chans scratchbuilding adventures

Inspired by the many scratchbuilds i've seen here, heres the start of my Jango rocket pack - I started on the rocket. I'm lucky enough to have access to a laser cutter at work, so it was pretty easy task cutting the card parts out. Thanks to WoF for the CAD plans - they are brilliant! One thing i did before getting stuck in, I decided to scale the plans down to 95% so the entire pack would be a touch smaller to better match my body size.

The rocket is made of plastic coated card (for a smooth finish) 5mm foam board used as framework in the form of several 'rings' and a 16mm wooden dowel through the centre.

the card parts cut out:



After seeing Jango72's scratchbuild thread I too opted for a screw attachment to the jet pack body so that it could easily come off for transport/storage. I found some hose fittings that were perfect:



heres a pic showing the foamboard rings used to solidify the base of the rocket around the screw attachment:



threw a few foamboard wedges into the larger sections for strengthening:



heres a couple of shots showing the construction of the holey ring - it has a foamboard ring inside again for strength:



Once all the parts are assembled,they can be slid onto the wooden dowel:



The inside of the nosecone is filled with poly filler, as i imagine this would cop the most abuse:



so were almost there, just need to build the base which the rocket will screw into. again, a foamboard core, using small foamboard wedges under each of the fins.



and after a weekend of fun... tadaa! Still need to add a few details, and eventually I'll fill in the gaps and cracks, sand, prime and paint.

Very nicely done.

I like your idea of using the foam board on the inside. I might give that a try on one of my next jet pack builds. :cheers

Keep up the good work and I look forward to future updates.

here are some more progress pics.
the smoothing of the rocket tip:



the exhaust cap is laser-cut from 4.5mm acrylic sheet.



and heres the mock up so far:

Sweet build! I love seeing things scratch built, and you have a really good start going on, there! The laser cutter must be a big time saver, as cutting all that by hand would be quite tedious.

Great job; Stay away from open flames.

I've made a little more progress n this, but I've been workin on other parts of my costume at the same time. Originally I was going to build it so the rocket could be stored inside the body for transport, but I forfeited that idea in aid of a more solid connection of the rocket base.

that is SwEeT!!!! If I tried something like that I would be pulling my hair out!!!! I cant wait to see it when its done!!!

and heres a couple more construction details. first is the foamboard framing for the body, second is the connection for the rocket base to the body.

for those still following this epic journey...at last more progress!
admittedly this has taken way longer than expected - but it has been worth it.

Dude! That is frickin amazing!!!

G-Fett

and yay - almost finished. I've had this sitting idle while i finished the rest of the costume, and finally got around to painting it over the last few weeks.

still gotta paint the keys, and give it a coat of matt varnish to take the shine off.

*note to self* I need a laser cutter.

Awesome job! Well done

For a scratch build, that's awesome!!

Thats a great job Yo, Grats