[actorfactor]

Has any one else found this to be a bit jarring to the overall atheistic of the pack?
I for one have never liked this one aspect of the pack. not sure it even shows up in the movie. but Ive gone through most of the reference photos on here and its there.

so a 'Hero" pack prop should have this weld on it. *sigh*

so my question is. how many of the builders put it in. or have omitted it as a detail. was it missed, am I alone on this?
should I have it just to be a screen accurate as possible

[Kingpin]

It's not been a detail I've ever been fond of, hence I've not included it on my previous build, and won't be including it on my next build.

[julz]

It's totally up to you!

It depends on how much accuracy you want to dial into your pack. For me its a bit of an addiction, the more reference pictures come out the more I love to see how the props were made and really love putting that detail in.
All the hero packs had the ugly weld of some sort and It also for me sort of represents then being made by hand on Egon's work bench

I have put them in my most recent builds and am very happy with how they turned out...



But it all comes back to what you want on your pack.. It's like the wall texture of the hero packs... some people don't like it and choose to leave the packs nice and smooth....

[actorfactor]

excellent Feedback. Thank you both

[ThrowingChicken]

I side towards the cleaner look. I try to decide what is the messy work of the prop maker with limited time and budget, and what is the messy work of a bunch of mad scientists.

[Master Taran]

I side towards the cleaner look. I try to decide what is the messy work of the prop maker with limited time and budget, and what is the messy work of a bunch of mad scientists.

That's the tricky part, isn't it? Are we trying to create a replica of a prop, or a fictional piece of technology? There is quite a bit of gray in this, and In some areas, you can accomplish both. A weld line could easily represent a propmaker trying to make the prop more sturdy (or perhaps cutting corners), or it could represent Egon's method of constructing the actual technology tech (and it could be argued that since Egon was making it all by hand, rather than it being professionally built, it might not have such a clean look)..

On the other hand, if you're replicating for instance broken heatsink fins, then you're killing the illusion to some extent, and moving definitely into "broken prop" territory rather than "weathered equipment", since only a resin heatsink would break like that.

Obviously, for some people, replicating the prop itself is a hobby unto itself, while others prefer to maintain the illusion. Trouble is, it's not always a clear line between the two.

In other words, you do what you want in the end. No one is going to criticize you for going one way or the other.

[Master Taran]

Noticed something today. It appears that the "ugly weld" is not a single weld directly from the ion arm to the booster tube. Rather, there seems to be a short metal rod bridging them together, and the ion arm & booster tube are welded to it instead of directly to each other. The ion arm is welded to the rod, then there is a gap between the welds, and then the rod is welded to the booster tube. Perhaps the rod strengthened the weld?



I suppose it's possible that there wasn't a gap in between the welds on all of the packs, but I would imagine they all had the rod, even if the welding covered it completely on some (it most definitely didn't cover it completely on this pack, though).

Anyone else noticed this?

[onlyalad19]

I am almost sure the weld was intended to strengthen the two parts and anchor the Ion Arm to the Booster Tube and the rest of the shell since the Ion Arm could have easily been ripped from the shell with enough force without that weld in place. It is also widely known that the weld is on all hero packs, although it is very different on the Spengler hero pack which has a horizontal piece welded between the two instead of the rod.

[Alex Newborn]

Not a fan of it myself.

While I was dropping off some parts with the high school welding teacher last week, I asked if they could plasma cut a new hole in the ion arm (welded a year ago by one of his students) so I can add a switch inside it.

Two days later, I was invited to march in the college's homecoming parade. I put the pack back together with no ion arm, but if the booster tube had been off as well-- and by extension possibly the ribbon cable-- I'd probably have marched with no pack at all.

I put some gaffer's tape over that corner to hide the screw-holes and some places where the paint wore off during assembly.



This is the best pic of it during the parade, although it's out of focus. It was just a fluke my friend who has the Ecto found this online and tagged me in it.



Alex

[Karnage11]

Hello, is there an stl file for this at all? and if so does anyone have the link

[Nomake Wan]

Not an STL, but the actual print does exist if you're looking for it for a plastic pack: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4514267881

[JTysonLambert]

The seller that Nomake linked to is Chris Bosh. He sells printed parts, but he does also sell the STL files. The ugly weld is included in his welded parts pack. It's not listed or pictured, but it's in there. I bought the pack a few years ago.

https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/4514267 ... ed-rod-for

[prodestrian]

The ugly weld is included in his welded parts pack. It's not listed or pictured, but it's in there.

Yep, it's called the "booster rod weld" and it's definitely in there (the whole pack is worth getting).
Here's the listing for the STL files https://www.etsy.com/listing/1644237408 ... -mk4-parts


And a list of all the files included:

[JTysonLambert]

Here's the listing for the STL files https://www.etsy.com/listing/1644237408 ... -mk4-parts

Thanks for posting the actual link. It looks like I copied and pasted the wrong link in my post. I was trying to post the link to the GB1 Hero Shell Pack Parts listing, as that's the one I purchased. I wasn't sure if there was any difference between the Hero Shell set and the QPack set, but it looks like there's one extra file in the QPack set.

Link I was trying to post: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1648439567 ... hell-parts