TK-459 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 I wanted to start posting a few pics of my pack in progress. I've been collecting and building parts for a while now, and its really starting to come together. I'll update as I finish it. I'm using the alternate upper tank. For this, I found a conditioner bottle by Tre Semme. I cut a bit off the bottom and attached a piece of sintra. Still need to work on the cap area. I built the upper box out of some scrap styrene. The upper filter box is made from two PSP boxes and a layer of sintra on the face. I cut the inner edges with a razor, glued all the layers together, filled the gaps with epoxy and bondo, then finish sanded. I then took a section of a Fram air filter and seperated the folds a bit to spread it out with less peaks. I found my frame at a yard sale. The frame had many of the shapes I was looking for, but did need a lot of modification. I cut off a section from one side, shortened an area where two parts join, put in the needed bends, and cut out about 1 inch from the width (reconnected with wooden dowels and JB Stick Weld). Most of the bends crumpled up when I tried to do them, so I repaired them with JB Stick Weld and sanding. I bolted in Seth's boxes so that just a bit of the boxes past the frame, and also bolted them together at the middle so that the boxes hold as one unit. I them put strips of foam weatherstripping between the raised areas on the bottom to keep the pack from scratching against the armor a bit. Still have to paint the bolts and add parts, but at this point these are test fits. It's always difficult to film the colors, but for the blue sections I used Kilz Satin Supernal Blue as a base and Kilz Satin Calling Bird over most of it. Combined, it gives a painted weathering that I can't really capture with this camera. Here you can see the finished filter. I let some of my parts hang off the main boxes a bit. Radio Box details here. More to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 WOW! most impressiv! it looks very good, be proud, bro! three thumbs up for your skills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Awesome!!!, just awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD 8733 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Excellent! Love the radio and your color choice looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-1536 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Looks great! Now, I can finally just sit back and watch everyone else make packs from everything that's been shipped. Should be fun and rewarding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-459 Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 No doubt. Yours and other threads have been very helpful in getting an overall sense of the pack. That and MEPD did a great job working on parts. Thanks. :headphones::Ds: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weiBes trooper Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Not yet Mike i need a radio box tooo..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD2802 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Looks great. Can't wait to start on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-459 Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 A few in-progress updates. Tank Dish Vac adapter Still needs the larger coin shape on the lid Finished Stinger. I vacformed the taper piece that fits on the bottom. So far...Gotta finish a cap for the manifold among other things. I think I'm gonna trim the stinger a bit more too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakengine Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Wow, looks great so far. That's a pack you don't see too often. It's nice to see some variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Impressive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 Impressive... second that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-459 Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 More updates! I love working on this pack. I cut the top half of the PVC connecting the tubes for the manifold and then epoxied the flat surface to the cap. I had to vac the cap which came out decent. I also vacced over the desert cup to size it up a tad and get rid of the texture. Almost there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grifter Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Nice! Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 looking great, bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-459 Posted October 6, 2006 Author Share Posted October 6, 2006 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD4549 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Very Nice!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-459 Posted October 21, 2006 Author Share Posted October 21, 2006 Al....most...finished. Just a few details to go. I'm going to have to replace my mortor tube with one of the ice tubes you guys are using. I tried to section a plastic flourescent tube around a 2" steel pipe by overlapping two pieces, but a few hours after removing the pipe and just as I finished assembling everything I started to notice stress fractures in the thin plastic. Oh well. I decided to put the top cap on the mortor tube to keep things out of there. I also have to get the straps on this thing and see how it feels. I feel really good about how the pack came out. I'll really celebrate once I can actually put it on my back. Thanks again for all the great resources here. The gallery and info really helped out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD2802 Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Lookin good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Landcaster Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Looks awsome!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCKo Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 really nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD-4935 Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 sublime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD4549 Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 SWEEET!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-459 Posted October 22, 2006 Author Share Posted October 22, 2006 Thanks guys. Its always rewarding getting these things done. Now it's time to get the armor back up. I think I am going to work on that for a bit and then come back to the pack while wearing the upper armor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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