Regardless of accuracy issues I am not making opening doors on my car so I will never remove the packs from the finished model. The final packs were painted black and given a gray dry brush to accent edges and shapes. A set of X-acto fine drill bits drilled out the places where parts like guitar strings inserted. The base of the pack was dremeled out for it and the filled cylinder was then simply cemented in place. The cylinder at the base of the pack is a 4.8mm Ø hollow polystyrene rod, filled with putty. The rest of the shapes were added using whatever worked and was sitting around. Have something entertaining to listen to through all of this. The method was far from perfect, but with trimming and sanding the parts reached satisfactory shape. The white glue separates from the plastic more easily than desired sometimes. I ended up gluing the paper pattern to the plastic sheet with white glue, and from there attacking it with a blade to cut the parts out. Transferring the parts patterns from my computer drawn diagram to the styrene was difficult. 75mm thick polystyrene sheet from a local hobby shop for their base. The majority of my references come from, a site dedicated to Ghost Busters fans' projects, projects to replicate everything in the movie. I have designed this so that the pictures do the most of the talking. Just part of the scratch building process as unforeseen issues are addressed. You may notice that the plans differ sometimes from the product. If by looking at this you are motivated to make a better/more detailed version, more power to you. Many will likely find discrepancies, or think it is over simplified. My intention is to share with you what did, and how, so that you may do the same if that is your wish.
Is it accurate? Depends on where you get your references, and your own personal level of detail-mindedness. It is no less compatible with the Polar Lights Ecto-1. This is my solution to building proton packs and a rack for my Ertl Ecto-1A (1/25 scale). Scratchbuilding Proton Packs & Holding Rack for the Ecto-1 Starship Modeler - Scratchbuilding Proton Packs & Holding Rack for the Ecto-1
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