Classic kit to Arena Jet Pack conversion (pic heavy)

Way to go man.

Thanks slave1pilot, really appreciate it, especially comming from Blacklist Squadron. Needless to say I like the heavily weathered look. Plus it hides the imperfections in the base paint job and matches my armor well.

Impressive work. It turned out very nice.

Marvelous! After seeing it I would have never guessed you finished it only a few days earlier, this goes to show what a little elbow grease and a whole lot of patience can do with what you have.

Great work!

Thanks guys! Actually Andy, I finished painting it in the wee hours of the Sat. morn that we all met. I didn't sleep at all Friday night before driving down to L.A. on Sat. morn. for IGALive. I stayed up all night working on various parts of my costume to have it ready. That night I was on another one of those prop building highs...minus the drugs of course...always.

gotta get some sleep, Later, and thanks for the compliments guys! Now I just got to find a missle thrust vent for the bottom and I think it's all done. Then off to ebay...just kidding that'd be almost like selling one of my children after all the time i've invested in it.

Got an MLC Classic comming anyday now too that I'm excited about painting up.

night.

Great job man! I love your sons t-shirt Jet Pack looks mighty good! Well done!

DA

Cruzer you should send these photos to that seller, and show him what you found when you sanded that **** down he gave you

I :thumbup your patience on this project.

...just amazing with what you had....get Ripleys on the phone!!!

Great job man!!

..impressive

you are just the best!!!!

By the way, I thought you were going to buy a clasic one to bountys hunted

I agree with SEEKER,,,

totally SWEEET...

anyway, wad did u use for the weathering (those black greasy corners)

Wow, you polished a turd and found a diamond burried under it.

Great work!

Now that is truely Art. Awesome job man.

Excellent!!!!

I so impressed, that jet pack is an absolute beauty!!! True workmanship!

Amazing!!!! :thumbup

...dang dude...had no idea that you did that yourself...:thumbup

...there is no way I could even come close to doing something like that...hats off to you...

...and it was a pleasure meeting you and your family at IGN Live...

Later
Lewis

Just WOW! :thumbup

That is gorgeous looking. And I can't believe you did all the mods yourself. Great job!

wow!! looks great!!

WOW what a piece of junk you started with. :puke Your right ... that has to be the worst jet pack ever bought on ebay.

However, you did a fantastic job created one of the best Arean packs I have ever seen.

Great Job.

Awesome job, man! Looks terrific. You really made that sorry **** shine like new!

Here we go...

Thanks everybody for the awesome feedback. I’m glad you like the final product as much as I do. I knew that if there were any people in this big wide world who could appreciate another small example of time invested into Mandalorian prop building, it would be you guys. Plus, I was hoping to draw upon everyone’s expertise, knowledge, and attention to detail to give me feedback both positive and constructive. You have and I value your feedback. Please let me know of any possible changes you see that could still be made that would enhance the jet pack. I know I’ve left out the Missile Thrust Vent at the bottom. Initially I picked up a 2” pvc slip cap (rounded kind) to place in there but it was too big. So, I’m going to see if a 1.5” pvc slip cap will fit in there as soon as I can swing by the hardware store and pick one up. And I know it’s weathered quite a bit, but I really like the weathered looked. I call it the “Jango was knocked down, kicked around, and drug by his crown but didn’t loose IT” weathered look. Plus I just recently noticed that my Jango costume seems to have taken on the look from the Bust-Ups toy line version. So it’s all cool to me.



Hey here’s a thought though and I’d appreciate any feedback on this idea. Has anyone ever looked closely at the arena jet pack featured of the EP II Visual Dictionary (just realized that was a dumb question for a Jango forum). But anyways on the full frontal pic of the jet pack(not the one on Jango’s back) there seems to be tiny red dots at the tips of those nut looking things sticking out from the bottom sides (what I used the brass reducing couplers and ½” pvc pipe for). Am I just seeing things or is it possible that there are some red LED’s there? I know that there were 6 or 8 different costumes made. Is it possible that one of the Arena Jet Packs had red LED’s at the tips of those nuts? Just a thought! But let me know what you think cause I’m thinking about making the mod this weekend and installing some LED’s on the jet pack.



Thanks goes out to Seeker cause I had like 3 or 4 of your arena jet pack pics printed out and scattered around the workbench as ref. pics throughout this whole process, even carried one around with me in my back pocket when looking for paint colors. Man I swear the West coast doesn’t carry the same colors as the East coast. Thanks to JangoUri, the cool dude representing from Spain, I saw how awesome your arena jet pack looked and was motivated. Oh, and to whomever asked about what paint I used for the greasy corners parts, I used a small can of flat dark gray paint that comes in the American Accent paint kit found at Walmart. It’s one of those make anything (even your neighbor’s dog) look like weathered Pewter kits. There’s a shot of the can on the far right of the pic with the paints(really small can).

Catch you later and I’ll try to access the site again after work,

Cruzer

WOW! GREAT JOB!!!!