Its been a long time coming but now I finally have the missing pieces to start building my jet pack and I'm all giggidy giggidy goo about it! So now its time to reveal the parts....
This is a tank from a discontinued 1986 Oreck steam cleaner. I've had the cleaner since around 2004 and it worked decently enough, but my wife got a Kirby last year so I gutted it for parts and thought this would be great for jet pack but it was missing something....
And this is it. Special shout out to Jaiden Turr'n Verda for putting these up in the Trading Station.
http://mandalorianmercs.org/forum/index.php?topic=27400.0 I was able to snag four of the long and two of the short, though all are not shown. They're stronger than I thought they would be and take to sanding (very fine grit) very well.
Found these while driving home from work one Sunday evening, trash night. Its from some type of track lighting fixture and my son Anakin said they looked like jet nozzles and I agree. I've got four of them but will only be using two, the other two may end up being weapon muzzles or go on Anakins jet pack (whenever I can find a good base for him).
Now I'm kind of stuck trying to figure out what combo I should use with the syringe bottles.
Two long bottles and one short in the center or...
Two short and one long in the center? I kinda like this one because its more eye appealing to me but I'd like some input from y'all before I commit to it coz' once they are on they aint' coming off.
As for the paint scheme I kinda wanted to do a Boba Fett type scheme...
Smithsonian Star Wars Exhibit showing both Fetts.....with contrasting colors but then again Jango's color scheme matches his armor which could work too. Considering I have five colors on mine thus far its a daunting choice. I want it to look great and have it set apart, but not have it painted like I got it off of some bounty I vaped ya know? Anyways...heres a paint mockup I put together real fast on Photoshop.
Yeah that pretty much sucks I know, but I'm really stuck on this part, thats why I haven't started the build. Oh and the white part on the pic is the part I need to cut off. Its purpose was to collect water that might spill from the tank. I Photoshoped in some "wings" on the tops of the rockets as well as the purple bits for the launch tubes. I would like it to have a "dirty" look to it and some decent battle damage so I'll be picking up some primer, two more cans of silver, and whatever I finally decide on or whatever some of you suggest.
Also you'll notice the nozzels, one is shorter than the other. The one on the left is taken apart from the wiring harness as shown on the right. I'd like them to stick out a bit from the pack but the wiring harness makes it look odd, more steampunkish no? Suggestions? I'd love to get the "ball type things" that are on Boba's pack but I can't find em on the cheap. Saw em' on one site for like $70 and honestly if I were to spend $70 for jet pack parts I could wait till someone here (sorry I forgot your name vode) finishes their "Cheap Affordable" packs for $100 (projected price).
Anyways thats it for now. I'll be digging through some parts bins for greeblies, have some stuff in mind but not sure yet. Oh and I almost forgot to mention, this thing can't be taken apart as much as I would like to. Its been pretty much sealed together and if I cut off the bottom I don't have anything on hand to seal it up again. Would be nice to have some type of LED display on it, but again, I'm on a super budget and can't get the nifty things I'd like to put into it LoL.
As always comments, suggestions, complaints, post em as all are welcomed.
