One part at a time.

Ghostbusters Project: My thrower arrived

Working on something new....

I've been working on improving my CAD skills for a while now. One of the projects that I've decided to tackle is difficult, but I think I'm getting somewhe

R2 2.0 - First real build day

Most of what has been going on in the background with the R2 2.0 has only been collecting parts, doing some CAD work, and well.. procrastinating to an extr

Disaster and a new beginning

I have not updated this page in a while. There are some reasons for it. Firstly, there is this thing called energy, or stamina. Given the situation we're i

200 posts! Time to launch the Robocop Project!

If someone had told me I'd write 200 blog posts about building a few years back, I would never have guessed it, but here we are. This is published post #20

Ludicrous speed GO!

Since I decided (wisely so) that I was too short to do a credible Darth Vader, I settled on the second best: Dark Helmet from Spaceballs! I figured Dark He

New Year, New projects

For 2018, I have set up two costumes that I am going to build. For yeas I've wanted to make a Darth Vader, but as I am 5 foot 10 (176 cm for those of you w

Ghostbusters Project: Final installation

Due to us having to go to Mexico for 6 months on very short notice in order to treat our daughters brain tumour, building was at a standstill for many mont

Ghostbusters Project: Finalising the pack

Over the weekend, I've managed to get quite a lot done. Building is an outlet for me. It is a perfect way to relieve stress and think of other things, so p

Ghostbusters Project: Finalising the Booster

To continue where I left off yesterday, I continued the work on the Booster on my Ghostbusters Proton pack. I took the raw 3d print, sanded off the biggest

Ghostbusters Project: Building a Booster

One of the few items I have left on my pack is the booster tube. I sourced a few nearby stores for fitting tubes in PVC, but found none that were even near

Ghostbusters Project: Assembling the Pack vol. 1

My original plan was to build a true "hero" pack, with all the parts from the original that was made out of metal in ... well.. metal. However, things chan