Ghostbusters costume

[deathproof]

Continued on the proton pack, for a little while at least. Ran out of glue for the glue gun.

Having built the "motherboard" - the base - I work on the "spacer" under the cyclotron next. technically it should be 1 piece with that pointy bit at its top but as it would have taken 5 pieces of foam core to replicate, I found a cheap vintage hat box that was the right diameter and then used a few scrap pieces of foamcore for the pointy bit.

I trimmed down the hat box height and it came out pretty even. I can use a little extra glue to fill in any slight gaps where it meets the base. Figured it would be a good idea to strengthen the cyclotron before attaching it. Just used some hot glue to stick a few scrap pieces on the inside, then glued the whole thing down. I think it came out pretty well.




I glued together the 5 pieces for the pointy bit but ran out of glue before I could attach it to the base. I will probably try that Elmer's Glue method of smoothing out the edges before attaching it permanantly anyway. The cyclotron is just an aluminum cake pan I found at the dollar store which happens to be right around the ideal diameter and height. Again, ran out of glue before I could attach it.





There's some sort of little cannister thing that attaches to the cyclotron - I got a Campbell's Soup plastic container that looks roughly the right size. Didn't have my tape measure with me to confirm, but if it turns out to be the wrong size I'm sure I can find some other small plastic cup or container to use. Again, not going for complete accuracy but I still want it to look reasonably like the real deal.

So I'll get more glue tomorrow, as well as bring the decals home for the pack and ghost trap. Get the cyclotron attached and maybe a couple more pieces.


Shoot. It occurs to me I probably should have used one more piece of foamcore to strengthen the center of the cyclotron. It's not going to have hardly any weight on it, but probably would have been a good idea in case I leaned against something by accident. Oh well - I'm not going take it apart for that now.


I just really hope the coveralls fit. It's gonna be a pain in the ass to have to return them for a larger size if that's how it goes.