Official Jet Pack Thrusters/Nozzles

My jet pack is all but finished. Rather than use the solid resin jets (the cone things), chaucer recommended I use spray bottles. I have searched Meijer, Target, WalMart, Michael's, Lowe's, etc. and have yet to find anything that is the correct size and taper. I need to have this JP done for C2. In other words, I need suggestions NOW. As a last resort, I will use the resin ones that came with it. HELP!

You will have to venture into the bowels of Kmart. Good luck. It's the only place I've ever found them. One Kmart will have none of them, another Kmart will have 40.

edit: Oh, one other thing. On my last jet pack, I couldn't find the right spray bottles at the time. I bought two of those airwick air freshener cone things. Cut off the bottom, drill a big hole in the top, sand off the raised design, and it worked better than the spray bottles. Of course, now I have several spray bottle sitting around. Too bad you don't live in SoCal. At least your jet pack could smell garden-fresh.

Tell what I used...I was at Walmart looking for the very same thing but had no luck. Then I started looking for things that were similar in shape...a wiffle bat. If you look for a BIG orange bat with one of those over sized balls you've found it. And to top it off it's only like three bucks! Anyway, you only use the portion that tappers up toward the handle, you'll see what I am talking about once you get the bat. Just be sure that make correct measurements so you get the cone to match up with the resin ball. Good Luck:]

Thanks Lisa. I went straight to K-Mart and there they were in the health and beauty department. For anybody else who is searching for these, they are transparent colored plastic with a matching color sprayer (I got yellow ones). The UPC sticker on the bottom read J-60 High Tech Sprayer. The great part is that they were only $1.99 each. I am almost positive that this is what GA used for their molds.

I remember seeing a thread over the Jet Pack jets, and that People found a squirt bottle that made perfect for the jets. But the only place to buy them was at Kmart. Here in OK, all Kmarts went outta buisness, but i picked up 2 at walmart yesterday, for 1.50. They are really good. Hopefully i just might have helped one person with this useless thread.

I used spray bottles from Walmart also. I believe they were around the same price. They are okay but I would rather have the resin parts. Anyone have any for sale or trade?

the ball shaped part where the thruster attatches to?im finally done with the body of the jet pack(after taking it apart 3 times to get the proportions right LOL)so im moving on to the other parts.im kinda stuck on this one.i have been looking at toy stores trying to find a plastic ball of the right size but to no avail.any suggestions?

what about the detail on the center of this piece?how do you make it?i have been throwing around ideas but im not certain.or is there a specific item that i can buy?thanks in advance

When I made my jets, I used a plastic sphere from the craft store, they come in different sizes, you can cut out the center and use a small plastic cup like from Pepto, or there are also little craft cups. I also cast these and then made them out of fiberglass, but you could just leave the plastic and maybe fill them with expandible foam to give them rigidity. The plastic spheres come apart in two halves, so it was easy to cut out the holes.

thanks now i know where to look.im confident in my skills that i can fabricate the entire costume.sometimes i just have problems finding parts to make it work.thanks!!!

anyone else???

I remember seeing a post on AYW where someone found a baby toy that looked pretty **** close to the real thrusters. They even had the center detail.

It was a toy ball of some sorts......That is all I know...........would you like to touch my monkey?

Weird, anyways here is a link that mentions a toy ball being used.

http://www.bradleyfett.com/jet pack.htm


Ed

Fishing bobs. Huge ones.

i went to a local craft store and bought 2 clear plastic ornamet balls and used the tops off of pepsi bottles (16oz,)cutting the tops just under the ring, the bottle tops had the nice swirly pattern that i thought would give a little diff perspecrive o the pack


TR3171

Well i'm making a jet pack out of aluminum soon to match up with the rest of my outfit [since i decided to make it all metal] Now for the jet thrusters iam planning on using these
aluminum cups i have .I beleive they are the ones used for mixing drinks you can find them at k-mart or jc penny these are just fine for my project .Althoug some cutting need to be done at the bottoms to give them the proper lenght and accurate look.

Here you go:

http://www.tolcocorp.com/bb/bbspraybottles.htm

This one looks about right. Just trim off any excess from the bottom:

Yup, those are the ones I was referring to.

those seem just to get too fat at the bottom...if someone could post mine, cause i still cant find a good server.

Those are the ones I used too. I cut off a bit of the tops and bottoms. I think I may have cut too much though.

Here is a pic of the real deal from MoM:

those spraybottles are exactly what I used to mold. Just cut the bottoms off and trim up a little and there you go..


WHenever I get around to remastering the nozzles AGAIN, I'm going to include those line indents. For now, you need to take a dremel to these cones.

But I NOW cast them hollow!!
edit: photo correction


Impervium@aol.com

Motorfish, the bottles you posted are not the same as many people have used in the past. They might be the same size, I couldn't tell without a comparison picture. The ones most people used are cones that become straight cylinders and then go on to the bottom. Just an FYI.

I used glade air freshners. The ones where you pull the top up a little to let the smell come out. The air freshner is a solid gel like stuff. The styrofaom balls i used on the side are to big but the cone looks about right.

thats what i used.best thing is that they cost me .99 cents each!!!

I'm using wooden balls and two cones made from thick plastic mini-cheerleader megaphones that look to be about the right size and shape. The small end is open, though, and I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice on connecting them to the balls?

Thanks!

JB Weld or JB Quick.

Thanks. Sounds too easy, though. I was going to try drilling into the ball a bit, too, to insert part of the cone. I want this thing to be relatively stable.

Run some wood screws into the ball inside the cone before you JB Weld, That will give the JBW something to "grab".

what did you guys use for the balls?i have my nozzles but im having trouble finding something for the balls.i was going to use a x-mas decoration ball BUT i only had the glass ones laying around the house.they were the perfect size too,if only they were plastic.

At Michael's, I found some hard paper-covered foam spheres, in the perfect size, strong, and very lightweight.

one word


GOOP!


PapaBear

Boba Freekk wrote:what did you guys use for the balls?i have my nozzles but im having trouble finding something for the balls.i was going to use a x-mas decoration ball BUT i only had the glass ones laying around the house.they were the perfect size too,if only they were plastic.

I'm using wooden balls I found at Hobby Lobby. They're still pretty light, but should hold up better than thin plastic or paper mache.

wooden balls sound like a GREAT idea.ill be able to screw my nozzles right in along with some expoxy.only one thing...when you paint them wouldnt the woodgrain texture show?i really want to use the wooden balls but that is the only thing that is holding me back.i dont want it to look like painted wood.thanks.

As long as you use a good primer, the wood grain won't show throw. Do two or three good coats of primer, sanding well between each coat, of course.

thanks propreplicator!!!the wooden balls sound like the most durable idea yet.with the plastic there just doesnt seem like there much of a glueing surface.im going this afternoon and look for some wooden ones.

i swear, sometimes finding just the right parts can be soooo time consuming, but its a great feeling when you do.

These questiones seem better left for a Dr. to answer "Now turn your head and COUGH!"

LOL!!!

O.K. maybe I'm color blind but I'm having a Hell of a time figuring out exactly what color they are! I'm looking at the pictures from MoM and they look like they are an olive drab sort of greyish color...any clues? What paints did people use? I'm trying to paint mine and I'm at a loss.

PLEASE HELP!!!!! If you have the exact paint brand and color you used that would be a HUGE help to me!

Thanks!

Bob-A-Fett
BH-1171

i wish i knew.they in ESB it looks like they match the jet pack but in ROTJ it looks like a silver metallic.

Could anyone that's painted their own please help me out? PLEASE? I really would like to work on these tonight and can't until I get the color right. HELP!

O.K.
What I did was,Paint them white.Then from about 3 feet away
dusted them with silver or chrome.Then A light dusting of black to give them the charred look.I don't have pics to post
but they look pretty **** close.Good Luck.

This is what I was thinking too and Dean O confirmed that BUT...why do they look almost olive drab or gray in the pictures from the Magic of Myth exibit from the CD? I'm confused. Is it just that they are SO DIRTY they look that way?

Thanks for your help!

this is all very interesting.

personally i took the dirty white approach as described above.

can someone post some pics of this?

Are we talking ESB or ROTJ? For mr ROTJ jet pack, I went with an off white paint so my whites would look older. It was Almond by Rustoleum. That part is the most weathered part of the pack with a lot of grey, and black misting, and chrome chipping of course.

Here you can see the difference in the colors.

on the ROTJ pack they are definately some sort of metallic color from what i can see.

on the ESB pack they are the same color as the rest of the pack.

BOBA PHAT wrote:Are we talking ESB or ROTJ? For mr ROTJ jet pack, I went with an off white paint so my whites would look older. It was Almond by Rustoleum. That part is the most weathered part of the pack with a lot of grey, and black misting, and chrome chipping of course.

Here you can see the difference in the colors.

is that a scratchbuilt "pack"?

if so it s look great!

Scratch built and heavy as hell!!!! It took about six months from start to finish, but was well worth it. Check out my jet pack from all angles here: http://imageevent.com/mojoday/phatsfett

Great pack! Looks awesome!

As for the thrusters, I started painting them the weathered white like everyone else. Thanks for the advice!

Super Jet Pack man!

Hey...I noticed something that struck me as pretty **** funny.
In you #27 picture of the top of the rocket I noticed that it looks
like you painted a very subtle image of santa clause with sunglasses
on. Mind you, I'm coming off a long day at work with only three and
a half hours of sleep before that...so it's a good bet that I'm seeing
things.

Still pretty funny, though.

I saw that too. I like it. Nice pack too.

Nice jet pack man. I only hope mine looks half as good.

Not to be a stick in the mud but can we keep this thread on topic? Thanks... I'm still hoping for other people's thruster advice.

Humm, when it looked like it could be gray, or silver, or dirty...I mixed silver with light grey, enough so it gave it a slight metallic look, then once it had dried, I took some black and whiped the thing down to weather it a bit, concentrated it a bit more on the bottom for that oh so subtle charred look

I painted mine Rustoleum Aluminum (7737 I think). I took flat black spray paint and sprayed 'puffs' inside of the jets for that sooty look. It gave the bottoms (on the outside) a nice smoked look. I then took some gray primer and did a light mist from a few feet away, and finally some flat black acrylic paint (mixed with a touch of gray) and did the rag-smear thing for weathering. This is pretty much how I weathered all of my armor. I can't post any new pics tonight, but you may be able to see some pics of me sporting my jet pack on Brak's Dragon Con pic link. I haven't had the chance to look through all of them, but I know he snapped a few.

Thanks guys! Now we're rolling!

I haven't started painting my jet pack yet, but the pictures I saw looked like they might be more of a pewter-ish color (think Tampa Bay Bucs colors) than aluminum. I could be way off with the shade due to the lighting in the picture, but I'm going to try and find a less "silver" metallic color to use. And then of course weather the **** out of it.

I have the resin nozzles that I'm thinking about giving them away, once I have the plastic ones or bottles. Which ones do you have? We could trade these. Let me know.

I noticed that a lot of people paint the JP in different ways. This time I'm talking about the thrusters. I've seen some people paint it either silver or white, but in the pictures from the MoM of the real Bob Fett Jet Pack thrusters and it looks like the outside color is either a really light pale OD green or some other type of silver, like pewter or metallic gray with the usual scratches and dents showing the silver underneath, which makes our favorite Bounty Hunter famous and unique.

My point is which is the actual color of the Jet Pack thrusters??? Please, somebody let me know.

I'd say they are either gray or silver with a good dose of black weathering. Here's the real deal.

I painted mine with an off white spray, and I heavily misted them with a gray primer and black.

well im doing ESB and they seem to be the same shade of green as the jet pack.hope i didnt confuse you anymore, or me for that matter

Ohhhhhh, the ESB jet pack's thrusters. From the few color reference pics of that particular jet pack, I'd agree with you that they are probably the same shade of green as the rest of the pack. Judge for yourself.

thats the pic i used for reference also

I bought the Glade Air Freshners (actually the cheaper brand "Rezunit"), but they're great, they are even stronger than a spray or soda bottle, even though you have to sand them as well (fine grit sandpaper) to erase the designs in the outside, and by the way...they were .85¢ each, which is not bad at all. I still have the resin nozzles to sell or trade, if anyone's interested and wants them.

Hey, gang. I was wandering around the local Target today looking for inspiration, when I saw an advertised "New at Target" display on an end-cap in the cleaning section.

It's a hoighty-toighty looking dishsoap that comes in different scents like mint or mandarin. It's called Method, I believe, or something starting with an "M".

Anyway, it starts as a ball on top, then becomes a truncated cone at the base. It is possible to get a four and a half inch long by three an a half inch wide cone from the thing(yes, I carry a tape measure almost everywhere I go). Or any variation smaller by cutting accordingly. The price is a bit steep; 3.49 US if I remember right, but your dishes will smell real purty for a long time with all that designer dishsoap.

If anyone sees these and is better versed on the scale of the j/p, please advise here. I'm sure many of us would appreciate it. Thanks.

My jet pack nozzles are made from the upper halves of spray bottles, and I'm looking for a way to add a little detail to the INSIDE of the nozzle.

I've seen some prop-makers who added details with what looks like auto parts/gaskets/gears, to make the inside a little more 'rocket-looking'.

Any ideas? What was used?

I used the bottom of the "air fresheners", filed and shaped the squares there, sand or cut the lettering it has in the bottom, and glue it to the inside of the nozzle. Here's mine,





Hope this helps you. BTW...is cheaper ( ¢.90 each), besides, will leave your JPack smelling sooooooooo good!

Robert

That's a pretty good idea, Robert. Can you imagine have air actually channeled through the nozzles? You'd leave that clean, fresh scent, wherever you go!

I think that the picture you have is of an MB JP and I believe that for his details he use the outter ring from a set of undercabinet lights(see attached pic) and some PVC tubing.
I have a set of MB's thrusters just like the ones in your picture, only I added a piece of screen material to the inner/smaller circle for added detail. If you used the outter ring in yours, since it won't be solid resin like mine, you could add orange LEDs behind it to give it a cool glow like it's ready to fire up.
Hopefully this was helpful.
Robert E.
I hope the pic loads properly.


::edit:: fixed your pic error, but it still isn't showing up

DOH! obviously the pic didn't load properly.
Still a Newbie!!!!!!!

Use the TDH image host:
http://200.72.163.179/cdref/tdh/

Pic is working now. Thanks for the help Jango_Wes!
You guys on TDH ROCK!
Good luck on the Thruster greeblies. Can't wait to see what you come up with.
Robert E.

Actually, I used some sort of PVC fitting for the inside detail of my nozzles in my kits (first pic). It was gray in color, but I don't remember what it was. I believe the center was another pvc part.

Mark

I found a couple odds and ends from the local hardware store. Two electrical conduit line caps and a couple small PVC fittings. It looks good enough to me!


Sorry for the ****** picture, that's what you get from a cheap digital camera...


Sherlock came by to see what all the hub-bub was...this is what they look like before the glue and paintjob.

As I was loading these images, he knocked over the display, the rascal...

What are the base colors on the side nozzles? White or silver?

Well, I used the same automotive Gray Primer I used to prime everything as the color of choice, misting it a little bit with flat black for weathering, and then doing all the scratches with Testors silver. The black stripes I did them before the weathering.

You could use flat white, and misted lightly with grey (more grey than white) and then do the stripes and the weathering, but it's your choice. The actual automotive grey primer is the closest you could get, but you could lightly mist it with silver spray paint for shine of some kind...you're choice.

Robert

your doing RTOJ correct?

Yup, ROTJ.

Bob, I used Testor's Model Masters Flat Gull Gray, in a spray can. I wanted something different than the any of the main colors of the pack, but not too gray. It might not be screen-accurate, but I like the color shade, kind of a gray-beige.

It's not very often in one's life that you get to say that to a group of people!!

I just got 'finished' my thruster balls, and couln't wait to put a pic up. These are made from styrofoam filled, plastic coated christmas tree bulbs (purchased at hobby lobby), air freshener cones, some pvc, cardboard and (of course) BONDO!

My dirty ball :


The reference pic:


Both of my dirty balls:


Let's hope the rest of my scratch-pack turns out as accurate!

Oh



My




Goodness....


Your balls are looking great..??

Yep, I've got to say, nice set of balls you have there!

In all seriousness, that is a very detailed piece. You are going to fool pretty much everyone with those puppies. Only those who bend down and inspect them really closely are going to notice any difference.

*checks post to make sure no dirty jokes possible* - bend down, inspect balls - Nope, pretty clean to me

Nice work!

Si

There's no beating your balls my friend!

Nice work.

Sad part is, you probably made them in less time than what I've invested in trying cleaning up my MB balls.

That's right, you heard me people, I'm cleaning MB's balls!!

GROW UP!

:p

Jer

Very nice set there!

man if i had a dollar everytime someone said "check out my dirty balls" i would have three dollars.

NIce balls though, wear them with pride!!

Your balls look great.

How big are your balls?

from 6.5 to 7 cm across, but unlike many (most) jet packs I see, mine is man-sized. I saw one pic of a jet pack with a helmet in a recent post and the thing looks like the perfect size...if you were planning to strap it to your helmet!!!

If people will look at the reference pics, they will see that the jet pack is shoulder with.

I can honestly say this is the first time I have been impressed by another guys balls, they put mine to shame.
excellent work matey.

Cant wait to see the rest of your pack......
JETPACK that is ahem...:o .....

Fett-UK

Some balls are held for chairty, and some for fancy dress, but when they're held for pleasure are the ones that I like best.

HOLY.. ''BALLS''.. they are a very nice impressive creation.

Ah another AC/DC fan on the board.

Nice looking balls!!! Nice shape, size, and color (wheathering too). Now, who did you got them from? Are those RA's balls?

Robert

HEY! Nice balls!

NICE BALLS!

I'm not so sure about the rod they're attached to, though.

Oh well, as long as it moves correctly, I'm sure it will satisfy.

:o I can't believe I'm saying this, but....You developed a nice set of dirty balls.

Great Balls, it took me forever to get my balls in good condition, but I can say this..I like my balls..I am proud of my balls, and you should be proud of yours, they're beautiful

Your balls need to be polished.

This is almost as bad as us guys asking each other to look at our helmets

PS. I'm not sure if that has the same meaning in the US as it does in the UK

No, it does. I've asked my g/f to polish my helmet numerous times. For some reason she doesn't think it's as funny as I do...