↑August 5th, 2020, 1:08 pm How long did it take to get everything you needed from Freeky Geeky? Did you commission a thrower too? I just got my body from him and am now waiting on the rest and all pack parts.
Everything from him is well worth the wait, super top notch.
JWils23 wrote: ↑August 5th, 2020, 1:49 pm How is the thrower body? Mine was done back in May but I opted for him to just hang onto it since I’m on all the other runs and he can just ship it all at once. I’m excited to get it all though which makes it tough to let it sit there haha!
I got one of his "discounted 2nds" throwers for a future build that apparently has some minor imperfection and it's incredible, the dude has super high standards (I wouldn't even call it a 2nd myself).
I've waited way longer for parts that are less than awesome from other sellers.
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 7th, 2020, 7:29 pm
by JWils23
Lowberg wrote: ↑August 6th, 2020, 2:50 pmkind2311 wrote: ↑August 5th, 2020, 1:08 pm How long did it take to get everything you needed from Freeky Geeky? Did you commission a thrower too? I just got my body from him and am now waiting on the rest and all pack parts.
Everything from him is well worth the wait, super top notch.
JWils23 wrote: ↑August 5th, 2020, 1:49 pm How is the thrower body? Mine was done back in May but I opted for him to just hang onto it since I’m on all the other runs and he can just ship it all at once. I’m excited to get it all though which makes it tough to let it sit there haha!
I got one of his "discounted 2nds" throwers for a future build that apparently has some minor imperfection and it's incredible, the dude has super high standards (I wouldn't even call it a 2nd myself).
I've waited way longer for parts that are less than awesome from other sellers.
That’s great to hear, not that I’m at all surprised. Every piece I’ve ordered from him has been great. He really is meticulous and as you said has super high standards for what comes out of his shop.
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 8th, 2020, 3:01 pm
by JWils23
Lot of updates, weather finally cooled down enough in Southern California to be able to do some painting over the last few days. But first I tackled the last few things I needed to do on the shell, drill the mounting holes, mouse hole, striations and mark and rivet the injector tube bracket.
I took a look at all the packs that still have the mounting bracket on their injector tubes and based my positioning off that. Luckily I had two rivets left in my hardware box that were the perfect fit, the heads are a little larger than what they used on the screen used packs but I'm fine with it. I riveted the bracket to the tubes but went with two 10-32 socket cap screws and nuts to mount to the shell, just in case they ever need to be taken off this will make it much easier.
After that I moved onto the striations seen on the Murray and Spengler packs above the power cell. I guesstimated the spacing as best I could and then drilled my mounting holes to match the spengler pack including the empty hole. I used a blade (whcih jumped on me on the lowest one) and then a file to make the lines.
Then it was on to the rest of the mounting holes and mouse hole, I added the empty mounting holes seen on the pack here too. I used a step bit to start the mouse hole and then dremeled it until the fit was perfect.
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 8th, 2020, 3:36 pm
by JWils23
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosch Shell)
Posted: August 10th, 2020, 11:28 am
by JWils23
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosh Shell)
Posted: August 13th, 2020, 8:56 am
by Lowberg
Looks so good man. I love the spengler booster tube weld you did. Paint looks amazing
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosh Shell)
Posted: August 14th, 2020, 7:24 am
by pchrisbosh1
Looks amazing sir. I love the attention to detail, its going to be a nice looking pack.
Re: GB1 Hero Build (Bosh Shell)
Posted: August 16th, 2020, 5:50 pm
by JWils23
Lowberg wrote: ↑August 13th, 2020, 8:56 am Looks so good man. I love the spengler booster tube weld you did. Paint looks amazing
Thanks man! I'm really happy with how it turned out, I was a little iffy on how the epoxy putty would look after paint but I really like it. My whole plan with this pack was just to take little details that I like from each pack and incorporate them, that was one that I was really excited to tackle!